Dachau Trials & Landsberg Executions

[Max Williams]

Why was Chemy shot and not hanged?
Thank you, Tom, for the information.
Max.

[tomjax]

I speak with my uncle several times a week and visit him often. He is 86 in poor health, but his mind is very sharp and his recall is amazing.
I have sent as attached text to many of his book, Captor Captive, based on his army experiences including Landsberg.
I am assisting some new writers gather facts and coordinating questions from them to him in their project of rewriting the book for publishing.

I can send the book as attachment tomjax at yahoo. com

[tomjax]

Max wrote: Why was Chemy shot and not hanged?
Thank you, Tom, for the information.

The firing squad sentence was for honorable executions and hanging was for more heinous crimes and considered a dishonorable death.
For some reason, Jorgen Stroop was scheduled to face the firing squad and my uncle never understood this.
My uncle prepared Stroop the night before his scheduled execution and talked to him. He was cold and unemotional as usual. He even requested second helpings of his last meal, which my uncle provided.
When my uncle told him the next morning he was not to be executed because the Polish govt wanted him to try him themselves, he had absolutely no reaction.
My uncle has never hated anyone, but J Stroop is perhaps the person he had the least regard and respect of.

Another bit of trivia from another book, By The Neck Until Dead- The Gallows of Nuremberg"-
The first sentences from Nuremberg was death by GUILLOTINE!!!
Eisenhower reviewed this and went ballistic and said there will never be Guillotine executinos by the US. He changed it to hanging.

[tomjax]

For Markus on additional executions. These not from Dachau.
On St Valentines day 2 13(?) 1947 the first 4 executino by firing squad took place.
Dimitris Kosturas chose not to have a hood placed over his head-
Petrid Demosthenes
John Drabek
Josef Kaminski

An intersting bit of trivia on Kosturas was when my uncle asked if he had any last request as he was about to be tied to the execution post. He asked my uncle if he had a candy bar since he saw my uncle pull some from his coat the night before. My uncle gave him a Krakel candy bar he ate shortly before he was executed.

[tomjax]

I thought I had posted a reply to this and maybe I am not up to speed on posting, so I will try again.
Yes, I talk to my uncle several times a week and visit him often.
As I have said, he is living at this date with a very sharp mind and amazing recall.

I am still looking for a list of all those executed at Landsberg.
I recall from source, that 284 were executed there and the list on the intital posting is incomplete.
Any help appreciated in locating such a list.

Thanks,
Tom

[David Thompson]

tomjax -- If you haven't seen it, you may find this thread of interest:

Landsberg executions
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=23517

[Thilo]

Hello,

Hermann Noack was executed for killing two Crewmembers of a shoot-down B-24 on 27. Sep. 1944 near Hattenrode/ Germany. He and the local butcher Karl Georg Böß took one crewmenber in a car driven by Böß to look for his paracute. In a wood Noack shot the crewmember with his pistol. Noack and Böß drove back and made the same with another prisoner, too.

The killed men where:

S./Sgt. Ferdinand R. Flach
S./Sgt. Lee R. J. Hoffman

The plane was the B-24H Nr. 41-28922 "Texas Rose" of 445. Bomber Group, 701 Sqd.

Böß was sentenced to 8 years in prison.


Greetings

Thilo

[ansata1976]

02 Jan 1946, Landsberg, Germany — Franz Strasser, former Nazi official who was recently hanged as a war criminal for the killing of American flyers, is pictured in Landsberg prison shortly before he walked the last mile to the gallows. One of the last to visit the convicted criminal was a German Catholic priest Karl Morgenschweis, shown praying with the condemned man.

[ansata1976]

I need more informations(date of birth and place of birth and reason for sentence) about:

Hermann maximilian 5/12/1947
Bock wilhelm 3/4/1947
Wiegand clemens 10/1/1946
Kobus august 15/3/1946
Endress heinz 4/12/1946.
Deppe gustav 20.6.47
Durschke franz 20.6.47
Stork gustav 20.6.47
Bloch karl 12/1/1946
Thomas dominikus 12/1/1946
Mueller ernst 10/7/1947
Winkler paul 14/11/1947
Dieterman wilhelm 12/1/1946
Knopp otto 5/12/1947
Menrath christian 5/12/1947
birnbreier heinrich 5/12/1947
Werner gottlieb 5/12/1947.

[David Thompson]

The reason for the execution of August Kobus is given here:

US Pilot/POW reported killed 1945 Germany
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=141835

I don't have his date or place of birth.

The reasons for the executions of other German war criminals by US military tribunals in Germany can be seen by clicking on the hyperlinks in the ICWC index at http://www.icwc.de/index.php?id=69&L=0

[ansata1976]

Howmany men were executed in Bruchsal in total? Is there a list of the executed?

[Ossian]

[quote="ansata1976"]Howmany men were executed in Bruchsal in total? Is there a list of the executed?[/quOTE[

I am not aware of any official list of executed war criminals at Bruschal Prison. By my count, at least thirteen hangings took place at this prison between 10 November , 1945 and 14 March, 1946. Bruchsal Prison was employed as a detention center for war criminals sentenced to death or imprisonment by military government courts and commissions convened by the Seventh United States Army.

[ansata1976]

Strasser, Franz - Death Sentence Kreisleiter of Kreis Kaplitz
Kirchner, Karl Adam - Death Sentence 12th SS Panzer Division
Wolf, Hugo - Death Sentence 12th SS Panzer Division
Schneider, Hans - Death Sentence Wehrmacht; 21st. Parachute Regiment
Heim, Albert - Death Sentence Wehrmacht; 195th Reserve Battalion
Kunze, Herbert - Death Sentence Wehrmacht; 195th Reserve Battalion
Willig, Karl - Death Sentence Nursing and Medical Staff Hadamar Institution
Ruoff, Heinrich - Death Sentence Nursing and Medical Staff Hadamar Institution
Klein, Alfons - Death Sentence Nursing and Medical Staff Hadamar Institution
Bloch, Karl - Death Sentence- Civilian
Noack, Hermann - Death Sentence Fire Brigade Gruenberg
Thomas, Dominikus - Death Sentence Volkssturm (Home Guard)
Mueller, Ernst - Death Sentence Gendarmerie
Damman [Dammann], Hermann - Death Sentence Volkssturm (Home Guard),
Viehl, August - Death Sentence Gestapo
Winkler, Paul - Death Sentence Gestapo
Eggert, Karl - Death Sentence Gestapo Kassel
Dieterman, Wilhelm - Death Sentence Gendarmerie
Feldmeier, Waldemar - Death Sentence Kreisleiter; Civil Administration, Mayor of Lelm
Knopp, Otto - Death Sentence Volkssturm (Home Guard),
Menrath, Christian - Death Sentence NSDAP, Kreisleiter (secretary)
Birnbreier, Heinrich - Death Sentence Gendarmerie
Werner, Gottlieb - Death Sentence Gendarmerie
Fachinger, Nikolaus - Death Sentence Security Police (Chief);
Flauaus, Heinrich Death Sentence Civilian
Mueller, Albert Friedrich - Death Sentence Kreisleiter of Kreis Friedrichshafen
Herman, Maximilian - Death Sentence Kreisleitung Freising
Staudinger, Hans - Death Sentence Wehrmacht, CO anti-aircraft position
Heene, Wilhelm - Death Sentence Ortsgruppenleiter Hausen;
Matthaei, Wilhelm - Death Sentence German Labor Front
Beck, Gerd - Death Sentence Civilian
Kanschat, Wilhelm - Death Sentence Wehrmacht, Reserve Captain
Bock, Wilhelm - Death Sentence Sergeant of the Rural Police (Landwacht)
Firmenich, Ludwig - Death Sentence Ortsgruppenleiter Bingen
Rixen, Heinrich - Death Sentence Wehrmacht
Wiegand, Clemens - Death Sentence Ortsgruppenleiter Frankfurt-Ginnheim
Schosser, Anton - Death Sentence District business leader of the Party for the Kreis Erding
Kobus, August - Death Sentence Ortsgruppenleiter of Freilassing;
Endress, Heinz - Death Sentence Deputy Ortsgruppenleiter Neckarsulm
Drauz, Richard - Death Sentence Kreisleiter Heilbronn
Deppe, Gustav - Death Sentence Rural Police (Landwacht)
Durschke, Franz - Death Sentence Rural Police (Landwacht)
Stork, Gustav - Death Sentence Rural Police (Landwacht)
Salzmann, Friedrich - Death Sentence Gendarmerie
Singer, Albert - Death Sentence Gendarmerie
Parzyk, Gotthardt - Death Sentence SS
Bollow, Wilhelm - Death Sentence
Groenwaldt, [Grönwaldt] Karl - Death Sentence
Haselow, Ewald - Death Sentence
Hildebrandt, Friedrich - Death Sentence Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter Gau Mecklenburg
Mueller, [Müller] Kurt - Death Sentence
Pensien, [Penzien] Franz - Death Sentence
Saur, Hans - Death Sentence Detainment Center Staff KL Gusen
Haehnert, Fritz - Death Sentence Ortsgruppenleiter Ottmannshausen
Bury, Albert [Alfred] - Death Sentence police officials
Hafner, Wilhelm - Death Sentence police officials
Henkel, Karl - Death Sentence police officials
Kalte, Georg - Death Sentence police officials
Loser, Johann - Death Sentence police officials
Plitt, Wilhelm - Death Sentence police officials
Heidmann, Gustav - Death Sentence Home Guard
Gutlich, Philipp - Death Sentence Civilians
Hartgen, Josef - Death Sentence Civilians
Opper, Johann - Death Sentence Civilians
Reinhardt, Kaethe - Death Sentence Civilians
Seipel, Johannes - Death Sentence Civilians
Witzel, Margarete - Death Sentence Civilians
Wust, Friedrich - Death Sentence Civilians
Kluettgen, Ludwig - Death Sentence SA, Lieutenant Colonel
Dietrich, Fritz - Death Sentence Police President Saarbruecken
Hunsicker, Karl - Death Sentence Allgemeine SS; Police
Stemmler, Willi - Death Sentence Allgemeine SS; Police
Rieke, Willi - Death Sentence Volkssturm
Curdts, Eduard Karl - Death Sentence Rural Police (Landwacht)
Pohla, Fritz - Death Sentence Police, Kripo Dessau
Vogler, Ernst Otto- Death Sentence Police, Kripo Dessau
Hofmann, Emil - Death Sentence Ortsgruppenleiter Freienseen
Mette, Erich - Death Sentence Navy (Marine)
Gerstenberg, Justus - Death Sentence Gendarmerie
Merz, Ludwig - Death Sentence Home Guard Battalion 621, 1st Company
Metz, Erwin - Death Sentence Home Guard Battalion 621, 1st Company
Weiss, Franz - Death Sentence Wehrmacht
Otte, Heinrich F. - Death Sentence Police
Sponsel, Johann Georg - Death Sentence Kreisleiter Ingolstadt
Ziehnert, Walter - Death Sentence Kreisleiter Rosenheim
Eiermann, Adolf Phillip - Death Sentence Kreisleiter of Buehl Baden
Karcher, Wilhelm - Death Sentence NSDAP
Klumpp, Isidor - Death Sentence NSDAP
Schneider, Johann Gotthilf - Death Sentence NSDAP
Hollacher, Ludwig - Death Sentence Wehrmacht,
Metz, Friedrich - Death Sentence Wehrmacht,
Waldmann, Ernst - Death Sentence Wehrmacht
Lienhart, Markus - Death Sentence Waffen SS,
Engelhardt, Gustav - Death Sentence Volkssturm Battalion Witzenhausen
Möller, Reinhard - Death Sentence Volkssturm Battalion Witzenhausen
Reinke, Alwin - Death Sentence Leader of the Country Guard Ascheburg
Umstatter, Franz - Death Sentence Wehrmacht
Eckstein, Georg - Death Sentence Volkssturm Wassertruedingen
Ittameier, Ernst - Death Sentence Volkssturm Wassertruedingen
Sturm, Johann Georg (Hans) - Death Sentence Volkssturm Wassertruedingen
Franke, Heinrich - Death Sentence SS Corporal
Gierens, Matthias - Death Sentence Landwacht (rural auxiliary police)
Kohn, Peter - Death Sentence Landwacht (rural auxiliary police)
Krein, Matthias - Death Sentence Landwacht (rural auxiliary police)
Back, Peter - Death Sentence German Civilian
Engelniederhammer, Johann - Death Sentence Reich Arbeitsdienst (RAD; Reich Labor Service)
Montscher, Franz - Death Sentence Reich Arbeitsdienst (RAD; Reich Labor Service)
Gartmann, Max Bruno - Death Sentence commanding officer of the Landesschuetzen company No.1 Bad Salzdetfurth
Langeloh, Wilhelm Death Sentence Kreisleitung Pinneberg
Baumann, Heinrich - Death Sentence Sipo Würzburg
Endres, Norbert - Death Sentence Sipo Würzburg
Gundelach, Oswald - Death Sentence Sipo Würzburg
Hammer, Albert - Death Sentence Sipo Würzburg
Hans, Kurt - Death Sentence Sipo Würzburg
Hellmuth, Otto - Death Sentence Gauleitung Gau Mainfranken
Ingebrand, Andreas - Death Sentence Sipo Würzburg
Schulz [Schulze], Richard - Death Sentence Governor President (Regierungspräsident) Gau Mainfranken
Stolz, Otto Hermann - Death Sentence Wehrmacht
Buuck, Heinrich - Death Sentence Detainment Center Staff KL Sonnenstein
Stinglwagner, Anton - Death Sentence Detainment Center Staff KL Dachau
Brauner, Josef - Death Sentence Detainment Center Staff KL Plattling
Goldmann, Peter - Death Sentence Detainment Center Staff KL Flossenbürg
Straub, Julius - Death Sentence Detainment Center Staff KL Flossenbürg
Ziehmer, Eugen - Death Sentence Detainment Center Staff, Prisoner functionary (Kapo)
Otto, Kurt - Death Sentence Detainment Center Staff KL Steyr
Brust, Rudolf - Death Sentence Detainment Center Staff KL Gusen I
Albrecht, Karl - Death Sentence Detainment Center Staff, prisoner functionary KL Gusen
Noky, Eugen Hermann – Death Sentence Detainment Center Staff KL Peggau
Tuntke, Hermann – Death Sentence SS
Frohnapfel, Franz - Death Sentence Detainment Center Staff KL Dachau
Hipp, Alois - Death Sentence Detainment Center Staff KL Dachau
Zisch, Hermann- Death Sentence Detainment Center Staff KL Kaufering
Fischer, Willi - Death Sentence Detainment center staff KL Dachau,
Schreyer, Martin Philipp - Death Sentence Detainment center staff KL Dachau,
Deiner, Josef - Death Sentence Detainment center staff KL Dachau
Ruhnke, August Richard - Death Sentence Detainment center staff KL Kaufbeuren
Neuner, Josef - Death Sentence Detainment center KL Flossenburg
Kahles, Nikolaus - Death Sentence Detainment center staff KL Mühldorf,
Krech, Stefan - Death Sentence Detainment center staff KL Mühldorf

Can someone confirm this informations,correct or add informations.

[Leo Angel]

Aiyyo
some information:

Saur, Hans - born 17.02.1922, executed 26.11.1946, SS-Unterscharführer
Buuck, Heinrich - born circa 1913, sentence commuted to life, KL Sonnenstein was subcamp of KL Buchenwald
Stinglwagner, Anton - born circa 1913, sentence commuted to life, SS-Scharführer, served in Dachau as Blockführer
Brauner, Josef - born 28.06.1906, executed 21.03.1949, SS-Schütze
Goldmann, Peter - SS-Oberschütze
Straub, Julius - kapo
Otto, Kurt - SS-Unterscharführer, Rapportführer in Steyr
Brust, Rudolf - SS-Sturmscharführer, Rapportführer in Gusen I
Albrecht, Karl - block eldest
Noky, Eugen Hermann – SS-Oberscharführer
Tuntke, Hermann – born 11.03.1907, executed 19.09.1947, SS-Scharführer, service: Wiener-Neudorf i Haidfeld, both subcamps KL Mauthausen
Frohnapfel, Franz - born circa 1913, executed 14.11.1947, SS-Hauptscharführer, Rapportführer in Dachau
Hipp, Alois - born circa 1910, executed 14.11.1947, SS-Hauptscharführer, Rapportführer in Dachau
Zisch, Hermann - born 17.06.1902, executed 29.09.1947, SS-Oberscharführer, service: Natzweiler-Struthof, Ravensbrück, KL Kaufering - subcamp of KL Dachau
Fischer, Willi - kapo in Majdanek and Kaufering II - subcamp of KL Dachau
Schreyer, Martin Philipp - SS-Unterscharführer, service: main camp Dachau, guard in subcamp Friedrichshafen, Rapportführer in subcamp Kaufering XI, commander of subcamp Kaufering II
Deiner, Josef - born 31.01.1885, executed 14.11.1947, SS-Obersturmführer, director of carpenter shop in Deutsche Ausrüstungswerke in Dachau
Ruhnke, August Richard - born 9.09.1890, executed 14.11.1947, SS-Hauptscharführer, deputy commander, than commander of Kaufbeuren, subcamp of KL Dachau
Neuner, Josef - born circa 1913, sentence commuted to life, SS-Hauptscharführer, service: Dachau, Flossenburg, Dachau again - in crematorium and as Blockführer, than Dachau subcamps Freimann and Heunstetten - as detail leader, than Rapportführer in Dachau, detail leader in subcamp Gendorf and Rapportführer in subcamp Allach, both subcamps of KL Dachau
Kahles, Nikolaus - SS-Schütze
Krech, Stefan - SS-Oberschütze

Leo

[Heimatschuss]

Hello,

for Ernst Ittameier see http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Ittameier

Best regards
Torsten