War Crime Trials Norway

[ansata1976]

I am interested in more information about the trials of:

Hauptmann Wolfgang Blell Trial 09.07.1945 in Lillehammer sentence: ??????


Hans Latza 6.06.1908 Götzendorf sentence:??????

Dr Helmut Schmidt 1910 Hannover sentence:??????

Dr Theodor Felsenstein 1903 Wien sentence:??????

SS – Obersturmbannführer Hans Hendrik Neumann sentence:??????

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Hans Latza
06.06.1908 in Götzendorf
HSSP Noorwegen: 129260: 2180945:
SS-Sturmbannführer and SS-Richter
Leiter des SS- und Polizeigerichts IX/Nord in Oslo
Hans Latza was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for a period of 15

[ansata1976]

Which of this men was sentenced in Norway:

Dr Helmut Schmidt 1910 Hannover sentence:??????
Dr Theodor Felsenstein 1903 Wien
SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Noot 23.05.1909
Hans Reinhard Koch 1902 Halle/Saale 1931 NSDAP 1933 SS Oberführer
Oberregierungsrat Ernst Hagemann
Hans Dellbrügge 15.9.1902
Friedrich Grebe 1879 Oberregierungsrat
Johann Moser
Alfred Huhnhäuser Ministerialrat im Reichskommissariat für die besetzten norwegischen Gebiete 1912-1986
Friedrich Schaller 1903 Gebietskommisar Bergen stellvertretende Gauleiter von Köln-Aachen
Paul Wegener 01.10.1908 in in Varel Gebietskommisar Trondheim
Carlo Otte SS-Oberführer 20.05.1908 in Hamburg
Hellmuth Reinhard SS-Sturmbannführer 24.07.1911
SS-Sturmbannführer Ingo Eichmann Kieler Gestapo-Chef
SS-Sturmbannführer Hermann Ling
Carl Kittner 1905 in Znaim
Christian Kehr 26.10.1905
Reinhold Regis 06.01.1903
SS-Oberführer Eugen Dellenbusch 1901
SS-Obergruppenführer Fritz Weitzel 1904
SS- Obersturmbannführer Hans Hendrik Neumann 04.08.1910 in Barmen
SS-Sturmbannführer Gustav Richert
Otto Marrenbach 28.07.1899 in Waldbröl

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Heinrich Vierke
SS-Hauptscharführer und Kriminalsekretär SD Oslo
sentenced 17.01.1948 to 12 years imprisonment



Arthur Quist
17.02.1896
SS-Obersturmbannführer
Kommandant der freiwilligen Einheit der Legion Norwegen 1941-1943
sentenced to 10 years imprisonment

[Phil Nix]

Re Fritz Weitzel he was killed in an air raid 1940 whilst on leave from Norway
Phil Nix

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Felix Ritter
13. 5. 1910 in Ladenburg
Kriminalkommissar , SS-Obersturmführer
Gestapo Karlsruhe, Regensburg.
01.05.1933 NSDAP
05.11.1933 SS
01.09.1941 Stapo Weimar
01.03.1942 BdS / SD in Oslo
1943 Stapo Weimar
1946 arrested
1947 extradited to Norway
Sentenced to 13 years hard labour
1951 commuted

[Simon Orchard]

I have just photographed the entire transcribed notes of the Courts Martial of Hauptmann Wolfgang Blell, which is held at the British National Archive, WO 311/51.

It was held at the Victoria Hotel at Lillehammer between the 9-11 July 1945. Blell was accused of having shot and killed a Russian POW in June 45. He was found guilty and sentenced to death, there was an appeal in september and Blell was reprieved the night before the sentence was due to be carried out.

[ansata1976]

Germans sentenced to death in Norway:

1.SIEGFRIED WOLFGANG FEHMER (10.01.1911 in München - 16.03.1948 in Oslo)
SS-Hauptsturmführer, Gestapo leader in Oslo
was sentenced to death on 28th June 1947 for the torturing of Norwegian patriots during
executed in Akershus Fortress, Oslo on 16th March 1948

2. KARL-HANS HERMAN KLINGE (14.01.1909 in Halle -28.03.1946 in Oslo)
SS-Oberscharführer, and Kriminalassistent in the Oslo Gestapo
was sentenced to death on 8th December 1945 (and again Supreme court 27th February 1946)
executed in Akershus Fortress, Oslo on 28th March 1946

3. OTTO WILHELM ALBERT SUHR (11.06.1902 – 10.01.1948 in Oslo)
interpreter in Referat IV 1a by the Kommandeur der Sicherheitspolizei und des Sicherheitsdienst (KdS), Oslo
was sentenced to death in 2nd December 1947 for war crimes
executed in Akershus Fortress, Oslo on 10th January 1948

4. AUGUST STUCKMANN (01.03.1910 in Lemgo -28.03.1947 in Oslo)
SS-Sturmscharführer and Kriminalsekretär, ADSt(Aussendienststelle) Dombås, Oppland
fylke (district).
was sentenced to death on 15th October 1946 for murder, for participation in murder and serious torture
executed in Akershus Fortress,Oslo on 28th March 1947

5. RICHARD WILHELM HERMANN BRUNS (28.06.1900 in Hannover -20.09.1947 in Oslo)
SS-Untersturmführer and Kriminalsekretär in the Oslo Gestapo between 1942-45.
was sentenced to death on 3rd July 1946 for war crimes
executed in Akershus Fortress,Oslo on 20th September 1947

6. RUDOLF THEODOR ALBERT SCHUBERT (15.09.1908 - 20.09.1947 in Oslo)
SS-Hauptsturmführer and Kriminalassistent in the Oslo Gestapo between 1942-45
tried by a Norwegian court between 20th March-3rd July 1946
was sentenced to death on 20 September 1947 for war crimes
executed in Akershus Fortress, Oslo on 20th September 1947

7. GERHARD FRIEDRICH FLESCH (18.10.1909 in Posen - 28.02.1948 in Trondheim)
SS-Obersturmbannführer and Major der Polizei
was sentenced to death in 1946 for ordering the murders of 37 people
executed in Kristiansten, Trondheim on 28th February 1948

8. JULIUS HANS CHRISTIAN NIELSON (1898- 10.07.1948 in Trondheim)
SS-Obersturmführer in the Gestapo in Trondheim
was sentenced to death for the arrest and ill treatment of Norwegian patriots
executed in Kristiansten, Trondheim on 10th July 1948

9.HERMANN DRAGASS (11.05.1891 – 10.07.1948 in Trondheim)
KDS in Trondheim
was sentenced to death for ill treatment of prisoners and war crimes
executed in Kristiansten, Trondheim on 10th July 1948

10. EMIL HUGO KOEBER (29.07.1907 in Oberhausen - 22.03.1947 in Trondheim)
Hauptwachmeister Schupo Trondheim and guard at the Vollan camp in Trondheim
was sentenced to death. on 12th March 1947 in Oslo.
executed in Kristiansten, Trondheim on 22nd March 1947

11. WILLI AUGUST KESTING (28.01.1908 in Dortmund - 08.08.1946 in Bergen)
SS-Sturmscharführer and Kriminalsekretär served in the Bergen Gestapo in Norway from 1941, as leader of section 4 E from October 1944 till May 1945
was sentenced to death for the arrest and abuse/torture of Norwegian patriots
executed in Sverresborg Fortress, Bergen on 8th August 1946

12.LUDWIG RUNZHEIMER (28.07.1912 in Gladenbach- 04.07.1946 in Bergen)
SS-Oberscharführer, served in the Frankfurt Gestapo and the Bergen Gestapo in Norway
was sentenced to death for the arrest and ill treatment of Norwegian patriots
executed in Sverresborg Fortress, Bergen on 4th July 1946

13. NILS PETER HJELMBERG (03.01.1923 in Copenhagen - 08.08.1946 in Bergen)
sentenced to life imprisonment for war crimes in Gulating 18th March 1946
The Supreme Court changed the sentence to death 4th July 1946
executed in Sverresborg Fortress, Bergen on 8th August 1946

14. MAX EMIL GUSTAV ROOK (24.06.1888 in Berlin - 04.06.1946 in Bergen)
KDS in Bergen
was sentenced to death 01st February 1946 for participating in arresting Norwegian patriots
executed in Sverresborg Fortress, Bergen on 4th June 1946

15. ALFRED JOSEF GÃRTNER (31.10.1923 in Gravdal - 08.08.1946 in Bergen)
KDS/Sipo in Bergen
was sentenced to death for participating in arresting Norwegian patriots
executed in Sverresborg Fortress, Bergen on 8th August 1946

16.ERICH HOFFMANN (1900- 15.05.1946)
Fahrdienstleiter in Bergen and a former member of the German SD in occupied Norway
Tried by a joint Norwegian/British court in Oslo between 10th-13th December 1945
he was found guilty of being concerned in the murder of allied prisoners of war
was sentenced to death and hanged in Hamelin prison on 15th May 1946

17. WERNER SEELING (1908- 10.01.1946 in Oslo)
Luftwaffen doctor
found guilty of being concerned in the murder of allied prisoners of war in Bergen
was sentenced to death on 13. December 1945
executed in Akershus Fortress, Oslo on 10th January 1946

18. HANS WILHELM BLOMBERG (27.09.1906 in Rheine - 10.01.1946 in Oslo)
SS-Obersturmbannführer and Oberstleutnant der Polizei
head of the KDS in Tromsø (5.40-10.41), later Bergen (10.41-4.44) and STAPO Hamburg
executed in Akershus Fortress,Oslo on 10th January 1946

19. EMIL CLEMENS (18.11.1908-1947)
SS-Sturmscharführer and Kriminaloberassistent in the Oslo Gestapo between 1943-45
tried by a Norwegian court between 20th March-3rd July 1946
was sentenced to death by shooting. He was convicted of torturing 23 Norwegians using various instruments and cold baths
he commited suicide in prison on 19th September 1947, the night before he was to be executed

20.FRANZ DIRRANK (1900-)
KDS in Oslo
was sentenced to death for war crimes
his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment
he was released in January 1954

21. JOSEF SEUFERT (1909-)
SS-Sturmscharführer, served in the KDS in Oslo and Bergen
tried by a Norwegian court he was sentenced to death for war crimes
his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment
he was released in december 1952.

22.OSCAR HANS (1910-)
SS-Hauptsturmführer, member of the SD in Oslo and then in charge of an execution squad
sentenced to death on 23rd August 1947 for the execution of 312 Norwegians
his sentence was commuted and he was handed over to the British
tried by a British military court in Hamburg he was sentenced to death on 25th August 1948
his sentence was commuted to imprisonment
he was released on 23rd April 1954

23.HUGO FRIEDRICH WILHELM HEINRICHS (1913-)
SS-Oberscharführer, served in Halden then in the Gestapo at Fredrikstad
tried by a court in Sarpsborg and was sentenced to death on 15th May 1947 for war crimes
his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment
he was released in October 1953

24.WILHELM ARTUR KONSTANTIN WAGNER (1909-)
SS-Hauptsturmführer, head of section IV b
was sentenced to death for the deportation of 321 jews and also the ill treatment of jews
30th April 1947 his death sentence was commuted to 20 years imprisonment
he was released in December 1951

25.RUDOLF KERNER (1910-)
SS-Hauptsturmführer, Gestapo chief of Kristiansand, during 1940-42
tried by a court in Kristiansand he was sentenced to death on 16th June 1947 after being
convicted of being responsible for the death and torture of Norwegian patriots
his sentence was commuted in 1948 to life imprisonment
he was released in October 1953

26.FRIEDRICH WILHELM MEYER (1915-)
SS-Oberscharführer, Gestapo official who served in Kristiansand
tried by a court in Kristiansand he was sentenced to death on 16th June 1947 after being
convicted of being responsible for the death and torture of Norwegian patriots
his sentence was commuted 1948 to life imprisonment
he was released in july 1952.

27.PAUL HEINRICH GLOMB (1905-)
SS-Hauptscharführer, served in the Sipo and the SD in Trondheim district
Tried by a court in Kristiansand he was sentenced to death on 16th June 1947 after being convicted of being responsible for the death and torture of Norwegian patriots
his sentence was commuted in 1948 to 20 years imprisonment
he was released in 1950.

28.ERNST WEIMANN (1906-)
SS-Obersturmbannführer and Oberstleutnant der Polizei, head of the
KDS kommandeur der Sipo und des SD Bergen April 1944-May 1945, Before Norway he
was head of the Klagenfurt Gestapo 1940-43, and in Trieste 1943-44.
Tried by a Norwegian court he was sentenced to death on 13th September 1946 for war crimes
His sentence was reduced to life imprisonment on 30th August 1947
he was released in October 1953.

29.JOHANN ARNDT (1911-)
SS-Hauptscharführer, served in the Bochum Gestapo and the Bergen Gestapo
tried by a Norwegian court he was sentenced to death on 13th September 1946 for the arrest and ill treatment of Norwegian patriots
his sentence was reduced to life imprisonment
he was released in October 1953.

[danyb]

hello Ansata !

Rudolf Schubert was born in Höniger.

danyb

[danyb]

hello !

i'm looking for infos on these men.
both sentenced to life imprisonment in Norway:

Ludwig Zirk
Théophil Sadlich
Alois Gamauf

Thanks in Advance
danyb

[Puck]

see http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/3beeba/pdf/

Regards Puck

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What is the correct date and place of birth of

Heinrich Vierke
Walter Hollack
Wolfgang Blell
Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer
Wilhelm Arthur Konstantin Wagner
Hugo Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrichs
Friedrich Albert Lappe
Helmut Klötzer
Wilhelm Esser
Hans Roth
Franz Simon Gromann
Heinrich Wilhelm Oscar Willführ
Karl Erwin Morio

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Trial 29.11.1945 – 04.12.1945 in Oslo

SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans Keller (?) life hard labour
SS-Obersturmführer Georg Ludwig Werner Oppel (?) 20 years imprisonment
SS-Untersturmführer Alfred Kreutz (?) sentence?
SS-Obersturmführer Erwin Lang (?) life hard labour
Rudolf Hermann Theodor Kapp (?) 15 years imprisonment
Willi Tiege (?) acquitted
SS-Oberscharführer Georg Eberl (?) 15 years imprisonment
SS-Hauptscharführer Friedrich Wilhelm Eisenacher (?) acquitted
SS-Obersturmführer George Müller (?) sentence?
SS-Oberscharführer Schmidt (?) sentence?

What was the date and place of birth of the defendants? What was the release date?

[George_W]

SS-Ostubaf. Hans Keller was born on 29/09/1907, released on 01/05/1948. See this thread: viewtopic.php?t=225096

George

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SS-Hauptscharführer Friedrich Wilhelm Eisenacher (29.12.1909 in Hengshausen) KdS Bergen acquitted

What is the date + place of birth of

Wolfgang Blell
Hermann Ahlborn
Georg Eberl
Erwin Lang
Alfred Rutschmann