Germans/Volksdeutsche sentenced to death in Poland for warcrimes (sentence not carried out)

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Emil Blech (26.03.1908) sentenced to death 19.05.1947 in Lodz (died 11.09.1947 in Kutno prison)
Otto Brahm (22.01.1900 in Duze Balowko) sentenced to death 15.06.1946 in Torun (commuted to life imprisonment, died 05.08.1947 in Sztum prison)
Ernst Boehlke (22.01.1906 in Niemczynek) sentenced to death 18.09.1946 in Torun (commuted to 15 years imprisonment, died 19.11.1948 in Nowogard prison)
Ernst Hermann Busch (06.11.1914 in Chelmno) sentenced to death 10.04.1947 in Torun (commuted to 10 years imprisonment 30.08.1954, released 13.03.1956)
Erich Delau (02.08.1906 in Lubiezu) sentenced to death 17.12.1945 in Torun (commuted to 15 years imprisonment 24.01.1946, died 07.03.1952 in Bytom prison)
Wilhelm Giselle (08.05.1891 in Lubiaszow) sentenced to death 30.08.1945 in Lodz (commuted to to 10 years imprisonment 05.10.1945, suicide 06.10.1945 in prison)
Ewald Hajduk (23.08.1907 in Beuthen) sentenced to death 14.03.1950 in Krakow (commuted to 15 years imprisonment, died 07.05.1951 in Krakow prison)
Gustav Hinz (28.09.1909 in Blechowo) sentenced to death 24.05.1946 in Torun (commuted to 15 years imprisonment 13.06.1946, died 11.09.1947 in Sztum prison)
Walter Jahnke (10.09.1898 in Kaliska) sentenced to death 05.06.1946 in Gdansk (commuted to life imprisonment 26.06.1946, died 04.06.1950 in Sztum prison)
Heinrich Kiss (27.07.1919 in Sewerynow) sentenced to death 03.10.1949 in Krakow (commuted to life imprisonment 24.02.1950, died 18.04.1969 in Strzelce Opolskie prison)
Franz Langner (05.08.1891 in Kobiór) sentenced to death 05.04.1950 (commuted to 10 years imprisonment 13.04.1951, died 02.02.1952 in prison)
Ludwig Horszwald (25.08.1912 in Lodz) sentenced to death 09.02.1948 in Piotrkow (commuted to life imprisonment 04.06.1948, died 11.12.1949 in Brzeg prison)
Willi Emil Zukriegel (07.09.1905 in Lodz) sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 27.01.1947 in Lodz, sentenced to death 27.05.1948 in Lodz (commuted to 12 years imprisonment 25.07.1948, released 1959)

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Reinhold Lucht (21.04.1887 in Ustronie) sentenced to death 16.06.1947 in Koszalin (commuted to life imprisonment, died 08.06.1949 in Nowogard prison)

[Researcher]

hi ansata1976,

Please tell of the crimes for which these men were convicted.

Emanuel Zerbin (07.10.1900 in Janischpol) sentenced to death 18.04.1946 in Lublin

Johann Karl Robok (21.11.1891 in Slizyowo) sentenced to death 27.03.1946 in Warsaw

regards
Researcher

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Emanuel Zerbin (07.10.1900 in Janischpol) sentenced to death 18.04.1946 in Lublin for participating in executions, ill-treatment of Poles, coercion and surrender of property as a member of the gendarmerie in Radom (commuted to 15 years imprisonment 06.05.1946, died 24.07.1946 in prison)

About Robok I have only the information:
Johann Karl Robok (21.11.1891 in Slizyowo) sentenced to death 27.03.1946 in Warsaw (commuted to 3 years imprisonment 16.04.1946), German Policeman, Oberwachtmeister in Wiosce

[Puck]

As far i remember Winkler served also in Einsatzkommando in Poland in 1939 and in Gestapo Częstochowa (Tschenstochau). If i remember correctly he was tried in Częstochowa not in Kraków.
George

KA/SS-Oschaf Horst-Günther Winkler (*09.05.1917 Berlin-Lichterfelde)
00.1934-00.1938 LSSAH (SS-Uschaf)
11.1938-02.1939 Grenzpolizei (prob.training)
02.1939-08.1939 Grenzpolizeikommissariat Gleiwitz
08.1939-10.1939 Einsatzkommando (5/II from Oppeln?)
11.1939-06.1941 at KdS Warschau
06.1941-06.1941 Einsatzkommando zbV ??
06.1941-09.1941 at KdS Lemberg
09.1941-00.1944 at KdS-Außenstelle Tarnopol
00.1944-00.1945 retreat to Austria

05.1945 in US-captivity, temporarily for a few weeks passed to UdSSR-authorities, released
09.1945 arrested by austrian authorities (due to Tarnopol-case)
00.1947 extradicted to Poland

26.08.1948 trial Czestochowa: death-sentence (killing in 1939 near Czestochowa)
00.00.1949 communted to life-sentence
00.10.1957 released (after unfinished revision-application from 06.1956)

until 1955 subject of Ermittlungsverfahren in Wien/Austria (Tarnopol-case, dropped 11.08.1955)

15.07.1966 LG Stuttgart 5 years (Tarnopol-case)

Regards Puck

[George_W]

According to my informations Winkler was the only war criminal who was extradited to Poland by the Austrian authorities (source: Polish book by E. Kobierska-Motas about the postwar extraditions of war criminals to Poland).

I'm not sure whether these informations are correct because another war criminal, SS-Oberscharführer Franz Grün from KZ Płaszów, could have been also extradited to Poland from Austria: https://ausstellung.de.doew.at/b128.html
It is possible that he was mistakenly missed by E. Kobierska-Motas.

George

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Hermann Kersten (05.09.1913 in ?) sentenced to death 1948 in Bydgoszcz
Wilhelm Nöhrenberg (31.10.1894 in ?) sentenced to death 1947 in Bydgoszcz, policeman
Ernst Dombrowski (17.09.1912) sentenced to death 1947 in Grudziadz (Swieciu), member Selbstschutz
Emil Matz (12.07.1905) sentenced to death 1949 in Aleksandrów Kujawski, member Waffen-SS
Pfitzbeil (?) sentenced to death 1945 in Bedzin, member SA
Bruno Weber (?) sentenced to death 1948 in Torun
Hubert Scholz (28.05.1899 in ?) sentenced to death 1948 in Torun, member Gestapo Torun
Klara Behrend (?) sentenced to death 15.02.1948 in Konin
Charlotte Sonnenberg (10.08.1907) sentenced to death 1947 in Bydgoszczy
Waldemar Schroeder/Schröder (?) sentenced to death 23.10.1947 in Kalisz (Konin) or Olkusz
Karl Feuchter (?) sentenced to death 08.03.1947 in Swidnica, director of the Manu & Stefan factory in Pieskowa Skala or Piaskowa Góra
Oskar Fandrich/Fandrych (1907 in Ostrowek) sentenced to death 1947 in Kalisz (Turku) (commuted to 15 years imprisonment 29.10.1948 in Turku)
Adolf Haus (15.11.1904 in ?) sentenced to death 1948 in Kalisz (Sieradz), member SA
Robert Witzke (29.09.1904 in Ostrow) sentenced to death 14.09.1948 in Konin
Ernst Bohn (24.01.1907) sentenced to death 1947 in Bydgoszczy
Jan/Johann Pryk or Pryka (?) sentenced to death ??.??.1948 in Czestochowa, German Gendarm in Mrzyglod

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What is the place of birth of

Helmut Werner (01.05.1917) guard in KL Stutthof sentenced to death 08.05.1946 in Gdansk (commuted to 15 years imprisonment 11.05.1946, released 26.07.1955)

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Adolf Oswald (20.12.1908 in Sochaczew) sentenced to death 10.05.1947 in Warsaw (commuted to 15 years imprisonment 30.07.1948 in Warsaw, released 26.05.1954) during the occupation in the Lowicki area as Volksdeutsch and Zandarm Adolf Oswald chased Polish resistance activists and abused them for extortion

Hermann Rother (15.11.1881 in Strygan) sentenced to life imprisonment 05.06.1946 in Wroclaw (died 10.11.1948 in Nowogard prison)

Waldemar Schröder (22.08.1899 in Korwin) sentenced to death 23.10.1947 in Kalisz (commuted to life imprisonment 15.09.1948, died 29.09.1949 in Nowogard prison)

Karl Feuchter (29.05.1890 in Hannover) sentenced to death 08.03.1947 in Swidnica (commuted to 5 years imprisonment 30.03.1948, released 18.12.1949) director of the Manu & Stefan factory in Pieskowa Skala, Walbrzych Powiat.

Oskar Fandrych (01.12.1907 in Ostrowek) sentenced to death 1947 in Kalisz (Turku) (commuted to 15 years imprisonment 26.10.1948 in Kalisz, released 12.04.1954)

Robert Witzke (29.09.1904 in Ostrow) sentenced to death 14.09.1948 in Konin (commuted to life imprisonment 18.10.1949, released 14.04.1955)

Adam August Semmler (21.11.1887 in Mochy) sentenced to death 31.05.1950 in Poznan (commuted to 12 years imprisonment 11.01.1951, released 26.05.1956) member SA

Siegmund Rode (29.06.1914 in Jagodno) sentenced to death 31.03.1947 in Lublin (commuted to 15 years imprisonment, released 10.05.1955) member SS

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Alfred Sobóttka (25.05.1896 in Grammen Ortelsburg) sentenced to death 31.12.1948 in Torun (commuted to 15 years imprisonment), SS-Untersturmführer, Gestapo Torun

Otto Kunz (04.02.1904 in Bad Harzburg) sentenced to death 11.10.1947 in Warsaw (commuted to life imprisonment, released 23.10.1956)

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Friedrich Wohlfart (10.01.1897 in Grzybne) sentenced to death 13.12.1945 in Gdansk (commuted to 15 years imprisonment, died 02.04.1947 in Sztum prison) member SA, Ortsbauernführer Grzybne

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Eduard Scheibner (13.05.1895 in Dabrowa) sentenced to death 20.04.1953 in Warsaw (commuted to 15 years imprisonment, died 02.11.1955 in prison) member SA

[George_W]

Otto Kunz (04.02.1904 in Bad Harzburg) sentenced to death 11.10.1947 in Warsaw (commuted to life imprisonment, released 23.10.1956)

According to my informations Otto Kunz was not commuted but retried on 04.04.1950 and sentenced to life imprisonment.

George

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August Duks (30.11.1904 in Dołgańce) sentenced to death 01.06.1946 in Lodz (commuted to 15 years imprisonment 22.06.1946), member SA in Łęczyca

Gottlieb Mass (18.09.1902 in Adamówka) sentenced to death 16.02.1946 in Kutno (commuted to 15 years imprisonment, released 02.05.1956), member SA in Kutno

Jozef Placzka/ Płaczek (28.02.1922 in Lissa) sentenced to death 12.02.1946 in Leszno (commuted to 5 years imprisonment, released 23.03.1951)