French War Crimes Proceedings
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Re: French War Crimes Proceedings
What is the place of birth of
Hans Ernst Ludwig Rowoldt (07.07.1907) Gestapo Strasbourg death sentence 28.05.1948 in Metz (executed 06.01.1949 in ?)
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Ernst Sauermann (03.11.1889) Stapo Stuttgart 10 years hard-labour 17.08.1948 in Rastatt (reduced to 8 years 17.12.1951, released 24.12.1952)
Lorenz Kreuzer (?) SS-Untersturmführer, SIPo-SD in Chartres, sentenced to life imprisonment 15.12.1950 in Paris (died 1976 in München)
What was his date + place of birth, release date ?
Wilhelm Mettel (08.11.1905 in Vehrden) life imprisonment 13.11.1946 in Toulouse
What was his crime + release date ?
What was the crime (and release date) of
Robert Grauer (24.08.1912 in Berlin) Trial Metz 1947 15 years hard labour
Otto Weissenberg (01.01.1901 in Mühlhausen) Trial 1947 in Lyon life hard labour
Johann Cornely (28.12.1905 in Sonnenberg) Trial 1946 in Paris 20 years hard labour
Hans Ernst Ludwig Rowoldt (07.07.1907) Gestapo Strasbourg death sentence 28.05.1948 in Metz (executed 06.01.1949 in ?)
and
Ernst Sauermann (03.11.1889) Stapo Stuttgart 10 years hard-labour 17.08.1948 in Rastatt (reduced to 8 years 17.12.1951, released 24.12.1952)
Lorenz Kreuzer (?) SS-Untersturmführer, SIPo-SD in Chartres, sentenced to life imprisonment 15.12.1950 in Paris (died 1976 in München)
What was his date + place of birth, release date ?
Wilhelm Mettel (08.11.1905 in Vehrden) life imprisonment 13.11.1946 in Toulouse
What was his crime + release date ?
What was the crime (and release date) of
Robert Grauer (24.08.1912 in Berlin) Trial Metz 1947 15 years hard labour
Otto Weissenberg (01.01.1901 in Mühlhausen) Trial 1947 in Lyon life hard labour
Johann Cornely (28.12.1905 in Sonnenberg) Trial 1946 in Paris 20 years hard labour
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Trial 20.02.1950 - 02.03.1950 in Lyon (Sipo-SD Vichy + Montlucon)
1.) Cyril Alois Adolf Walter (02.01.1907 in Wertheim/Baden) death sentence (commuted to life hard-labour, died 13.07.1969 in Freiburg)
2.) Peter Dorscht (10.08.1904 in Geisfeld) SS-Sturmscharführer death sentence (commuted to life hard-labour, died 25.02.1984 in Erlangen)
3.) Otto Bock (29.03.1907 in Letschin) SS-Sturmscharführer death sentence (commuted to life hard-labour, died 1966 in Hannover)
4.) Helmut Kienast (30.08.1910 Wien) SS-Obersturmführer death sentence (commuted to 5 years hard-labour)
5.) Adam Essinger (29.02.1908 in Reichenbach) SS-Oberscharführer death sentence (commuted to 5 years hard-labour, released 19.10.1951)
6.) Wilhelm Ihrig (13.12.1903 in Ober-Ramstadt) death sentence (commuted to 8 years imprisonment, died 28.10.1982 in Pfungstadt)
7.) Georg Wedemann (24.08.1910 in Lingen/Ems) SS-Hauptscharführer death sentence (commuted to 5 years imprisonment)
8.) Jakob Ottmann (20.02.1896 in Großweingarten) SS-Hauptscharführer death sentence (acquittal 29.09.1951, died 18.11.1971 in Regensburg)
9.) Karl Fischer (13.05.1908 in Bürgerfelde) SS-Sturmscharführer 20 years hard-labour (died 29.11.1991 in Bremen)
10.) Hans Willenbrock (25.08.1901 in Bremen) SS-Unterscharführer 15 years hard-labour
11.) Karl Nowak (31.05.1915 in Steinach/Franken) SS-Oberscharführer 15 years hard-labour
12.) Otto Hörnke (17.06.1897 in Stettin) SS-Sturmscharführer 5 years hard-labour
13.) Friedrich Lambacher (31.08.1906 in Pforzheim) SS-Unterscharführer acquittal (died 04.09.1991 in Pforzheim)
In absentia:
14.) Altmann alias Langenbach (?) SS-Hauptsturmführer death sentence
15.) Wilhelm Armbruster (07.12.1899 in Bönigheim) prison guard in Moulins death sentence (died 20.10.1951 in Bönnigheim-Hohenstein)
16.) Karl Bömelburg (28.10.1885 in Elberfeld) SS-Sturmbannführer death sentence
17.) Josef Gallinger (04.09.1909 in München) SS-Hauptsturmführer death sentence
18.) Rolf Krabbe (15.09.1910 in Bremen) SS-Hauptscharführer death sentence
19.) Ludolf (Ludi) Kroncke (22.07.1906) SS-Sturmscharführer death sentence
20.) Emil Kupetz (?) SS-Unterscharführer death sentence
21.) Walter Makosch (?) death sentence
22.) Fritz Marnitz (20.07.1911 in Berlin) SS-Obersturmführer death sentence
23.) Max Michael (12.11.1909 in Berlin) SS-Hauptsturmführer death sentence
24.) Mina Sachs (?) prison guard in Moulins 10 years imprisonment
25.) Schiemang (?) death sentence
26.) Alois Schleicher (?) death sentence
27.) Hermann Schulz (?) SS-Unterscharführer death sentence
28.) Hermann Spenrath (?) , SS-Oberscharführer death sentence
29.) Helmut Tanzmann (18.01.1907 in Oschatz) SS-Obersturmführer death sentence (died 06.05.1946)
30.) Arno Weser (?) , SS-Obersturmführer death sentence (suicide 1945)
1.) Cyril Alois Adolf Walter (02.01.1907 in Wertheim/Baden) death sentence (commuted to life hard-labour, died 13.07.1969 in Freiburg)
2.) Peter Dorscht (10.08.1904 in Geisfeld) SS-Sturmscharführer death sentence (commuted to life hard-labour, died 25.02.1984 in Erlangen)
3.) Otto Bock (29.03.1907 in Letschin) SS-Sturmscharführer death sentence (commuted to life hard-labour, died 1966 in Hannover)
4.) Helmut Kienast (30.08.1910 Wien) SS-Obersturmführer death sentence (commuted to 5 years hard-labour)
5.) Adam Essinger (29.02.1908 in Reichenbach) SS-Oberscharführer death sentence (commuted to 5 years hard-labour, released 19.10.1951)
6.) Wilhelm Ihrig (13.12.1903 in Ober-Ramstadt) death sentence (commuted to 8 years imprisonment, died 28.10.1982 in Pfungstadt)
7.) Georg Wedemann (24.08.1910 in Lingen/Ems) SS-Hauptscharführer death sentence (commuted to 5 years imprisonment)
8.) Jakob Ottmann (20.02.1896 in Großweingarten) SS-Hauptscharführer death sentence (acquittal 29.09.1951, died 18.11.1971 in Regensburg)
9.) Karl Fischer (13.05.1908 in Bürgerfelde) SS-Sturmscharführer 20 years hard-labour (died 29.11.1991 in Bremen)
10.) Hans Willenbrock (25.08.1901 in Bremen) SS-Unterscharführer 15 years hard-labour
11.) Karl Nowak (31.05.1915 in Steinach/Franken) SS-Oberscharführer 15 years hard-labour
12.) Otto Hörnke (17.06.1897 in Stettin) SS-Sturmscharführer 5 years hard-labour
13.) Friedrich Lambacher (31.08.1906 in Pforzheim) SS-Unterscharführer acquittal (died 04.09.1991 in Pforzheim)
In absentia:
14.) Altmann alias Langenbach (?) SS-Hauptsturmführer death sentence
15.) Wilhelm Armbruster (07.12.1899 in Bönigheim) prison guard in Moulins death sentence (died 20.10.1951 in Bönnigheim-Hohenstein)
16.) Karl Bömelburg (28.10.1885 in Elberfeld) SS-Sturmbannführer death sentence
17.) Josef Gallinger (04.09.1909 in München) SS-Hauptsturmführer death sentence
18.) Rolf Krabbe (15.09.1910 in Bremen) SS-Hauptscharführer death sentence
19.) Ludolf (Ludi) Kroncke (22.07.1906) SS-Sturmscharführer death sentence
20.) Emil Kupetz (?) SS-Unterscharführer death sentence
21.) Walter Makosch (?) death sentence
22.) Fritz Marnitz (20.07.1911 in Berlin) SS-Obersturmführer death sentence
23.) Max Michael (12.11.1909 in Berlin) SS-Hauptsturmführer death sentence
24.) Mina Sachs (?) prison guard in Moulins 10 years imprisonment
25.) Schiemang (?) death sentence
26.) Alois Schleicher (?) death sentence
27.) Hermann Schulz (?) SS-Unterscharführer death sentence
28.) Hermann Spenrath (?) , SS-Oberscharführer death sentence
29.) Helmut Tanzmann (18.01.1907 in Oschatz) SS-Obersturmführer death sentence (died 06.05.1946)
30.) Arno Weser (?) , SS-Obersturmführer death sentence (suicide 1945)
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Re: French War Crimes Proceedings
Tanzmann was SS-Obersturmbannführer not SS-Obersturmführer.ansata1976 wrote: ↑11 Apr 2019 03:1229.) Helmut Tanzmann (18.01.1907 in Oschatz) SS-Obersturmführer death sentence (died 06.05.1946)
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Re: French War Crimes Proceedings
hi Ansata
Erwin Klahr: sentence on the 20.02.1952 (Bordeaux)
Gustav Schlüter: sentence on the 20.02.1952 (Bordeaux)
what is your source(s) please ??
Thanks in Advance
Danyb

Erwin Klahr: sentence on the 20.02.1952 (Bordeaux)
Gustav Schlüter: sentence on the 20.02.1952 (Bordeaux)
what is your source(s) please ??
Thanks in Advance
Danyb
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Re: French War Crimes Proceedings
My source: book: Lebensläufe bundesdeutscher Biedermänner: Lischka's gab es nicht nur in Frankreicht 1974
Can you help me with the names I asked before.
What was the crime (and release date) of:
Robert Grauer (24.08.1912 in Berlin) Trial Metz 1947 15 years hard labour
Otto Weissenberg (01.01.1901 in Mühlhausen) Trial 1947 in Lyon life hard labour
What was the release date of Leo Nuttgens + Karl Johann Förster ?
When and where was Emil Moessner (15 years hard labour) sentenced in France? When was he released?
Lorenz Kreuzer (?) SS-Untersturmführer, SIPo-SD in Chartres, sentenced to life imprisonment 15.12.1950 in Paris (died 1976 in München)
What was his date + place of birth, release date ?
Wilhelm Mettel (08.11.1905 in Vehrden) life imprisonment 13.11.1946 in Toulouse
What was his crime + release date ?
What was the crime of:
Johann Wosicki 18.05.1904 death sentence 27.09.1946
Anton Maier 27.11.1906 life hard-labour 08.07.1948 in Paris
Volkmar Fritscher (03.10.1908 in Zwickau) 5 years imprisonment 30.11.1949 in Paris
Georg Martz (02.12.1915 in Grimma) life hard-labour 30.11.1949 in Paris
I am interested in more information about:
Gilbert death sentence 1949
Roger Hubert (?) Gestapo St. Germain death sentence 20.11.1946 in Versailles executed 14.06.1947
What is the place of birth of
Hans Ernst Ludwig Rowoldt (07.07.1907 in ?) Gestapo Strasbourg death sentence 28.05.1948 in Metz (executed 06.01.1949 in ?)
Can you help me with the names I asked before.
What was the crime (and release date) of:
Robert Grauer (24.08.1912 in Berlin) Trial Metz 1947 15 years hard labour
Otto Weissenberg (01.01.1901 in Mühlhausen) Trial 1947 in Lyon life hard labour
What was the release date of Leo Nuttgens + Karl Johann Förster ?
When and where was Emil Moessner (15 years hard labour) sentenced in France? When was he released?
Lorenz Kreuzer (?) SS-Untersturmführer, SIPo-SD in Chartres, sentenced to life imprisonment 15.12.1950 in Paris (died 1976 in München)
What was his date + place of birth, release date ?
Wilhelm Mettel (08.11.1905 in Vehrden) life imprisonment 13.11.1946 in Toulouse
What was his crime + release date ?
What was the crime of:
Johann Wosicki 18.05.1904 death sentence 27.09.1946
Anton Maier 27.11.1906 life hard-labour 08.07.1948 in Paris
Volkmar Fritscher (03.10.1908 in Zwickau) 5 years imprisonment 30.11.1949 in Paris
Georg Martz (02.12.1915 in Grimma) life hard-labour 30.11.1949 in Paris
I am interested in more information about:
Gilbert death sentence 1949
Roger Hubert (?) Gestapo St. Germain death sentence 20.11.1946 in Versailles executed 14.06.1947
What is the place of birth of
Hans Ernst Ludwig Rowoldt (07.07.1907 in ?) Gestapo Strasbourg death sentence 28.05.1948 in Metz (executed 06.01.1949 in ?)
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Re: French War Crimes Proceedings
From Hans Rowoldt detention report national archives Kew it says he was born 4-4-04 and in Schwaan or Schwarn, difficult to work out
Warm regards Ron
Warm regards Ron
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Re: French War Crimes Proceedings
hello Ron

i have 2 différents places of Birth for him:
-T.M.P. Metz
28.05.1948
jugement No 318/3870
Hans Rowoldt: born in Fahrenholtz (Germany)
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-Mairie de Strasbourg
service de l'état-civil
acte de décés No 000097/1949
Hans Rowoldt: born in Schwaan (Germany)
Hans Ernst Ludwig Alfred Rowoldt
died in champ de tir du polygone (Strasbourg) at 08h05mn on the 06.01.1949.
Best Regards
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Re: French War Crimes Proceedings
In CROWCASS List No. 66 (Jan 1948) states Rowoldt born 4 April 1904, Schwaan/Krs Rostock; about 15 kms south of Rostock, on the river.
I don't think he "died" on 6 Jan 1949, he was executed.
I don't think he "died" on 6 Jan 1949, he was executed.
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What was the sentence of Karl Funk, Carl Wilhelm Unger, Willy Nagelschmidt, Hans Eduard Graeff and Karl Wintzlau. All members Gestapo Toulouse extradited from Us forces to France and put on trial in Bordeaux.
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Unger and Graef not in french custody.
see the trial of Alois Iser et al.
Karl Wentzlau (not Wintzlau)
in french custody , but released before trial
sentence to 5 years imprisonment in absentia
i have a Wilhelm Funke , SIPO-SD in Saint-Brieuc.
death sentence in absentia
Danyb
see the trial of Alois Iser et al.
Karl Wentzlau (not Wintzlau)
in french custody , but released before trial
sentence to 5 years imprisonment in absentia
i have a Wilhelm Funke , SIPO-SD in Saint-Brieuc.
death sentence in absentia
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Can you help me with the names I asked before.
What was the crime (and release date) of:
Robert Grauer (24.08.1912 in Berlin) Trial Metz 1947 15 years hard labour
Otto Weissenberg (01.01.1901 in Mühlhausen) Trial 1947 in Lyon life hard labour
When and where was Emil Moessner (15 years hard labour) sentenced in France? When was he released?
Lorenz Kreuzer (?) SS-Untersturmführer, SIPo-SD in Chartres, sentenced to life imprisonment 15.12.1950 in Paris (died 1976 in München)
What was his date + place of birth, release date ?
Wilhelm Mettel (08.11.1905 in Vehrden) life imprisonment 13.11.1946 in Toulouse
What was his crime + release date ?
What was the crime of:
Johann Wosicki 18.05.1904 death sentence 27.09.1946
Anton Maier 27.11.1906 life hard-labour 08.07.1948 in Paris
Volkmar Fritscher (03.10.1908 in Zwickau) 5 years imprisonment 30.11.1949 in Paris
Georg Martz (02.12.1915 in Grimma) life hard-labour 30.11.1949 in Paris
I am interested in more information about:
Gilbert death sentence 1949
Roger Hubert (?) Gestapo St. Germain death sentence 20.11.1946 in Versailles executed 14.06.1947
What was the crime (and release date) of:
Robert Grauer (24.08.1912 in Berlin) Trial Metz 1947 15 years hard labour
Otto Weissenberg (01.01.1901 in Mühlhausen) Trial 1947 in Lyon life hard labour
When and where was Emil Moessner (15 years hard labour) sentenced in France? When was he released?
Lorenz Kreuzer (?) SS-Untersturmführer, SIPo-SD in Chartres, sentenced to life imprisonment 15.12.1950 in Paris (died 1976 in München)
What was his date + place of birth, release date ?
Wilhelm Mettel (08.11.1905 in Vehrden) life imprisonment 13.11.1946 in Toulouse
What was his crime + release date ?
What was the crime of:
Johann Wosicki 18.05.1904 death sentence 27.09.1946
Anton Maier 27.11.1906 life hard-labour 08.07.1948 in Paris
Volkmar Fritscher (03.10.1908 in Zwickau) 5 years imprisonment 30.11.1949 in Paris
Georg Martz (02.12.1915 in Grimma) life hard-labour 30.11.1949 in Paris
I am interested in more information about:
Gilbert death sentence 1949
Roger Hubert (?) Gestapo St. Germain death sentence 20.11.1946 in Versailles executed 14.06.1947
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Kreuzer was a Uniformtraeger (SS-Ustuf), born 27 June 1897 (no location).
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What was the crime of:
Johann Wosicki 18.05.1904 death sentence 27.09.1946
Anton Maier 27.11.1906 life hard-labour 08.07.1948 in Paris
I am interested in more information about:
Gilbert death sentence 1949
Roger Hubert (?) Gestapo St. Germain death sentence 20.11.1946 in Versailles executed 14.06.1947
Johann Wosicki 18.05.1904 death sentence 27.09.1946
Anton Maier 27.11.1906 life hard-labour 08.07.1948 in Paris
I am interested in more information about:
Gilbert death sentence 1949
Roger Hubert (?) Gestapo St. Germain death sentence 20.11.1946 in Versailles executed 14.06.1947
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Re: French War Crimes Proceedings
ansata1976 wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019 13:40What was the sentence of Karl Funk, Carl Wilhelm Unger, Willy Nagelschmidt, Hans Eduard Graeff and Karl Wintzlau. All members Gestapo Toulouse extradited from Us forces to France and put on trial in Bordeaux.
i have a SS.Uscha Karl Josef Funck (born in Stuttgart)
he was suspected to be a member of the SIPO-SD in Paris , but without a confirmation.
also , he was jailed in Bordeaux.
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ansata1976 wrote: ↑27 Jul 2019 18:56What was the crime of:
Johann Wosicki 18.05.1904 death sentence 27.09.1946
Anton Maier 27.11.1906 life hard-labour 08.07.1948 in Paris
I am interested in more information about:
Gilbert death sentence 1949
Roger Hubert (?) Gestapo St. Germain death sentence 20.11.1946 in Versailles executed 14.06.1947
Johann Wosicki was a French Collaborator , not tried by a Military Court.
Anton Maier: Killing a french prisonner in Fromern (Frommern) Kommando on october 1941.
Danyb