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Re: War Crime Trials Poland

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Post by George_W » 21 Jan 2019, 18:55

Kurt Walter Fieles, born 28/07/1914, Volksdeutscher from Romania, SS gaurd in KL Lublin, camp Radom and KL Veihingen, extradited from US zone to Poland on 22/11/1946, no trial in Poland, handed over to the French authorities.

Willi Edward Gemski, born 05/02/1910, member of Jewish police in Kraków ghetto, extradited from French zone to Poland on 30/01/1948, acquitted in Kraków on 28/04/1949, no further info.

Franz Górzyński (Gorsynski), born 01/11/1921, Volksdeutscher from Poland, SS guard in KL Natzweiler-Kdo Neckar Els, extradited from US zone to Poland on 28/06/1946, sentenced in Toruń on 20/10/1947 to 2 years, released on 25/07/1949.

Adam Hammerling, born 24/03/1899, German mayor in Parzniewice, extradited from US zone to Poland on 28/06/1946, sentenced in Piotrków on 26/04/1948 to 6 years, released on 23/07/1952.

Heinrich Höchst, born 13/02/1914, SS guard in KL Gross-Rosen and KL Mauthausen-Kdo Ebensee, extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/1947, sentenced in Świdnica on 21/12/1948 to 5 years, released on 30/05/1954.

Frieda Korrek, born 13/11/1900, Volksdeutscherin from Poland, member of Selbstschutz in Bydgoszcz, extradited from Russian zone to Poland on 16/07/1948, sentenced in Bydgoszcz on 27/10/1948 to life, released on 23/06/1956.

Helmut Albert Müller, born 18/12/1906, SS-Obersturmbannführer, Polizeiprasident in Gdynia, extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/1947, sentenced in Gdynia on 16/03/1948 to 15 years, date of release is unknown to me.

Martin Roppelt, born 06/10/1921, Volksdeutscher from Romania, SS guard in KL Majdanek, Kdo Radom and KL Natzweiler-Kdo Veihingen, extradited from US zone to Poland on 22/11/1946, handed over to the French authorities.

Josef Wischalka, born 19/02/1905, German, no further info, discontinuance of the proceedings in Białystok on 20/01/1949, released on 14/11/1949.

Emil Worgul, born 03/04/1901, German Kapo in KL Auaschwitz, KL Nordhausen and KL Ravensbrück, extradited from US zone to Poland on 04/09/1946, discontinuance of the proceedings in Wadowice on 05/06/1948, released in September 1948.

Wilhelm Kurt Erwin Wühle, born 22/10/1884 in Königsberg, German in Jeziorki (manor owner in Jeziorki), extradited from Russian zone to Poland on 27/07/1950, sentenced in Poznań (?) on 26/02/1951 to life, released on 11/09/1956.

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Re: War Crime Trials Poland

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Post by ansata1976 » 21 Jan 2019, 18:56

What do you know about

Rudolf Renner
Hedwig Kalus
Wolf Waldhauser
Margarete Burda
Maks Jacob Czernek
Christian Hotze
Jaroslaw Hybner
Jakob Gemmel
August Bogener
Ernst Gustav Rothe


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Re: War Crime Trials Poland

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Post by George_W » 21 Jan 2019, 19:40

August Bogener, born 02/05/1894 in Barczewo (Ostpreussen), member of NSDAP and SA and guard in Ghetto in Augustów, extradited from British zone to Poland on 19/12/1946, sentenced in Ełk on 26/11/1947 to life, released on 12/12/1955.

Margarete Burda, born 09/08/1920, Volksdeutscherin from Czechoslovakia, no further info, extradited from US zone to Poland on 04/09/1946, discontinuance of the proceedings in Kraków on 23/07/1947, she was extradited by mistake, released on 09/01/1948.

Maks Jacob Czernek, born 23/12/1900, German, SS guard in KL Auschwitz, KL Gross-Rosen and KL Buchenwald, extradited from British zone to Poland on 22/11/1946, sentenced in Kraków on 16/02/1948 to 4 years, released on 09/02/1951.

Jacob Gemmel, born 27/05/1913 in Gilat, Volsdeutscher from Romania, SS guard in KL Dachau and Kdo Warschau, extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/1947, sentenced in Warszawa on 24/11/1950 to life; sentenced on 07/01/1952 to 12 years, date of release is unknown to me.

Christian Julius Hermann Hotze, born 12/06/1892, major of Wehrmacht in POW camp in Mühlberg, extradited from US zone to Poland 25/02/1947, sentenced in Warszawa on 03/01/1950 to 4 or 6 years (i'm not sure), released on 14/11/1953.

Jarosław Hybner, born 06/06/1904, German, SS guard in KL Gross-Rosen-Kdo Wüstgiersdorf and KL Flossenbürg, extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/1947, sentenced in Świdnica on 28/06/1948 to 2,5 years, released on 21/03/1950.

Hedwig Kalus, born 27/09/1909, German, guard and cook in KL Auschwitz and KL Flossenbürg-Plauen, extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/1947, acquitted in Wadowice on 14/08/1948, released on 15/03/1949.

Rudolf Renner, born 26/04/1915, worker in factory "Rogge" in Białystok and Łapy, extradited from US zone to Poland on 22/11/1946, sentenced in Łomża on 28/03/1950 to 3 years, released on 23/07/1951.

Ernst Gustaw Rothe, born 24/05/1906, guard in camp in Zöschen, extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/1947, sentenced in Warszawa on 26/01/1951 to 15 years, released on 11/06/1955.

Wolf Waldhauser, born 09/02/1903, SS guard in KL Auschwitz, extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/1947, discontinuance of the proceedings in Kraków on 07/06/1948, released on 18/10/1948.

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Re: War Crime Trials Poland

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Post by ansata1976 » 21 Jan 2019, 19:44

What do you know about

Heinrich Bohlen
Barbara Matika
Renate Grewe
Hedwig Grethel
Rose Müller
Erich Bergmann
Edmund Doerka
Adolf Pelikan

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Re: War Crime Trials Poland

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Post by George_W » 21 Jan 2019, 21:15

Erich Walter Bergmann, born 04/07/1903, member of Gendarmerie in Heringen, extradited from US zone to Poland on 04/09/1946, sentenced in Warszawa on 07/11/1947 to 15 years, released on 15/02/1955.

Heinrich Bohlen, born 17/10/1893, member of NSDAP in Breslau, extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/1947, sentenced in Wrocław on 04/02/1948 to 8 years, released on 01/01/1955.

Edmund Doerka, born 09/07/1900 in Wierzchownia, German, member of NSDAP (Polit. Ortsgruppenleiter) in Duninów, extradited from Russian zone to Poland on 04/02/1948, sentenced in Płock on 08/07/1948 to 10 years, date of release is unknown to me.

Hedwig Grethel, born 02/03/1904, extradited from French zone to Poland on 22/07/1947 for mistreating of Jews in Warsaw Ghetto, discontinuance of the proceedings in Warszawa, released on 15/03/1949.

Renate Grewe - no info, she was not extradited from Germany.

Barbara Matika, born 15/01/1925, German, guard in camp in Müseldorf, extradited from US zone to Poland on 22/11/1946, acquitted in Warszawa on 03/10/1947, released on 10/11/1947.

Rose Angele Müller, born 21/09/1908, German in Warsaw, extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/947 for crimes against Polish nation and Polish culture in Warszawa, discontinuance of the proceedings, released on 20/04/1948.

Adolf Karl Otto Pelikan, born 08/10/1900, German, member of SA and camp commandant in Underlüss, extradited from British zone to Poland on 28/08/1946, sentenced in Łódź on 04/01/1949 to 8 years, released on 19/11/1953.

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Re: War Crime Trials Poland

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Post by ansata1976 » 21 Jan 2019, 21:35

Which information do you have about

Joachim Rakow (17.10.1911 in Berlin) SS-Oberscharführer, member Gestapo in Poland
Erich Schampe/Szampa 13.04.1901, Kapo in KL Stutthof and Nord-Lager Pölitz in 1939-1944
Bernard Wegner 11.05.1917, kapo in KL Stutthof in the years 1943-1945
Kurt Eggerle staff camp in Treblinka
Hans Kunowski
Albert Heimerdinger
Wladimir Jastrzembskyj

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Re: War Crime Trials Poland

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Post by George_W » 21 Jan 2019, 22:04

Only these men:

Wladimir Jastrzembskyj, born 18/09/1903, Ukrainian, member of SS (SS Galizien) and guard in camp Pustków, extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/1947, sentenced in Kielce on 05/04/1949 to 6 years, released on 08/12/1952.

Albert Heimerdinger, born 16/03/1902 in Neckargartach, worker (supervisor) in factory "Fischer" in Mielec, extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/1947, sentenced in Kraków on 01/12/1949 to death, pardoned on 18/07/1950 (changed into life), released on 28/09/1958.

Hans Kunowski, born 06/04/1887 in Norburg, police member in Gessendorf, extradited from British zone 02/10/1946 (he was accused of shooting Polish forced labourer), committed suicide before the trial in November 1946.

The others were not extradited from Germany, i don't even know if they were tried in Poland.

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Re: War Crime Trials Poland

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Post by ansata1976 » 21 Jan 2019, 22:07

Thank you George

What do you know about

Mathias Schaser
Otto Walter Grober
Eduard Wendy
Philippe Kühne
Ernst Hermann Röbel
Karl Bogdan
Willy Sonnberg
Oswald Kohlaas
Johann Bodo

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Re: War Crime Trials Poland

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Post by George_W » 21 Jan 2019, 23:01

Johann Bodo, born 18/11/1907, Volksdeutscher from Yugoslavia, SS guard in camp Pustków, extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/1947, sentenced in Tarnów on 05/04/1949 to 5 years, released on 03/12/1952.

Karl Bogdan, born 17/10/1898, Ortsgruppenleiter NSDAP and German mayor in Lidzbark (probably Lidzbark Welski), extradited from US zone to Poland on 04/09/1946, sentenced in Mława on 16/02/1948 to 6 years, sentenced on 02/10/1948 to 14 years, died in prison on 12/08/1949.

Otto Walter Grober, born 08/09/1898, member of NSDAP and member of Schutzpolizei in Włocławek, extradited from US zone on 04/09/1946, sentenced in Toruń or in Włocławek to 4 years, acquitted on 25/06/1948, released on 25/07/1949.

Oswald Ewald Kohlaas, born 03/05/1905, member of Gestapo in Katowice, extradited from French zone to Poland on 30/01/1948, sentenced in Katowice on 20/09/1948 to 4 years, released on 30/01/1952.

Philippe Kühne, born 15/11/1912, German Kapo in KL Auschwitz, extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/1947, discontinuance of the proceedings in Wadowice on 31/08/1948, released on 14/11/1949.

Ernst Hermann Röbel, born 01/03/1894, member of NSDAP and SD in Jarocin (maybe head of SD in Jarocin), extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/1947, sentenced in Ostrów Wielkopolski on 28/05/1948 to 7 years, released on 09/05/1952.

Mathias Schaser, born 16/02/1921, Volksdeutscher from Romania, SS guard in camp Radom, camp Tomaszów and KL Natzweiler, extradited from US zone to Poland on 22/11/1946, sentenced in Radom on 22/12/1947 to 10 years, released on 16/11/1955.

Willy Sonnberg, born 22/12/1893 in Lüsen, commandant of police in Tychy, extradited from British zone to Poland on 28/08/1946, sentenced in Katowice on 13/02/1948 to 12 years, released on 02/05/1956.

Eduard Wendy, born 02/07/1920, Volksdeutscher from Poland, worker in PZL factory in Mielec, extradited from British zone to Poland on 06/12/1947, sentenced in Tranów on 15/04/1949 to 3,5 years, released on 28/11/1950.

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Re: War Crime Trials Poland

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Post by ansata1976 » 21 Jan 2019, 23:11

What do you know about

Julius Kwiatkowski
Johanna Unger
Konrad Gessler
Karl Friedrich Steisslinger
Erich Duse
Franz Achter
Otto Hassenmeier
Joseph Gurschinski
Gregor Klahs (1917 in Wejherow)
Helmut Albert Müller

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Re: War Crime Trials Poland

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Post by George_W » 21 Jan 2019, 23:47

Franz Achter, born 30/10/1909, Oberkapo in KL Auschwitz, extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/1947, sentenced in Wadowice on 30/11/1947 to 7 years, released on 17/03/1954.

Erich Duse, born 31/07/1906, member of SS in Nowy Bukowiec, extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/1947, sentenced in Gdańsk on 24/11/1947 to 10 years, died in prison on 07/01/1954.

Konrad Gessler, born 19/02/1907, guard in KL Natzweiler and KL Dachau, extradited from US zone to Poland on 28/06/1946, discontinuance of the proceedings in Toruń on 13/08/1947, released on 30/08/1947.

Joseph Gurschinski, born 20/06/1913, Volksdeutscher from Poland, member of SS in Warszawa, Gdańsk, Berlin and in Holland, member of Selbstschutz in Sępólno, extradited from US zone to Poland on 28/06/1946, sentenced in Chojnice on 05/03/1948 to 3 years, released on 05/01/1949.

Otto Hassenmaier, no info, he was not extradited from Germany.

Gregor Klahs (Klohs), born 07/02/1917, member of SS (probably in KL Dachau), extradited from US zone to Poland on 04/09/1946, sentenced in Gdynia on 19/03/1948 to 12 years, released on 02/05/1956.

Julius Kwiatkowski, born 02/03/1897, member of Wehrmacht, guard in KL Mauthausen-Kdo Wiener Neudorf and Kdo Gusen, extradited from US zone to Poland on 28/06/1946, discontinuance of the proceedings in Toruń on 27/05/1947, date of release is unknown to me.

Karl Friedrich Steisslinger, born 21/02/1904, head of labour camp in Liebersbrom near Enslingen, extradited from US zone to Poland on 18/12/1946, sentenced in Warszawa on 28/10/1947 to 10 years, date of release is unknown to me.

Johanna Unger, born 23/02/1903, extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/1947 for beating and mistreating of Poles in Sieradz, discontinuance of the proceedings in Kalisz, released on 25/07/1949.

You have already asked me about Helmut Albert Müller and i gave You the info about him in one of the previous posts.

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Re: War Crime Trials Poland

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Post by ansata1976 » 21 Jan 2019, 23:53

Sorry my mistake. I wanted to know information about Otto Müller (maybe staff Gross Rosen?)

What do you know about

Albert Dawid Kurz
Jakob Marks
Adam Reuter
Bernhard Giesselmann
Franz Bode
Ferdinand Steinhauer
Konrad John
Stefan Szczetinski

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Re: War Crime Trials Poland

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Post by history1 » 22 Jan 2019, 01:11

George just as info, the feminin form of "Volksdeutscher" is "Volksdeutsche", not "Volksdeutscherin" as I read now many times.

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Re: War Crime Trials Poland

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Post by ansata1976 » 22 Jan 2019, 18:37

What do you know about

Albert Dawid Kurz
Jakob Marks
Adam Reuter
Bernhard Giesselmann
Franz Bode
Ferdinand Steinhauer
Konrad John
Stefan Szczetinski

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Re: War Crime Trials Poland

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Post by George_W » 22 Jan 2019, 19:12

Thanks for the correction.

Franz Bode (Bukowski), born 29/01/1901, member of SS and police in Nowy Bogumin and Katowice, extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/1947, sentenced in Cieszyn on 27/08/1948 to 8 years, released on 17/06/1954.

Bernhard Giesselmann, 05/08/1892 in Dortmund, member of NSDAP and Stadtkommissar in Przemyśl (German mayor of that city), extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/1947, sentenced in Przemyśl on 14/08/1948 to 10 years, sentenced in Rzeszów on 01/03/1950 to 14 years, released on 12/05/1956.

Konrad John, born 16/05/1902, Volksdeutscher from Poland, member of SS and Gestapo in Katowice and Chorzów, extradited from French zone (through US zone) to Poland on 22/07/1947, sentenced in Katowice on 21/04/1948 to 8 years, released on 01/05/1955.

Albert Dawid Kurz, born 28/12/1891, guard in labour camp in Rudersberg, extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/1947, sentenced in Warszawa on 10/02/1949 to 5 years, sentenced later in Warszawa on 15/03/1951 to 3 years, released on 23/07/1951.

Jacob Marks, born 05/11/1924, Volksdeutscher from Yugoslavia, SS guard in KL Dachau-Kdo Landshut, extradited from US zone to Poland on 16/01/1948, sentenced in Warszawa on 15/06/1950 to 12 years, released in May 1956.

Adam Reuter, born 12/11/1903, member of SS and Gestapo, guard in prison in Darmstadt, extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/1947, sentenced in Warszawa on 04/08/1948 to 5 years, released on 21/11/1950.

Ferdinand Steinhauer, born 15/09/1901, guard in KL Stutthof, extradited from US zone to Poland on 18/12/1946, acquitted in Gdańsk on 16/09/1948, released on 14/11/1949.

Stefan Szczetinski, born 02/01/1924, Ukrainian, SS guard in KL Flossenbürg-Kdo Platting, extradited from US zone to Poland on 25/02/1947, sentenced in Warszawa on 30/10/1948 to 8 years, date of release is unknown to me.

George

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