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Carl Benno Ditges and Karl Söchting

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Post by George_W » 12 Nov 2017, 15:48

Hello

What was the role of SS-Stubaf KR Carl Benno Ditges (born 1899) in occupied Yugoslavia? I'm asking because he was extradited in July 1947 by the US authorities to Yugoslavia. I don't have info where he was tried and what was the sentence but he was released from Yugoslavian captivity in 1953.

He was mentioned 3 times in BBL (39/1943, 53/1943 and 22/1944) but in connection only with Stapo Posen and RSHA-VI and not with Yugoslavia. So why the Yugoslavian authorities wanted him from the US after the war?

The same problem is with SS-Stubaf KR Karl Söchting (born 1903) who was extradited to Yugoslavia by the British and executed there but i can't find any connections between him and occupied Yugoslavia. He served as far i remember in Stapo Dortmund.

The only reason is that Ditges and Söchting may have been involved in crimes against Yugoslavians citizens in Germany but i also don't have any info about that.

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Post by Georges JEROME » 12 Nov 2017, 17:29

From end April 1942 to November 1943 Ditges was beim BdS in Belgrad.
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Post by dylan » 12 Nov 2017, 19:24

Hallo George,

Karl Benno Ditges, Jahrgang 1899, Referatsleiter bei der Stapoleitstelle Posen.
Mai 1942 Abordnung zum BdS Belgrad. November 1943 Einsatz in Albanien.
Juni 1944 Versetzung zum RSHA/Amt V
Juli 1950 zum Tode verurteilt. Strafe im Revisionsverfahren in lebenslange Zwangsarbeit umgewandelt.

Page 121 in Alfred Streim "Die Behandlung sowjetischer Kriegsgefangener im Fall Barbarossa".

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Post by steve248 » 12 Nov 2017, 20:58

Ditges was BdS Belgrade, Referatsleiter IV A1, A2 and A4, May 1942-Nov 1943; then in Albania to May 1944.

Söchting. I can not see why he was extradited to Yugoslavia. I have a slight gap in his career between 1941 and 1942 when he could have been in Belgrade, but no confirmation.

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Post by George_W » 12 Nov 2017, 23:52

Thank you for the clarification and informations especially about Ditges and his duties in Yugoslavia. Another man who was extradited, sentenced to death in Yugoslavia was SS-Stubaf Erich Roth, connected according to my informations with Stapo Dortmund and RSHA. I also don't know why he was tried and executed in Yugoslavia.

Maybe as Roth and Söchting both served in Dortmund they were involved in crimes against Yugoslavians in the area of Dortmund?

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Post by steve248 » 13 Nov 2017, 10:12

Roth was extradited by the French to Yugoslavia.
His career does not include service in Yugoslavia. I wonder whether the victims (280) of the Romberg Park shootings, Dortmund, shot over a March-April 1945 by Gestapo Dortmund, included Yugoslavs.

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Post by Ron » 13 Nov 2017, 14:39

Hi
Cannot remember where I see the information but Karl Soching was involved in illtreatment and murder of Yugoslavia nationals in April 1945 in Iserlohn,along with Kripo member Paul Balfanz.Possible Erich Roth.I also have Roth extradited by British 13th April 1947

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Post by Ron » 13 Nov 2017, 14:58

Hi
Still searching for photos of Roth and Soching ?
If anybody knows where I might find them ,please let me know , thank you
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Post by George_W » 13 Nov 2017, 16:32

Thank you very much for that info. Unfortunately i don't know where you could find the photos of them.

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Post by Georges JEROME » 13 Nov 2017, 17:17

steve248 wrote:Roth was extradited by the French to Yugoslavia.
His career does not include service in Yugoslavia. I wonder whether the victims (280) of the Romberg Park shootings, Dortmund, shot over a March-April 1945 by Gestapo Dortmund, included Yugoslavs.

in this book there is mention of killing of eastern workers

https://books.google.fr/books?id=uifw3B ... 45&f=false
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Post by George_W » 13 Nov 2017, 20:56

Many thanks!

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Post by ansata1976 » 21 Nov 2017, 18:54

Trial in Belgrade 14.11.1947

1.) Erich Roth (25.05.1910 in Auschwitz)
SS-Sturmbannführer, Oberregierungsrat head Gestapo Dortmund
death sentence (executed 27.12.1947 in Belgrad)

2.) Karl Söchting (04.12.1903 in Soltau)
Kriminalrat, deputy head Gestapo Dortmund
death sentence (executed 27.12.1947 in Belgrad)

3.) Paul Balfanz (?)
Kriminalsekretär in Iserlohn, maybe Gestapo?
death sentence (executed 27.12.1947 in Belgrad)

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Post by George_W » 21 Nov 2017, 20:45

ansata1976 wrote:3.) Paul Balfanz (?)
Kriminalsekretär in Iserlohn, maybe Gestapo?
death sentence (executed 27.12.1947 in Belgrad)
Ron wrote:Hi
Cannot remember where I see the information but Karl Soching was involved in illtreatment and murder of Yugoslavia nationals in April 1945 in Iserlohn,along with Kripo member Paul Balfanz.Possible Erich Roth.I also have Roth extradited by British 13th April 1947

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I don't have any info about this man but it seems that he was not extradited to Yugoslavia by the British nor US authorities. Probably arrested in Yugoslavia or handed over by the Russians.

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Post by Ron » 22 Nov 2017, 17:05

Paul Johann Wilhelm Balfanz..born 10/09/00
Strachin, Koslin.
He is in the detention files held in Kew.So was in British custody after the war.
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Post by Ron » 22 Nov 2017, 17:07

Sorry Strachmin,Koslin

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