War Crime Trials Poland

[Researcher]

Hi ansata1976
If you could give the dates of these trials (from the newspaper cuttings) it might help us

[ansata1976]

Hi researcher

Unfortunately I do not have additional information. I can give you only the source.

Source: http://bc.wbp.lodz.pl/dlibra/docmetadat ... ublication

Julian Sommer Głos Robotniczy : pismo Polskiej Partii Robotniczej. 1946-01-09

Emil Schindel http://bc.pionier.net.pl/id/oai:bc.wbp.lodz.pl:74907 Kurier Popularny : organ Polskiej Partii Socjalistycznej. 1947-03-12 page 6

Arthur Dietweiler http://bc.pionier.net.pl/id/oai:bc.wbp.lodz.pl:74907 Kurier Popularny : organ Polskiej Partii Socjalistycznej. 1947-02-18


http://bc.wbp.lodz.pl/dlibra/docmetadat ... =&lp=1&QI=
Głos Robotniczy : pismo Polskiej Partii Robotniczej. 1946-11-07 page 7

Reinhold Wolf
http://bc.wbp.lodz.pl/dlibra/docmetadat ... ublication Głos Robotniczy : pismo Polskiej Partii Robotniczej. 1947-01-29

This must be the same man (source IPN): Reinhold Wolf 20.08.1907, podejrzany o służbę w formacjach SS i znęcanie się nad Polakami, tj. o czyn z art. 1§1 dekretu z dnia 31 sierpnia 1944 r.

http://bc.wbp.lodz.pl/dlibra/docmetadat ... ublication

Berta Kannwischer Głos Robotniczy : pismo Polskiej Partii Robotniczej. 1947-02-23
Waldemar Patzak Głos Robotniczy : pismo Polskiej Partii Robotniczej. 1947-02-22
Theodor Nickel Głos Robotniczy : pismo Polskiej Partii Robotniczej. 1947-02-08

[ansata1976]

Do you have maybe information about:

Arthur Günzel 21.03.1898 executed 20.11.1947 in Wroclaw
Emil Kühn 17.11.1911 executed 04.01.1949 in Warsaw
August Hamann 16.04.1904 death sentence 19.10.1949 in Szczecin executed 11.12.1950 (reason/crimes unknown)
Otto Jankowski 04.09.1907 death sentence 16.12.1947 in Bydgoszcz execution date unknown
Erich Neumann 22.08.1893 death sentence 23.09.1947 in Grudziadz execution date unknown
Ferdinand Kristoforski death sentence 12.06.1947 in Kalisz executed 15.07.1947 (reason/crimes unknown)
Jan Semrau 18.11.1889 in member Selbstschutz, NSDAP in Tczew/Dirschau death sentence 13.04.1946 in Torun execution date unknown

Do you know the place of birth of:

Franz Reiner 22.07.1898 in ? Gendarmerie in Ostrow Mazowiecki death sentence 10.10.1949 in Warsaw executed 12.08.1950 in ?
As the captain of gendarmerie in Ostrów Mazowiecka, he murdered civilians, went on man-hunts for partisans and Jews who were then immediately shot, and round-ups of Poles in order to send them to work forced labor in Germany

Walter Müller 07.02.1907 in ? Hilfspolizei in Pogorzele death sentence 11.03.1947 in Ostrow Wielkopolski executed 22.04.1947

[history1]

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Judge Dieł and persecutor Zawski

[ansata1976]

I am interested in more information about:

August Hamann 16.04.1904 death sentence 19.10.1949 in Szczecin executed 11.12.1950

I found online a man: August Hamann 1904 Oberwachtmeister in Lublin

Is this the same man? I think this a very common German name.

[ansata1976]

I am interested in more information (place of birth and death, crime) about:

Emil Blech 26.03.1908 death sentence 19.05.1947 in Lodz, died 11.091947, SA in Kutno
Ernst Boehlke 22.01.1906 death sentence 18.09.1946 in Torun, commuted 14.06.1946 to 15 years imprisonment, died 19.11.1948, Waffen-SS in Wirsitz
Otto Brahm 22.01.1900 death sentence 15.06.1946 in Torun, died 05.08.1947
Bruno Dawid 06.10.1889 death sentence 26.07.1947 in Ostrow Wielkopolski, died 16.07.1951
Erich Delau 02.08.1906 death sentence 17.12.1945 in Torun, commuted 24.01.1946 to 15 years imprisonment, died 07.03.1952
Wilhelm Giselle 08.05.1891 death sentence 30.08.1945 in Lodz, commuted to 10 years imprisonment, suicide 06.10.1945
Ewald Hajduk 23.08.1907 death sentence 17.12.1945 in Krakow, commuted 24.01.1946 to 15 years imprisonment, died 14.03.1950, died 07.05.1951, SA in Chrzanow
Gustav Hinz 28.09.1909 death sentence 24.05.1946 in Torun, commuted 13.06.1946 to 15 life imprisonment, died 11.09.1947, Waffen-SS in Biechowie
Ludwig Horszwald 25.08.1912 death sentence 09.22.1948 in Piotrkow, died 11.12.1949
Walter Jahnke 10.09.1898 death sentence 05.06.1946 in Gdansk, commuted 26.06.1946 to life imprisonment, died 04.06.1950, SA in Dirschau
Heinrich Kiss 27.07.1919 death sentence 03.10.1949 in Krakow, commuted 24.02.1950 to life imprisonment, died 18.04.1969, Gendarmerie in Nowy Targ
Hermann Müller 04.05.1880 death sentence 29.11.1945 in Gdansk, commuted 10.01.1946 to 15 years imprisonment, died 14.11.1950
Eduard Scheibner 13.05.1895 death sentence 20.04.1953 in Warsaw, commuted 03.09.1953 to 15 years imprisonment, died 02.11.1955
Wilhelm Zühlke 08.11.1889 death sentence 12.01.1948 in Gizycko, commuted 05.08.1948 died in?
Albert Zülke 26.08.1887 death sentence 13.04.1946 in Torun, commuted 10.05.1946 to 15 years imprisonment, died 15.08.1947

[ansata1976]

Gertrude Hoffmann
Staff camp Neusalz (subcamp Gross Rosen)
sentenced to 4 years in prison in a verdict of 12.09.1946 by the Special Criminal Court in Wroclaw

Renate Grewe
Staff camp Neusalz (subcamp Gross Rosen)
sentenced to 10 years in prison in a verdict of 12.09.1946 by the Special Criminal Court in Wroclaw

Anna Gwiazdowskie
Staff camp Neusalz (subcamp Gross Rosen)
sentenced to 7 years in prison in a verdict of 12.09.1946 by the Special Criminal Court in Wroclaw

Anna Gwiazdowska
10.05.1916
Staff Gross Rosen subcamp Neusalz
sentenced to 7 years in prison in a verdict of 12.09.1946 by the Special Criminal Court in Wroclaw
died 20.03.1949 in prison

[ansata1976]

I am interested in more information about:

Walter Banik 04.06.1913 in ?, village head Sadowice Trial Warschau 13.03.1946 death sentence execution date/place unknown

Ewald Hajduk 23.08.1907 in ? , member SA in Chrzanow Trial Krakow 17.12.1945 death sentence, commuted 24.01.1946 to 15 years imprisonment, died 14.03.1950, died 07.05.1951 in ?

Hermann Müller 04.05.1880 in ? Trial Gdansk 29.11.1945 death sentence, commuted 10.01.1946 to 15 years imprisonment, died 14.11.1950 in ?

[ansata1976]

I am interested in more information about this two cases (Lindemann January 1946 + Oplatok?? February 1946). Unfortunately this men are unknown to me (Sorry for the bad quality):

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Are this radio messages wrong???????? I do not know this men.

[ansata1976]

I am still looking for information (date of birth, place of birth, crime,fate, date and place of death) about:

Arthur Dietweiler member SS Trial Lodz 1947 death sentence
Emil Schindel or Schindl (maybe 02.05.1888?) member SA Trial Lodz (Kutno) 1947 death sentence
Julian Sommer (maybe 03.07.1907?) member SS Trial Lodz 1946 death sentence
Roman Sommerfeld member SA Trial Lodz 1947 death sentence
Berta Natalia Kanwischer 10.04.1883 Trial Lodz 1947 death sentence
Waldemar Patzak 1922 member SS Trial Lodz 1947 death sentence
Theodor Nickel member SA (maybe 15.08.1903?) Trial Lodz 1947 death sentence
Reinhold Wolf 20.08.1907 member SS Trial Lodz 1947 death sentence
Eryk/Erich Kokot Trial Bytom 1946 death sentence
Ferdinand Paszka 11.01.1911, death sentence 05.07.1949 in Wadowice

[ansata1976]

Arthur Müller
25.04.1913 in Tomaszow Mazowiecki
Bahnschutz in Skarzysku-Kamiennej
arrested 28.01.1948
death sentence 28.10.1948 in Radom
executed 22.02.1949 in Radom

Jakob Grossmann
08.12.1898 in Cierniowce
arrested 07.05.1945
death sentence 27.05.1945 in Poznan
executed 07.06.1945 in Poznan

What is the meaning of: art. 4 §2 dekr. 31.08.1944

[ansata1976]

What was the sentence of Erwin Koroch (11.03.1919) member Selbstschutz in Brodnica - he was sentenced together with Willi Weber

Willi Weber
11.06.1914 in Konojady
member Selbstschutz in Brodnicy
arrested 13.01.1947
death sentence 26.06.1947 in Grudziadz
executed 19.09.1947 in Grudziadz

I am still looking for information about:

August Hamann 16.04.1904 death sentence 19.10.1949 in Szczecin executed 11.12.1950
(I found online a man: August Hamann 1904 Oberwachtmeister in Lublin??)

Otto Jankowski 04.09.1907 death sentence 16.12.1947 in Bydgoszcz execution date unknown
(reason/crimes unknown)

Erich Neumann 22.08.1893 death sentence 23.09.1947 in Grudziadz execution date unknown
(reason/crimes unknown)

Ferdinand Kristoforski born? death sentence 12.06.1947 in Kalisz executed 15.07.1947
(reason/crimes unknown)

Jan Semrau 18.11.1889 in ? member Selbstschutz, NSDAP in Tczew/Dirschau death sentence 13.04.1946 in Torun execution date unknown
(reason/crimes unknown)

Edmund Kaczor 26.03.1913, volksdeutsch, death sentence 03.12.1948 in Wadowice, executed 22.08.1949

I am still looking for the execution date of:

Edmund Zimmer 29.12.1903 in Mieczyslaw, death sentence 25.09.1945 in Poznan
Paul Preuss 10.12.1904 death sentence 08.11.1945 in Gdansk
Karl Dörr 27.01.1908 in Sedow member SS in Sedow, death sentence 08.11.1945 in Poznan
Ernst Nogajczyk 18.04.1918 in Kołodziejew death sentence 08.11.1945 in Mogilno
Walter Banik 04.06.1913 in Wielowies village head Sadowice/SS-man, death sentence 13.03.1946 in Warsaw
Jan Girle 12.06.1903 in Tonowo German policeman Trial Bydgoszczy 15.03.1948 death sentence
Ewald Dobrick 29.04.1912 in Łopatki death sentence 04.12.1945 in Gdansk
Reinhold Thimm 07.04.1887 member Selbstschutz, death sentence 23.04.1947 in Grudziadz
Katarzyna Pfeiffer 15.09.1886, death sentence 13.11.1945 in Poznan
Fryderyk Müller 09.10.1896 Trial Gdyni 16.05.1950 death sentence, German Police in Puck
Georg Reisdorf/ Rajsdorf Trial Gdansk 1946 death sentence
Karoline(Karolina) Jeger(Jäger) 20.12.1894 in Zduńskiej Woli Trial Poznan 1945 death sentence
Wilhelm Dawid 25.09.1912 in Pile Trial Poznan 1945 death sentence
Anton Lang 05.07.1892 Trial Poznan 1945 death sentence member SA,SS
Jozef Breitkopf (maybe: 10.03.1912 in Stara Kuźnia) member Freikorps Trial Katowice 1945 death sentence
Józef Höll death sentence 03.07.1945 in Poznan

The President of the KRN did not use the right of grace in relation to this defendants. Maybe some died before the execution and some were sentenced in absence (Müller, Reisdorf, Dawid, Höll and Lang) What was their fate? In different sources I found an information that Preuss and Breitkopf escaped from prison. What was their fate?

I am still looking for information (date of birth, place of birth, crime,fate, date and place of death) about:

Arthur Dietweiler member SS Trial Lodz 1947 death sentence
Emil Schindel or Schindl (maybe 02.05.1888?) member SA Trial Lodz (Kutno) 1947 death sentence
Julian Sommer (maybe 03.07.1907?) member SS Trial Lodz 1946 death sentence
Roman Sommerfeld member SA Trial Lodz 1947 death sentence
Berta Natalia Kanwischer 10.04.1883 Trial Lodz 1947 death sentence
Waldemar Patzak 1922 member SS Trial Lodz 1947 death sentence
Theodor Nickel member SA (maybe 15.08.1903?) Trial Lodz 1947 death sentence
Reinhold Wolf 20.08.1907 member SS Trial Lodz 1947 death sentence
Eryk/Erich Kokot Trial Bytom 1946 death sentence

Jakob Grossmann
08.12.1898 in Cierniowce
arrested 07.05.1945
death sentence 27.05.1945 in Poznan
executed 07.06.1945 in Poznan

What is the meaning of: art. 4 §2 dekr. 31.08.1944

[ansata1976]

I am interested in more information about:

Otto Hess born 1892 executed 06.08.1946 in Białystok

[ansata1976]

I am interested in more information about the trial of:

Friedrich Wilhelm Preusse 04.11.1904 Trial Poznan 1947

What was the sentence? What was his crime?

[George_W]

Friedrich Wilhelm Preusse, born 04/11/1904, extradited from US zone to Poland on 28/05/1946, member of the SS in Poznań. Sentenced to 2 years on 27/11/1947 in Poznań, released 14/11/1949. Charges unknown to me.

George