Yugoslav War Crimes Trials of German Officials

[Puck]

Hi Steve,

of course you are right - there were only investigations but no trial.

Regards Puck

[Puck]

some additional information about the "Norweger-Trial"

"Norweger-Prozeß" 14.10 – 23.10.1946 in Belgrad

1.) Karl Hesse (1897)
SS-Obersturmführer SS, commander of the Korgen camp
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 10pm)

2.) Karl Lampe (13.01.1892 in Hannover)
SS-Untersturmführer, deputy commander of the Korgen camp
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 10pm)

3.) Johann Josef Anninger (06.09.1894 in Amberg)
SS-Untersturmführer,guard of the Korgen camp
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 10pm)

4.) Oskar Wilhelm Karl Lindner (05.06.1899 in Berlin)
Obertruppführer (Organisation Todt)
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 10pm)

5.) Max Leopold (26.10.1888 in Lübeck)
SS-Hauptsturmführer, Medical in Korgen camp
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 11pm)

6.) August Riemer (11.09.1893 in Rastatt)
SS-Untersturmführer, guard of the Korgen camp
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 11pm)

7.) Karl Matthäus (1900)
SS-Obersturmführer, guard of the Korgen camp
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 11pm)

Karl Matthäus (*1891-05-05), Sturmscharführer
camps Balsfjord and Boten (1942-1943)

8.) Willibald Kranz (16.10.1904 in Ludwigshafen)
SS-Hauptsturmführer, guard of the Korgen camp
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 11pm)

9.) Friedrich Dwelk (19.02.1891 in Dwerkaten)
SS-Obersturmführer, guard of the Korgen camp
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 11pm)

10.) Richard Arno Hager (20.12.1890 in Plauen)
SS-Untersturmführer, guard of the Korgen camp
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 11pm)

11.) Emil Kalinowski (15.02.1900 in Groß Nappern)
Unteroffizier
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 11pm)

12.) Otto Erich Hans Seifert (18.05.1894 in Wessau)
SS-Obersturmführer, guard of the Korgen camp
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 11.30pm)

13.) Heinrich Schulte (23.10.1896 in Campe)
Hauptmann
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 11.30pm)

14.) Friedrich Jakob Kappus (28.12.1888 in Lahr-Dinglingen)
SS-Untersturmführer, guard of the Korgen camp
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 11pm)

15.) Friedrich Lehmann (16.10.1892 in Hornberg)
SS-Untersturmführer, guard of the Korgen camp
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 10pm)

16.) Ignaz Witek (1898)
SS-Untersturmführer, guard of the Korgen camp
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 10pm)

17.) Karl Schwander (1895)
SS-Untersturmführer, guard of the Korgen camp
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 10pm)

18.) Max Gemeinhard (1889)
SS-Obersturmführer, guard of the Korgen camp
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 10pm)

Max Gemeinhard (*1891-10-05), SS-Oberscharführer
camps Balsfjord, Karasjok and Osen (1942-1943)

19.) Kurt Bretschneider (1897)
SS-Untersturmführer, guard of the Korgen camp
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 11.30pm)

20.) Karl Fleckstein (1900)
Unteroffizier
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 11.30pm)

21.) Česlaus Ratzek (1893)
Hauptmann
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 11.30pm)

22.) Max Reinke (1906)
Unteroffizier
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 11.30pm)

23.) Josef Zwinger (1896)
Hauptmann
executed 14.11.1946 in Belgrad (shot 10pm)

Josef Zwinger, Hauptmann
- 10 years

24.) Wenzel
5 – 20 Jahre hard labour

Adolf Wenzel, Obergefreiter
camps Korgen, Posut (1943)
- 20 years

25.) Starkens
5 – 20 Jahre hard labour

Josef Starkens
OT-Leiter in camp Erlandet (1942-1945)
- 15 years

26.) Walter Müller
5 – 20 Jahre hard labour

Walter Müller, Sanitätsunteroffizier
camp Erlandet (1943-1945)
- 14 years

27.) Schrade
5 – 20 Jahre hard labour

Christian Schrade, OT
camp Erlandet (1942-1944)
- 10 years

28.) Brejora
5 – 20 Jahre hard labour

Emil Brejora, Unteroffizier
camp Erlandet (1943-1945)
- 10 years

29.) Dose
5 – 20 Jahre hard labour

Heinrich Dose, Oberfeldwebel
camp Erlandet (1943-1945)
- 9 years

30.) Fesolek
5 – 20 Jahre hard labour

Gustav Wesolek, Unteroffizier
camp Erlandet (1943-1945)
- 8 years

31.) Wendland
5 – 20 Jahre hard labour

Bruno Wendland
OT-Leiter in camp Erlandet (1942-1945)
- 6 years

32.) Barschikowski
5 – 20 Jahre hard labour

Otto Barschikowksi, Oberleutnant
camps Korgen, Ulvingen, Lind, Sandnessjoen (1943-1945)
- 5 years

Regards Puck

[Researcher]

Hi Puck,

I have a few differences in the sentences :

Brejora 14 years (Emil Brejora 02.11.1902)
Starkens 14 years (Josef Starkens 05.08.1899 in Duren. Died in Prison 29.12.1947)
Zwinger 5 years ( Josef Zwinger 11.06.1896)

All the other names, dates, and sentences are the same as mine but I had no info on Müller and Dose. Were they in the same trial?

Can I ask your source

Regards
Researcher

[Puck]

No problem: https://collections.arolsen-archives.or ... d=82336589

Regards Puck

[Researcher]

Hi Puck,

Thanks for the link to your source.
My source was in a book from the Yugoslav Govt. and it covered most of the major trials. I found it many years ago in The Imperial War Museum in London but of course it was not in English. However I have the dates of birth and sentences correct as per the book but who knows for sure?

Regards and thanks for your help in the past.
Researcher

[ansata1976]

Lambert Leutgeb (14.12.1895 in Hollabrunn) sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 1948 in Belgrad (released 1952), Gestapo Wien

[steve248]

I have Leutgeb born in Waitzendorf (Niederösterreich). The British were looking for Leutgeb in Vienna as late as May 1946 before establishing he was held by the Russian occupying forces. Presumably they handed him over to the Yugoslavs. The question is why? What was the wartime connection of Leutgeb to Serbia, as he appears to have spent the entire war in Vienna.

[ansata1976]

Maybe he mistreated, tortured or killed Serbs in Austria?

[Puck]

Leutgeb was Leiter Abt.II N from 05.1941, then Leiter IV E N at Stapo Wien from 04.1942.

Regards Puck

[G. Trifkovic]

Hi,

Lambert Leutgeb was Vienna Gestapo's chief expert on Serbian émigrés and Yugoslav workers in Austria, and also supplied at least one agent for intelligence work in Zagreb during the war.

My bet is that Yugoslavs wanted him primarily because of his knowledge of these matters and not for any crimes he committed; I assume he got ten years simply for being a member of the Gestapo.

Best,

Gaius

P.S. A photo of Leutgeb from good ol' times.
P.P.S. All info from "German Intelligence Service in Yugoslavia", 3,500+ pages limited-availability edition prepared by the Yugoslav State Security in late 1950s, based on captured documents and interrogations of prisoners like Leutgeb.

[ansata1976]

What is the correct date and place of birth + date and place of execution of:
SS-Sturmführer Alfred Rosenthal (1896) sentenced to death 22.11.1947 in Subotica (executed 1948)

What is the correct date and place of birth:
SS-Oberscharführer Thomas Pfeffer (1921) sentenced to death (executed 24.01.1947 in Belgrade)

[Larry D.]

Congratulations, Gaius!! The below document is a REAL find and I am especially glad that you were the one who discovered it. Even after so many years since the war ended, I am very surprised the UDBA (or its successor) let you use it, copy pages from it or reproduce it.

"German Intelligence Service in Yugoslavia", 3,500+ pages limited-availability edition prepared by the Yugoslav State Security in late 1950s, based on captured documents and interrogations of prisoners."

Very Best,

Larry

[ansata1976]

What is the correct date and place of birth + date and place of execution of:
SS-Sturmführer Alfred Rosenthal (1896) sentenced to death 22.11.1947 in Subotica (executed 1948)

What is the correct date and place of birth:
SS-Oberscharführer Thomas Pfeffer (1921) sentenced to death (executed 24.01.1947 in Belgrade)

What is the correct date and place of birth + date and place of execution of:
Leutnant Herbert Piske (1906) commander of the town in Jagodina and Cuprija, sentenced to death 29.08.1947 in Belgrade (executed 1947)

What is the correct date and place of birth + date and place of execution of:
Hauptmann der Gendarmerie Johann Tirof (1903) sentenced to death 08.02.1949 in Novi Sad (executed 1949)

[G. Trifkovic]

Congratulations, Gaius!! The below document is a REAL find and I am especially glad that you were the one who discovered it. Even after so many years since the war ended, I am very surprised the UDBA (or its successor) let you use it, copy pages from it or reproduce it.

"German Intelligence Service in Yugoslavia", 3,500+ pages limited-availability edition prepared by the Yugoslav State Security in late 1950s, based on captured documents and interrogations of prisoners."

Very Best,

Larry

Hi Larry,

great to see you around! Some background information on the above-mentioned edition: the authors are not named, but the most likely candidates are Slavko Odić and Slavko Komarica, former Partisan intelligence officers who went on to publish several books on WW2 in Yugoslavia.Although printed in fair numbers, the edition was treated as an internal document until the demise of Yugoslavia in early 1990s (every copy was numbered). From then on one could find it in libraries, but also buy it in flea markets or second-hand bookshops. Even though no one was supposed to care any more, funny things were still happening. For instance, I know of a retired policeman who needed a lot of convincing to finally let his copies be used by researchers. I also personally met a library employee who thought it wiser to consult with her boss before lending me the book stamped with "Official document. Keep in drawer". Mind you, all this was happening in the 2010s.

Take care,

G.

[Larry D.]

Hi Larry,

great to see you around! Some background information on the above-mentioned edition: the authors are not named, but the most likely candidates are Slavko Odić and Slavko Komarica, former Partisan intelligence officers who went on to publish several books on WW2 in Yugoslavia.Although printed in fair numbers, the edition was treated as an internal document until the demise of Yugoslavia in early 1990s (every copy was numbered). From then on one could find it in libraries, but also buy it in flea markets or second-hand bookshops. Even though no one was supposed to care any more, funny things were still happening. For instance, I know of a retired policeman who needed a lot of convincing to finally let his copies be used by researchers. I also personally met a library employee who thought it wiser to consult with her boss before lending me the book stamped with "Official document. Keep in drawer". Mind you, all this was happening in the 2010s.

Take care,

G.

Thanks for that, Gaius. It shows that the former Yugoslavia and the follow-on countries were no different than Britain, the U.S. and most of the European countries in respect to declassification policies. In any event, the book must be a goldmine of interesting details not found elsewhere, including the Nürnberg Case VII transcript and documents. I am thinking that at 3,500+ pages it must be in at least 5 volumes. If I were 20 or 25 years younger, I would probably try and track down a copy, provided it's not written in Cyrillic!

Great to hear from you, stay safe and get the vaccination shots when you can. I had my first Pfizer in January and my second one last month.

Best,

Larry