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Trial by the district courts in Klagenfurt, Vienna, Salzburg and Linz against members of the HSSPF Lublin, Volume 17: Testimonies by German perpetrators and a Jewish survivor regarding the Belzec extermination camp, 1961

Documentation from trials conducted in Landesgericht Klagenfurt (the Klagenfurt District Court), Landesgericht Wien (the Vienna District Court), Landesgericht Salzburg (the Salzburg District Court) and Landesgericht Linz (the Linz District Court) against members of the HSSPF (Höhere SS- und Polizeiführer-Higher SS and Police Leader) Lublin: Trial against Hermann Hoefle; Testimonies by German perpetrators and a Jewish survivor regarding the Belzec extermination camp, 1961 An abridged summary of File No. 25 VR 3123/71 (former 27c VR 852/62) Testimony of Heinrich Karl Johann Gley: Posted to Belzec, 1943;...

File Number : 74

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Legal Documentation, Names of Perpetrators

Language : German

Report written by George Haering, the US Consul in Warsaw, regarding the German policies and administration in the Generalgouvernement, 30/12/1939

Report written by George Haering, the US Consul in Warsaw, regarding the German policies and administration in the Generalgouvernement, 30/12/1939 - Administration during the military occupation: Establishment of local authorities and German civilian organizations under the supervision of the Wehrmacht; activities by the Nationalsozialistische Wohlfart for the supply of food to the population; "cleansing" "Aktions" by the Sicherheitspolizei-SIPO (Security Police); kidnapping of hostages; attitude of the Wehrmacht toward the Jews; lack of coordination between the Wehrmacht and the SIPO: arguments regarding...

File Number : 275

Type of Material : Survey Report, Map

Language : English

Survey concerning the problem of superior orders ("Nuremberg defense") ("Befehlsnotstand") written by Dr. Wolfgang Scheffler in Berlin for the jury court Muenster, August 1967

Yad Vashem: File card (p.1) Survey concerning the problem of superior orders ("Nuremberg defense") ("Befehlsnotstand") written by Dr. Wolfgang Scheffler in August 1967 in Berlin for the jury court Muenster. Nuremberg defense -the consultant had to proof if the members (mainly SS members and people under Himmler) of the different national socialist organisations were in danger to life, when they refused orders -the problem of "Befehlsnotstand" could not be clarified in any trial also not in while the Nuremberg trials -the survey is not only based on the material of the Nuremberg trials but also on other...

File Number : 133

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey Report

Language : German

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 30 August 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 30 August 1949 Polish Charges, continued (pp. 4-81) Exhibit 68: MAR 1501: Special regulations for the supply of the 8th Army regarding Police forces in some districts; In conjunction with Exhibit 64; Army has court martial jurisdiction over the Gestapo and the Special Police. (pp, 4-5) Exhibit 69: MAR 1523: General matters over Police formations (including SS Toten Kopf [SS Death-Head formations] Division); Police formations, including the Gestapo. (p. 5) Exhibit...

File Number : 6

Type of Material : Names of Perpetrators, Indictment, Legal Documentation

Language : English

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 21 October 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 21 October 1949 Examination of Field Marshal von Manstein in the witness box by Dr. Laternser (for the Defense): Biographical data: Full name: Fritz Erich von Lewinski, called von Manstein; Born in Berlin, 24/11/1887 (p. 4); Family background: Old military family (Lewinski and von Manstein); Adoption by his family of [the name of] von Manstein; both families had served for many generations in the Prussian Army and the German Army. (pp. 4-5) Short Resume [Curriculum...

File Number : 31

Type of Material : Legal Documentation, Names of Perpetrators, Indictment

Language : English

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 14 October 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 14 October 1949 Important note: The following statement is from the point of view of the Defense. Charge 4: The inhumane treatment of POWs: Number of POWs; There were a total of 430,000 POWs between 09/1941 until von Manstein left the Crimea in July 1942 (p. 4); History of the campaign (pp. 4-5); Food situation (pp. 5-9); Handing over of POWs to the SD: Persons in the hands of the SD were not candidates for a death sentence; Employment of persons, even Jews, by the SD;...

File Number : 27

Type of Material : Legal Documentation, Names of Perpetrators, Indictment

Language : English

Memoirs of Bernard Dov Koshorovski, born in Lodz, Poland in 1919, regarding his experiences in Warsaw, in the Lodz Ghetto, and in Auschwitz, Gross Rosen and other camps

Memoirs of Bernard Dov Koshorovski, born in Lodz, Poland in 1919, regarding his experiences in Warsaw, in the Lodz Ghetto, and in Auschwitz, Gross Rosen and other camps Escape from his parents' home in Lodz to Warsaw in September 1939;; life in Warsaw on Rosh Hashana; surrender by Poland on Simchat Torah [October] 1939; German Army occupation of Warsaw; transfer to forced labor; escape back to Lodz while disguised as a woman; he is identified when his beard is seen through his kerchief, and he is arrested in Brzezin on suspicion of spying; his rescue following help and intervention by a Polish friend; escape...

File Number : 9357

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English, German, Yiddish