Nuremberg War Crimes Trials Witness Identification

[Ian Sayer]

Ludger,
The age is about right. I guess we'll have to wait for the SS experts to take a peek.
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Ian

[Ludger]

Sorry, I forgot to add a photo from Richard wagner for comparison.

Greetings from

Ludger

[Ian Sayer]

Ludger,
It looks very much like him to me. His mouth is identical! Anybody else care to comment?
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Ian

[Max Williams]

I don't think there's any doubt.
Max.

[Ian Sayer]

Thanks Max
Ian

[Ian Sayer]

Thanks Max
Ian

[Grisu]

Gentlemen, any comments on the (existent or non-existent) similarities of these two?

The source of the second picture is Helmut Gollwitzer (ed.), Hören und Handeln (Munich 1962), Foto copyright given as "Lafer". The book is a festschrift for Ernst Wolf's 60th birthday.

[Ian Sayer]

Grisu,
Unfortunately I don't think it's the same man.
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Ian

[Ian Sayer]

Here are another 3

[Grisu]

Grisu,
Unfortunately I don't think it's the same man.
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Ian

This is somewhat surprising to me, Ian, but yet I think my expectations may have biased my perception of the second picture in advance. To me, the hairline and especially the ears are very similar in both pictures while additionally the mouth and the nose bear some distinct resemblances in shape/form; to a lesser degree - but still, in my possibly distorted view - the chin. Any more views on that one?

[Annelie]

the nose bear some distinct resemblances in shape/form; to a lesser degree - but still, in my possibly distorted view - the chin. Any more views on that one?

Wolf's nose IMHO has a slight arch in the bridge and flares at the tip while the other nose
is straight and the tip tight.

[Ludger]

Hans Zimmermann:

16.02.1940 - 04.04.1942 temporarily charged with leadership of the Gau Franken (seated Nürnberg); succeeded Julius Streicher who had been suspended that day. See attached picture from Kienast, Erich (1943): Der Großdeutsche Reichstag, S. 536 as comparison.

Greetings from

Ludger

[Ludger]

Dr. Georg Zarnack

born 09.07.1902 (Eberswalde-Barnim)
Father: Vetrinary Counsellor (Veterinärrat).
1919 member, Freikorps Reinhard-Berlin.
1923 member, NSDAP and SA.
1930 leader, Staff of the Supreme SA Guidance East.
Gauobmann, (sorry, can't translate this) Association of National Socialist German Lawyers.
Head, law department of the NSDAP-Reichsleitung.
Junior barristor, SA Groß-Berlin.
member, Acadamy of German Law.
After 1945 worked as a lawyer. In Feb. 1963 he was appointed as a Pflichtverteidiger (sorry, can't translate this too) for Gerhard Bohne (Nov. 1939 - 30.06.1940 head, Reichsarbeitsgemeinschaft Heil- und Pflegeanstalten) by the District Court of Limburg.
(Source: Klee, Ernst: das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich, S. 690f)

He was also defense counsel for Arthur Breitwieser in the Auschwitz-Trial in Frankfurt.

Greetings from

Ludger

[Ian Sayer]

Hi Ludger,
Thanks for that. Much appreciated. Was Wolfgang known as Georg?
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Ian

[Ian Sayer]

Here's another one