War Crime Trials Norway

[ansata1976]

Can someone give me informations of:
Ludwig Runzheimer
Willi August Kesting
Werner Seeling
Emil Clemens
Emil Koeber
Erich Hoffmann
Otto Suhr
Rudolf Schubert
Alfred Gärtner
August Stuckmann

I need informations of their rank,position, date and place of execution and place of birth.
All this men are executed in Norway but i do not have the dates and the place.

[Dieter Zinke]

Dear ansata:
Please see my objections in your "Netherland"-thread.
Without any additional information to the names in question your request will remain without any answer

Your moderator

[ansata1976]

Can someone give me informations of:
Ludwig Runzheimer
Willi August Kesting
Werner Seeling
Emil Clemens
Emil Koeber
Erich Hoffmann
Otto Suhr
Rudolf Schubert
Alfred Gärtner
August Stuckmann

I need informations of their rank,position, date and place of execution and place of birth.
All this men are executed in Norway but i do not have the dates and the place.
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[ansata1976]

Dear ansata:
Please see my objections in your "Netherland"-thread.
Without any additional information to the names in question your request will remain without any answer

Your moderator

Sorry i changed this subject to Holocaust too...

[danyb]

hello !

otto suhr: death sentence on the 2.12.1947 ; executed on the 10.1.1948

august stuckmann: born.1.3.1910.lemgo
executed on the 28.3.1947

rudolf schubert: death sentence on the 3.7.1946
executed on the 20.9.1947

emil clemens: death sentence on the 3.7.1946
committed suicide on the 19.9.1947

emil koeber: death sentence on the 12.3.1947
executed on the 22.3.1947


willi kesting: executed on the 8.8.1946 ( bergen)

ludwig runzheimer: executed on the 4.7.1946 (bergen)

werner seeling and erich hoffmann were sentenced to death by a british court at oslo on the 13.12.1945; seeling was schot at akershus prison on the 10.1.1946; hoffmann was hanged at werl on the 15.5.1946.

danyb

[fjernsyn49]

Germans beeing executed as war criminals. From:
http://nuav.rforum.biz/discuss-all-abou ... lt-t88.htm

Henrettet = executed
Festning = fortress

Richard Wilhelm Hermann Bruns, henrettet 20. september 1947, Akershus festning, Oslo
Siegfried Wolfgang Fehmer, henrettet 16. mars 1948, Akershus festning, Oslo
Gerhard Friedrich Ernst Flesch, henrettet 28. februar 1948, Kristiansten festning, Trondheim
Willi August Kesting, henrettet 8. august 1946, Sverresborg festning, Bergen
Karl-Hans Hermann Klinge, henrettet 28. mars 1946, Akershus festning, Oslo
Emil Hugo Friedrich Koeber, henrettet 22. mars 1947, Kristiansten festning, Trondheim
Ludwig Runzheimer, henrettet 6. juli 1946, Sverresborg festning, Bergen
Rudolf Theodor Adolf Schubert, henrettet 20. september 1947, Akershus festning, Oslo
August Stuckmann, henrettet 28. mars 1947, Akershus festning, Oslo
Otto Wilhelm Albert Suhr, henrettet 10. januar 1948, Akershus festning, Oslo

[ansata1976]

Germans beeing executed as war criminals. From:
http://nuav.rforum.biz/discuss-all-abou ... lt-t88.htm

Henrettet = executed
Festning = fortress

Richard Wilhelm Hermann Bruns, henrettet 20. september 1947, Akershus festning, Oslo
Siegfried Wolfgang Fehmer, henrettet 16. mars 1948, Akershus festning, Oslo
Gerhard Friedrich Ernst Flesch, henrettet 28. februar 1948, Kristiansten festning, Trondheim
Willi August Kesting, henrettet 8. august 1946, Sverresborg festning, Bergen
Karl-Hans Hermann Klinge, henrettet 28. mars 1946, Akershus festning, Oslo
Emil Hugo Friedrich Koeber, henrettet 22. mars 1947, Kristiansten festning, Trondheim
Ludwig Runzheimer, henrettet 6. juli 1946, Sverresborg festning, Bergen
Rudolf Theodor Adolf Schubert, henrettet 20. september 1947, Akershus festning, Oslo
August Stuckmann, henrettet 28. mars 1947, Akershus festning, Oslo
Otto Wilhelm Albert Suhr, henrettet 10. januar 1948, Akershus festning, Oslo

Thank you. Can you give me more informations about their position,rank and place of birth?

[dylan]

Richard Bruns 28/6/1900 born in Hannover
SS Untersturmf. with KDS Oslo.
Emil Koeber Hauptwachtmeister Schupo Trondheim
born 29/7/1907 in Oberhausen.
Willi Kesting is born in Dortmund 28/01/1908
SS Sturmscharf. with KDS Bergen.

dylan.

[dylan]

Runzheimer born in Gladenbach 28/7/1912
SS Oberscharf. with KDS Bergen.
Clemens 18/11/1908 SS Sturmscharf. with KDS Oslo
Suhr tolk with KDS Oslo born 11/6/1902.
Schubert SS Hauptscharf. with KDS Oslo born 15/9/1908.

dylan.

[ansata1976]

And Peter Hjelmberg.

[fjernsyn49]

And Peter Hjelmberg.

Nils Peter Bernhard Hjelmberg, henrettet 8. august 1946, Sverresborg festning, Bergen

[Bjørn from Norway]

Hello!
Alfred Josef Gärtner, b. 31.10.23 in Gravdal/Hordaland in Norway.
Former frontfighter, and SIPO Bergen. Executed 8.8.46.

B.

[ansata1976]

I need more information about trials in Norway and information about the date and place of birth and date and place of death.Are there more information about trials in Norway against Germans.

Name/Place of trial:


1945 Aug.-1948 June

Defendant: Obersturmbannfuehrer Hans Keller/Oslo
Defendant: Obersturmfuehrer Georg Ludwig Werner Oppel/Oslo
Defendant: Untersturmfuehrer Alfred Kreutz/Oslo
Defendant: Obersturmfuehrer Erwin Lang Place/Oslo
Defendant: Rudolf Hermann Theodor Kapp/Oslo
Defendant: Willi Tiege/Oslo
Defendant: Oberscharfuehrer Georg Eberl/Oslo
Defendant: Hauptscharfuehrer Friedrich Wilhelm Eisenacher/Oslo
Defendant: Obersturmfuehrer George Muller
Defendant: Oberscharfuehrer Schmidt

[ansata1976]

SIEGFRIED WOLFGANG FEHMER (10.01.1911-16.03.1948)
born in Munich, joined the NSDAP in 1930 and was a SS Hauptsturmführer and was the Gestapo leader in Oslo, Norway between April 1940 and February 1945.
Tried by a N o r w e g i a n military court at Oslo he was sentenced to death on 28th June 1947 for the torturing of
Norwegian patriots during interrogations. He was executed in Akershus Fortress, Oslo on 16th March 1948

KARL-HANS HERMAN KLINGE (1909-1946)
was a SS Oberscharführer and Kriminalassistent in the Oslo Gestapo. Tried by a Norwegian military court he was sentenced to death on 8th December 1945 and again at the Supreme court 27th February 1946. In March 1945 he beat a Norwegian civilian with a truncheon across his back then with his hands and feet bound, he was thrown into a ice cold bath and repeatedly ducked under. He collapsed and died the same day. He also tortured another 17 victims the same way at Gestapo headquaters in Oslo. He was executed in Akershus Fortress, Oslo on 28th March 1946.

OTTO WILHELM ALBERT SUHR (1902-1948)
By the German capitulation Otto Wilhelm Albert Suhr was German interpreter in Referat IV 1a by the Kommandeur der Sicherheitspolitzei und des Sicherheitsdienst (KdS), Oslo. Suhr came to Norway in 1927 and worked as a fitter in a Norwegian firm, until he in March 1943 was drafted by force as an intepreter to the Sipo in Oslo. He was tried by a Norwegian county court and was sentenced to death in 1947. The sentence was cancelled by the Supreme court due to legal errors and the case was re-opened in June 1947. Again sentenced to death for war crimes he was executed on 10th January 1948 in Akershus Fortress, Oslo.

AUGUST STUCKMANN (1910-1947)
was so-called SS-Sturmscharführer and Kriminalsekretâr, ADSt (Aussendienststelle) Dombås, Oppland
fylke (district). He was born 01.03.1910 in Lemgo and before the war he worked both in the "Landespolizei" and "Wehrmacht" . In April 1940 he was ordered to Norway, first he was in Kristiansand, from July 1940 till July 1941 he was by the Gestapo in Oslo and after that he was by the Sicherheitspolizei (Sipo) in Lillehammer, Oppland district. Stuckmann was sentenced to death, for murder, for participation in murder and serious torture, and he was executed 28th March

FRANZ DIRRANK (1900-)
was born in Austria and served in the KDS in Oslo as a translator. Tried by a Norwegian court he was sentenced to death for war crimes. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment and he was released in January 1954.

JOSEF SEUFERT (1909-)
was a SSSturmscharführer during the occupation of Norway had served in the KDS in Oslo and Bergen. Tried by a Norwegian court he was sentenced to death for war crimes. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment and he was released in december 1952.

RICHARD WILHELM HERMANN BRUNS (28.06.1900 -20.09.1947)
Born in Hannover, was a SS Untersturmführer and kriminalsekretar was in the Oslo Gestapo between 1942-45. He was tried by a Norwegian court between 20th March-3rd July 1946 and was sentenced to death by shooting. He was convicted of the torture of 11 N o r w e g i a n civilians. He beat the victims using various instruments hitting them in the face and body and also dunking them in ice cold baths. Bruns also killed two
men by shooting them but was cleared on the grounds of acting within his rights. He was executed on 20th
September 1947 in Akershus Fortress Oslo.

RUDOLF THEODOR ALBERT SCHUBERT (1908-1947)
was a SS Hauptsturmführer and kriminalassistent in the Oslo Gestapo between 1942-45.He was tried by a Norwegian court between 20th March-3rd July 1946 and was sentenced to death by shooting. He was convicted of torturing 14 Norwegians by beating them with various instruments in the face and body. Schubert also killed one man by shooting, but was cleared on the grounds of acting within his rights. He was executed on 20th September 1947 in Akershus Fortress Oslo

EMIL CLEMENS (1908-1947)
was a SS Sturmscharführer and kriminaloberassistent in the Oslo Gestapo between 1943-45. Tried by a
Norwegian court between 20th March- 3rd July 1946 he was sentenced to death by shooting. He was convicted of torturing 23 Norwegians using various instruments and cold baths. Clemens also killed one prisoner, but the court found Clemens had not exceeded his right to shoot an escaping prisoner. He commited suicide in prison on 19th September 1947, the night before he was to be executed.

OSCAR HANS (1910-)
was a SS Hauptsturmführer joined the SS in 1933 and the SD in 1935. In 1940 Hans was a member of the SD in Oslo and then in charge of an execution squad. tried by a Norwegian court he was sentenced to death on 23rd August 1947 for the execution of 312 Norwegians. His sentence was commuted and he was handed over to the
british. Tried by a British military court in Hamburg he was sentenced to death on 25th August 1948 for more war crimes. His sentence was commuted to imprisonment and he was released on 23rd April 1954.

GERHARD FRIEDRICH FLESCH(08.10.1909 – 28.02.1948)
Born in Posen, was a SS Obersturmbannführer und major der Polizei joined the NSDAP in 1933 and the SS in 1934. He was KDS kommandeur der Sipo und des SD from April 1940 till May 1945, first in Bergen, then in Trondheim. Tried by a Norwegian military court after the war he was sentenced to death in 1946 for ordering the murders of 37 people. He lost his appeal in the Norwegian Supreme Court and he was executed by firing squad on 28th February 1948 in Kristiansten, Trondheim.

JULIUS HANS CHRISTIAN NIELSON (1898-1948)
was a SS Obersturmführer served in the Gestapo in Trondheim. Tried by a Norwegian court he was sentenced to
death for the arrest and ill treatment of N o r w e g i a n patriots. He was executed on 10th July 1948 in Trondheim.

HERMANN DRAGASS (1891-1948)
served in the KDS in Trondheim as a translator. He was born in Germany, but had migrated to Norway in 1914, and was a Norwegian Citizen. Tried by a Norwegian court he was sentenced to death for ill treatment of prisoners and war crimes and he was executed on 10th July 1948 in Trondheim.

WILHELM ARTUR KONSTANTIN WAGNER (1909-) was a SS Hauptsturmführer was head of section IV b in Norway during the war. Triedby a Norwegian military court in October 1946 he was sentenced to death for the deportation of 321 jews and also the ill treatment of jews. On 30th April 1947 his death sentence was commuted to 20 year imprisonment
and he was released in December 1951.

RUDOLF KERNER (1910-)
born 21.02.1910 in Saarbrücken, was a SS Hauptsturmführer and kriminalkommisar was Gestapo chief of K r i s t i a n s a n d , southern Norway during 1940-42. Tried by a N o r w e g i a n Kristiansand court he was sentenced to death on 16th June 1947 after being
convicted of being responsible for the death and torture of Norwegian patriots. His sentence was commuted in
1948 to life imprisonment and he was released in October 1953.

ERNST WEIMANN (1906-)
was a SS Obersturmbannführer und oberstleutnant der polizei was the head of the KDS kommandeur der Sipo und des
SD Bergen April 1944-May 1945. Before Norway he was head of the K l a g e n f u r t Gestapo 1940-43, and in Trieste 1943- 44. Tried by a Norwegian court he was sentenced to death on 13th September
1946 for war crimes. His sentence was reduced to life imprisonment on 30th august 1947 and he was released in
October 1953.

WILLI AUGUST KESTING (28.01.1908 -08.08.1946)
Born in Dortmund, was a SS Sturmscharführer and kriminalsekretar served in the Bergen Gestapo in Norway from 1941, as leader of section 4 E from October 1944 till May 1945. Tried by a Norwegian court he was sentenced to death for the arrest and abuse/torture of Norwegian patriots. He was executed on 8th august 1946 in Bergen.

LUDWIG RUNZHEIMER (28.07.1912 -04.07.1946)
born in Gladenbach, was a SS Oberscharführer served in the Frankfurt Gestapo and the Bergen Gestapo in Norway. Tried by a Norwegian court he was sentenced to death for the arrest and ill treatment of Norwegian patriots. He was executed on 4th July 1946 in Bergen.

JOHANN ARNDT (1911-)
was a SS Hauptscharführer served in the Bochum Gestapo and the Bergen Gestapo in Norway. Tried by a
Norwegian court he was sentenced to death on 13th September 1946 for the arrest and ill treatment of Norwegian patriots. His sentence was reduced to life imprisonment and he was released in October 1953

NILS PETER BERNHARD HJELMBERG (1923-1946)
born in Copenhagen. He came to Norway in October 1942 to work for Sipo in Bergen. In January 1944 he was
transferred to Gestapo, referat IV E to be a translator. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for war crimes in
Gulating lagmannsrett 18th March 1946. The Supreme Court changed the sentence to death 4th July 1946, and he was executed at Sverresborg in Bergen 8th August 1946.

MAX EMIL GUSTAV ROOK (24.06.1888-04.06.1946)
born in Berlin but from 1928 a citizen of Norway.During the occupation he served
in the KDS in Bergen. Tried by a Norwegian court he was sentenced to death for participating in arresting
Norwegian patriots. He was executed on 4th June 1946 in Sverresborg Fortress, Bergen.

ALFRED JOSEF GÃRTNER (1923-1946)
Gärtners father was German, but he was a citizen of Norway. During the occupation he served in the KDS in Bergen. Tried by a Norwegian court he was sentenced to death for participating in arresting Norwegian patriots. He was executed on 8th August 1946 in Bergen.

ERICH HOFFMANN (23.04.1900-15.05.1946)
was fahrdienstleiter in Bergen and a former member of the German SD in occupied Norway. Tried by a joint Norwegian/British court in Oslo between 10th-13th December 1945 he was found guilty of being concerned in the murder of allied prisoners of war. He was sentenced to death and hanged in Hamelin prison on 15th May 1946.

WERNER SEELING (1908-1946)
was a Luftwaffe doctor and had served in occupied Norway. Tried by a joint Norwegian/British court in Oslo
between 10th-13th December 1945 he was found guilty of being concerned in the murder of allied prisoners of war in Bergen. He was sentenced to death and shot in Akershus Fortress Oslo on 10th January 1946.


HANS WILHELM BLOMBERG (1906-1946)
was a SS Obersturmbannführer und Oberstleutnant der Polizei. He was head of the KDS in Tromsø (5.40-10.41), later Bergen (10.41-4.44) and STAPO Hamburg. Tried by a joint Norwegian/British court in Oslo between 10th-13th December 1945 he was found guilty of being concerned in the murder of allied prisoners of war in Bergen. He was sentenced to death and shot in Akershus Fortress Oslo on 10th January 1946.

PAUL HEINRICH GLOMB (1905-)
born 08.06.1905 in Sodow,was a SS hauptscharführer served in the Sipo and the SD in Trondheim district, Norway during the occupation. Tried by a Norwegian Kristiansand court he was sentenced to death on 16th June 1947 after being convicted of being responsible for the death and torture of Norwegian patriots. His sentence was commuted in 1948 to 20 years and he was released in 1950.

HUGO FRIEDRICH WILHELM HEINRICHS (1913-)
was a SS Oberscharführer served in Halden then in the Gestapo at Fredrikstad. He was
tried by a Norwegian court in Sarpsborg and was sentenced to death on 15th May 1947 for war crimes. His
sentence was commuted to life imprisonment and he was released in October 1953.


EMIL HUGO FRIEDRICH KOEBER (29.07.1907 -22.03.1947)
born in Oberhausen ,served as a Hauptwachmeister in the police during the war. He arrived in Norway in 1943 and served as a guard at the Vollan camp in Trondheim. Tried by a Norwegian court he was sentenced to
death. On 12th March 1947 in Oslo. His appeal was rejected and he was executed by firing squad 22nd March
1947 in Kristiansten, Trondheim.


FRIEDRICH WILHELM MEYER (1915-)
born 31.03.1915 in Osnabrück ,was a SS Oberscharführer was a Gestapo official who served in Kristiansand southern norway during
the occupation. Tried by a Norwegian Kristiansand court he was sentenced to death on 16th June 1947 after being convicted of being responsible for the death and torture of Norwegian patriots.his sentence was commuted in 1948 to life imprisonment and he was released in july 1952.


Heinrich Wilhelm Oscar Willführ sentenced to 10 (ten) years of forced labor.
Franz Simon Gromann sentenced to 6 (six) years of forced labor

[Researcher]

Hi all,

from ansata1976 list I have never come across:-

ERNST WEIMANN (1906-)
was a SS Obersturmbannführer und oberstleutnant der polizei was the head of the KDS kommandeur der Sipo und des
SD Bergen April 1944-May 1945. Before Norway he was head of the K l a g e n f u r t Gestapo 1940-43, and in Trieste 1943- 44. Tried by a Norwegian court he was sentenced to death on 13th September
1946 for war crimes. His sentence was reduced to life imprisonment on 30th august 1947 and he was released in
October 1953.

I know of Ernst Weinmann (Erwins brother) but he was tried in Belgrade. Can anyone verify acuracy of above details?
Regards
Researcher