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Re: Poland War Crime Trials

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Post by George_W » 13 May 2018, 00:27

Switenko was extradited by the US authorities to Poland in 1950, sentenced to death in Warsaw, so i suspect that he was executed also in Warsaw. Grzimek was probably executed in Warsaw too as he was sentenced to death also in Warsaw. I don't have any info about the rest except that they were not extradited from Germany.

Regarding Kempf: You gave his birthplace as "Schwertheim" and i also have the "Schwertheim" in my source but i'm unable to find the place with such name in Germany. It could be another error.

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Re: Poland War Crime Trials

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Post by ansata1976 » 13 May 2018, 00:56

Maybe Kempf is from Austria, Alsace or Sudetenland?

Here are some information about Josef Forkel:
Josef Fortel-page0001.jpg
source: IPN in Warsaw
I have other sources with the same information.


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Re: Poland War Crime Trials

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Post by George_W » 13 May 2018, 01:14

Thanks.

So it seems that Fortel was member of Gestapo in Grodno not in Radom, so the fact that he was tried in Giżycko and executed in Ełk has much more sense to me.

Regarding Kempf: i don't have any idea, maybe "Schwertheim" is another spelling error in Polish documents. He was described by Kobierska-Motas as German not as Volksdeutscher from Czechoslovakia or Austrian.

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Re: Poland War Crime Trials

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Post by ansata1976 » 13 May 2018, 01:24

When I get new information regarding Kempf I will inform you.

In other sources about Fortel he was member of the Gestapo in Radom. Maybe he was first in Radom and then in Grodno.

Josef Fortel
27.02.1905 in Grodno
He was sentenced to death 11.07.1947 in Gizycko (executed 23.02.1948 in Elku)

In his files is one notice: “…bez stalego miejsca zamieszkania (without permanent residence)…”

Is this Elk/Elku the former Lyck?
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Re: Poland War Crime Trials

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Post by George_W » 13 May 2018, 01:27

Thanks.

I suspect that info that he was in Radom could be a mistake. I do not believe that he was transferred from Grodno to Radom or from Radom to Grodno. He was born in Grodno so he was the Gestapo member probably only in Grodno.This man executed in Ełk was "Fortel" not "Forkel".

I've never came across that name in connection with Gestapo in Radom.

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Re: Poland War Crime Trials

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Post by ansata1976 » 13 May 2018, 04:55

Wilhelm Kempf-page0001.jpg

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Re: Poland War Crime Trials

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Post by George_W » 13 May 2018, 09:25

Thanks.

Yes, Ełk is the Polish name of Lyck in former East Prussia.

According to this article Kempf was born and raised in Poland. He had Polish citizenship before 1939 and even served in Polish army in 1939. However he signed "Volksliste" and joined SS after Poland was defeated by the Germans.

So this "Schwertheim" must be somewhere in Poland but i do not have any idea what is the Polish name of this location. I suspect that there is a spelling mistake with that German name.

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Re: Poland War Crime Trials

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Post by George_W » 13 May 2018, 09:33

Finally i think i found it. "Schwertheim" between 1939 and 1945 was the German name of village Mieczkowo in Kujavien-Pommern. So probably that is the correct place where Kempf was born.

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Re: Poland War Crime Trials

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Post by George_W » 13 May 2018, 09:53

So i have the places of birth of all men extradited to Poland from Germany and later sentenced to death In Poland, except these men:

Andreas Buch, extradited by the US authorities, born 1899, pardoned, death changed to life.
Jonas Maciulewicius, extradited by the French authorities, born 1898, Lithuanian, executed.
Michael Pelger (born 1908), Peter Reiss (born 1901) and Franz Süss (born 1912) - all extradited by the US authorities, all were Germans from Romania, all three were executed.
Karl Piel, extradited by the British authorities, born 1900, executed.
Heinz Hans Schemerling, extradited by the British authorities, born 1894, executed.
Wladimir Switenko, extradited by the US authorities, born 1921, Ukrainian, executed.
Maksym Sywanycz, extradited by the US authorities, born 1915, Ukrainian, executed.

I also have the problem with the birthplaces of this eight:

Friedrich Gebhardt, extradited by the US authorities, born 1899 in Neustadt - but which Neustadt?
Fritz Brauner, extradited by the British authorities, born 1896 in Reichenbach - but which Reichenbach?
Georg Frank, extradited by the US authorities, born 1891 in Marl - no details, it could be Marl in Niedersachsen or Marl in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Helmut Theodor Schulze, extradited by the US authorities, born 1925 in Fuhler - unfortunately i can't find a place with this name.
Ewald Foth, extradited by the British authorities, born 1908 - some sources give "Stutthof" as his place of birth and same sources give "Mittelbacken" (somewhere near Gdańsk) as the place of birth but i also can't find the place with this name.
Karl Zurell, extradited by the British authorities, born 1902 in Stawiska - but which Stawiska? The villages with the name "Stawiska" are at least 10 in Poland - i suspect that - as he served in KL Stutthof - it could be Stawiska in Pommern but which exactly?

The places with the names of Neustadt and Reichenbach existed many in Germany at that times, for example one former Reichenbach is nowadays Dzierżoniów in Poland.

George
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Re: Poland War Crime Trials

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Post by history1 » 13 May 2018, 10:17

I only wonder who did delete my post from yesterday, containing further informations about the 3rd Albert Derm file reg. his profession and a correction of George´s translation!?

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Re: Poland War Crime Trials

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Post by George_W » 13 May 2018, 11:00

I've just found that Zurell was born in Stawiska near Rypin (Stawiska county Rypin) so now it's clear.

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Re: Poland War Crime Trials

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Post by George_W » 13 May 2018, 11:54

To sum up i have also problems with the places of birth of these men, all extradited earlier from Germany:

Luise Buch, born 1913 in Kunzendorf, but i don't know in which Kunzendorf.
Franz Dobslaw, born 1909 in Dąbrowa, but i don't know where exactly.
Karl Grams, born 1911 in Ostrówek, but i do not have info where exactly.
Hans Günther, born 1898 in Winne, but i can't find the place with such name, maybe Winnen?
Otto Klingbeil, born 1905 in Wierzchy, but i don't know in which Wierzchy exactly.
Kurt Möller, born 1918 in Oberkirchen, maybe Oberkirchen in Nordrhein-Westfalen?
Georg Paul Schmid, born 1914, born in Marzenin, but i don't know in which Marzenin.
Georg Singer, born 1897 in Sulzbach, but i don't have info in which Sulzbach.

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Re: Poland War Crime Trials

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Post by ansata1976 » 13 May 2018, 14:47

There is a place in Germany with the name "Winne".
"... Winne ist ein weilerartiger Ortsteil von Breitungen/Werra im Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen in Thüringen. ..."

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Re: Poland War Crime Trials

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Post by George_W » 13 May 2018, 16:15

Thanks.

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Re: Poland War Crime Trials

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Post by George_W » 13 May 2018, 17:47

I found in some rather reliable sources, for example in this article https://przeglad.olkuski.pl/index.php/h ... -w-olkuszu that Friedrich Kuczynski was hanged in Sosnowiec not in Brzeg. His body was buried in the Nowosielecki cemetery in Sosnowiec.

George

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