French War Crimes Proceedings

[David Thompson]

For Dr. Harald Heyns, see also http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=135020 and http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=135022

[danyb]

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JUGEMENT CONTRE GEORG AUMANN ET AUTRES:
(judgement against georg aumann and others)

place of trial: t.p.f.a lyon
dates of trial: 23.2.1949 - 25.2.1949
charges: " murders ; complicity of murders" (assassinats ; complicité d'assassinats)
" assaults and injuries" (coups et blessures volontaires)
crime location: lantilly , montbard , côte d'or (dpt)
crime date: 1943-1944
office: ost-bataillon No 615 ; feldgendarmerie dijon ; feldgendarmerie montbard


1) georg aumann: the death sentence (commutted to life hard-labor)
(born.24.3.1918.kempten)

2) fritz scholz: life hard-labor
(born.5.3.1906.gruningen)

3) anton schaefer: life hard-labor
(born.9.6.1899.lohnolz)

4) heinrich fussenecker: 10 years imprisonment
(born.19.3.1907.mulheim)

5) max rauecker: 10 years imprisonment
(born.26.9.1899.munchen)

6) arthur leonhart: 5 years imprisonment
(born.2.6.1906.kreisbach)

7) georg hacker: 5 years imprisonment
(born.20.5.1902.rotenbach)

8) willy wiesenthal: 3 years imprisonment
(born.3.3.1896.lomnitz)

9) andréas schneider: the death sentence (in absentia)
(born.11.3.1903.welden)

10) ..... schwarm: the death sentence (in absentia)

11) .........kleinknecht: the death sentence (in absentia)


(sources: ministére de la défense
division des affaires pénales militaires
dépôt central d'archives de la justice militaire
boite postale 214
36300 leblanc
france)

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30 october 1946

http://www.bienpublic.com/dossiers/deco ... rime8.html

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http://histoire-genealogie.com/article. ... rticle=671

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http://crdp.ac-reims.fr/memoire/enseign ... ration.htm

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[Researcher]

Hi danyb

Re: JUGEMENT CONTRE GEORG AUMANN ET AUTRES:
office: ost-bataillon No 615 ; feldgendarmerie dijon ; feldgendarmerie montbard

Does you know who belongs to which Office?

regards
Researcher

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JUGEMENT CONTRE HELMUT KIENAST ET AUTRES:
(judgement against helmut kienast and others)


place of trial: t.p.f.a lyon
dates of trial: 20.2.1950 - 2.3.1950
charges: "criminal association" (association de malfaiteurs)
" murders" (assassinats)
" illegal confinment with deportation" (sequestrations illégales & déportations)
" assaults and injuries" (coups et blessures volontaires)
" looting" (pillages)
" arson" (incendies volontaires)
crime location: vichy , montlucon , clairval , belfort
crime date: 1942-1943 ; 1943-1944
office: sipo-sd vichy ; sipo-sd montlucon


1) helmut kienast: the death sentence (commutted to 5 years hard-labor)
(born.30.8.1910.wien ; ss.obersturmfuhrer)

2) jakob ottmann: the death sentence (acquittal.29.9.1951)
(born.20.2.1896.grossweingarten ; ss.hauptscharfuhrer)

3) adam essinger: the death sentence (commutted to 5 years imprisonment)
(born.29.2.1908.reichenbach ; ss.oberscharfuhrer)

4) wilhelm ihrig: the death sentence (commutted to 8 years imprisonment)
(born.13.12.1905.ober-ramstadt ; ss.scharfuhrer)

5) cyrille walter: the death sentence (commutted to life hard-labor)
(born.3.1.1907.wertheim)

6) peter dortsch: the death sentence (commutted to life hard-labor)
(born.10.8.1904.geisfeld ; ss.sturmscharfuhrer)

7) otto bock: the death sentence (commutted to life hard-labor)
(born.29.3.1907.letschin ; ss.sturmscharfuhrer)

8) georg wedemann: the death sentence (commutted to 5 years imprisonment)
(born.24.8.1910.lingen ; ss.hauptscharfuhrer)

9) karl fischer: 20 years hard-labor (commutted to 8 years imprisonment)
(born.13.5.1905.burgenfelde ; ss.sturmscharfuhrer)

10) hans willembroeck: 15 years hard-labor (released.21.5.1952)
(born.25.8.1901.bremen ; ss.unterscharfuhrer)

11) karl novak: 15 years hard-labor (commutted to 5 years imprisonment)
(born.31.5.1915.steinach ; ss.oberscharfuhrer)

12) otto hornke: 5 years imprisonment
(born.17.6.1897.stettin ; ss.sturmscharfuhrer)

13) friedrich lambacher: acquittal
(born.31.8.1907.pforzheim ; ss.unterscharfuhrer)

14) rolf knabbe: the death sentence (in absentia)
(born.15.9.1910.bremen ; ss.hauptscharfuhrer)

15) fritz marnitz: the death sentence (in absentia)
(born.20.7.1911.berlin ; ss.obersturmfuhrer)

16) arno wever: the death sentence (in absentia)
(ss.obersturmfuhrer)

17) ludolf kronke: the death sentence (in absentia)
(born.22.7.1906........; ss.sturmscharfuhrer)

18) hermann spenrath: the death sentence (in absentia)
(ss.oberscharfuhrer)

19) emil kupetz: the death sentence (in absentia)
(ss.unterscharfuhrer)

20) hermann schulz: the death sentence (in absentia)
(ss.unterscharfuhrer)

21) walter makosch: the death sentence (in absentia)

22) alois schleicher: the deat sentence (in absentia)
(192 regiment de sécurité)

23) mina sachs: 10 years imprisonment (in absentia)

24) boemelburg: the death sentence (in absentia)
25) gallinger: the death sentence (in absentia)
26) altmann: the death sentence (in absentia)
27) michael: the death sentence (in absentia)
28) schiemang: the death sentence (in absentia)
29) armbruster: the death sentence (in absentia)
30) tanzmann: the death sentence (in absentia)

(sources: ministére de la défense
division des affaires pénales militaires
dépôt central d'archives de la justice militaire
boite postale 214
36300 leblanc
france)

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[danyb]

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a.schneider: fg dijon (capitaine)
h.fussenecker: fg montbard (adjudant-chef)
m.rauecker: fg montbard (adjudant-chef)
f.scholz: fg montbard (adjudant)
w.wiesenthal: fg montbard (adjudant-chef)
a.leonhardt: fg montbard (caporal-chef)
g.hacker: fg montbard (sous-lieutenant
a.schaefer: fg montbard (adjudant-chef)
g.aumann: ost-bataillon No 615
schwarm: fg montbard
kleinknecht: major (attaché a l'etat-major du général hederich a dijon en 1944)

(sources: ministére de la défense
36300 leblanc
france)

danyb

[Researcher]

Hi danyb

Thanks for that - I have some info on Engerau trial for you - see topic

Researcher

[danyb]

hello researcher !


stetten-lorrach trial:
place: rastatt
date: 26.8.1949
charges: killing of 3 polish p.o.w (stetten) ; killing of a swizesse (lorrach)

1) hans trops: the death sentence (commutted to life hard-labor on the 10.10.1950)
(born.6.4.1904.schwenau ; kripo lorrach)

2) hans kraft: 20 years hard-labor (commutted to 8 years)
(born.17.3.1893.frankfurt/main ; ortsgruppenleiter lorrach-sud)

3) christian lauber: 10 years hard-labor (commutted to 8 years)
(born.15.5.1892.lorrach ; zellenleiter lorrach-stetten)


(sources: ministére des affaires étrangéres et européennes
bureau des archives de l'occupation francaise en allemagne et en autriche
3 rue fleischbauer
68026 colmar cedex
france)

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[Researcher]

Thanks danyb

I've been looking for the Trops trial for years!

Do you have any info on these men?
All in Poissy prison near Paris (April 1949)

Esser. Jos
Friedrich. Edmund
Hagt. Robert
Hennig. Martin
Hofmann. Hans
Meier. Anton
Mielke. Gustav
Mittel. Wilhelm
Mueller. Ernst
Oehlinger. Joseph
Wochlest. Gunther
Wosiki. Johann

regards
Researcher

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JUGEMENT CONTRE GUSTAV MIELKE:
(judgement against gustav mielke)

place of trial: t.p.f.a toulouse
date of trial : 6.11.1946
charges: "illegal confinment" (detentions illégales)
" looting" (pillages)
" physical abuse" (violences volontaires)
crime location: castres
crime date: 00.05.1944
office: georgian légion

1) gustav mielke: life hard-labor (commutted to 20 years)
(born15.10.1905.ehorn ; leutnant)


(sources: ministére de la défense
division des affaires pénales militaires
dépôt central d'archives de la justice militaire
boite postale 214
36300 leblanc
france)

i think , this is your man ; no informations of others

greetings
danyb

[Researcher]

Hi danyb,

Yes that is one of the men!
I think all the others were also sentenced to life imprisonment between 1945 - 49

Thanks
Researcher

[danyb]

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gelsenkirchen trial:
place: rastatt
date: 14.1.1949
charges: beatings( with fatals resuts) of a french s.t.o (gelsenkirchen.13-14.5.1943)

1) fritz schlomp: life hard-labor (commutted to 20 years)
(born.2.2.1897.roschenek)

others trials:


melk trial:
place: rastatt
date: 18.6.1947
charges: beatings and killings of inmates

1) fidel balbas: the death sentence (executed.26.8.1947)
(born.24.4.1915.olviedo(spain) ; kapo.melk.kl(1944-1945) )

the death sentence was carried out in the wood of baden-oos at 7h00mn


steyr trial:
place: rastatt
date: 25.9.1947
charges: killing of a french prisonner (steyr.17.4.1945)

1) paul horn: the death sentence (executed.14.2.1948)
(born.25.8.1912.timendorf ; gestapo steyr)

2) frantz leibetseder: 7 years imprisonment
(born.9.1.1920.linz ; gestapo steyr)

the death sentence was carried out in the wood of baden-oos at 8h10mn



stephankirchen trial:
place: rastatt
date: 9.4.1948
charges: beatings and killings of inmates

1) franz weinberger: the death sentence (executed.26.8.1948)
(born.2.4.1901.munchen ; ss.scharfuher. stephankirchen.kl (1944-1945) )

the death sentence was carried out in rastatt prison (bastion 12) by guillotine at 5h20mn



dora trial:
place: rastatt
dates: 14.5.1947 - 16.5.1947
charges: beatings and killings of inmates

1) phillip hey: the death sentence (executed.4.7.1947)
(born.23.3.1896.oberandenbach ; ss.unterscharfuhrer.dora.kl (1944-1945) )

the death sentence was carried out in rastatt prison (bastion 12) by guillotine at 6h50mn



saerbeck trial:
place: rastatt
date: 5.11.1948
charges: killing of a french p.o.w (saerbeck.6.1.1945)

1) friedrich hoene: 20 years hard-labor (commutted to 10 years)
(born.30.6.1894.nottoln ; menber gendarmerie)



roechling factory trial:
place: rastatt
dates: 4.7.1949 - 7.7.1949
charges: war crimes (mistreatment)

1) richard neu: 5 years hard-labor
(born.17.11.1914.spittal(france) )

2) josef wainroth: 5 years imprisonment
(born.29.5.1895.riegesberg)

3) wilhelm stephan: 3 years 6 months imprisonment
(born.4.2.1893.klarenthal)

4) josef schwarz: 3 years imprisonment
(born.25.1.1894.fischbach)

5) jakob muller: 2 years imprisonment
(born.31.7.1896.furstenhausen)




lorrach prison trial:
place: friburg
dates: ? - 10.10.1947
charges: war crimes ( mistreatment)

1) heinrich leser: 10 years imprisonment (commutted to 5 years)
(born.22.8.1888.friesenheim ; head of lorrach prison)

2) heinrich wolf: 6 years imprisonment (commutted to 3 years)
(born.7.12.1893.bruchsal ; warden)

3) alfred messmer: 4 years imprisonment (commutted to 2 years)
(born.10.9.1905.rheinfelden ; warden)

4) karl backenstoss: acquittal
(born.20.11.1881.friburg ; oberamtsrichter)


(sources: ministére des affaires étrangéres et européennes
bureau des archives de l'occupation francaise en allemagne et en autriche
3 rue fleischbauer
68026 colmar cedex
france )

ps: jos esser is josef esser (see the trial of rudolf reese and others)

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RASTATT TRIALS:

friburg trial:
place: rastatt
date: 8.11.1946
charges: war crimes (killing of a polish prisonner)


1) hermann horter: the death sentence (commutted to life hard-labor)
(born.6.2.1902.lahr ; german police)
2) albert grossklaus: 4 years imprisonment
(born.24.7.1886.ihringen ; german police)


thorn trial:
place: rastatt
dates: 29.4.1949 - 3.5.1949
charges: war crimes (killing of a french prisonner)

1) elernius bremer: the death sentence (commutted to life hard-labor)
(born.8.5.1896.hamburg ; feldwebel.thorn-p.o.w-lager)


tiergarten trial:
place: rastatt
date: 17.10.1946
charges: war crime (killing of a polish girl.15.5.1943.tiergarten)

1) otto prottel: the death sentence (commutted to life hard-labor)
(born.11.12.1892.phillipsburg ; menber gendarmerie)


neuengamme.sub-camp trial:
place: rastatt
dates: 29.10.1948 - 9.11.1948
charges: war crimes (mistreatment and murders )

1) hans rohl: the death sentence( commutted to life hard-labor)
(born.1.10.1907.nuremberg ; lageralsteter.kommando brême-kriegsmarine)


thiendorf trial:
place: rastatt
date: 30.9.1949
charges: war crimes (killing of a french prisonner. thiendorf.11.2.1945)

1) valentin pilarski: the death sentence (commutted to 12 years hard-labor)
(born.2.4.1904.faluszczyki(poland) ; warden thiendorf-kommando)


stuttgart trial:
place: rastatt
date: 29.3.1949
charges: war crimes (mistreatment.stuttgart.1943-1945)

1) franz grunewald: 4 years imprisonment
(born.14.10.1904.moyoeuvre-grande(moselle) ; menber gestapo stuttgart)


kaltenstein trial(2):
place: rastatt
dates: 11.7.1949 - 13.7.1949
charges: war crimes , crimes against humanity

1) fritz marquardt: 2 years imprisonment
(born.31.5.1903.gulstein ; kapo)

2) karl von langsdorf: the death sentence (in absentia)
(born.4.9.1891.ort-bartenboch ; doctor in kaltenstein festung)



(sources: ministére des affaires étrangéres et européennes
bureau des archives de l'occupation francaise en allemagne et en autriche
3 rue fleischbauer
68026 colmar cedex
france)

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