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Joint testimony of Therese Steinhardt and her daughter Marga Steinhardt regarding their experiences at the Skirotava Ghetto, including a description of the actions of SS Scharfuehrer Max Gymnich, 1941-1943 - Transport from Kassel to Skirotava near Riga, Latvia, 12 December 1941; - Arrival at the Skirotava Ghetto; reception by Max Krause, the commander of the ghetto, and SS Scharfuehrer Max Gymnich; information regarding the shooting of Latvian Jews in order to make room for new arrivals; - The Large "Aktion" (murder of all children under 10 and many adults), 02 November 1943; - Transfer of the...

File Number : 873

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Four testimonies of Max Bunzl regarding atrocities committed by SS personnel at the Riga Ghetto as well as the Salaspils and Dondangen concentration camps, 1942-1944

Four testimonies of Max Bunzl regarding atrocities committed by SS personnel at the Riga Ghetto as well as the Salaspils and Dondangen concentration camps, 1942-1944 Evidence against Major Dr. Lange, Scharführer Tekemeier and Unterscharführer Nickl at the Salspils concentration camp between January 1942 and summer 1943 (?): More than 150 persons were either shot by Lange and Tekemeier, or shot or hanged on Lange's orders by Latvian SS and in the presence of Tekemeier and other prisoners. 10 hostages were threatened with being hanged; one was hanged after severe beating; the nine remaining ones died from...

File Number : 862

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German