SS men extradited to Poland

[Researcher]

hi dylan

You got me confused on this one.

Dickmann karl : kommendant halendorf
trial warschau 21/4/1948 died before 8/4/1948.

Please can you clarify the dates.

Last name I have is Alfred IWAN (9.12.1911) Gendarmerie

Regards
Researcher

[dylan]

hi Researcher

Iwan alfred
service pow camp kepno.
trial Ostrowie 28/11/1947 sentenced to 15 years.

Dickmann died in prison 8/4/1948
his trial was intend to start 21/4/1948.

regards dylan

[Researcher]

Hi dylan

Here are a few more that I need some help with. Full name, date of birth and trial information would be great.

? Bumann. Police Battalion 101. sentence 8 years, Siedlce, July 1948.
? Eck. Poznan Deportations. death sentence, Posen. Sept 1950.
? Gross. Kapo at Majdanek Camp hospital, death sentence.
George Klohr. sentence 7 years, Warsaw.
Erich Brandl. (1901) Administrator in Krakau and Lublin, sentence 8 years
Stefan Wierzbica. Auschwitz, death sentence, Sept 1950.

Regards
Researcher

[dylan]

hi Researcher

Bumann Heinz born 7/7/1904 pol. battalion 101 , schupo Talczyn.
trial 6/7/1948 siedlce sentenced to 8 years released 1954.

Brandl Erich born 11/7/1901 ss hauptsturmfuhrer
trial krakau 13/4/1948 sentenced to 8 years prison
released 26/11/1954.

Eck Ernst born 30/6/1894 gendarmerie , pow. koliskim.
trial poznan 21/9/1950 executed 8/6/1951.

regards dylan

[Researcher]

Hi dylan

Thanks yet again.

I have Bumann released on 26/9/1952.
Extradited from British custody (Neuengamme camp) late 1946.
He was in 2nd Company, Res Pol Bat 101.

Here's a list of men you may be able to help us with. They were extradited between Feb - Sept 1948. Not sure if they were in American or British custody.

Otto Busing
Karl Gosberg
Ignatz Greschner
Oskar Schroder
Hermann Weise
Fritz Friedel
Georg Lotz
Otto Westphal

Regards
Researcher

[dylan]

hi Researcher

Klohr georg born 18/2/1885 kommendant Weinheim
sentenced to 6 years warschau 15/11/1947.

Wieczorek Joseph ( gustav ) born 18/3/1897
member politische abteilung auschwitz
trial krakau 9/12/1948 sentenced to 8 years in prison.

regards dylan

[dylan]

hi Researcher

Buessing otto karl born 6/12/1905 ss sturmscharfuhrer
gestapo kielce abteilung IV.
trial kielce 7/10/1949 executed 30/5/1950.

Gosberg karl born 10/8/1901 ss unterscharfuhrer
guard mauthausen , buchenwald , kommendant Blizyn
sentenced to 5 years 4/5/1949 radom.

Lotz georg berthold kriminalpolizeimeister Chrzanow
born 17/7/1910
trial krakau 7/5/1949 sentenced to death (responsible transportation of men and women to auschwitz ) executed 17/12/1949.

greetings dylan

[dylan]

hi Researcher

Westphal Otto born 204/1896 sekretar kriminal polizei Chrzanowie
trial krakau 7/5/1949 sentenced to death and executed 17/12/1949.

greetings dylan

[Researcher]

Thanks dylan

Any information on the following?

Friedrich Pruss
Johann Rauch
Felix Saniol
Heinrich Scheemann
Rudolf Schwarz

Regards
Researcher

[mabadesc]

Hello Dylan,

I'm hoping you can help me find some info. on a family member -my great grandfather - who was arrested and (presumably) executed in 1945 in a very mysterious set of events. I've tried every history book but the information I found doesn't get into detail. You're my last hope, so if you could help me, I would be very grateful. Here is the basic info:

Name: Gheorghe Avramescu
Nationality: Romania
Rank: 4-star General (in some books he's listed as Lt. General - 3 stars)
Command: Commander of Romanian 4th Army, attached to Soviet Ukrainean Army Group 2 led by Marshall Malinovsky.
Location at time of disappearance: Lucenec, Slovakia
Date at time of disappearance: March 3rd, 1945.
Motive for arrest: None/denied by Soviets it ever happened. Malinovsky continuously praised him and held a party in his honor when he joined the Army Group in Slovakia.
Circumstances: On March 2nd, 1945, while on the front in Slovakia, he received a telegram from the Romanian government informing him that he had been appointed Minister of Defence. He in turn writes a note to his wife informing her of the news and instructing her to go back to Romania (she was accompanying him on the front). In the note he informs her that he will be joining her in Romania a few days later for the inauguration ceremony.
The next day, on March 3rd, 1945, he is called by General Jmacenko (Zhmacenko?) to Soviet Army headquarters for a meeting with Malinovsky regarding transition of command to new commander. He never returned from the meeting. The officers and soldiers who accompanied him to the meeting (adjutant, bodyguard group, etc) were arrested and sent to Siberia for 10-15 years. His wife was also arrested and sent to a labor camp in Siberia. Romanian government had no knowledge of disappearance/arrest. Our family inquired about him the same year. The Red Cross sent us a letter saying he was killed by a German bomb raid in Budapest (obviously false).

What I'm trying to do is to find the arrest and execution order issued either by the NKVD or by Malinovsky. Also, I'd like to know the motive, as well as some more specific info, such as, was he executed the same day, was he sent to Moscow first, etc...
There is no apparent reason for his execution. There is one theory that's circulating in some history books that states that the Soviets were suspecting that he was communicating with the Germans, but I know from family sources and from some of his fellow generals that this is not true.

Any kind of information would be of much interest to me. If you can't help me, perhaps you can direct me to a historian who might have access to more extensive archives?

Many thanks in advance, and good luck in your search for info.

Mihai.

[Researcher]

Hi dylan

Correction on your info on Gosberg. He was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment on 4/5/1949 (not 5 years). Released in 1956, he was arrested by the West German authorities and submitted for trial at Wuppertal where he received a 12 year sentence on 19/5/1961.

Regards
Researcher

[dylan]

hi Researcher

Sanol felix born 8/1/1894 gestapo tarnow , krakau
trial tarnow 31/12/1948 sentenced to 7 years.

rauch johann born 19/6/1917 dep. kommendant lvov , janowska
todtenbrigaden sonderkommando 1005
trial krakau 24/6/1949 executed 17/11/1949

yes indeed gosberg was sentenced to 15 years in prison released 14/6/1956.

greetings dylan

[mabadesc]

Dylan,

Any progress on my humble request for assistance? Researcher, if you think you can help and you don't mind, please try also.

At the very least, I'm hoping one of you can direct me to the right person.

Thanks again,

Mihai.

[dylan]

mihai

think member steen ammentop ( wwII generals ) is the right men.
or moderator david thompson.
hope you find your answer.

regards dylan

[Researcher]

Hi Mihai

Sorry, I can't help with your search either. I know of several Officers who were arrested or kidnapped at the end of the war by the Soviets, some for no apparent reason. Many were never heard of again.

Regards and best of luck
Researcher