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R E F E R E N C E I N F O R M A T I O N P A P E R 1 1 5
TheMauthausenConcentrationCamp
Complex:WorldWarIIandPostwarRecords
R E F E R E N C E I N F O R M A T I O N P A P E R 1 1 5
NationalArchivesandRecordsAdministration,Washington,DC
2008
CompiledbyAmySchmidtandGudrunLoehrer
UnitedStates.NationalArchivesandRecords
Administration.
TheMauthausenConcentrationCampComplex:World
WarIIandpostwarrecords/compiledbyAmySchmidtand
GudrunLoehrer.Washington,D.C.:NationalArchives
andRecordsAdministration,2008.
p.;cm.(Referenceinformationpaper;115)
Includesindex.
1.Mauthausen(Concentrationcamp)HistorySources
BibliographyCatalogs.2.UnitedStates.National
ArchivesandRecordsAdministrationCatalogs.
3.WorldWar,19391945ConcentrationcampsAustria
MauthausenHistorySourcesBibliographyCatalogs.
I.Schmidt,Amy.II.Loehrer,Gudrun.III.UnitedStates.
NationalArchivesandRecordsAdministration.
Frontcover: (Top,fromleft)HeinrichHimmler,atleft,andErnstKaltenbrunner
(behindhim)visittheMauthausencamp,1941.(USAExhibit904,RG238)
AtopsecretGermanteletypecircularprovidesinstructionsfortransport
of escapedandrecapturedAlliedPOWstoMauthausenforexecution.(USA
Exhibit246,RG238)
Agroupof capturedYugoslavpartisansafterprocessingbyMauthausens
PoliticalDepartment,circa1943.(MauthausenTrial,ProsecutionExhibit
153,Box345,RG549)
c o n t e n t s
Preface
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PART I: INTRODUCTION
Background
AbouttheRecords
WarCrimesProceedings
MauthausenWarCrimesRecords
NontextualRecords
PurposesofThisGuide
HowtoUseThisGuide
Acknowledgments
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CampRegisters
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RG238,NationalArchivesCollection
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ofWorldWarIIWarCrimesRecords
RG549,RecordsofUnitedStatesArmy,Europe
FrancoisBoixPhotographicCollection
RG153,RecordsoftheOfficeoftheJudge
AdvocateGeneral(Army)
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RG226,RecordsoftheOfficeofStrategicServices
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RG238,NationalArchivesCollectionof
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WorldWarIIWarCrimesRecords
RG549,RecordsofUnitedStatesArmy,Europe
InvestigativeRecordsoftheDawesMission
RG153,RecordsoftheOfficeoftheJudge
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19
AdvocateGeneral(Army)
RG226,RecordsoftheOfficeofStrategicServices
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26
RG84,RecordsoftheForeignServicePostsofthe
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DepartmentofState
RG112,RecordsoftheOfficeoftheSurgeon
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General(Army)
RG153,RecordsoftheOfficeoftheJudgeAdvocate
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General(Army)
RG165,RecordsoftheWarDepartmentGeneraland
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SpecialStaffs
RG220,RecordsofTemporaryCommittees,
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Commissions,andBoards
RG226,RecordsoftheOfficeofStrategicServices
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RG238,NationalArchivesCollectionofWorldWarII
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WarCrimesRecords
RG242,NationalArchivesCollectionofForeign
69
RecordsSeized
RG243,RecordsoftheUnitedStatesStrategic
BombingSurvey
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75
RG260,RecordsofU.S.OccupationHeadquarters,
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WorldWarII
RG331,RecordsofAlliedOperationalandOccupational
78
Headquarters,WorldWarII
RG341,RecordsoftheHeadquartersUnitedStates
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AirForce
RG407,RecordsoftheAdjutantGeneralsOffice,1917
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RG492,RecordsofMediterraneanTheaterof
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Operations,UnitedStatesArmy(MTOUSA)
RG549,RecordsofUnitedStatesArmy,Europe
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289
SignalOfficer
RG208,RecordsoftheOfficeofWarInformation
293
295
SignalOfficer
RG238,NationalArchivesCollectionof
298
WorldWarIIWarCrimesRecords
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302
AppendixA:ListofMauthausenDefendantsbyCase
317
AppendixB:CatalogueofMauthausenRecordsHeldby
theInternationalTracingService
327
AppendixC:Repositoriesof RecordsRelatingtothe
MauthausenComplex
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Index
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p r e f a c e
campsintheEuropeanTheaterofOperationsare widelyscatteredthrough
out the National Archives microfilm collection of World War II captured
Germanrecords.ThesearedescribedinGuidestoGermanRecordsMicrofilmed
atAlexandria,VA, Nos.198,andinthevolumeCapturedGermanandRelated
Records:ANationalArchivesConference (1974).
As the nations record keeper, NARA safeguards records of all three
branches of the Federal Government. NARA meets an almost unlimited
rangeof informationneeds,ensuringaccesstorecordsonwhichboththe
credibilityof governmentandtheaccuracyof historydepend.Wewelcome
any comments you may have on the information products and services
NARAprovides.Usethecontactuslinkonwww.archives.gov.
AllenWeinstein
ArchivistoftheUnitedStates
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Introduction
Background
I.1 TheNationalArchivesatCollegePark,Maryland,isamajorrepository
of records pertaining to several World War II Nazi concentration camps:
Buchenwald,Dachau,Flossenberg,Nordhausen,andMauthausen.Thisref
erenceinformationpaperfocusesononeof these,theMauthausencamp
complex,describingmaterialsfoundinover95seriesoftextual,stillpicture,
motionpicture,andcartographicrecords.Amongtheseareoriginalcamp
records;recordsproducedbyU.S.Governmentagencies,bothmilitaryand
civilian;andcapturedGermanrecords,includingevidencefilesassembled
forwarcrimesproceedings.Appendixesdescriberelatedcollectionsinthe
custodyoftheInternationalTracingServiceanddirectresearcherstoother
U.S.andEuropeanrepositoriesofMauthausenmaterials.
I.2TheMauthausenmaincampwasconstructedin1938atasitenearthe
UpperAustriantownofMauthausen,roughly20kilometerseastofLinz.Asec
ond,nearbycamp,knownasGusenIopenedin1940.Thesetwomaincamps
weredesignatedCategoryIIIorexterminationcamps,designedtoeliminate
enemiesoftheGermanReichthroughacombinationofoverwork,starvation,
andviolence.Bothcampsusedinmatesasslavelaborinthegranitequarries,
themostnotoriousbeingtheWienerGrabenquarryatMauthausen.During
WorldWarII,theMauthausencomplexexpandedintoaringofsome50
subcampsscatteredthroughoutAustria,makingitoneofthelargestandmost
profitablelaborcampcomplexesinGermancontrolledEurope.Questionsof
AhanddrawnmapoftheMauthausenConcentrationCampSystemispartoftheCohenReportdoc
umentingallegedwarcrimesatMauthausenand13of itssubcamps.Thereportwascompiledonsite
by Maj. Eugene S. Cohen of the 514th Quartermaster Corps between May 6 and June 15, 1945. The
Mauthausencomplexexpandedintoaringofsome50subcampsscatteredthroughoutAustria,mak
ingitoneofthelargestandmostprofitablelaborcampcomplexesinGermancontrolledEurope.(Cohen
Report,WarCrimesCasesTried,Box334,RG549)
administrationandcommand,aswellasthesubdivisionofsubcampsinto
subordinate camps, work details, and assembly camps, make it difficult to
establishacomplete,preciselistoftheelementscomprisingtheMauthausen
system.1 Placenamesofsubcamps,outdetailcamps,andatrocitysitesmen
tioned in this volume include Aafa, Aflens, Ausbau, Brettstein, Dippoldsau,
Ebensee,Eisenerz,Florisdorf,Fraeserhof,GrosRaming,Gunskirchen,GusenI,
Gusen II, Gusen III, Haidfeld (WienHaidfeld), Hinterbruehl, Hintzen,
Lambach,Leibnitz,LinzI,LinzIII,Loiblpass,Melk,Moedling,Oberilzmuehle,
Peggau,RedlZipf,Schlier,SchlossHartheim,SchlossLind,Schwechat,Stalbau,
Steyr,St.Aegyd,St.Georgen(worksiteofGusenII),St.Lambrecht,St.Valentin,
Voecklabruck,Wayer,WienerNeudorf,andWienerNeustadt.Companiesimpli
catedintheuseofslavelaborfromMauthausenanditssubcampsincludethe
DESTcartel(DeutscheErdundSteinwerke,GmbH)ownedbytheSchutzstaffel
(SS),theSteyrDaimlerPuchcartelandtheHeinkelandMesserschmittairplane
producers,tonameonlyafew.
I.3 Mauthausen was administered by the SS in Berlin, under the direct
commandofSSColonelFranzZiereis.InmatesrepresentedeveryEuropean
nationalityandmanysocialcategories,includingpoliticalprisoners,Jews,peo
ple of Roma origin, homosexuals, and others. Large groups of antiFranco
SpanishRepublicans,capturedbytheGermanArmyinFrance,aswellasSoviet
prisoners of war, were transferred to Mauthausen in 1941. In 1944,
MauthausenreceivedlargenumbersofDutchandHungarianJews,manyof
thelattertransferredfromAuschwitz.Mauthausenwasalsotheexecutionsite
of47Dutch,British,andAmericandownedairmeninSeptember1944,andin
January 1945, of captured members of the OSS (U.S. Office of Strategic
Services) Dawes Mission. The U.S. Armys 41st Cavalry Reconnaissance
Squadron,11thArmoredDivision,reachedMauthausenandGusenonMay
5,1945,makingthesehadbeenclosedorevacuatedbetweenlateMarchand
midApril1945.TheremainingcampswereliberatedonMay6.
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Themostrecentcompilation(2006)of43subcampsisprovidedbyBertrandPerzandFlorian
Freund in the fourth volume of Der Ort des Terrors, Die Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen
Konzentrationslager(Munich,2006),editedbyWolfangBenzandBarbaraDistel.
I.4 The volume and diversity of the National Archives and Records
Administrations (NARA) holdings reflectAmerican involvement in the
liberationof Mauthausenandbringingtotrialperpetratorsof warcrimes.
Wartimeintelligence(textualrecords,drawings,andaerialphotographs)
includesinformationoncamplocations,conditions,andtheuseof forced
laborforGermanwarindustries.Planningforliberationrequiredassess
mentsof thisintelligenceaswellaspracticalpreparationsforemergency
relief measures.Anumberof internationalandAmericanagenciespartic
ipatedinsuccessfulsecretnegotiationswithhighlevelGermanSSlead
ersforprisonerexchangesandotherearlyreleasesof selectedcampinmates
inthespringof 1945.Liberationitself entailedtherapiddeploymentof
fieldandevacuationhospitals,typhustreatmentcenters,andmechanisms
foridentificationandrepatriationof survivors.Investigatingteamshas
tened to camp sites to secure evidence and interrogate survivors. The
apprehensionof warcrimessuspects,developmentof evidence,andpros
ecution of crimes committed within its occupation zone fell to the U.S.
Armed Forces in Europe. Under the jurisdiction of the Armys Deputy
JudgeAdvocateGeneralforWarCrimes,U.S.Armymilitarycourtstried
atotalof 1,672defendantsin489casesfrom1945to1949.Sixtyoneof
thesecases,involvingover300defendants,pertaintoMauthausenandits
subcamps.EvidencefromMauthausenalsofeaturedinthetrialsof major
warcriminalsatNurembergandinthenotoriousDoctorsTrial,U.S.v.
KarlBrandtetal.
AbouttheRecords
I.5 OriginalMauthausenrecords,suchasentryanddeathregisters,andother
capturedGermanrecordsintroducedasevidenceintowarcrimesproceedings
dateto193845,theoperationallifespanofthecampcomplex.Recordspro
ducedbyU.S.Governmentagenciesdatefromthecombatphaseof thewar,
194145,tothelate1950swhenthelastconvictedwarcriminalswereparoled.
Averysmallamountofcorrespondencedealingwithindividualcasefilesdates
totheearly1960s.
ofdefiningwarcrimesandestablishingextraditionandtrialproceduresbegan
in October 1943 with the creation of the United Nations War Crimes
Commission.TheUNWCCwasassistedbynationalofficesrepresentingthe
17constituentmembers.Amajorachievementofthisagencywascompiling
alistofover37,000warcriminals,securitysuspects,andwitnessesfromnames
and evidence submitted by national offices.A substantially largerCentral
Registry of War Criminals and Security Suspects (commonly known as
CROWCASS)wascompiledbyAlliedMilitaryauthoritiesandliaisonteams
underSHAEFauspices.Theburdenofapprehendinganddetainingwarcrim
inalsfelltoAlliedmilitarycommands.U.S.Armyinvestigatingteams,aided
bytheU.S.CounterIntelligenceCorps,operatedintheBritish,French,and
U.S. occupation zones. Detainees were kept inenclosures (camps) under
USFET(U.S.Forces,EuropeanTheater)supervision.Extraditionrequestswere
processedbyextraditionboardsundersupervisionoftheU.S.TheaterJudge
AdvocateGeneralStaff.TrialproceedingsbeganwiththeInternationalMilitary
TribunalofMajorWarCriminalsatNuremberginNovember1945,followed
by 12 Subsequent Proceedings at Nuremberg tried before several U.S.
Military Tribunals.A third tier of trials, primarily involving concentration
campcases,washeardbeforeU.S.Armycourtsunderthejurisdictionofthe
DeputyJudgeAdvocateforWarCrimes,USFET.Thesecasesareknownasthe
DachauproceedingsbecausetheywereheldinDachau,Germany,onthesite
oftheformerconcentrationcamp.Theaccusedandlaterconvictedwarcrim
inalswerehousedinthenearbyLandsburgPrison.
MauthausenWarCrimesRecords
I.9 WarcrimesassociatedwithMauthausenwerefeaturedinallthreelevels
ofproceedings.TheNationalArchivesCollectionofWorldWarIIWarCrimes
Records,RG238,documentstrialsunderthejurisdictionoftheInternational
MilitaryTribunal(IMT)andU.S.MilitaryTribunalsatNuremberg(theso
calledSubsequentProceedings).IMTtrialtranscriptsestablishMauthausen
asoneofthemostnotoriousNaziexterminationcentersandlinkindividual
defendants (most significantly Ernst Kaltenbrunner) to its administration.
Prosecutionexhibitsandevidencefilesincludemanyofthemostimportant
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originalcamprecords(entrybooks,deathbooks,administrativecorrespon
dence,andphotographs)aswellassworntestimonyofhundredsofwitness
es,mainlycampsurvivors.U.S. v. KarlBrandtetal.(thefirstoftheSubsequent
Trials,alsoreferredtoastheMedicalCaseortheDoctorsTrial)brought
prosecutionagainstSSOberfuehrerViktorBrackforhisroleinmassexter
minationsatHartheimCastle,aeuthanasiacenterassociatedwithMauthausen.
U.S.v. OswaldPohletal.(CaseIV)broughttotrial19leadingofficersofthe
SSEconomicandAdministrativeMainOffice(SSWirtschaftsundVerwaltun
gshauptamt) charged with the criminal exploitation of forced labor at
MauthausenandotherSSrunconcentrationcamps.
I.10 Recordsofthe61trialsassociatedwiththeMauthausenringarelocat
ed in two record groups: Records of the Office the JudgeAdvocate General
(Army),RG153,andRecordsofUnitedStatesArmy,Europe(USAREUR),RG
549.RecordsoftheJudgeAdvocateDivision,WarCrimesBranch,USAREUR,
includepretrialinvestigativerecords,trialtranscripts,prosecutionanddefense
exhibits,statementsofsentences,clemencypetitionfiles,andrecordsofcase
review and sentence modification boards. Trial exhibits include original
Mauthausenhospitalanddeathregistersandphotographsaswellasphotostat
iccopiesoforiginalrecordspresentedattheNurembergtrials.Prisonerperson
nelfilesarearrangedinthreeseries:paroleecasefiles,executeefiles,andfilesfor
releasedinmates.Aseparateseriesofcasesnottriedincludes12filespertain
ingtoMauthausensites.Themostsignificantisaninvestigativereportonwar
crimescommittedatHartheimCastle,withphotographsandwitnessstate
ments.RG153includesduplicatecopiesofwarcrimescasefilesand,inasep
arateseries,33listsofMauthausenvictims,arrangedbynationality,compiled
bytheU.S.ThirdArmyfromoriginalcampsources.
NontextualRecords
I.11 PartsIVthroughVIIofthisRIPdescribenontextualMauthausenmateri
als.MoststillpicturesandmotionpicturefootagewereshotbytheU.S.Army
SignalCorpsatthetimeofliberationandintheweeksimmediatelyfollowing.
Subjectsincludeliberationscenes,campsites,atrocities,victimsandsurvivors,
treatmentatevacuationhospitals,andrepatriation.Cartographic
recordscon
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sistofaerialphotographyofsitesassociatedwiththeMauthausenringtakenby
AlliedreconnaissancemissionsduringWorldWarII.NARAmicrofilmpublica
tionscanbegroupedintwocategories:filmedcopiesoforiginalNARArecords
andcopiesofWorldWarIIcapturedGermanrecords,theoriginalsofwhich
have been returned to Germany and are in the custody of the German
Bundesarchiv.ThelatterincluderecordsoftheSSandsomeprivateconcerns
complicitintheuseofslavelaboratMauthausen,andpersonnelfilesforSS
officerswhoservedatMauthausenandothercamps.TheNationalArchivesalso
maintainsamicrofilmcollectionoforiginalconcentrationcamprecordsinthe
custodyoftheInternationalTracingService(ITS)inBadArolsen,Germany.A
catalogueofMauthausenmaterialsheldbytheITSisprovidedinAppendixB.
PurposesofThisGuide
I.12 RIP 115 is primarily intended as a comprehensive finding aid to
MauthausenConcentrationCamprecordsinNARAcustody.Theidentifica
tions and detailed descriptions herein highlight the depth and richness of
NARAsholdingswhilemakingthemeasilyaccessibletoresearchers.Itisimpor
tant to note that this Mauthausen guide, describing materials in 19 record
groupsandover95recordsseries,isausefulresearchtemplateforthoseinter
estedinNARArecordspertainingtotheotherlargeconcentrationcamps.Most
seriesdescribedhere(recordsofearlyreleases,wartimeintelligence,liberator
units, and so on) include similar materials on the Buchenwald and Dachau
complexesandotherU.S.liberatedsites.Wearealsoawarethatinrecentyears
researchinterestintheHolocausthasbeenshapedbypressinginternational
concerns:therestitutionofculturalpropertiesandfinancialassetsofvictims,
compensationforslavelabor,andinvestigationsofcorporatecomplicityinwar
crimes.ArchivalcollectionsofHolocaustrelatedmaterials,manyatmemori
alsitesofformerconcentrationcamps,haveproliferated.Constantreproduc
tionforarchival,researchandexhibitionpurposesmakesitallthemoreimper
ativetoidentifyouroriginaldocumentsanddiscretecollections.
HowtoUseThisGuide
I.13 WiththeexceptionofPartII(OriginalRecordsandSpecialCollections),
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theRIPisarrangedbymedia(textual,stillpicture,motionpicture,carto
graphic,andmicrofilm)andthereunderbyrecordgroup.Eachrecordgroup
isintroducedbyadescriptionof theagencymission,followedbyseriesof
records.Eachseriesisidentifiedbyseriestitleandcorrespondingentrynum
ber,followedbygeneraldescriptionsof pertinentrecordsor,inmanycases,
listsofindividualdocuments.Eachrecordseriesprovidestheresearcherwith
thoseelementsnecessarytoidentifyandretrievetherecord:recordgroup,
entrynumberandseriestitle,boxnumber,andstacklocation.Stackloca
tionsareprovidedintheformof fournumericdigitsseparatedbyslashes
indicating stack, row, compartment and shelf. (For example, 190/24/10/5
indicatesstack190,row24,compartment10,shelf5.)
Acknowledgments
I.14GudrunLoehrer,agraduateoftheUniversityofCologne,Germany,and
doctoral candidate at the University of East London, is coauthor of this
ReferenceInformationPaper.WhileavisitingscholarattheGermanHistorical
Institute,Washington,DC,sheidentifiedanddescribedmanyoftheseriesin
this volume. Dr. Christian Duerr, Director of the Mauthausen Memorial
ArchivesinVienna,Austria,hostedMs.Loehrerandmyselfduringourvisitto
theViennaarchiveandMauthausencampsites.Hisinterestintheprojectas
wellasongoingadvicearemuchappreciated.Dr.Duerralsoprovidedthelist
ofrepositoriesofMauthausenmaterialsthatconcludesthisRIP.Specialthanks
are owed to Timothy Nenninger, Chief of the Modern Military Records
Branch,andStevenTilley,DirectoroftheTextualArchivesServicesDivision
atNARA,whosupportedthisprojectfromtheoutsetandallottedthetimefor
itscompletion.Lastly,editorBenjaminGutermanprovidedthepersonalcom
mitmentandprofessionalpolishtobringthisvolumetopress,andBrianBarth
designedthevolume.
AmyK.Schmidt
Archivist,ModernMilitaryRecords
NationalArchivesandRecordsAdministration
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OriginalMauthausenRecords
andSpecialCollections
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InternationalMilitaryTribunalProsecutionExhibits:USA
Entry2A,location:190/10/35/06;seeIII.32below.
DeathLedgerofSovietRussianPrisonersWhoDiedatMauthausenand
Gusen,October1941March1945.Thisledgergivesname,prisonernum
ber,placeanddateofbirth,cause,dateandtimeofdeath.(USA250)
MauthausenDeathBooks,Volumes
17,bound,January1939April1945.
Thebooksprovidedeathnumber,nationality,inmatenumber,name,date
andplaceofbirth,andcause,date,andtimeofdeath.Alsoincludedare
202unboundsheetsgivingdailydeathtotalsandtransfersintoandoutof
Mauthausen,November1,1944May1,1945.(USA251)
InternationalMilitaryTribunal:EvidenceFiles
Entry1,location:190/10/27/02;seeIII.34below
SpecialDeathBookofMenWhoDiedatMauthausenandGusen,April
2227,1945.Thisbookcontainsabout600Germanlanguagedeathcer
tificatesinalooselyboundvolume,eachgivingname,inmatenumber,
dateandplaceofbirth,profession,anddate,placeandcauseof death.
(PS496)
ExekutionenK.L.M.Thisbound,handwrittenledgerrecordsexecu
tionsatMauthausen,194045.Thevolumeisarrangedalphabeticallyby
familyname,givingnationality, date of execution, and in some cases,
reasonforexecution.TheredKsignifiesKugelAktionagainstpris
onersofwarallegedlycaughttryingtoescape.(PS497)
Opposite: Arare1942imageofSpanishinmatespullingadirtladenwagoninWienerGraben(Vienna
Ditch),thestonequarryatMauthausen.Thephotographisoneof thosesecretlysalvagedbySpanish
photojournalistandinmateFrancoisBoixandlatersubmittedasaprosecutionexhibitinthewarcrimes
trials.(MauthausenTrial,Exhibit153,Box345,RG549)
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000505,U.S.v. HansAltfuldischetal.
Entry1A,location:290/59/05/04;seeIII.78below.
MauthausenHospitalOperationRegister,August1940February12,1945.
The register is a handwritten volume giving inmate/patient number and
name; date, type and outcome of operation; and presiding physician.
(ProsecutionExhibit15)
Death Ledger Kept by Mauthausens Political Department Recording
UnnaturalDeaths,October2,1942April6,1945.Theledgergivesinmate
numberandname,dateandcauseof death,nameof guardinvolved,and
date a report of incident was sent to the SS Police Court in Vienna.
(ProsecutionExhibit22)
Death Books of Gusen Concentration Camp, four handwritten volumes,
January1,1940April24,1945.Thevolumesgiveinmatenumberandname,date
andplaceofbirth,anddate,timeandcauseofdeath.(ProsecutionExhibits2326)
II.3FrancoisBoixPhotographicCollection
AmongthemoreunusualitemsfoundintheNARAMauthausenrecordsare
original camp photographs collected by the Spanish news photographer
FrancoisBoix.Accordingtohispostwartestimony,Boixwasaveteranofthe
Spanish Civil War, an antifascist who later attached himself to the French
Army.InJune1940,hewasamongapproximately8,000Spaniardstakenpris
oner by the Germans in France and, in January 1941, transferred to
Mauthausen.Of thisgroup,heestimatedthatnomorethan1,600survived
thewar.BoixwasdesignatedaSpanishpoliticalrefugeeandassignedtowork
intheIdentificationSectionof MauthausensPoliticalDepartmentwhere
heservedasaclerkprocessingphotographstakenbythecampsSchutzstaffel
(SS)personnel.AftertheGermandefeatatStalingradinFebruary1943,Boix
recalled, an order from Berlin directed that all camp photographic film be
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destroyed.ThetaskfelltoBoixandprovidedhimtheopportunity,through
1943,tostealover2,000smallLeicanegatives,selectedtodocumentcampcon
ditionsandofficialvisitsaswellasexecutionsandotheratrocities.Thenega
tiveswerehiddeninvariousplacesuntilthecampsliberationinMay1945.
PhotographsintheBoixcollectiondatebetween1941and1943,withthe
exceptionofphotosofRussianBlock20,sceneofanattemptedmassescapeon
February2,1945.AnotherexceptionalitemisaphotographtakenbyBoixhimself.
Whenthe11thArmoredDivisionarrivedatMauthausenonMay5,1945,Boix
offeredhisservicestotheAmericanliberators.OnMay22,hewassummonedto
the nearby Gusen Camp infirmary to photograph the deathbed confession of
ofMauthausen.Withtheclosingofthecamp,Boix
FranzZiereis,Commandant
wasrepatriatedtoFrance.OnJuly30,1945,hegavedepositionbeforethewar
crimesinvestigatorsattheFrenchMinistryofJustice,presumablyatthattime
handingoversomeoftheMauthausenfilm.OnJanuary28,1946,Boixwascalled
asawitnessfortheprosecutioninthetrialofmajorNaziwarcriminalsatthe
InternationalMilitaryTribunal(IMT)atNuremberg.PhotographsfromtheBoix
collection,submittedasexhibitsbyFranceandtheUnitedStates,weresignificant
indocumentingofficialvisitstoMauthausenbydefendantErnstKaltenbrunner
andingraphicallydepictingcampatrocities,inparticular,thetreatmentofRussian
prisonersofwar.OnMay11,1946,Boixagaintestifiedasaprosecutionwitness
attheMauthausenConcentrationCampTrial,theU.S.A. v.HansAltfuldischet
al., inDachau,Germany.ThirtyphotographsfromtheBoixcacheof2,000stolen
negativesweresubmittedasProsecutionExhibit#153.
FrancoisBoixdiedinParisin1951attheageof 31.
Itemsdescribedbelowarearrangedbyrecordgroupandincludeboth
theoriginalphotographsandothermaterialsrelatingtoBoixstestimony.
BoixDeposition:Asignedcopyof BoixsJuly30,1945,deposition(9
pages,typewritteninFrench)submittedbytheFrenchMinistryof Justice
totheJAGWarCrimesBranch,chieflycitingthetextfromFranzZiereiss
deathbedconfession.(Box334,folder4,location:290/59/12/03)
Boix Testimony: See Trial Record, Vol. XII, pp. 34383449 (Box 340,
folder 2, location: 290/59/12/04). Photographs of the trial proceedings
includingtrialphoto#46/107showingprosecutionwitnessBoixbeingcross
examinedonMay11,1946.(Box337,folder3,location:290/59/12/03)
ProsecutionExhibit#153:Amongthe71photographsincludedaspros
ecutionexhibitsintheMauthausenmaincamptrial,30(b&w,7by9in.)
areattributedtoBoixandidentifiedbycaptionsanddatesonthereverse
sideinBoixshandwriting.Mostaredated1942or1943.Subjectsinclude
viewsof MauthausenandsubcampGusen,atrocities(executions,inmates
shotwhiletryingtoescape,gravesites),andRussianprisonersof war.Also
included are February 2, 1945, photos of Russian Block 20, scene of an
attemptedmassescape,andaphotoof thedeadintheRussianlagerdated
March5,1945.(Box345,folder5,location:290/59/12/04)
NationalArchivesLibrary
FranciscoBoix:APhotographerinHell,aSpanishlanguagedocumentaryfilm
on the life of Boix, directed by Llorenc Soler and based on the historical
researchofBenitoBermejoSanchez.(WithEnglishsubtitles,agifttoNARA
fromBermejoSanchez)
FranciscoBoix,elfotografodeMauthausen byBenitoBermejoSanchz
(Barcelona,
2002),subtitledPhotographsof FranciscoBoixandthecap
turedarchiveoftheSSatMauthausen,thisSpanishlanguagebookrepro
ducedmanyoftheBoixphotographs,includingthosefromNARA,withthe
storyofBoixslife.(AgiftfromBermejoSanchez)
II.4InvestigativeRecordsoftheDawesMission
InSeptemberandOctober1944,agroupof21U.S.militaryandcivilianper
sonnel,membersofthe2677thRegiment,OfficeofStrategicServices,were
flownfromBari,Italy,toTriDuby,Slovakia.Thesemenwereengagedinan
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FolderI
1. Newspaperclipping(The WashingtonPost, Jan.1,1945)regardingthe
capture and execution of 18 American and Britishagents captured
behindthelinesinSlovakia
2. Cable from theAmerican Legation, Bern, Switzerland,Apr. 24, 1945,
regardingGermanysviolationofinternationallawintheexecutionof
AngloAmericanagentscapturedinSlovakia
3. (missingfromfile)
4. Memorandum from the Office of the Judge Advocate General,
Washington, DC, June 19, 1945, regarding the identification of four
navalmembersoftheGreenMission
5. Memorandum from the Office of the Judge Advocate General,
Washington,DC,June29,1945,regardingthereleaseofclassifiedmate
rialontheDawesCaseheldbytheNavyDepartment
6. ExtractfromanundatedinterrogationreportindicatingthataGerman
OberleutnantNicklaschhadbeeninstrumentalinthearrestof mem
bersoftheDawesMission
7. JAG,WarCrimesOfficerequest,July5,1945,requestingacopyof the
OSSfileontheDawesCase
8. OSSReport on the Green Mission, undated, but recounting events
fromSept.17throughDec.1944,withinformationgatheredonthecase
toJune1945
9. Twonewspaperclippings,datingfromJuly1945,regardingthecapture
andexecutionof APwarcorrespondentJosephMorton,whoaccom
paniedtheDawesMissioninSlovakia
10. OSSReportofProgressDawesCase,July19,1945
11. JAGWarCrimesOfficecoverletter,July30,1945,andenclosedreport
ontheOSSSlovakiaMission
12. Newsclipping,Aug.4,1945,regardingtheGermanexecutionofNaval
Lt.JamesHarveyGaul,amemberoftheDawesMission.Gaulwasthe
sononthePittsburghconductorandmusiccritic
13. MemorandumfortheJudgeAdvocateGeneral,Aug.9,1945,regarding
DevelopmentoftheDawesCase
20
14. Duplicatecopyofitem13(above)withconcurringsignatures
15. CorrespondencebetweentheJAG,WarCrimesOffice,Washington,DC,
and the Theater Judge Advocate, Mediterranean Theater, Aug.Sept.
1945,regardingdocumentationontheDawesCase.Ahandwrittencase
summaryandstatementbyHansWilhelmThost,aformerinterpreter
fortheGermanReichsicherheitshauptamtandFrenchprisonerofwar,
regardingthetortureoftheDawesteamatMauthausen,areenclosed
16. Duplicatesignedcopiesofthecorrespondencedescribedinitem15(above)
17. Correspondence between U.S. Congressman Sol Bloom and the
Secretary of War, Aug. 1945, regarding the fate of Major Sehmer, a
BritishmemberoftheDawesMission
18. CorrespondencefromMaj.ClarenceL.Yancey,JAGWarCrimesOffice,to
Mrs.JosephNeubauer,Oct.30,1945,regardingthefateofImmrichSteiner
19. AreportpreparedbyS.Sgt.EugeneYeaginofthe99thBombGroupin
June1945,followinghisreleasefromStalag7A,regardinghisknowl
edgeoftheDawesMission
2021.(missingfromfile)
22. DuplicateofthestatementbyHansThostcitedinitem15(above)
23. Correspondence from JAG War Crimes Branch to Capt. Seymour Green
(believedtohavebeenaprisoneratMauthausen)regardingtheDawesCase
24. OfficeofNavalIntelligence(ONI)correspondence,Sept.22,1945,ques
tioningthereliabilityofthestatementmadebyHansThost(citedabove
initems15and22)
25. (missingfromfile)
26. OSSProgressReportontheDawesCase,Aug.31,1945
27. U.S.ForcesAustria,WarCrimesSectionProgressReport,Aug.31,1945
28. CorrespondencefromCapt.SeymourGreentotheWarCrimesOffice,
Sept.25,1945
29. MemorandumregardinganinterviewwithSgt.GuyR.Haines,Sept.28,
1945,regardinghisknowledgeoftheDawesCase
30. Casualty Interrogation Report for Theron H. Arnett, Sept. 13, 1945,
regardingcaptureofLt.JamesHoltGreen,leaderoftheDawesMission
31. (missingfromfile)
21
32. DuplicatecopyoftheOSSProgressReportontheDawesCase(seeitem
26 above) with a cover letter forwarding them to the War Crimes
Branch,CivilAffairsDivision,datedNov.24,1947
33. Duplicatecopyof theOSSProgressReportontheDawesCase(seeitem
26above)withacoverletterforwardingittotheCommandingOfficer,
WarCrimesGroup,Dec.12,1947
FolderII
1. CaseSummarywithhandwrittencomments,undated
2. Photostaticcopyof aMilitaryIntelligenceReport,U.S.MilitaryRep
resentation,AlliedControlCommissionforRumania,Mar.30,1945,
regardingtheexecutionof AmericansandBritishinSlovakia.Sourceis
AdamBudkowski,memberof aPolishpartisanmovementoperating
inSlovakia
3. Allied Forces Headquarters (AFHQ, Italy) report on the capture of
membersof theDawesMission,withinformationderivedfrommoni
toringGermanradiobroadcasts,datedFeb.13,1945
22
WashingtonandFieldStationFiles:Bari(Entry136)
Dawes:FolderincludingcabletrafficbetweentheDawesMissionandBari,
Italy,Sept.18Dec.5,1944.(Box26,folder264,location:190/08/02/04)
DawesHoltInandDawesHolt
Out:Twofoldersincludingincom
ingandoutgoingcablesbetweenBari,Italy,andtheDawesMission,Sept.
18Oct.16,1944(Box34,folders375376,location:190/08/02/05)
WashingtonandFieldStationFiles:Caserta(Entry139)
Dawes: Incoming and outgoing messages between OSS 2677 HQ.
Company(Caserta,Italy)andtheDawesMission,Oct.18Dec.17,1944
(Box29,folder199,location:190/08/07/03)
OperationsintheSouthernMTO(Czechoslovakia):StatusReport
ontheDawesMission,Oct.1944Jan.1945,includingearlyreportsofpos
sibleexecutions(Box273,folder3992,location:190/08/12/04)
MiscellaneousWashingtonFiles(Entry146)
Green(Dawes)Case:CorrespondencefileregardingtheDawesinvesti
gation,includingprogressreportsonthecase,reportsubmittedbySgt.
SteveCatlosandPvt.KennDunlevytellingthecompletestoryoftheOSS
MissiontoSlovakia,copiesofMoscowRadioCzechLanguageBroadcasts,
andanaffidavitswornbyWernerMuller,aninterpreteratMauthausen,
JuneAug.1945(Box36,folder485,location:190/08/21/05)
WarDepartmentStrategicServiceUnit(SSU)correspondenceconcern
ingtheconsolidationoftheDawesCasewiththeMauthausenConcentration
CampCaseanditstransfertothe3rdU.S.ArmyJudgeAdvocateGeneralfor
trial,JanuaryApril1946.(Box47,tabs15,16,18,and19.Theseitemsarepart
oftheCIASpecialCollectionsreleasedtothepublicundertheNaziWarCrimes
DisclosureAct2000.Photostaticcopiesoftheoriginalsareavailabletoresearchers
intheNationalArchivesatCollegeParkcentralreadingroom.)
OperationsintheSouthernMTO(Czechoslovakia):StatusReport
ontheDawesMission,Oct.1944Jan.1945,includingearlyreportsofpos
sibleexecutions(seebox273,folder3992,location:190108/12/04).
23
FieldStationFiles:Caserta(Entry154)
Dawes:Correspondence,mapsandlistsofsuppliesregardingairdrops
totheDawesMissioninSlovakia,Sept.1944Jan.1945(Box61,folder
1032,location:190/08/31/06
Delano:AonepageformprovidingdroppingpointsforOperation
DelanotosupplytheDawesMission,Oct.1944(Box61,folder1033)
Detroit:reportsonOperationDetroit,aJan.1945aerialdropof
suppliestotheDawesMission,Sept.1944Feb.1945(Box61,folder1034)
Grayson:reportsonOperationGrayson,aJan.1945aerialdrop
of suppliestotheDawesMission,withsixphotographsof thecontain
ersandtheircontents(Box61,folder1035)
FieldStationFiles:Bari(Entry190)
Dawes:BariX2:AnoperationalhistoryoftheDawesandassociated
teamsinSlovakia:areportbyAntonNovak,amemberof theDawes
Teamwhoevadedcapture;messagesregardingreportsof thecapture
andexecutionsof Dawespersonnel,Jan.Feb.1945(Box22,folder1,
location:190/09/24/04)
FieldStationFiles:Caserta(Entry190)
Green, Holt J. Lt. USNR: Personnel form, correspondence regarding
Greens transfer from the Navy to the OSS, and Greens reports on his
assignmenttotheAlliedMilitaryMissiontotheYugoslavNationalArmy
ofLiberation,Jan.Feb.1944(Box116,folder392,location:190/09/26/04)
Dawes Mission: Maps, reports, and correspondence regarding
planningof theDawesMission;reportsonCzechoslovakianresistance
groups;andmapsof SlovakiaandreportsandcabletrafficonDawes
MissionactivitiesbyLt.HoltGreen,Sept.Oct.1944(Box116,folder
407,location:sameasabove)
WashingtonOfficeItemsPreviouslyWithheld(Entry196)
DawesMissionformerlytopsecretfilemaintainedbytheOSSOffice
of General Counsel, including an operational history of the mission,
24
25
pa rt iii
TextualRecordsRelatingtothe
MauthausenComplex
26
III.3RecordsoftheDepartmentofStateRelatingtotheProblemsofReliefand
RefugeesinEuropeArisingfromWorldWarIIandItsAftermath,19381949
Theserecords arereproducedonthe70rollsofNationalArchivesMicrofilm
Publication M1284. A descriptive pamphlet is available. M1284 includes
StateDepartmentdecimalfile840.48(Refugees).DocumentationontheWar
RefugeeBoards(WRB)directreliefshipmentsbytrucktotheMauthausen
complexandearlyevacuationoperationsfromthemaincampinApril1945
isincludedonroll56.Asmallamountof materialonthefourthandfinal
evacuationconvoyfromMauthausen,arrivinginSwitzerlandonApril30,
1945,andfoodrelieftoliberatedinmatesisincludedonroll57.
III.4RelatedStateDepartmentRecords
Other segments of the decimal file that may include information on the
WRBreliefandevacuationeffortsincludethefollowing:
740.00116EW
IllegalandInhumaneWarfare
8**.4016
RaceProblems
8**.48
Calamities,Disasters
8**.48Refugees
Refugees
840.50Recovery
EuropeanRecovery,MarshallPlan
840.50UNRRA
UnitedNationsReliefandRehabilitation
Administration
The**shouldbereplacedbytheappropriatecountrynumber.
Other State Department records included in RG 59 that may contain
relatedinformationarethosefilesmaintainedbythedifferentofficesand
officialsoftheStateDepartment,referredtoasLotFiles.Lotfilespertain
ingtoWorldWarIIrefugeesareidentifiedasfollows:
LotFile52D408
27
LotFile53D289
RecordsRelatingtotheWarRefugeeBoard,194345,
Entry1417,location: 250/49/29/07
LotFile53D307
RecordsRelatingtotheInternationalRefugeeOrgan
ization(IRO)andtheDisplacedPersonsCommission
DPC):
Entry1419,SubjectFile,194652,location:250/
49/30/14
Entry 1420, DP Subject File, 194452, location:
250/49/30/46
Entry 1421, Resettlement Case File, 194152,
location:250/49/29/67
aSHAEFG5Reportandcorrespondenceregardingthechargeofinadequate
care of Mauthausen inmates at the time of liberation. POLAD Classified
General Correspondence, 1947, decimal 804.41 (box 151, location:
350/57/21/03), includes a small amount of cable traffic regarding travel
arrangementsforwitnessesatvariousMauthausentrials.
nishedmedicalservicesatCampGusen,May9June15,1945(Box409,location:
390/17/25/07); the 59th Field Hospital took over from the 130th and 131st
EvacuationHospitalsonJune15,establishingandsupervisingthreehospitalunits
to provide medical care for displaced persons remaining in the vicinity of
MauthausenandGusenIandtoprepareasmanypatientsaspossibleforrapid
repatriation(Box413,location:390/17/26/01).Theevacuationhospitalsweresup
portedbythe610thMedicalClearingCompany,whicharrivedattheMauthausen
maincamponMay12andremaineduntilJune20.ThecompanysJune30,1945,
periodic report (Box 371, location: 390/17/25/01) provides a detailed physical
description of the camp, health conditions, medical facilities, and treatments.
Annualreportsofthe139thEvacuationHospital(Box409)andthe30thField
Hospital (Box 412, location: 390/17/25/07) document conditions at the
MauthausensubcampEbenseeandtreatmentofsurvivorsfromMay9through
June23,whenthelastpatientswereevacuatedtoacivilianhospitalinBadIschl.
III.11 Recordsof theU.S.A.TyphusCommission,19421946,Geographic
Records,19431946(Entry343D)
Thesegeographicrecordsarearrangedalphabeticallybycountryname.The
file for Austria (Box 13, location: 390/18/25/07) includes an 11th Armored
DivisionsanitationreportforMauthausen,May825,1945;aJune9,1945,
surveyoftyphusfeveratMauthausenandtheGunskirchenCampnearWels,
Austria;policyrecommendationsfortreatmentprocedures;andanAugust9,
1945,TyphusCommissionstatisticalreportonthetyphusoutbreakinWels.
III.13 The three series of War Crimes Branch records described below
(Entries143,144,and149)areaccessedbythree3by5inchcardindexes:
EuropeanPlaceNameIndex,19441949(Entry141A)
Individualcardsincludetheplacename,thenameandstatusoftheindi
vidualreferredtointhedocumentthatcontainstheplacename,thenum
berof thefilecontainingthedocument,andasummaryofthecontentsof
thedocument.ArrangedalphabeticallybythenameoftheplaceinEurope
wherewarcrimestookplace.(Boxes110,location:270/01/13/01)
NameIndextoETOWarCrimesTrials(Entry141D)
Individualcardsincludethenameofthewarcrimestrialdefendant,the
trialdesignation,andJAGandETOcasefilenumbers.Arrangedalphabeti
callybynameofdefendant.(Boxes12,location:270/10/13/02)
EuropeanNameIndex(Entry142)
Individualcardsincludetheindividualsname;hisstatusasaccused,wit
ness,orvictim;thenameofthecasefilethatreferstotheindividual;anda
briefsummaryofthepertinentdocumentsinthefile.(Boxes172,location:
270/1/13/02)
III.14WarCrimesBranchCaseFiles,19441949(Entry143)
Eachcasefilecontainsinformationaboutaspecificwarcrimeorgroupof
warcrimes.Includedarecorrespondence,trialrecordsandtranscripts,inves
tigatory material such as interrogation reports and trial exhibits, clemency
petitionsandreviews,photographsofatrocities,andpublishedmaterialsuch
asnewspaperclippingsandpamphlets.Countrycode5(Austria)contains160
casefiles.RecordspertainingtotheMauthausenproceedingsarefiledunder
CaseFile531,volumes1through61.Eachvolumedocumentsanindivid
ual case involving one or more defendants, and is identified by an ETO
(EuropeanTheaterofOperations)CaseNumberthatreferstoaparalleland
generallymorecompleteseriesofMauthausentrialrecordsinRecordGroup
549(seeIII.78below). AcompletelistoftheMauthausendefendantsisinclud
31
edinAppendixA.OftheremainingAustriancasefilesinRG153,mostper
tain to the killing or mistreatment of downedAmerican flyers. Those with
directrelevancetoMauthausensitesarelistedseparatelybelow.
TheMauthausenproceedings,CaseFile531,triedatDachau,Germany,
areidentifiedasfollows:
Vol. 1 (ETO Case No. 000505), U.S. v. HansAltfuldisch et al., boxes
511a.TriedMarch29May13,1946.MauthausenMainConcentration
CampCase.Re:maincampandmostsubcamps
Vol.2(ETOCaseNo.0005051),U.S.v. HansBergerhoffetal., boxes1213.
TriedJune1623,1947.Re:
maincampandsubcampsLinzIandIIIandGros
Raming.St.Valentin
andtheHermannGoeringWorksarealsomentioned.
Vol.3(ETOCaseNo.0005052)U.S.v. ErnstWalterDuraetal.,boxes
1314.TriedJune923,1947.Re:subcampWienerNeudorf.Recordsof
thiscaseareavailableonthetworollsofNARAMicrofilmPublicationM1100.
Vol.4(ETOCaseNo.0005053)U.S.v. ErickSchuettaufetal.,boxes
1517.TriedJune1324,1947.Re:subcampGusenI
Vol. 5 (ETO Case No. 0005054) U.S. v. Kaspar Goetz et al., box 18,
TriedJuly2429,1947.Re:subcampsGrosRamingandDippoldsau
(Wayer,anoutdetailcampof GrosRaming),withmentionof Gusen
I,Brettstein,St.Lambrecht,WienerNeudorf,andEbensee
Vol.6(ETOCaseNo.0005055)U.S.v. WilliWerneretal.,box18.Tried
July2123,1947.Re:subcampOberilzmuehle,nearCastleHartheim,Austria
Vol.7(ETOCaseNo.0005056)U.S.v. HansGeigeretal.,boxes1820.
TriedJuly9August5,1947.Re:subcampEbensee.Recordsofthiscase
areavailableonthetworollsofNARAMicrofilmPublicationM1191.
32
(Note:ThereisnoETOCaseFile0005057.)
Vol.8(ETOCaseNo.0005058)U.S.v. WilliAuerswaldetal.,boxes
2021.TriedJuly217,1947.Re:subcampSteyr
Vol.9(ETOCaseNo.0005059)U.S.v. JosefLukanetal., boxes2122.
TriedAugust2628,1947.Re:subcampEbensee
Vol.10(ETOCaseNo.00050510)U.S.v. GeorgBachetal.,box22.
TriedJune25July3,1947.Re:subcampGusenI
Vol.11(ETOCaseNo.00050511)U.S.v. AndreasBattermannetal.,
box23.TriedJune26July1,1947.Re:subcampGusen
Vol.12 (ETO Case No.00050512) U.S.v. Hans Giovanazzi et al.,
boxes2324.TriedJuly25August11,1947.Re:subcampGusen
Vol.13(ETOCaseNo.00050513)U.S.v. JohannHaideretal.,box25.Tried
September 312, 1947. Re: main camp and the stone quarry known as
WienerGraben(ViennaDitch),andsubcampGrosRaming.Recordsofthis
caseareavailableonthetworollsofNARAMicrofilmPublicationM1139.
Vol.14(ETOCaseNo.00050514)U.S.v. EduardDlouhyetal.,box26.
TriedJuly1623,1947.Re:maincampandsubcampsAflens,Brettstein,
Ebensee,Gusen,Leibnitz,Linz,Loiblpass,Peggau,andWienerNeudorf
Vol.15(ETOCaseNo.00050515)U.S.v. PaulFenneretal.,box27.
Tried July 2122, 1947. Re: outdetail subcamp Aafa and subcamp
SchwechatanditsoutdetailcampMoedling.SubcampsSt.Lambrecht
andFlorisdorf arementioned.
(Note:ThereisnoETOCase00050516.)
33
Vol.16(ETOCaseNo.000505017)U.S.v. WaldemarBarneretal.,box
27. Tried August 29September 9, 1947. Re: subcamps Schwechat (also
knownasHaidfeld),Hinterbruehl(alsoknownasMoedling),andFlorisdorf
Vol.17(ETOCaseNo.00050518)U.S.v. TheoOttoBernhardtetal.,
boxes2829.TriedAugust725,1947.Re:maincamp,WienerGraben,
andsubcampGusen
Vol.18(ETOCaseNo.00050519)U.S.v. EduardKlerneretal.(Note:
Recordsofthiscase,triedNovember26,1947,arenotfiledinthisseries.Two
folders,includingthecasereview,accusedidentificationsheets,ordersofreview,
andoriginalclemencypetitionsfromfamilymembers,arefiledinRG153,
Entry149,box30(seebelow).Forcompletecasefile,seeRG549.
Vol.19(ETOCaseNo.00050520),U.S.v. MartinBiersacketal.,box
30.TriedSeptember2125,1947.Re:maincampandWienerGraben,
withmentionsof subcampsGusenandSchlossLind
Vol.20(ETOCaseNo.00050521)U.S.v. JosefKattneretal.,box31.
Tried August 19September 9, 1947. Re: main camp and subcamps
Loiblpass,Gusen,Eisenerz,Schlier,GrosRaming,LinzIII,andMelk,
andescortstoCastleHartheimandsubcampGunskirchen
Vol. 21 (ETO Case No. 00050522) U.S. v. Peter Baerens et al., boxes
3233.TriedOctober824,1947.Re:maincampandWienerGrabenwith
mentionsofsubcampsSchlier,RedlZipf,Gusen,Stalbau,andMelk
Vol. 22 (ETO Case No. 00050523) U.S. v. Franz Kofler et al., boxes
3334.TriedAugust721,1947.Re:maincampandsubcampsGusen
I,GrosRaming,Linz,andSchlier
Vol.23(ETOCaseNo.00050524)U.S.v. JosefBartletal.,boxes3435.
TriedJuly29August5,1947.Re:subcampLinzIII
34
Vol.24(ETOCaseNo.00050525)U.S.v. LaurianoNavasetal.,box
35.TriedJuly1421,1947.Re:maincampandsubcampsGusen,Steyr,
andWienerNeudorf
Vol.25(ETOCaseNos.00050526)U.S.v. AdolfGustavLehmannet
al., boxes 3637. Tried August 28September 9, 1947. Re: subcamp
Melk.AlsomentionstheevacuationofEbenseeinAprilMay1945and
theevacuationmarchfromLinztoEbensee.
(Note:ThereisnoETOCase00050527.)
Vol.26(ETOCaseNo.00050528)U.S.v. AdolfBergetal.,box37.Tried
August28September111947.Re:subcampGusenII
Vol. 27 (ETO Case No. 00050529) U.S. v. Karl Bertsch et al., boxes
3841.TriedOctober1322,1947.Re:GusenIandIIandworkdetails
attheundergroundMesserschmidtplant,Tunnel8atthearmamentfac
toryatSt.Georgen,subcampGusenII
Vol.28(ETOCaseNo.00050530)U.S.v. BernhardFernikornetal.,
box 41. Tried October 2831, 1947. Re: Gusen I and II and the
MesserschmidtfactoryatSt.Georgen,subcampGusenII
Vol.29(ETOCaseNo.00050531)U.S.v. KarlGlasetal.,boxes4143.
TriedJuly28August12,1947.Re:GusenIandII.(Note: Chargesinclude
gassingofRussianinmates.DefendantAntonSlupetzkywasownerofthe
AntonSlupetzkyDelousingInstituteinLinz,whichprovidedthedisin
fectantZyklonBforuseatMauthausen.)
Vol.30(ETOCaseNo.00050532) U.S.v. KarlHorcickaetal.,boxes
4344.TriedOctober210,1947.Re:GusenI
Vol. 31 (ETO Case No. 00050533) U.S. v. Heinrich Schmitz et
35
36
Vol.39(ETOCaseNo.00050543)U.S.v. FranzPavela,box48.Tried
September 2426, 1947. Re: subcamps Schwechat, Florisdorf, and
Hinterbruehl
Vol.40(ETOCaseNo.00050544)U.S.v. PaulTremmel,box48.Tried
September26,1947.Re:maincampandsubcampWienerNeustadtand
theMarch1945evacuationtoSteyr
Vol.41(ETOCaseNo.00050545)U.S.v. KarlFleischer,box49.Tried
October67,1947.Re:maincampandsubcampsGusenIandII
Vol. 42 (ETO Case No. 00050546) U.S. v. Hanscarl von Posern,
box 49. Tried November 47, 1947. Re: main camp and subcamp
St.Valentin
Vol. 43 (ETO Case No. 00050547) U.S. v. Wladislaus Dopierala,
boxes4950.TriedOctober2326,1947.Re:subcampGusenI
Vol. 44 (ETO Case No. 00050548) U.S. v. Heinz Bollhorst, box 50.
Tried September 26October 1, 1947. Re: main camp and subcamp
WienerNeustadtandguardtransportstoCastleHartheim
Vol.45(ETOCaseNo.00050549)U.S.v. PaulWolfram,box50.Tried
October1516,1947.Re:thestonequarryatsubcampGusenI
Vol. 46 (ETO Case No. 00050550) U.S. v. Adolf Berg et al., boxes
5051.TriedNovember310,1947.Re:subcampsGusenIandIIand
Ausbau
Vol.47(ETOCaseNo.00050551)U.S.v. AntonKlein,box51.Tried
October2224,1947.Re:maincampandsubcampEbensee
37
Vol.48(ETOCaseNo.000Mauthausen1)U.S.v. EduardErb,box51.
TriedMarch25April2,1947.Re:maincampandsubcampsSchwechat
andSt.Valentin
Vol. 49 (ETO Case No. 000Mauthausen2) U.S. v. Gustav Hermann
AdolfBloy,boxes5152.TriedMay1519,1947.Re:maincamp
(Note:thereisnoETOCase000Mauthausen3.)
Vol.50(ETOCaseNo.000Mauthausen4)U.S.v. ArnoldDamaschke,
box52.TriedApril22,1947.Re:maincampandGusenI
Vol. 51 (ETO Case No. 000Mauthausen5) U.S. v. Kurt Otto, box 52.
TriedMarch1213,1947.Re:subcampSteyr
Vol. 52 (ETO Case No. 000Mauthausen6) U.S. v. Eduard Curten,
boxes5253.TriedApril24,1947.Re:subcampFlorisdorf
Vol.53(ETOCaseNo.000Mauthausen7)U.S.v. RudolfBrust,box53.
TriedApril29May6,1947.Re:subcampGusenI
Vol.54(ETOCaseNo.000Mauthausen10)U.S.v. WilhelmKauffeld,
box53.TriedApril2324,1947.Re:subcampSteyr
Vol.55(ETOCaseNo.000Mauthausen12)U.S.v. KarlKania,box54.
TriedMarch31April1,1947.Re:subcampGusenII.(Note: Defendant
wasextraditedtoPolandforretrialonOctober13,1947.)
Vol.56(ETOCaseNo.000Mauthausen13)U.S.v. KarlAlbrecht,box
54.TriedApril2425,1947.Re:subcampGusenII
Vol.57(ETOCaseNo.000Mauthausen15)U.S.v. FritzSchallenberg,
box54.TriedApril2122,1947.Re:subcampGrosRaming
38
ofreport,June
26,1945.
June1922,1946,boxes6263.
39
Re:theJuly1944killingofthreedownedAmericanflyerswithintheareaof
GusenConcentrationCamp.ThedefendantwasanSSguardatthecamp.
TrialexhibitsincludeahanddrawndiagramofGusenConcentrationCamp.
CaseFile89:DawesCase,casesummaryand33exhibitsregardingthe
arrestandexecutionofmembersoftheDawesTeamatMauthausen(2
folders,box116).(Note:FormoreinformationontheDawesMissionand
acompletedescriptionofthisfile,see11.4above.)
III.15 War Crimes Branch: Persons and Places Case Files (Dossier File),
19441949,(Entry144)
Thisseriescontainsinformationaboutspecificwarcrimesorpersonswho
mayhavebeeninvolvedinwarcrimes.Includedarecorrespondence,diaries,
biographicalsketches,witnessstatements,photographs,investigatorymaterial
suchasinterrogationreports,andpublishedmaterialssuchasnewspaperclip
pings.Entry144maybesearchedbypersonalnameusingtheNameIndexto
ETOWarCrimesTrials(Entry141D)citedabove.Onesignificantitemlocated
inthisseriesisFileNo.1001113:ReportofPreliminary
InterrogationofAugust
Eigruber,FormerGauleiterofUpperAustria,U.S.ForcesinAustriaReportA
112(box91,location:270/2/11/03).Althoughtheinterrogationreportisundat
ed,itappearstobeoneofEigrubersfirst,undertakenbytheWarCrimesSection
oftheOSSinLinzpriortoEigrubersremovaltotheU.S.DetailedInterrogation
CenterinGmunden,Austria.Itdescribestheestablishmentandoperationof
Mauthausen,itssubcamps,andtheHartheimexterminationcenter,including
theuseofforeignlabor,confiscationofproperty,persecutionofracialandpolit
icalminorities,andviolationsoftheGenevaConvention.
III.16WarCrimesBranch:RecordsofConcentrationCampTrials (Entry149)
ThisseriesincludesMauthausentrialrecordsforwardedtoJAGfromthe
European Theater at a later date and filed separately from the case files.
(Location:270/2/18/01)
1. ClemencyappealfileforArnoldDamaschke(Case531,Vol.50(ETO
000Mauthausen4),box4
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2. TrialreviewsforCaseNos.
531,Vol.51(ETO000Mauthausen5)
531,Vol.52(ETO000Mauthausen6)
531,Vol.59(ETO000Mauthausen19)
531,Vol.60(ETO000Mauthausen20),boxes45
3. Case review and clemency appeal file for Case No. 531, Vol. 18
(ETO00050519),box30
4. CaseReviewsforCaseNos.
531,Vol.33(ETO00050537)
531,Vols.3941(ETO00050543through45)
531,Vol.43(ETO00050547)
531,Vol.47(ETO00050551),boxes3132.
5. Ordersof ReviewandExecutionof SentenceCertificatesforCaseFile
531,Vol.1(ETO000505),box32
6. Exhibits133fromtheMauthausenConcentrationCampmaintrial(531,
Vol.1/ET0000505).Contains33listsofMauthausenvictims,arrangedby
nationality.TheselistswerecompiledbytheU.S.3rdArmyfromvariousorig
inalsources(deathcertificates,notificationsofdeceasetonextofkin,death
books,andhospitalrecords)foundatthecampatthetimeofliberation.The
totalcountof68,694deathsisacknowledgedasincomplete.Eachentrypro
videsname,placeofbirth,anddateofbirthanddeath.AletterJindicates
Jewishnationality.ThereisnoseparatelistforJewishvictims.Boxes3334
7. CasereviewsforCaseNos.
531,Vol.33(ETO00050537)
531,Vols.3941(ETO00050543through45)
531,Vol.43(ETO00050547)
531,Vol.47(ETO00050551),boxes3132.
nationaldefenseandwartimemobilization,reportedonarmyefficiency,and
providedadvicetotheSecretaryof War,theWarDepartment,andofficer
corpsoftheArmy.
III.18Recordsof theMilitaryIntelligenceDivision(MID,G2),Captured
Personnel and Materiel Branch (MIS), Enemy POW Interrogation File
(MISY),19431945(Entry179,location:390/35/07/05)
Thisfileincludesseveralitemsof interesttoMauthausenresearchers.A
ConsolidatedInterrogationReport:GestapoLinz,August5,1946(box375),
citesthetakingintoprotectivecustodyof VienneseCommunistsandtheir
internmentaspoliceprisonersatMauthausenandtheuseof Mauthausen
byGestapoLinzasanexecutionsiteforguiltyforeignworkers.TheFirst
Detailed Interrogation Report of August Eigruber, Gauleiter of Upper
Austria,November14,1945(box376)citeshispersonalinterestinandfre
quentvisitstoMauthausenandpossibleparticipationinindividualatroci
ties.WeeklyStatusReportsonwarcrimessuspectspreparedbyMISAustria,
March17September22,1946(box702),citecurrentwhereaboutsandsta
tusof MauthausenpersonnelinAllieddetention.Alsoincludedinthesta
tusreportsareofficialsof Austrianbusinessconcernsimplicatedintheuse
ofslavelabor.
III.19TheCivilAffairsDivision(CAD)wasresponsiblefordevelopingand
coordinatingU.S.militarypolicyregardingtheadministrationof captured
andliberatedcountries.
III.20CADGeneralRecords,SecurityClassifiedGeneralCorrespondence,
1943July1949(Entry463)
Filed under decimal 383.7 (refugees) are letters and cables of theWar
Department,Departmentof State,WarRefugeeBoard,SHAEF,andWorld
JewishCongress,JanuaryMay1945,regardingtheearlyreleaseofselected
inmatesfromMauthausenandotherGermanconcentrationcamps.(Box
141,location:390/38/35/05)
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agencies,andengaginginclandestineoperationsinsupportofplannedmil
itaryoperations.
III.24Intelligencereportsof theResearchandAnalysisBranch(R&A)are
arrangedinletteredseries(Regular,L,andXL)andaccessedbycard
indexes. R&A: Name and Subject Card Index (Entry 14, location:
190/3/6/1)describestheR&AIntelligenceReportsRegularorRSeries
(Entry 16, location: 190/3/11/4). Reference cards filed under Austria
directtheresearchertoawidevarietyof individualdocumentsrelevant
totheMauthausenConcentrationCampcomplex(camplocations,local
conditions,thereporteduseandtreatmentof foreignandforcedlaborby
munitions and armament manufacturing concerns, etc.) Much of the
informationwasprovidedbyescapedorrepatriatedprisoners.Of special
interestisareportonTheAustrianNationalCommitteeatMauthausen
ConcentrationCampincludedin15thArmyGroupIntelligenceSummary
No.2,Surveyof ConditionsinAustria,June2,1945(RSeries132969S,
Entry16,box1531,location:190/04/07/05).Thisreportdescribestheout
standingpersonalitiesandpoliticalprogramof agroupof sevenpromi
nentAustrianpoliticalprisonersatMauthausen.Dr.HansvonBecker(his
personal account is included in the XL Series below) was said to be the
spokesperson for the group. (Note: Records of the R&A Branch Regular
Series are reproduced on the 391 rolls of National Archives Microfilm
PublicationM1499.)
R&A Name and Subject Card Index (Entry 17, location: 190/4/10/7)
describes contents of the R&A Intelligence Reports XL Series (Entry 19,
location: 190/4/12/6) and L Series (Entry 21, location: 190/4/23/6).
IndividualitemsfiledunderAustriaprovidelocationsanddescriptionsof
industrialconcernsonorneartheMauthausencampsitesthatusedforeign
andforcedlabor.TheXLSeriesincludesfouritemsofparticularinterest:
XL10738:AnaccountbyDr.LudwigSoswinskiofpersonalexperiences
in Concentration Camps Dachau, Flossenburg, Auschwitz, and
Mauthausen,wherehearrivedinJanuary1945(Entry19,box147,loca
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GusenConcentrationCampafterliberationinMay1945.(111SC206480)Inset:Adetailedmapof the
camp,drawnbyaPolishprisonerof warinDecember1944,isincludedintheOSSFieldStationFiles,
London.(Box369,Entry190,RG226)
III.25FieldIntelligenceReports:TheaterOfficerCorrespondence,Draft
Histories
(Entry110)
TheserecordsincludeareportbyLt.JackH.Taylor,USNR,ontheOSS
DupontMission,thefirstAmericanmissiontoVienna,Austria,inOctober
1944(Box4,location:190/07/08/04).Lt.Taylorssworndeposition,May14,
1945,isincludedinExhibit4oftheCohenReport;seeRG238,III.32,below.On
March29,1946,Taylorprovidedtheopeningtestimonyatthewarcrimestrial,
TheUnitedStates v. HansAltfuldischetal. SeeIII.78,ETOCase000505.
Taylorandtwoothermembersofthefourmanteamwerearrestedin
November, interrogated by the Gestapo, and imprisoned inVienna.With
theapproachoftheRussianfront,TaylorwastransferredtoMauthausenon
April1.Afterthecampsliberation,Taylorstayedonforthreeweeks,work
ingasaliaisontoLt.Col.R.R.Seibelofthe11thArmoredDivision,collect
ingdocumentationandsurvivorstestimonyandtrackingdownSSperson
nel hiding in the area. Parts I and II of the report describe the Dupont
Mission and capture of its team members. Part III is a detailed firsthand
accountof thefinalmonthprecedingMauthausensliberation.Itincludes
descriptionsof thecamplayout,livingconditions,andforcedlabor;exam
ples of mistreatment, torture, and executions; and identifies significant
inmatesandcamppersonnel.TaylorlistsMauthausens26subsidiarywork
camps.Herecordstheexistenceofsecrettinyhyroglyphicsusedbyprison
secretariesErnstMartinandJosef Ulbrechttoencodethetrue(asopposed
toofficial)causesof deathrecordedintheMauthausendeathregisters.The
reportisillustratedby11photographstakenafterMauthausensliberation
showingthecampentry,hospital,Russianlager,theDeathHouse,shower
nozzlesandcanistersofCycloneBcyanideusedinthegaschambers,thecre
matorium, electric fence, and a group shot of three prominent inmates
(George Haveka, an electrical engineer from Prague; Ernst Martin, a gas
works director from Innsbruck; and Josef Ulbrecht, a bank director from
Prague)instrumentalinpreservingvaluablecampdocuments.
Taylorconcludeshisreportbydescribingdeterioratingconditions;bombing
raids;rampantrumorsimmediatelyprecedingthearrivalofthe11thArmored
Division;theearlyevacuationsofsomeFrench,Dutch,andBelgianinmatesunder
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theauspicesoftheInternationalRedCross;andfinallyhispersonalsituation.Sick
withdysenteryandweighingnomorethan114pounds,Lt.Taylorrecalls:
OnSaturdayMay5thegunsweremuchlouder,butstillsomedistanceawayandI
hadnothopedthattheywouldarrivebeforeSunday.Lateintheafternoon,how
ever,IheardrumorsthatanAmericanjeepandhalftractwereattheentrance,and
staggeringthroughthefrenziedcrowd,IfoundSgt.AlbertKosiek,TroopD,41stCav.
RCN, Sqd. Mecz. 11th Amd Div, 3rd U.S. Army. I could only sayGOD BLESS
AMERICAandholdoutmydogtagswithaquaveringhand.
Afterliberation,Taylordiscoveredanorderforhisexecutionandthatof
otherinmatesinBlock13,scheduledforApril28,1945,hadbeenissued.A
statementattestingtothedestructionof theorderbyDr.StranskyMilos,a
Czechoslovak inmate working in the camps Political Department, is en
closed.OtheritemsincludedintheTaylorreportareasfollows:
TextualDocuments
InterrogationofFredGrant,amemberoftheDupontMission,takenonApril
27,1945.PartIdescribesGrantsarrestandescape.PartIIprovidesinformation
onpoliticalpersonalitieswhoweremembersoftheAustrianantiNaziresistance.
DebriefingnotesonEdUnderwood,anAustrianmemberoftheDupont
Mission,writtenbyDynoLowenstein,August8,1945,recountingservices
renderedtotheU.S.wareffortbytheUnderwoodfamily
Depositiononthefateof theWelsLinzCommunists,swornbyRichard
Dietl,theonlysurvivingmemberof agroupof politicalprisonersarrested
bytheLinzGestapoinSeptember1944.Undated.Includesalistof43polit
icalprisonersexecutedonApril26,1945(givingname,dateofbirth,cityof
origin,andprisonernumber).
Deposition of Dr. Karl Helfrich, taken on May 15, 1945, regarding the
September1944executionsof47British,Dutch,andAmericandownedavi
atorsatMauthausen.Anamelistisincluded,givingdateof death,dateof
birth,andcityandcountryof origin.(Aphotocopyofthisitemisreproduced
onNARAMicrofilmPublicationT1021,roll20.SeeVII.5below.)
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ElectroFenceat
Mauthausenbyanunnamedmastersergeant
assignedtothecampsTechnicalDivision,undated,describingitspurpose,method
ofconstruction,source,andconsumptionofcurrentandoperation
Deposition of KarlWissig, former political inmate at Flossenburg and
Mauthausen,takenMay11,1945,regardingtheincarcerationof 15British
officersatFlossenburg
DepositionofJosefBuker,undated,describingtheJuly1942torturingof
prisonersattheMauthausenstonequarry(WienerGraben)
AchartidentifyingSScollarinsignia
Photographs
30smallblackandwhitephotographsof theSSstaff atMauthausenand
subcampGusenandof membersof theLinzGestapo,mostlyformalpor
traitsinuniform,handannotatedwithname,rank,andinsomecases,dates
of service.(SeeII.3FrancoisBoixPhotographicCollection,RG226,abovefor
moreinformationonthesephotographs.)
Smallblackandwhitephotographof Dr.HansvonBecker,aprominent
memberoftheAustrianNationalCommitteeatMauthausen
Photograph of a scale model (1:500) of Mauthausen Concentration
Camp
FoursmallblackandwhitephotographsshowingscenesatMauthausen
(groupsofinmates,arollcall)atthetimeofliberation
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ItemscitedasenclosuresbutmissingfromtheTaylorReport
List of Jews in the Tent Camp: A list of over 3,000 names of inmates at the
HungarianJewishCamp(Zeltlager)aboutonehalfmilefromMauthausen.
Listof ProminentPeopleatMauthausen
A1943protocolsignedbyMauthausenCommandantZiereisandGeorg
Bachmayerconvertingapolicewagonintoamobilegaschamber
Mauthausenprotocolsdirectingcertainmethodsof execution
List containing names, ranks, and positions of 354 Mauthausen SS
personnel, with approximately 100 Rogues Gallery pictures, 41 of
whichareidentified(The30photographsdescribedabovearepartof this
collection.)
PrisonautobiographiesofprominentMauthausensurvivorsDr.Ludwig
Soswinski (Vienna communist), Ernst Martin (gas works director from
Innsbruck), and Georg Havelka (electrical and television engineer from
Prague).Depositions(if notprisonautobiographies)of otherindividuals
on this list (Karl Dietl, Bernard Cichonski, and Josef Ulbrecht) are cited
above.AprisonautobiographybyDr.HansvonBecker,alsoonthislist,is
includedunderRG226asitemXL10739.
Examplesof originalMauthausendeathcertificatesshowingfalsecauses
ofdeath
Namesandsignaturesof13Mauthausenwomenoverseersinchargeof
womeninmates
Aclusterofdocumentsonthepracticeofextractingdentalgoldfromthe
deadatMauthausen,includingtworeports:TheRemovalofDentalGold
fromDeceasedPrisonersandSSdentistsandDealingswithGoldTeeth;
and a list of SS dentists and doctors at Mauthausen, citing their criminal
activities
III.26OSSFieldStationFiles,London(Entry190)
ThefieldstationfilesincludeseveralBritishreportsonMauthausenandits
subcamps,June1944May1945,basedoninterrogationsofprisonersofwar.
Somearequitecomprehensive.TheReport
oftheInterrogationofPWWilhelm
Kick,August
19,1944,providesadetaileddrawingwithlegendofMauthausens
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layoutanddescribesthecampsconstructionhistory,prisonerintakesanddepar
tures,atrocities,prominentprisoners,andleadingSSpersonalities.TheReport
onInformationObtainedfromPolishPWGrenSlonina,December26,1944,
includeslistsofSSpersonalitiesandprominentprisonersatGusen,withadetailed
drawingofthecamplayout.(Box369,folder422,location:190/09/31/05)
1948).Asubjectindex,locatedinVolumeXXIII,identifiesmaterialsoncon
centrationcamps(seeConcentrationCamps,IndividualCamps).Mauthausen
isdescribedinprosecutionstatementsasoneofthemostnotoriousoftheNazi
exterminationcentersandreferencedinthetrialtranscriptsinrelationtospe
cificchargesbroughtagainstindividualdefendants.Aresearchercanusethe
dates,providedbelow,tomovefromthepublishedtexttotheoriginalrecords.
Vol.III,pp.5078,51318,dateof testimony,December13,1945
In a presentation onExploitation of Forced Labor, Thomas J. Dodd,
Executive Trial Counsel for the United States, cites concentration camps,
includingMauthausen,asfundamentalinstitutionsof theNaziRegime
anditssystemofterror.
Vol.IV,pp.26165,dateoftestimony,January2,1946
Col.RobertG.Storey,ExecutiveTrialCounselfortheUnitedStates,presents
evidenceoftheinfamousAktion
Kugel(bullet
decree),theexecutionofescaped
AlliedprisonersofwaratMauthausen,inviolationoftheGenevaConvention.
Vol.IV,pp.3012,dateoftestimony,January2,1946
Lt.Comdr.WhitneyR.Harris,AssistantCounselfortheUnitedStates,
submitsevidenceofdefendantErnstKaltenbrunnersauthorizationofexe
cutionsatMauthausen.
Vol.IV,pp.38690,dateoftestimony,January4,1946
ProsecutionwitnessAloisHoellriegl,amemberof theWaffenSSanda
guardatMauthausen,testifiestothepresenceof Kaltenbrunnerandother
highrankingNaziofficialsatMauthausenandtheirpersonalknowledgeof
thegaschamber.
Vol.VI,pp.18394,dateoftestimony,January25,1946
ProsecutionwitnessMauriceLampe,aFrenchinmateatMauthausen,tes
tifiestomassexecutionsatMauthausen,includingthekillingof47British,
American,andDutchdownedflyersonSept.67,1944.
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Vol.VI,pp.23142,dateof testimony,January28,1946
Prosecution witness M. JeanFrederic Veith, a French inmate at
Mauthausen,testifiestotheemploymentofslavelaboratMauthausenand
itssubcampsbycompaniescontractedtosupporttheGermanLuftwaffe.
Healsotestifiesregardingillegalmedicalprocedures,AktionKugel,and
theSept.1944killingof47Allieddownedflyers.
Vol.VI,pp.26378,dateoftestimony,January28,1948
ProsecutionwitnessFrancoisBoix,aSpanishinmateatMauthausen,sub
mits photographic evidence establishing the presence of defendants
Kaltenbrunner and Albert Speer and other highranking Nazi officials at
Mauthausen.Healsotestifiesregardingcampconditions,themistreatmentof
religiouspersons,andmassexecutions,inparticular,ofSovietprisonersofwar.
Vol.IX,p.577,dateoftestimony,March20,1946
DefendantHermannGoeringisquestionedregardinghisknowledgeof
AktionKugelatMauthausen.
Vol.XI,pp.246333,dateoftestimony,April1112,1946
Duringhisexaminationbythedefense,Kaltenbrunnerdeniesknowledge
oforcomplicityinwarcrimescommittedatMauthausenandexplicateson
hispeaceinitiativesandcontactswiththeInternationalRedCrossonbehalf
ofcivilianinternees.Kaltenbrunnerclaimshedidnotgiveorderstokillor
evacuateinmatesinthelastmonthofthewar,butorderedthatMauthausen
becompletelyhandedovertotheenemywithoutilltreatmentofinmates.
Underfurtherquestioning,hedeniesorderingorwitnessingexecutionsat
Mauthausen.
Vol.XVI,p.5,dateoftestimony,June11,1946
WithdefendantArthurSeyssInquartonthestand,apieceofevidence
is submitted documenting the Feb. 1941 deportations of Jews from the
NetherlandstoBuchenwaldandMauthausen.
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Vol.XVI,pp.7576,dateoftestimony,June12,1946
SeyssInquart is questioned regarding his alleged protestations against
deportationsofDutchJewstoBuchenwaldandMauthausen.
Vol.XVI,pp.22021,dateoftestimony,June14,1946
Heinz Max Hirschfeld, Secretary General of the Economic and
AgriculturalMinistriesinNazioccupiedNetherlands,isquestionedonthe
deportationof400JewsfromAmsterdamtoMauthauseninFeb.1941. He
isawitnessinthecaseofSeyssInquart.
III.29RecordsofU.S.MilitaryTribunalsatNuremberg:CaseI:U.S.v. Karl
Brandtetal.
Thiscasewasthefirstof theSubsequentProceedingstriedbytheU.S.
Government from 1946 to 1949 at Nuremberg. Also referred to as the
MedicalCaseorDoctorsTrial,itbroughtindictmentsagainst23per
sons charged with performing medical experiments on defenseless con
centrationcampinmatesagainsttheirwill.Judgmentconfirmedthatthese
experimentswerenotisolatedactsof individualdoctorsandscientists,but
theresultof highlevelpolicyandplanning.Trialtestimonyandexhibits
pertaining to the prosecution of SS Oberfuehrer Viktor Brack, Chief
AdministrativeOfficerinHitlersChancellery,includeasmallamountof
materialoneuthanasiaprogramsatMauthausenandHartheimCastle.For
the trial testimony, see Official Transcript, Court No. 1, May 16, 1947
(Entry2,box11,location:190/11/15/02).Thefollowingtrialexhibitsare
describedaspartof theIMTEvidenceFiles(seeIII.34below):NO426(affi
davitbyViktorBrack),NO1007(ProsecutionExhibit413),andNO2429
(ProsecutionExhibit498).
III.30Recordsof theU.S.MilitaryTribunalsatNuremberg:CaseIV:U.S.
v.OswaldPohletal.
The Oswald Pohl case brought to trial 18 leading officers of the SS
Economic andAdministration Main Office (SSWirtschafts undVerwalt
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ungshauptamt,WVHA)forcrimesassociatedwiththeadministrationand
controlof concentrationcampsandprofitsderivedfromtheexploitation
ofconcentrationcamplabor.Althoughthecasedealswiththeuppereche
lonofWVHA,itconcernsstaffing,supplies,constructionandmaintenance,
and forced labor at Mauthausen and other SSrun concentration camps.
(Entries 3344, 88 boxes, location: 190/11/19/04; Case IV is available on
NARAMicrofilmPublicationM890.See VII.2below.)
III.31MauthausenConcentrationCampEntryRegisters
(Entry59,location:190/13/25/07,boxes12)
These original registers stand as a separate entry in RG 238. The four
bound,handwrittenvolumesarearrangedbyinmatenumberandgivename,
nationality,anddateandplaceof birth.Additionalhandwrittennotations
inpencilindicatesubcampand,inredink,dateandplaceofdeath,anddate
of escape,transfer,orrelease.Asindicatedbelow,thereisonemissingvol
umeforinmatenumbers30,00150,000.Thisgapisrepeatedinthecopyof
the numerical register of prisoners in the custody of the International
TracingService(seeVII.9below).
Vol1: 130,000
Vol2: 50,00180,000
Vol.3: 80,001111,500
Vol.4: 111,501139,157
III.32IMTProsecutionExhibits:USA
(Entry2A,location:190/10/35/06190/11/02/02)
USA79Documentaryreportandtextofnarrationofthemotionpicture
NaziConcentrationCampssubmittedbyComdr.JamesB.Donovanincludes
the text of Lt. Jack H. Taylors filmed interview regarding his internment at
Mauthausen(box5).(SeeV.3belowforinformationonthefilmfootage.)
USA246TopsecretteletypecircularfromtheChiefofReichsfuehrerSSund
Chef der Deutschen Polizei (SIPO) and Sicherheitsdienst (SD) to certain
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policeheadquartersregardingthetransferof certainPOWstoMauthausen
ConcentrationCamp.AnoriginalGermanlanguagedocumentwithEnglish
translation.AlsofiledunderPS1650.(Box13)
USA249U.S.3rdArmyReportontheConcentrationCampsMauthausen,
Gusen,Ebensee,datedJune17,1945.Thisinvestigationwasconductedon
sitebyMaj.EugeneS.Cohenofthe514thQuartermasterCorpsfromMay6
toJune15,1945.TheCohenReportincludesasevenpagereportbyCohen,
astatementcertifyingexhibits,andalistofwitnessesandexhibitnumbers.The
attachedmaterialsincludeaglossaryofGermantermsandoriginalGerman
language company lists of SS personnel assigned to Mauthausen, Steyr
Munichholz,LoiblPass,andLinz,givingname,rank,dateofbirth,andnext
ofkin(54pages).Ofthe219listedexhibits,onlynumbers128(swornstate
ments)and215219(photographsofacanisterofZyklonBpoisongas,arub
berhose,andtwowhipsusedbytheSSatMauthausen)areincludedhere.The
physicalexhibits(canister,hose,andwhips)arenowstoredinthetreasurevault
attheNationalArchivesatCollegePark,MD. Additionalitemsofnoteinclude
thetestimonyofLt.JackH.Taylor,OSS,regardinghisexperiencesasaninmate
atMauthausen;swornstatementsofErnstMartinandJosefUlbrechtregard
ingtheMauthausenDeathBooks,methodsofexecution,andSSdoctorsand
medicalservicepersonnelwhohelpedinthekillingof inmates;areporton
DentalStationandtheDentalGoldBusinessinKLMauthausen;andareport
onSSDentistsWhoTookPartintheGoldRobbery.(Box13)(Note:Asec
ondcopyoftheCohenReportisfiledwithpretrialrecordsoftheMauthausen
maincampcaseU.S. v.HansAltfuldischetal. Thissecondcopyincludesmany
ofthemissingexhibits.Acompletelistofthe219exhibitsisprovidedinthedescrip
tivematerial.SeeIII.78.)
USA250OriginalDeathLedgerof Prisoners(allSovietRussianprisoners
of war) who died at Mauthausen and Gusen, Oct. 1941Mar. 1945. Gives
name,prisonernumber,placeanddateof birth,causeof death,andexact
time of death. The letter M signifies Mauthausen, and G Gusen.
OriginallyfiledunderPS495.(Box13)
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Above: AsectionofaMauthausenTotenbuch(deathbook).Itlistsdeathnumber,nationality,inmatenum
ber,name,dateandplaceofbirth,officialcauseofdeath,anddateandtimeofdeath.(Vol.3,USAExhibit
251,RG238)Opposite: Inhispostwarreport,campsurvivorLt.J.H.Taylorrevealedhowprisonersecretaries
inmanycasesrecordedsecretnotationsonthetruecausesofinmatedeaths,writingthatinthe4243book,
allnumbersafter3725withadotaftertheplaceofbirthwerebyinjection.(Box4,Entry110,RG226)
USA251MauthausenDeathBooks,Volumes
17,bound,datedJan.1939Apr.
1945,givingdeathnumber,nationality,inmatenumber,name,dateandplaceof
birth,causeofdeath,anddateandtimeofdeath.Also
includedunderthisexhib
itnumberare202sheets(originalGermanlanguagedocuments)givingthedai
lydeathtotalsandtransfersintoandoutofMauthausen,Nov.1,1944,toMay
1,1945.Statisticsaregivenbynationality.Also
filedunderPS493.(Boxes1415)
USA490Photostaticcopyof ajointinterrogationreportof Col.Guivante
de Saint Gast and Lt. JeanVeith, both of the FrenchArmy, May 13, 1945,
regardingActionKorKugel(bulletaction),theexecutionofprisonersof
waratMauthausen.AlsofiledunderPS2285.(Box45)
USA491Photostaticcopyof asecretorder,datedJuly27,1944,directing
thedeliveryofprisonersofwartothesecretstatepolice.Germanlanguage
withanEnglishtranslation.AlsofiledunderPS1514.(Box45)
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USA492TwosecretSIPOorders,datedJan.2and23,1941,directingthe
reclassification of concentration camps. Mauthausen is classified as a
CategoryIIIcampforheavilyaccusedprisoners.Alsoincludedisaletter,
datedJuly26,1943,signedbyErnstKaltenbrunner,regardingtheestablish
mentof laborreformatorycamps.AllareoriginalGermanlanguagedocu
ments.AlsofiledunderPS1063.(Box45)
USA515Affidavitof AloisHoellriegl,datedNov.7,1945,attestingtothe
factthathewasamemberof theTotenkopf SS,stationedatMauthausen
fromJan.1940untiltheendofthewar,andthathewitnessedKaltenbrunner
attending a gas chamber execution in the fall of 1942. Original, signed,
Germanlanguage document with English translation.Also filed under
PS2753.(Box45)
USA516Affidavitof AloisHoellriegl,datedDec.17,1945,testifyingto
theauthenticityof sixenclosedphotographsshowingMauthausenCom
mandantFranzZiereis,ErnstKaltenbrunner,andHeinrichHimmleron
aninspectiontourof Mauthausen.Thephotographs(3by4in.,b&w,cap
tionedbutundated)weresubmittedforverificationbyLt.JackTaylor.The
folderalsoincludesan8by10inchenlargementof eachphoto.Alsofiled
asPS2614.(Box45)
USA521AffidavitofAdolfZutter,AdjutantofMauthausenConcentration
Camp,statingthathesawanorder,nowdestroyed,signedbyKaltenbrunner
for the Jan. 1945 execution of the AmericanBritish mission to Slovakia.
OriginalhandwrittenGermanlanguagedocumentwithEnglishtranslation.
AlsofiledasL51.(Box45)
USA526Affidavitof WalterSchellenberg,datedNov.19,1945,implicat
ingKaltenbrunnerinseveralexecutionsandtestifyingtoKaltenbrunners
conversations regarding 1944 visits to Mauthausen. Original, signed
GermanlanguagedocumentwithEnglishtranslation.AlsofiledunderPS
2990.(Box45)
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USA792AffidavitofDr.WilhelmHoettl,datedApr.10,1946,mentioning
thetransferof HungariannationalstoMauthausenin1944.Germanlan
guagecopyof theoriginal.(Box53)
USA 794Testimony of Karl Karwinsky, a state secretary in the Dollfuss
Cabinet,beforeacourtinVienna,Austria,Oct.15,1945,describingcondi
tions at Mauthausen, where he was an inmate, and a visit to the camp by
Kaltenbrunner.Original,signedGermanlanguagedocumentwithEnglish
translation.AlsofiledunderPS3843.(Box53)
USA795InterrogationreportsofAlbertTiefenbacher,Dec.717,1945,con
cerningtheexecutionofAmericanandBritishprisonersofwaratMauthausen
in Jan. 1945. Also described are methods of torture and executions at
MauthausenandKaltenbrunnersvisitstothecamp.SignedEnglishlanguage
copiesoftranscripts.AlsofiledunderPS3845.(Box53)
USA 796Interrogation of Johann Kanduth, Nov. 30, 1945, at Salzburg,
Austria,regardingtheexecutionofAmericanandBritishprisonersofwarat
MauthausenonoraboutJan.24,1945.KanduthwasaprisoneratMauthausen
fromMar.1939toMay1945andworkedatthecampcrematorium.Original,
signedEnglishlanguagetestimony.AlsofiledunderPS3846.(Box53)
USA797AffidavitofHansMarsalet,Apr.8,1946,providinganeyewitness
account of the deathbed testimony of Franz Ziereis, Commandant of
Mauthausen.MarsaletwasaninmateatMauthausenfromSept.1942toMay
1945,workingasacampclerk.Accordingtohisaccount,Ziereiswasshot
byAmericansoldiersonMay22,1945,whiletryingtoescape,wasseriously
woundedbythreebullets,anddiedthefollowingdayattheGusencamphos
pital.Original,signedGermanlanguagedocumentwithEnglishtranslation,
AlsofiledunderPS3870.(Box53)
USA798AffidavitofSSStandartenfuehrerKurtBecher,Mar.9,1946,concern
ingviolationsatMauthausenofHimmlersOct.1944ordertostopliquida
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tionofJewishconcentrationcampinmates.Kaltenbrunnerisdirectlyblamed
fororderingdeathsofatleastathousandpersonsadayaslateasApr.27,
1945.Originalhandwritten,typed,andsignedGermanlanguagedocuments
withEnglishandFrenchtranslations.AlsofiledunderPS3762.(Box53)
USA801AffidavitofJosephNiedermayer,Apr.17,1946,regardingtheextermi
nationofforeignworkersandprisonersofwaratMauthausen.Niedermayerwas
inchargeofthesocalledZellenbau(prison)atMauthausenfrom1942tothe
endofthewar.He
describesbullet
decreesand
oralinstructionsbyKaltenbrunner
asinstrumentalinmanydeaths.Originalhandwritten,signedGermanlanguage
documentwithEnglishtranslation.AlsofiledunderPS3844.(Box53)
USA 810Englishlanguage copy of a statistical table showing numbers
of Waffen SS personnel employed in concentration camps, including
Mauthausen.AlsofiledunderD626.(Box53)
USA 904907Four photographs (7 by 9 in., b&w) showing visits by
KaltenbrunnerandHimmlertoMauthausen.Onthereverseside,eachpho
tographiscaptionedandsignedbyFrancoisBoix.SeeII.3aboveforadescrip
tionoftheBoixPhotographicCollection.(Boxes5859)
III.33IMTProsecutionExhibits(French)
(Entry4,location:190/11/03/04190/11/04/03)
RF32210smallblackandwhitephotographs,mostlyuncaptioned,that
wereprojectedonascreenduringtheIMTtestimonyof theSpanishpho
tojournalistFrancoisBoix.Includedarescenesof theMauthausenquarry,
Spanishinmatespullingadirtloadedwagon,theexecutionofanAustrian
inmate, and of various inmates shot while trying to escape. See II.3 above
foradescriptionoftheBoixPhotographicCollection.(Box10)
RF 332Photostatic copy of a photograph (7 by 9 in., b&w) showing
HimmlerandKaltenbrunnerduringavisittoMauthausen.SeeII.3above
foradescriptionoftheBoixPhotographicCollection.(Box10)
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RF333Photostaticcopyofa1942photograph(7by9in.,b&w)showing30
Russianprisonersofwar,solesurvivorsofseveralthousandRussianinternees
at Mauthausen. See II.3 above for a description of the Boix Photographic
Collection.(Box10)
RF348PhotostaticcopyofinstructionsoftheheadoftheEconomicSectionof
theSSforconcentrationcamps,includingMauthausen,Apr.30,1942(Box11)
RF350DossierofseveralhundredpagesregardingthesupplyingofZyklonB
(a prussic acid compound) to various concentration camps, including
Mauthausen,bytheGermancompanyDEGESCH.Thechiefdocumentsarea
FrenchlanguagedepositionofDr.KurtGerstein,aGermanengineerwhosup
pliedmuchoftheinformation,datedApr.26,1946;anEnglishlanguagereport
byGersteindatedMay6,1945;copiesofadditionaldepositionstakeninParis,
JuneJuly1945;aCIOSAssessmentReport;severaloriginalDEGESCHdocu
ments,includingreceiptsfordeliveriesofZyklonBtovariouscamps;andfive
uncaptionedphotographsshowingbodies,presumablygassingvictims.(Box11)
RF390Photostaticcopy(verypoorquality)ofaletterfromMichelPoutiers,
inmateno.28442atMauthausenfromApr.1943untilMay1945,describ
ingconditionsatMauthausenandEbensee,datedJan.6,1946.(Box12)
III.34EvidenceFiles
DSeries:Entry1,location:190/10/27/02
D 626Deathbed confession of Franz Ziereis, Commandant of
MauthausenConcentrationCamp,takendownonMay23,1945,atthe131st
Evacuation Hospital at Gusen, Austria. A photostatic copy of the typed
GermanoriginalwithanEnglishtranslation.CitedasalsofiledasUSA810,
butmissingfromthatfile.(Box24)
PSSeries: Entry1,location:190/10/27/02
PS493PhotostaticcopiesoftheMauthausenDeathBooks.SeeUSA251above.
(Boxes7784)
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PS494CorrespondencebetweentheU.S.ChiefofCouncil,DocumentsDivision,
andU.S.3rd
ArmyJudgeAdvocate,Mar.Sept.1946,regarding
transferoftheorig
inaldeathbooksofGusenConcentrationCampforuseintheMauthausentrials
(Box85). TheGusendeathbookswereoriginallyfiledunderthisPSnumber.Thefour
volumesarenowfiledwithrecordsoftheMauthausencaseU.S. v. HansAltfuldisch
etal.(ETOCaseNo.000505)astrialexhibitsP23toP26.SeeIII.78below.
PS495Withdrawn.SeeProsecutionExhibits,USA250above.
PS496SpecialDeathBookofMenWhoDiedatMauthausenandGusen,Apr.
2227,1945.About600originalGermanlanguagedeathcertificatesinaloose
lyboundvolume,eachgivingname,inmatenumber,dateandplaceofbirth,
profession,dateandplaceofdeath,andcauseofdeath.Mostincludeasigned
medicalreceiptverifyingthecauseofdeath.Veryfragilecondition.(Box85)
PS497Abound,alphabeticalledger,entitledExekutionenK.L.M.with
handwritten entries recording executions, 194045, at Mauthausen
ConcentrationCamp.Thevolumeisarrangedalphabeticallybyfirstletter
of thefamilyname,givingnationality,dateof execution,andinsomecas
es,reasonforexecution.TheredKappearsinthelattercolumninsome
instances,signifyingKugelAktiontakenagainstaprisonerofwarwhowas
caughttryingtoescape.(Box86)
PS2176U.S.3rdArmyReport
ontheConcentrationCampsMauthausen,Gusen,
Ebensee,datedJune17,1945.This
isaphotostaticcopyofUSA249,above. (Box144)
PS2285AffidavitsofCol.GuivantedeSaintGastandLt.JeanVeith,bothof
theFrenchArmy,May13,1945,regardingActionKorKugel(bulletaction),
theexecutionofprisonersofwaratMauthausen.Includestheoriginalstate
mentinLt.Veithshandwriting,inEnglish,andtypedcopies.(Box154)
PS2430Sworncertificates,affidavits,andacertifiedcopyof thecomplete
stenographictranscriptof narrationforthedocumentarymotionpicture
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NaziConcentrationCamps.ThefilmwasdirectedbyComdr.JamesB.
Donovan,U.S.Navy,asanofficialdocumentaryreportsubmittedtothe
IMTbytheU.S.Chief Counsel.Itincludesasmallamountof filmfootage
of Lt. Jack H. Taylor following his release from Mauthausen. See III.25
above.(Box161)
PS2909AffidavitofAugustEigruber,swornonNov.9,1945,atNuremberg,
statingthathevisitedMauthausenConcentrationCamponseveralocca
sions,onatleastoneoccasionwithHimmlerandKaltenbrunner.Unsigned
Englishlanguagecopy(Box171)
PS 3870Photograph (7 by 9 in., b&w) of Franz Ziereis, Commandant of
Mauthausen,onhisdeathbed,takenbytheSpanishphotojournalistFrancois
Boix at the Gusen Concentration Camp infirmary on May 22, 1945 (Box
203).SeeII.3aboveforadescriptionoftheBoixPhotographicCollection.
NG(Nuremberg,Government)Series
(Entry170,location:190/12/15/06)Note:RecordsoftheU.S.NuernbergWar
CrimesTrials:NGSeries,193348,arereproducedonthe70rollsofNational
Archives Microfilm Publication T1139. Register cards to the NG Series are
reproducedonthethreerollsofNARAMicrofilmPublicationM1278.
NG1619AffidavitswornbyDr.HansMayr,aprisondirectorinBayreuth,
Germany,onApr.28,1947,regardingthetransferof Jews,Gypsies,secu
rity detainees, and other categories of prisoners to Mauthausen and
Auschwitz.SignedGermanlanguageoriginalwithEnglishtranslation(Box
37,roll 21)
NG 2633A July 31, 1942, memorandum from Dr. Albrecht, Berlin, to
Weizsaecker, regarding the transfer of Jews from the Netherlands to
Mauthausen and the decision not to notify relatives in cases of death.
Photostaticcopyof theGermanlanguageoriginalwithanEnglishsumma
ry(Box54,rolls2930)
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NI11710AffidavitswornbytheHungarianmedicaldoctorNyiszliNikolae
onOct.8,1947,atNuremberg,regardingtheuseofZyklonBatAuschwitz.
NikolaewastransportedtoMauthauseninJan.1945andeventuallyliber
atedattheEbenseesubcampbytheU.S.Army.GermanandHungarian
languagesignedoriginaldocuments(Box189)
NI11951DepositionofDr.MaxStoecker,managerofKaliwerkeKolin,dat
edMar.11,1946,regardingdeliveriesofZyklonBtoconcentrationcamps.
OriginaldocumentintheCzechoslovaklanguage(Box193)
NI11952Depositionof KarlJedlicka,Mar.12,1946,regardingdeliveries
KaliwerkeKolinbyorderoftheDEGESCHconcern.CopiesintheGerman
andCzechoslovaklanguages(Box193)
NO(Nuremberg,Organizations)Series
(Entry174,location:190/12/23/04)
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euthanasiaprogramatHartheimCastle,andadefendantintheNuremburg
MedicalCase,U.S.A.v.KarlBrandtetal.(Box8)
NO 61041 photographs (5 by 7 in., b&w) showing lowpressure experi
mentsonaconcentrationcampinmate.Theseareoriginalphotographstak
enwhiletheexperimentswereinprocess.(Box15)Note:Thestaffevidence
analysisdoesnotattributethesetoanyonecamp,buttheyareindexedunder
Mauthausen in the Yad Vashem Digest, The Holocaust: The Nuremberg
Evidence (Jerusalem,1976).
NO1007TopSecretletterfromSSBrigadefuehrerGlucks,SSAdministrative
OfficeD,ConcentrationCamps,Apr.27,1943,toconcentrationcamps,includ
ingMauthausen,directingthatphysicallyandmentallysickpatientsmustbe
selectedforAction14f13,theeuthanasiaprogram(Box22)
NO 1973Deathbed deposition of Franz Ziereis, Commandant of
Mauthausen,May23,1945.AphotostaticcopyofaPolishlanguageversion
withanEnglishtranslation(Box40)
NO 2332Affidavit sworn by the German medical doctor Gerhard
Schiedlausky, dated Mar. 4, 1947, regarding the medical treatment and
humanexperimentsoninmatesatvariousconcentrationcamps.Hewasat
Mauthausen Mar.Oct. 1941, where he witnessed the suicides of Dutch
Jewishinmates.GermanlanguageoriginalwithEnglishtranslation(Box43)
NO2368AffidavitbySSObstuf.FriedrichEntress,campdoctoratGross
Rosen,Auschwitz,andMauthausen,datedApr.14,1947,regardingcamp
conditions and medical experiments. Entress was transferred to
MauthauseninOct.1943andwasactivethereasgarrisonphysicianuntil
July25,1944.HewasadefendantintheMauthausenmaincamptrial(ETO
000505),wherehewassentencedtodeath.Germanlanguageoriginaland
Englishtranslation(Box45)
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NO2429AffidavitswornbyGustavClaussen,Mar.4,1947,aformerinmate
andclerkatMauthausen,describingateletypemessagefromSSOberfuehrer
ViktorBracktoMauthausenCommandantZiereisorderingthedestruction
ofHartheimCastle.Mauthauseninmatesassignedtothedestructiondetail
wereneverseenagain.(Box46)
NO3104AffidavitswornbyWolfgangAdolf EgonSanner,Apr.25,1947,
regarding his experiences as an inmate at Mauthausen from Mar. 1941 to
May1945.GermanlanguageoriginalwithEnglishtranslation(Box58)
NO 4532A top secretreport issued by Chief SIPO SD,July 5,1941,
reporting instances of typhus in the concentration camps Gross
Rosen,Mauthausen,andAuschwitz.Photostaticcopyof Germanorig
inal (Box 81)
III.35InterrogationReports
Therearetwomajorseriesofinterrogationreportsincludedamongrecords
oftheOfficeoftheChiefCouncilforWarCrimes(OCCWC).Interrogations
andOtherRecordsReceivedfromVariousAlliedMilitaryAgencies(Entry
160) includes an OSS report on the interrogation of August Eigruber,
GauleiterofUpperAustria,regardingMauthausenanditsassociatedcamps
(See box 35, location: 190/12/13/07). Interrogations and Summaries of
Interrogations of Defendants andWitnesses (Entry 183) includes several
interrogations of Friedrich Entress, camp physician at Auschwitz and
Mauthausen (Box 131, location: 190/12/29/02), and a statement by Dr.
EduardKrebsbach,chief postphysicianatMauthausen(Box76,location:
190/12/30/06).BothseriesareavailabletoresearchersonNARAMicrofilm
PublicationsM1019andM1270(seeVII.3andVII.4below).
III.36InterneePersonnelRecords(201Files),19451948 (Entry200)
ThesepersonnelrecordsincludeaprisonfileforViktorBrack,implicated
in the euthanasia program at Hartheim Castle (Box 4, location: 190/
12/34/02).ForBracksexecutefile,seeIII.81below.
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III.37FilmFootage: ThedocumentarymotionpictureNaziConcentration
Camps was directed by U.S. Naval Commander James B. Donovan as an
officialsubmissiontotheIMTbytheU.S.Chief Counsel.Itisacompila
tionof filmfootagedocumentingconditionsfoundatNaziconcentration
campsbytheadvancingAlliedarmies.OnNovember29,1945,thefilmwas
showntotheIMTdefendantsatNuremberg.Onroll4,Lt.JackH.Tayloris
shownstandingwithfellowsurvivorsanddescribinghiscapture,imprison
ment, and conditions at Mauthausen. The four rolls of this documentary
are filed under Film No. 238.2 in the NARA Motion Picture and Sound
RecordingResearchRoom.(seeV.3below).
graphicrecordsincluderecordsoftheNationalSocialistGermanLaborParty
(NationalsozialistischeDeutscheArbeiterpartei[NSDAP])officesandaffil
iatedassociations,privatepapersofsomeNazileaders,andrecordsofsome
Reichministriesandof someprivatecorporations.Biographicrecordsof
theBDCconsistofpersonnelandrelatedrecordsoftheNSDAPanditsaffil
iatedorganizationsfrom1920to1945.
III.40CapturedGermanRecordsMicrofilmedatAlexandria,VA
Microfilmed items pertaining to Mauthausen and its subcamps are
describedinPartVII(NARAMicrofilmPublications),below.Asignificant
amountof documentationontheEbenseesubcamp(describedinGerman
GuideNo.33,RecordsoftheReichLeaderoftheSSandChiefoftheGerman
Police,PartII, pages8687)wasneitherfilmednorrestituted.Theoriginal
paperrecords,describedbelow,arearrangedinfoldersdesignatedEAP164
a28/12,5,78,1023,2527,and30.TheyareincludedamongRecords
of theReichLeaderof theSSandChief of GermanPolice(Box273,loca
tion:190/14/27/07).
EAP164a28/1:R.D.ListenKL.Ebensee.AGermanlanguagedeathlist
of 1,470ReichDeutsch(Germannationals)whodiedatEbensee,roughly
alphabetical(arrangedbyfirstletterof lastname),givingname,dateand
placeofbirth,andinmatenumber.Eachentryiscodedwithoneofthefol
lowing:ARZ,ASO,Bifo,BV,Jude,Pol.,RV,Sch,SV,Zig.,or175indicating
thetypeofprisoner.30pages
EAP164a28/2:Totenmeldungen,KZHaeftlinge.Dailylistsof deaths
at the Ebensee camp hospital, May 6July 30, 1945 (with gaps), giving
inmate number, nationality, name, and (when known) date of birth.
DeathreportsfortheperiodJune1322,1945,areidentifiedasregistered
bythe30thFieldHospital.AhandwrittendeathlistforMay6givesonly
inmatenumbers.AlsoincludedaredeathlistsforApr.2730,1945,anno
tatedinGermanandpresumablypreparedbeforethecampsliberation.
60pages
70
EAP164a28/5:MilitaryGovernmentof GermanyConcentrationCamp
ProcessingDockets,EbenseeConcentrationCamp,May18,1945.Handand
typewrittenformsregisteringEbenseesurvivors,givingname,inmatenum
ber,sex,age,placeof birth,nationality,prisonertype,offense,dateof sen
tence, and date of entry into the camp. In every case, prisoner type and
offenseislistedaspolitical.120pages
EAP164a28/7:Anuntitled,handwrittendeathlist,May818,1945,and
July7Oct.8,1945,with603names,givingdateofdeath,nationality,type
ofprisoner,inmatenumber,and,insomecases,internmentcamporplace
ofdeath.21pages
EAP164a28/8:AtypedlistofGreekinmates,givingname,inmatenum
ber, sex, age, and place of birth. This appears to be a list of survivors.
Undated,4pages
EAP 164a28/10: Transport lists (name only) of 1,050 French nationals
returnedtoFranceasof May19,1945.36pages.Thisfolderalsoincludes
thefollowingitems:
Listof522YugoslavpoliticalprisonersremainingatEbenseeasofMay
18,1945,givingname,dateandplaceof birth,andprofession,with
thefirst58namescitedasillinhospital.14pages
TransportlistofBelgiannationals,May21,1945,givingname,age,and
destination.2pages
Alistof229Hungariannationalsdeemedphysicallyablefortransport
ingbytruckorrailasofJune3,1945,givingname,dateandplaceof
birth,andplaceofresidence.4pages
Alistofforeignnationals(nonFrench)repatriatedtoFrance,undated,
withnamesonly.2pages
EAP164a28/11:KZEbenseeTotenliste,Italiener.Handwrittenlistsof
deceasedItalianinmatesofEbenseesBlock8,undated,givinginmatenum
71
berandname(13pages),andalistof ItaliandeceasedfromBlock29,giv
ingname,inmatenumber,andplaceofresidence(5pages)
EAP 164a28/12: KZEbensee Totenliste, Franzosen. A typed list of 98
deceasedFrenchinmates,givingname,inmatenumber,anddatesof birth
anddeath.ThelatestdeathdateisMay29,1945,andthereportishand
datedJune30,1945.2pages
EAP164a28/13:AMilitaryGovernmentofGermanyConcentrationCamp
Processing Docket listing 33 German nationals (Reich Deutsch, both
GermanandAustrian)releasedfromEbenseepriortothecampsliberation,
mainlyinApr.1945(2pages).AlsoincludedisahandwrittenlistofGerman
nationalsinBlock24,undated,givinginmatenumberandname(2pages).
EAP 164a28/14: KZEbensee Totenliste, Tschenchen, Letten, Litauer,
Unbekannte. Lists of Lithuanians and Letts (2 pages) and Czechoslovak
nationals (1 page) who died at Ebensee in Apr.May 1945, giving name,
inmatenumber,anddatesofbirthanddeath,andadeathlistofunknown
inmateswhodiedinMay1945afterthecampwasliberated,identifiedonly
byinmatenumberanddateofdeath(1page)
EAP164a28/15:KZEbenseeTotenlisteUngarn.Alistof294Hungarian
nationalswhodiedatEbenseeinApr.May1945,givingname,inmatenum
ber,dateofbirth(whenknown),anddateofdeath.Ofthese,33areidenti
fiedonlybyinmatenumberanddateofdeath(7pages).Alsoincludedisa
list of 86 Hungarian inmates who died in MayJune 1945, giving name,
inmatenumber,dateofbirth(whenknown),anddateofdeath.Somenames
areincludedonbothlists(2pages).
EAP164a28/16:KZEbenseeTotenlisteDeutsche/Osterreicher.Alist
of53GermanandAustriannationalswhodiedatEbensee,Nov.1944May
1945,givingname,inmatenumber,dateof birth(whenknown),anddate
of death.1page
72
EAP164a28/23:KZEbenseeTotenlisteRussen.An
alphabeticallyarranged
listof408RussianinmateswhodiedatEbensee,Jan.June1945,givingname,
inmatenumber,birthdate(whenknown),anddateofdeath.9pages
EAP164a28/25:MilitaryGovernmentofGermanyConcentrationCamp
ProcessingDocketslistingCzechoslovakpoliticalprisonersrepatriatedfrom
Ebenseeasof May27andJune7,1945,givingname,inmatenumber,sex,
age,placeofbirth,nationality,andtypeofprisoner.17pages
EAP164a28/26:Correspondencefileof theInternationalCommitteeof
ExPolitical Prisoners from Ebensee, MayJune 1946, including German
languagedocumentsontheorganizationsfoundingandaims,andletters
addressedtotheorganizationspresident,HermannVilko.40pages
EAP 164a28/27: Totenlisten: Unterlagen staatenweise geordnet. A
handwritten compilation of 1,725 inmates who died at Ebensee from
Dec. 1944 forward, arranged by nationality, giving name, inmate num
ber, and date of death, with 171 listed asunbekannte (unidentified).
150pages
EAP164a28/30:MilitaryGovernmentforGermanyConcentrationCamp
InmateQuestionnaires(Fragebogen)completedbyEbenseeinmates(pri
marily German) May 20June 20, 1945, giving a wide variety of personal
information,includingdate,placeandreasonfororiginalarrest,criminal
chargesif any,andplacesof detention(186pages).Asecondfolder,under
the same EAP number, includes inmate questionnaires completed by
Austriannationals(60pages).
III.41CapturedGermanRecordsMicrofilmedinBerlin,Germany(BDCCollection)
Thesecapturedandmicrofilmedrecordsincludethreesourcesofinforma
tiononSSofficerswhoservedatGermanconcentrationcamps:personnel
dossiersforSSOfficers(NARAMicrofilmPublicationA3343,SeriesSSO);
biographical records of the Rasse und SiedlungshauptamtSS or RuSHA
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(SSRaceandSettlementOffice,NARAMicrofilmPublicationA3343,Series
RS);andrecordsofNaziPartymembership(NARAMicrofilmPublications
A3340, Series MFOK; and A3340, Series MFLK). Microfilmed files from
theseseriespertainingtoSSpersonnelatMauthausenanditssubcampsare
describedinPartVII.8,below.
ReichswerkeA.G.HermannGoering,andalesseramountofdocumenta
tiononEisenwerkeOberdonau.(2folders,box99,location:190/63/05/06)
File3.a.(1819)Mauthausen,Austria, includesoneaerialphotographof
thetownof Mauthausen,showingrailwaybridgecrossingtheDanube
River, rail sidings, oil storage facilities, and surrounding countryside.
(Box107,location:190/63/05/07)
File3.a.(1894)Moedling,Austria, includesanOSSLondonreport,Dec.
28, 1944, describing a jet plane manufacturing plant in the Moedling
Seegrotto.(Box110,location:190/63/05/07)
File3.a.(2195)Peggau,Austria, includesoneaerialphotographshowing
therailroad,station,bridge,andsidings.(Box127,location:190/63/06/03)
File3.a.(2347)RedlZipf,Austria, includesadetailedPOWreport,ear
ly1945,describinganundergroundliquidoxygenfactory,withadraw
ingof thefactorylayout.(Box134,location:190/63/06/04)
File3.a.(2501)St.Valentin,Austria, includesmaps,aerialphotographs,
photographicinterpretation,andassessmentreportsonthetankman
ufacturingconcernReichswerkeA.G.HermannGoering(Niebelungen
Werke).(Box141,location:190/63/06/05)
File 3.a.(2603) Schwechat,Austria (three folders), includes aerial photo
graphs,photographicintelligence,andassessmentreportsofairraidsonthe
oilrefineryNovaBrennstoffGesellschaft(folders12)andtheHeinkel
AircraftAssemblyPlant(folder3).(Box145,location:190/63/06/06)
File 3.a.(2717) Steyr, Austria, includes information sheets, interpretation
reports,aerialphotographs,photographicinterpretation,anddamageassess
mentreportsonSteyrDaimlerPuchWerke.(Box150,location:190/63/06/06)
aspartoftheAlliedControlCouncil.OnOctober1,1945,USGCCbecame
Officeof MilitaryGovernmentforGermany,U.S.Element(OMGUS).
III.46GeneralCorrespondence,19441945
TworeportspertainingtoMauthausen,signedbyCol.AllenB.Mitchell,Chief
USGCCLegalDivision,PrisonsBranch,arefiledunderWarDepartmentdeci
malfilingnumber254(DetentionandInternmentCamps).(Seebox8,location:
390/40/17/02). A June 9, 1945, Report on Buchenwald and Mauthausen
ConcentrationCamps,describesthevisitofCol.Mitchellsinvestigativeteamto
theMauthausenMainCamponMay1718,1945,andthelocationofmissing
inmatepersonnelcardsforallcampswithintheMauthausencomplex.A
substan
tiallylargerJune14report,ReviewofActivities,TDFirstandThirdArmies,27
April1June1945,providesachronologyofeventssurroundingtheliberation
ofBuchenwaldandMauthausen.Sections16through33describeactivitiesofCol.
Mitchells team (mainly the completion of identification cards by surviving
inmates)atMauthausen,Gusen,andEbenseeaswellasatcampsinthevicinity
ofLinzandNeubau,Austria.Thefollowingitemsareappendedtothereport:
Appendix K: Sample of a Provisional Identification Card for Civilian
InterneesatMauthausen
AppendixL:Atranslationof codesusedonpersonnelcardsatMaut
hausen
providedbythecampsGermanCommittee
AppendixM:ThreereportsprovidedbyMauthauseninmateWolfgangSanger
(aformermanageroftheconcernA.E.G.Berlin,whoworkedasasecretary
inthecampsofficefordraftingprisonersforwork)pertainingtoforced
laboratMauthausen,thestoppingofdismissalsofprisoners,andfirmsused
bytheSStoemployinmatesatMauthausenanditssubcamps
AppendixN:CopyofanIntelligenceReportbythe511thCICDetachment,
datedMay30,1945.EntitledA12YearOldNazi,itdescribestheappre
hensionandinterrogationofSiegfriedZiereis,thesonofFranzZiereis,
CommandantofMauthausen
Appendix O: Translation of a statement made by Dr.A. Uhsler describing
ActionBullet(Kugel),theexecutionofprisonersofwaratMauthausen
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AppendixP:StatisticsonvariousnationalsreleasedfromBuchenwald,
Mauthausen,andsubcampsLinz,Ebensee,Gusen,andNeubau
III.47RecordsoftheU.S.AlliedCommissionforAustria(USACA)Section
ofHeadquartersU.S.ForcesinAustria(HQUSFA)
OrganizedinJuly1945concurrentlywithUSFA,USACAwasresponsiblefor
civilaffairsandmilitarygovernmentadministrationintheAmericanzoneofthe
fourpoweroccupationofpostwarAustria.USACAwasabolishedinSeptember
1950withtheappointmentofaU.S.HighCommissionerforAustria.
III.48GermanExternalAssetsBranch
PostwarreportsontheSSrunconcernDeutscheErdundSteinWerke
(DEST), implicated in the use of slave labor at the Mauthausen complex,
areincludedintheseriesReportsonBusinesses,194550(seefolders151
and151A,box71,location:390/53/08/04).Mostofthematerialpertainsto
194648whenAustrianassetsofDESTwereputunderpublicadministra
tion, with a trustee appointed by the Property Control Section of the
AmericanMilitaryGovernmentinUpperAustria.Asmallamountofmate
rial documents the origin andWorldWar II organization of the concern.
Folder151AincludesphotostaticcopiesofGermandocumentspertaining
tothe1940reorganizationof DESTundercontrolof theSSholdingcom
panyDeutscheWirtschaftsbetriebeGmbH.inBerlin.
III.50SHAEFG4Division,ExecutiveSectionDecimalFile1945 (Entry34)
SHAEF G5 Displaced Persons Branch Weekly Reports for AprilMay
1945,filedunder383.7(refugees),provideusefulinformationontheprob
lems attending the liberation of concentration camps in the European
Theaterof Operations(ETO).DisplacedPersonsReportNo.30,April30,
1945,providesacurrentandcomprehensivepictureof displacedpersons
andrefugeeactivities,includingestimatednumbersandlivingconditions,
intheETO,acurrentstatementof policy,availablesupplies,andequipment
and country operations. Displaced Persons Report No. 32, May 28, 1945,
summarizes conditions at Mauthausen and (see Appendix E) includes
extractsof anewspaperaccountof campatrocitiesasreportedbytheFrench
doctorProf.Marshal,amongthosereleasedfromMauthauseninlateApril
1945.(Vols.IandII,box157,location:290/07/18/03)
III.51 SHAEF G5 Division, Secretariat Numeric File, August 1943July
1945,DisplacedPersonsBranch(Entry47)
ThenumericfileincludesthefollowingfilesdocumentingtheAmerican
liberationof theMauthausenConcentrationCampcomplex:
File 2711/1 Displaced PersonsGermany and Austria: Foreign
Workers and Working Prisoners: An undated (filed circa November
1944)reportincludesachartfiledunderAreaXIIIAustrialistingfor
eignworkersandworkingprisonersbynationality,withtotalsforregion,
town,employer,andoccupation(Box50,location:290/07/21/07)
File2711/5CountriesGermanyGeneral:ReportonGermanCon
centrationCampsatwhichitisRecommendedthatSAARFTeamsbe
DroppedfromtheAir,April18,1945,includesalistcompiledfrommil
itaryandFrenchintelligencesourcesof concentrationcamps,including
Mauthausen,wherecriticalconditionsexistedamongUnitedNations
politicalprisoners,andacoversheetrequestingthatactionbetakenby
SHAEFG3(operations)forthedropof SAARFteams(SpecialAllied
AirborneReconnaissanceForceteams)immediatelyuponliberationto
facilitateemergencyremedialaction.MajorM.J.Proudfootof SHAEF,
79
ofMaj.Proudfoot: SHAEFG5DisplacedPersonsBranch
MemorandaNos.17filedbyLt.Col.Proudfoot,June713asfollows:
No.1MauthausenConcentrationCamp,Austria,June7,1945
No.2ConcentrationCampatGusen,Austria,June8,1945
No.3ConcentrationCampatEbensee,Austria,June12,1945
No.4DisplacedPersonsandPrisonerof WarTransitCamp,
HoerschingAirField,Neubau,Austria,June12,1945
No.5TheRepatriationof DisplacedPersonsfromtheLinz,
Austria,Area,June13,1945
No.6RailConnectionsOpenforTrafficfromLinz,Austria(asof
June3),June13,1945
No.7TheDanubeRiverasaMeansof RepatriatingDisplaced
Persons,June13,1945
(Box52,location:290/07/21/07).Note: DuplicatesofNos.1and2
arefiledinFolder2711.7.2above.Proudfootsrankisgivenalternatelyas
MajorandLt.Colonel,indicatinghewaspromotedduringthistime.)
81
84
ters. The 11th Armored Division afteraction report also includes two
photographsof RussianColonelNavadorov,liaisonofficer,speakingto
the Mauthausen inmates on May 8, 1945. XII Corps G5 (civil affairs)
summariesforMay1945(212.5.2)providesomedetailsregardingcon
ditionsatMauthausenandauxiliarycampspolicingmeasures,cases
of typhus, the surveying and evacuation of inmates, and uncovering of
subordinate camps. An afteraction report of the 3rd Cavalry Group
Mechanized (CAVG0.3) describes the entry of the 3rd Squadron into
Ebensee at noon on May 6, liberating a concentration camp of some
16,000starvinginmates.Immediateactionwastakenbythegroupcom
mandertoprovidefoodandmedicalattention.
ManyMauthausensubcampswereevacuatedspontaneouslywhentheir
GermanstafffledpriortotheapproachoftheAmericanandSovietarmies.
AnnexBtothe71stInfantryDivisionG2PeriodicReport,May5,1945(371
2.1),providesanunusuallyemotional,graphicaccountoftheliberationof
theGunskirchenConcentrationCamp.Itisimpossibletorealizethefeelings
ofthese15,000men,womenandchildrenuponourapproach.TheGerman
Armyhadbeentoobusyrunningfromourforcestoattendtothemsothey
hadreceivednofoodorwaterforfourdays...over200dyingofstarvation
anddiseaseintwodays.Ahandwrittenreport(3714)describesthecondi
tion of inmates at an unnamed concentration camp for Jews between
LambachandWels,AustriaatthetimeofliberationonMay6,1945.
III.59MedicalUnits
Thejournalof theXIICorpsMedicalSection(21226.1),May620,1945,
provides a useful, detailed overview of immediate relief efforts at
Mauthausen.Includedarehourlyreportsof themovementtoMauthausen
of medicalpersonnelandsupplies,typhusanddelousingteams,andcamp
inspectorsandreportsof the11thArmoredDivisionsurgeononhospital
patients,typesof communicablediseases,medicalsuppliesandshortages,
andhospitalsetups.Alsoincludedaremiscellaneoussanitationreportsfor
MauthausenandGusen,May916,1945.Operationsreportsforthe131st
85
Above: Liberated inmates at Mauthausen. (111SC206397) Opposite: A French Jew receives medical
attentionandfoodattheU.S.operatedhospitalinWels,UpperAustria(208AA314A3),and(below)
asurvivoroftheEbenseecamp.(111SC264846)
88
89
2061,location:
290/54/23/02),includes
cabletraffic(incom
ingandoutgoing)andreportsconcerningpreparationsfortheMauthausentrials,
September1945September1947.Mostofthematerialpertainstolocating,iden
tifying,andtransportingwarcrimessuspectsandwitnesses,includingthosewant
edinconnectionwiththeDawesCase.CorrespondencetoUSFETWarCrimes
Branch,September10,1945,includesastatementbyKarlAdelbertLiebldescrib
ingthedeathofhisbrother,theoperasingerFrederikJelenik,atMauthausen.
III.63TheU.S.Army,Europe,wasactivatedinNovember1947asacompo
nentwithintheEuropeanCommand(EUCOM)andgraduallydeveloped
intoafullyoperationalheadquarters.
III.64Recordsof theJudgeAdvocateDivision,WarCrimesBranch,arethe
chief repository for documentation relating to U.S. war crimes trials in
Europe conducted by U.S. Army courts and commissions. From 1945 to
1948,theU.S.Armytried1,672individualsin489proceedingsdividedinto
four categories: main concentration camp cases; cases of concentration
camps attached to the main camps; flier cases; and miscellaneous cases.
RecordspertainingtotheMauthausenConcentrationCampComplexare
includedinseveralseriesdescribedbelow.
Photostatic and nearduplicate copies of records of Mauthausen Cases
TriedareincludedinRecordGroup153.SeeIII.14above.
III.65ReadingFile(Staybacks),19501956 (EntryA12216,boxes16,
location:290/59/17/03)
Thisfilecontainschronologicallyarrangedreadingfilecopies,knownas
staybacks,ofcorrespondenceandmemorandumsissuedbytheWarCrimes
Branch.Therecordsprimarilyconcernthestatusofindividualwarcriminals:
90
petitionsforclemency,casereviews,correctionofcommencementdates,and
applications for good conduct releases and parole. Some administrative
records of theWar Crimes Branch and press releases are included.A small
amount of documentation on criminal proceedings in District Court
Regensburg,Germany,againstKurtScharnack,suspectedofmistreatmentof
inmatesatGusenII,islocatedinthefileStaybacks:March1956(seebox5).
III.66RecordsRelatingtoMedicalExperiments(EntryA12217,boxes15,
location:290/59/17/05)
These records contain original Germanlanguage documents (some
withEnglishtranslations)relatingtomedicalexperimentsandothermis
treatmentof concentrationcampinmates.Theywereoriginallycollected
forpossibleuseinwarcrimestrialsandincludematerialconfiscatedfrom
Dr.PaulNitschebytheU.S.ArmyinAustria.Documentsinthisserieswere
storedinHeidelberg,Germany,beforetheywereretiredtoWashington,
andbecameknownastheHeidelbergDocuments.Theseriesisarranged
sequentiallybyunidentifiednumberswithMauthausenmaterialsidenti
fiedasfollows:
Box1
125478125484SupplementaryListofThoseWhoMayBeInvolvedin
MedicalExperimentCases:Afragmentarylist(pages1521citingsus
pects142222)givingnameofsuspect,sourceofinformation,andinfor
mationonpossiblecrimes.IncludesdoctorsanddentistsatCampGusen.
Box2
125615126639PhotostatsinthePolishlanguageandEnglishtransla
tionsofthedepositionofFranzZiereis,CommandantofMauthausen,
madeonhisdeathbedonMay23,1945.
DescribesmurderinstallationsatMauthausenincludinggascham
berandgascar;injections,medicalexperiments,andkillingbytorture:
anddescriptionsofHartheimCastle,locatedatAlkoven,Austria,where
prisonerswerekilledbyinjections.
91
125966125969JAGWarCrimesBranchCaseAnalysisofCaseNo.000
12463,Hartheim,March26,1946.Ananalysisof theinvestigationof the
gassing of an estimated 65,000 unknown Russians, Poles, Spaniards, and
GermansfromMay1940toOctober1944atHartheimCastle.Citesnature
of theoffense,perpetrators,witnesses,summaryof evidence,andrecom
mendedaction.
126268126271(Duplicateof above)
III.67 Translations of German Documents Relating to War Crimes,
19471950
(Entry2218,boxes119,location:290/59/18/02)
ThisseriesincludesEnglishtranslationsof Germanlanguagepetitions
for clemency and parole, of documents used as evidence, and of other
recordsrelatingtotheconductandadministrationof warcrimestrialsand
thetakingof depositionsof warcrimessuspects.Arrangedbyvolumeand
documentnumber.ThefollowingdocumentspertaintotheMauthausen
proceedings:
92
Left: MauthausenCommandantFranzZiereis(center)atMauthausen.ZiereiswasshotbyAmerican
soldiers on May 22, 1945, while trying to escape. He died the following day at the 131st Evacuation
HospitalatGusen,Austria.(WarCrimesCasesTried,Box334,RG549)Above: Inhisdeathbedconfes
sion(photostaticcopyofthetypedGermanlanguageoriginalshown),Ziereisdescribedmurderinstal
lationsandpracticesatMauthausen,includingtheuseofgaschamberandgascar,injections,medical
experiments,andtorture;andpracticesatHartheimCastle,locatedatAlkoven,Austria,whereprison
erswerekilledbyinjection.(EvidenceFileD626,Box24,RG238)
93
Box1
Vol.I
12. AppealonbehalfofHorstGoennemannbyhisattorney,Apr.22,1949
19. WitnessstatementsonbehalfofEduardKlerner,submittedbyhiswife,
May18,1949
20. RequestfordeathcertificateforMauthausenvictimLeopoldGruend
Paltenhofer,Apr.22,1949
31. Inquiryonbehalf of missingpersonGeorgPhilippBranickel,possi
blyaninmateatMauthausen,May13,1949
32. Statement of Gottard Krause, former inmate of Gusen I and II, on
behalfofHansFolger,June1,1949
47. LetteronbehalfofWalterGloszebyhiswife,June26,1949
101. LetterbyFrenchjournalistLouisPierreAdamregardingMauthausen
trials,July18,1949
116. LetterofErnstBuergertotheU.S.SupremeCourtprotestinglegality
ofMauthausenCase00050520,Aug.3,1949
Vol.II
148. InquirybyDr.GeorgFroeschmannregardingthewhereaboutsofthe
MauthausenCampRegisterofVitalStatistics,Oct.13,1949
160. TestimonybyLucienVahherleonbehalfofaccusedFranzPillixeder,
Oct.14,1949
201. StatementofL.G.StockingeronbehalfofAlbertZeitraeg,Aug.31,1949
222. PetitionforclemencybyconvictedwarcriminalWilhelmLoh,Jan.5,1950
223. PetitionforclemencybyconvictedwarcriminalAlbertFitzner,Dec.28,1949
237. PetitionsforclemencyonbehalfofPaulWolfran,Jan.Feb.1950
239. PleaforclemencybywifeofWalterHoehler,Jan.24,1950
245. PetitionsforclemencysubmittedbywifeofWalterGlosze,Jan.1950
Vol.III
248. LetterbyKarlKaufmannonbehalfofHermannSturm,Dec.16,1949
268. Motionsforchargesofperjuryagainstwitnessesincase0005052,
Feb.29,1950
94
279. PetitionforreviewofsentenceonbehalfofOttoLeibauer,Feb.28,1950
294. PetitionforclemencyonbehalfofAlbertZeitraeg,Mar.11,1950
299. OrderonRevieworderingthereleasefromprisonof OttoKoetzle
(undated)
302. Request for support for an illegitimate child of Mauthausen victim
MaxGress,Mar.1,1950
309. OrderofRevieworderingthereleasefromprisonofWalterHoehler
(undated)
359. LetterbyRudolfTeplyonbehalfofEmilGloeckner,Apr.13,1950
Vol.IV
411. PetitionforclemencybywifeofHeinrickFulsche,May20,1950
412. PetitionforclemencybywifeofWillyKestel,May5,1950
456. StatementbyKarlKaufmannonbehalfofFritzGuenther,May16,1950
459. PetitionforclemencybyfatherofGustavLehrbacher,May19,1950
460. MedicalcertificateforBernardGoebel,May11,1950
481. PetitionforreviewofsentencebywifeofMichaelCerny,May24,1950
494. PetitionforclemencybywifeofHermannSturm,June5,1950
Box2
Vol.V
502. PetitionforreviewofsentencebywifeofWillyKestel,June10,1950
516. PetitionforclemencybymotherofEmilThielmann,June12,1950
526. PetitionforclemencybywifeofGeorgPirner,June12,1950
536. LetterofattorneyGeorgFroeschmannregardingperjuryincase000
5051,June27,1950
539. Statements of Hermann Kallenbach on behalf of Friedrich Felsche,
Nov.1948Apr.1950
540. PetitionsubmittedbyattorneyofMichaelJait,June28,1950
547. PetitionsubmittedbyattorneyofOttoKopischke,June30,1950
551. PetitionforclemencyonbehalfofEmilThielmann,June30,1950
560. PetitionofattorneyGeorgFroeschmannonbehalfofHansFreyholdt,
July8,1950
95
564. PetitionforclemencybybrotherofKonradVolgger,June20,1950
566. StatementbyFranzPavelaregardingfalsestatementsathistrial,July
11,1950
568. Letter byAttorney Georg Froeschmann regarding clemency of Karl
Fleck,July15,1950
573. LetterbyOttoAlberinsupportof FranzPavela,July15,1950
575. LetterfromJohannKondert,pastortofamilyofKasparGoetz,July15,
1950
586. PetitionforclemencybywifeofWalterHaassengier,July4,1950
589. PetitionforclemencybylawyerofBernhardGoebel,July27,1950
590. PetitionforclemencybylawyerofFriedrichFelsch,July19,1950
591. PetitionforclemencybylawyerofOttoKopischke,July19,1950
593. PetitionforclemencybyclergymanWilhelmLorchonbehalfofErwin
Kaupp,July18,1950
600. PetitionforclemencybylawyerofWilhelmGrill,July24,1950
602. PetitionforclemencybyfianceofFranzPavela,July16,1950
608. PetitionbylawyerofKarlWeidhoferregardingtrialerrors,July26,1950
617. ReportregardingdenazificationproceedingsofOttoZink,aformer
guardatMauthausen,July27,1950
Vol.V,Part2
621. PetitionforclemencybywifeofHubertGuttenberger,Aug.1,1950
624. StatementonhisownbehalfbyHanscarlConPosern,Aug.1,1950
626. PetitionforclemencybyfianceofAndreasSchilling,July26,1950
637. PetitionbylawyerofGustavLehrbacher,Aug.7,1950
646. PetitionbylawyerofKonradVolgger,Aug.16,1950
650. PetitionforclemencybymotherofJakobPfeiffer,Aug.15,1950
662. PetitionforclemencybylawyerofFritzNitschke,Sept.11,1950
669. PetitionforreviewbylawyerofStefanMallesschitz,Aug.23,1950
677. PetitionforreviewbyfianceofRudolfKansmeyer,Aug.25,1950
679. PetitionforreviewbylawyerofHerbertFuellgraf,Aug.24,1950
680. PetitionforclemencybylawyerofWalterHaassengier,Aug.23,1950
684. PetitionforclemencybylawyerofWillyKestel,Aug.24,1950
96
690. PetitionforclemencybywifeofKarlWeidhofer,Aug.28,1950
692. PetitionforclemencybywifeofMaxSeidl,May23,1950
694. Petition for commutation of sentence by attorney of Erich Hinkel,
Sept.2,1950
695. PetitionforclemencybylawyerofErnstReichert,Aug.31,1950
Vol.VI
716. StatementbyHanscarlVonPosernregardingmiscarriageofjusticein
case00050520,Sept.9,1950
723. StatementsofJosefM.KirschandothersonbehalfofHeinzBollhorst,
Oct.11,1950
741. PetitionforclemencybywifeofChristofPaffenberger,Sept.19,1950
742. CertificatebytheGubenChurchDistrictonbehalfofFritzNitschke,
Sept.26,1950
750. PetitionbylawyerofFritzSchallenburg,Sept.22,1950
759. PetitionwithnewevidenceregardinghiscasesubmittedbyHanscarl
vonPosern,Sept.30,1950
773. PetitionforclemencybyattorneyofWalterErnstBlume,Oct.19,1950
774. PetitionforclemencybyattorneyofPaulGuetzlaff,Oct.17,1950
775. StatementbyJosefLukanonbehalfofMattheusMeier,Aug.22,1948
779. PetitionforclemencybyattorneyofJohannFolder,Oct.19,1950
798. PetitionforclemencybyattorneyofMaxGrutzi,Nov.9,1950
Vol.VI,Part2
802. PetitionforclemencybythebrotherofWilliJungjohann,Nov.15,1950
837. CharacterreferencessubmittedbysisterofWilliJungjohann,Dec.15,1950
845. RequestfortrialrecordsofPaulWolframbyMinisterforDenazification
ProceedingsinBavaria,Dec.18,1950
Box3
Vol.VII
902. PetitionforclemencybywifeofKarlGaertner,Feb.26,1951
960. PetitionforclemencybypastorofwifeofWilyKestrel,Mar.18,1951
97
969.AdditiontoclemencyappealbylawyerofErnstBuerger,Jan.17,1951
979. Ordersof reviewfor15Mauthausendefendants,undated
1008. Letter to International Red Cross, Geneva, from convicted Mauth
ausendefendantAndreasSchilling,May3,1948
1037. Information on Franz Pillixeder from Linz Federal Police Head
quarters,Nov.11,1950
1045. StatementbyAdolf Rutkaonbehalf of NikoMohr,May15,1951
Vol.VIII
1056. StatementsbyWilhelmWirthandothersonbehalf of HansFolger,
MayAug.1951
1068. Statement by Heinrich Seemann and Werner Reichel on behalf of
JohannSchiller,Sept.10,1951
1099. Requestforreviewof sentenceof FranzGottfriedSchulzbyhiswife,
June20,1951
1104. Ordersof reviewforMauthausendefendants,undated
1108. Petitionforreviewbylawyerof WillyBollhorst,July5,1951
Vol.IX
1175. RequestforcommutationofsentencebyWalterHaassengier,Aug.
30,1951
1194. PetitionforclemencybyKarlWiedhofer,Sept.19,1951
1202. Request by wife for death certificate of Peter Rose, a Mauthausen
inmate,Aug.16,1951
Box4
Vol.X
402. StatementsbyOttoHeessandothersonbehalfofRichardDudzinski,194748
430. ExoneratingstatementssubmittedbybrotherofHeinzBollhorst,Mar.
30,1948
Box5
Vol.XIII (referredtoasFroeschmannDocuments,thisfileincludessworn
statements submitted by war criminals represented by the attorney
Froeschmann.)
13. StatementbyWalterGlosze,Sept.11,1947
15. StatementbyIndalecioGonzaless,June29,1947
16. Statementof WilhelmGrill,Oct.1,1947
20. Statementof Rudolf Hirsch,Sept.12,1947
28. Statementof ReneKorsitzky,Sept.25,1947
49. Statementof JuliusUelzhoeffer,July17,1948
59. Statementof BernhardFernikorn,Oct.31,1947
60. Statementof AlbertFitzner,July1,1947
61. Statementof HansFreyholdt,July17,1947
63. Statementof JohannHaider,Sept.12,1947
66. Statementof WilliJungjohann,June24,1947
77. Statementof FritzNitschke,June23,1947
126. Statementof Josef Kirsh,Sept.12,1947
144. StatementbyJosef Schmidt,Aug.27,1947
145. StatementbyHansSielaff,Oct.22,1947
Vol.XV(MiscellaneousFiles)
112. Lettersinsupportof KarlWiedhofer,Dec.1947
130. RequestforcasereviewbyWaldemarBarner,Jan.20,1948
132. Repudiationof chargesagainstAntonSlupetzkybyhisattorney,Jan.
27,1948
133. Statementsinsupportof HermannSturmbyformerinmatesof Linz
IandIII,Oct.Nov.1947
135. Statements by Karl Fleischer and others on behalf of Otto
Kleinguenther,Nov.Dec.1947
139. Petitionforclemencybywifeof WalterGlosze,Jan.17,1948
99
Vol.XVII
305. Statementsonbehalf of WaldemarBarner,Feb.24,1948
308. ProtestagainstfalsewitnessbyFritzGuenther,Feb.28,1948
310. Submissionof additionalevidencebyJakobPfeiffer,Feb.29,1948
311. PetitionsforreviewAlfonsHeisig,Feb.25,1948
323. ProtestagainstfalsewitnessbyGeorgHerbert,Feb.17,1948
329. StatementbyMatthiasMeieronbehalfof AntonKlein,Jan.26,1948
332. StatementbyLeopoldineUebelonbehalfofKrutSchmutzler,Jan.20,
1948
335. StatementbyQuirinFlaucheronbehalfofGustavPetrat,Mar.3,1948
337. StatementbyErwinThalhammeronbehalf of OskarTandler,Feb.22,
1948
349. StatementbyFritzSchallenbergonbehalfofErnstMeyer,Mar.3,1948
350. Statementof protestbyAloisHoellriegl,Mar.8,1948
361. Statement by Hans Garms on behalf of EmilAndreas Gay, Mar. 12,
1948
373. PetitionforclemencybyJosef Lukan,Mar.15,1948
374. PetitionforclemencybyPaulRickenonbehalfofOttoKleinguenther,
Mar.5,1948
375. Petition for clemency by Peter Bleimueller on behalf of Ernst
Kirschbichler,Mar.14,1948
376. Petitionforreviewonbehalfof RichardNuszkowski,Mar.14,1948
Vol.XVIII
469. PetitionforclemencybyWernerReinsgorff,Apr.19,1948
472. Copyof personalpaycard,forHeinzFulsche,1942
477. PetitionforclemencybyAloisHoellriegl,Mar.22,1948
485. PetitionbydefenseattorneytorevokesentenceofPaulWolfram,Apr.
22,1948
492. StatementbyJohannFolgeronbehalfof KarlAlbrecht,Jan.25,1948
493. Statement of Witold EwertKrzemieniewski on behalf of Oskar
Tandler,Dec.17,1947
495. PetitionforclemencybywifeofKarlGaertner,Apr.17,1948
102
Vol.XIX
503. CorrespondencefromErnstBuergerregardinghiscase,Apr.25,1948
506. ProtestagainstfalsewitnessesbyErnstBuerger,Apr.28,1948
509. CorrespondencebyDr.GeorgFroeschmannregardingpowerof attor
neyinMauthausencases,Apr.28,1948
515. Petitionsforclemencybydaughterof JohannGlas,Jan.Mar.1948
519. StatementbyFritzNackonbehalfofWalterHaassengier,Apr.21,1948
520. CorrespondencebyAttorneyFroeschmannregardingcaseof Rudolf
Dippe,Apr.28,1948
521. ProtestagainstfalsetestimonybyHellmuthVetteragainstKarlEmil
Geiger,Mar.8,1948
522. Statementof Rudolf Kanzmeyeronbehalf of WilhelmMueller,May
3,1948
529. PetitionforclemencybyRudolf Kansmeyer,May5,1948
530. PetitionsforclemencyonbehalfofWalterHaassengier,Nov.1947Feb.
1948
546. Lettertowifeof WilhelmMuellerbyRudolf Kansmeyer,Mar.18,1948
Box7
Vol.XX
554. StatementbyEmilTheilmannonbehalfofGustavPetrat,undated,cer
tifiedMay24,1948
559. StatementbyErwinBerrothonbehalfofErwinHartung,Dec.21,1947
564. LettertoBoardof ReviewbyPaulHaassengier,May17,1948
566. CorrespondenceofRudolfKansmeyerregardinghiscase,May17,1948
567. CorrespondencebyacquittedprisonerDr.OskarEiflerregardingper
juryagainsthimatdenazificationhearings,undated,certifiedJune3,
1948
568. Submissionof newevidencebyLouisHaeffliger,May23,1948
578. Requestforrevocationof sentencebyRudolf Hirsch,May24,1948
589. Letterbysisteronbehalf of ErwinGeorgKaupp,May31,1948
590. RequestfortrialdocumentationbyAloisPanhans,May30,1948
591. Denunciationof perjuryincaseof EmilKarlGeiger,May23,1948
103
Vol.XX,Part2
601. Petition for clemency by Lothar Steiner on behalf of Reinhard
Purucker,June8,1948
611. PetitionforreviewbyEwaldWlotzka,May7,1948
626. PetitionforclemencybyAloisHoellriegl,June6,1948
629. LetterofprotestbybrotheronbehalfofHellmuthVetter,June13,1948
634. Petition for clemency by Dr. Gerhard Lehmann on behalf of
WladislausDopierala,June25,1948
636. PetitionforreviewbyDr.W.
PaulonbehalfofLudwigDoerr,June19,1948
665. PetitionforreviewbyattorneyofErnstKirschbichler,June10,1948
682. Clemency petition by mayor of Kottmarsdorg on behalf of Kurt
Kirchner,June22,1948
Vol.XX,Part3
701. PetitionforclemencybyDr.Streckonbehalf of FabianRichter,July
9,1948
707. Correspondence of Mrs. Edith Sittig regarding case of Karl
Schoepperle,July12,1948
709. RequestforrevocationofsentencebywifeofEduardErb,July17,1948
733. PetitionforclemencybyReneKorsitzky,June1948
734. PetitionforreviewbyattorneyofChristianWohlrab,July2,1948
736. PetitionforclemencybyattorneyofAlbertZeitraeg,July1,1948
741. RequestforproceduralinformationincaseofLudwigGinters,July23,1948
751. PetitionforclemencybyMichaelHeller,July14,1948
754. RequestfordeathcertificateforKonradLeinberger,aMauthausenvic
tim,July21,1948
760. CorrespondencebyRudolfKansmeyertoformerattorneyregarding
hismistrial,Jan.25,1948
761. PetitionforclemencybywifeofWalterHoehler,Apr.26,1948
Vol.XX,Part4
774. Petition for clemency by Catholic Peoples Office on behalf of Josef
Kisch,July12,1948
104
796. RequestfordeathcertificateofHermannKifferle,aMauthausenvic
tim,Aug.3,1948
797. PetitionforclemencybyAloisHoellriegl,Aug.13,1948
806. PetitionforclemencybywifeofAlbertFitzner,Aug.9,1948
811. RequestforretrialbyattorneyofChristianWohlrab,Aug.11,1948
Box8
Vol.XXI
841. LetterbyuncleonbehalfofReneKorsitzki,July29,1948
855. CorrespondencebyattorneyofHellmuthVetter,Aug.24,1948
Vol.XXI,Part2
878. CopiesofpetitionsforclemencyonbehalfofAlbertZeitraeg,Sept.7,1948
880. CorrespondenceregardingthegravesiteofFredericoChiesa,anItalian
whodiedatMauthausen,Sept.6,1948
910. StatementsonbehalfofWilhelmGrill,194748
917. RequestforinformationonthewhereaboutsofMatrinPoeszus,pos
siblyaMauthauseninmate,Sept.8,1948
919. CorrespondencefromattorneyofWilhelmGrill,Sept.22,1948
Vol.XXI,Part3
948. LetterfromthemayorofHaigerregardingadeathcertificateforErnst
Kring,avictimatMauthausen,Sept.22,1948
954. AppealsforreviewbyattorneyofKurtKirchener,Sept.20,1948
972. RequestforreviewbyattorneyofKarlHorcicka,Oct.15,1948
987. RequestforinformationonMauthauseninmateErwinPaulKonrad,
Oct.8,1948
989. RequestbyDenazificationOffice,Kassel,forinformationonGerhard
GunetherKanthack,Oct.6,1948
Vol.XXI,Part4
993. RequestforreviewbyattorneyofdefendantsinCase0005051,Oct.
19,1948
105
KentzenonbehalfofKarlSchoepperle,Oct.13,1948
1115. StatementsonbehalfofErichSchuettauf,Nov.1948
1125. StatementbyRudolfKansmeyer,June12,1948
Vol.XXII,Part2
1138. PetitionforclemencybyattorneyofAdolfEiermann,Nov.11,1948
1139. StatementsonbehalfofJosefKisch,Nov.9,1948
106
99a. StatementsonbehalfofWilhelmGrill,Feb.1948
Vol.XXIII,Part3
116. PetitionsonbehalfofWilhelmMueller,1946
108
Vol.XXXIV(Itemsnumbered1c64c)
26c. Eyewitness accounts by French inmates of an American air raid
nearMauthausenonApr.25,1945
2732c. CorrespondencefromtheFrenchMinistryofJustice,EnemyWar
CrimesInvestigationBranch,Apr.1946
64c. ReportsonLuxembourgernationalsatMauthausenanditssubcamps
bytheMinistryofJustice,GrandDuchyofLuxembourg,Jan.1946
Box13
Vol.XXV(Itemsnumbered1d205d)
79d. Excerpt from statements by Polish nationals interned at
Mauthausenanditssubcamps,receivedJune1946
Vol.XXVI(Itemsnumbered1e124e)
5e. Petition for clemency by Peter Schneider on behalf of Walter
Hoehler,Aug.9,1946
Vol.XXVII(Itemsnumbered1f84f)
32f. EnglishlanguagecopyofthedeathbedconfessiononFranzZiereis,
May24,1945
Box14
Vol.XLI(Itemsnumbered1k58k)
55k. Report entitledThe Last Mass Murder at Mauthausen by Richard
Dietl,undated,receivedOct.4,1945.Includedisalistofpoliticalpris
onersfromOberdonau(UpperDanube)executedinlateApr.1945
56k. Report entitledBulletActionregardingexecutionof prisoners
of waratMauthausen,unsigned,undated
Box15
Vol.XLVI
432. Statements by French nationals interned at Mauthausen and its
subcamps,194647
110
Box18
Vol.LIX(Itemsnumbered1m98m)
89m. StatementbyFranzPavelaonbehalfof StefanMalleschits,undated
90m. StatementbyJosefKirschonbehalfofStefanMalleschits,Jan.10,1948
91m. Pleaof innocencebyStefanMalleschits,Mar.3,1948
92m. ExoneratingmaterialsubmittedbyHerbertHartung,Jan.20,1948
III.68RecordsRelatingtoPreTrialActivities,19421957
(EntryA12219,boxes14,location:290/59/17/04)
Theserecordsincludechronologicallyarrangedcorrespondence,inves
tigative reports and affidavits regarding war crimes suspects, and the
establishment of procedures for arrests, interrogations, and trials.Also
includedareindividualrequestsfordeathcertificates,inquiriesregard
ingmissingpersons,andCROWCASS(CentralRegistryof WarCriminals
andSecuritySuspects)WantedLists.Contentlistsappearatthebegin
ningof eachfolder.
III.69EnglishSummariesandTranslationsofForeignDocumentsfromthe
InternationalAffairsBranch
(EntryA12220,boxes18,location:290/59/19/01)
Theserecordsconsistof anunarrangedseriesof summariesandtrans
lations of documents received by the International Affairs Branch, Judge
AdvocateDivision,USAREUR,concerninglegalmattersbetweentheUnited
StatesmilitaryandGermanciviliansandcivilcourts.Includedarerequests
forpensionsandcompensationsforinjuriesbyformerLandsburgPrison
inmatesandtheirfamilies.
III.70RecordsRelatingtoExtradition,19451952
(EntryA12221,boxes12,location:290/59/17/06)
Theserecordsincludecorrespondenceandstatisticalreportsonthedeliv
eryfortrialof suspectedwarcriminalstomembersof theUnitedNations.
Arrangedbyyearanddocumentnumberwithacontentlistatthebegin
ningof eachfolder.
111
III.71IndextoWarCrimesCaseFiles
(EntryA12223,36indexcardboxes,location:290/60/19/01)
Thisindexconsistsof analphabeticallyarrangedindexof information
on individuals (suspects, witnesses, and victims) involved in war crimes
investigationsandtrials.Theindexfilesincludedateof birth,occupation,
address,andpresentlocation.
III.72CardIndexestoNamesofWitnessesandDefendantsInvolvedinWar
CrimesCases,1947
(EntryA12224,boxes14,location:290/59/18/06)
This series is an alphabetically arranged index to witnesses and defen
dantsinwarcrimestrials,givinglocationonspecificdates,occupation,age,
andtrialinwhichtheindividualwasinvolved.
III.73ListofNamesandSuspectsinWarCrimesCases,1947
(EntryA12225,box1,location:290/60/20/04)
Thislistincludesalphabeticallyarrangedindexfilecardsonsuspectsand
defendantsinwarcrimescases,givingname,dateofbirth,rank,andoccu
pation.(TheseriesincludesindexfilescoveringsurnamesAthroughSonly.)
III.74LocationandIdentityCardsforWitnesses,19471948
(EntryA12226,box1,location:290/60/20/04)
Thisseriesconsistsofanalphabeticallyarrangedindexfileforwarcrimes
trialwitnessesgivingname,casenumber,requester,locationofwitness,and
dates of approval by tribunal. Files covering surnames AD and HZ are
missing.
III.75CardListofNamesofPrisonersRequestingClemencyand/orParole,
19521957
(EntryA12235,box1,location:290/59/17/1)
Thiscardlistconsistsof analphabeticallyarrangedcardindexprovid
inginformationaboutprisonerspetitioningforclemencyorparoleinclud
ingnameanddatesofpetition,reviews,andrelease.
112
III.76GeneralAdministrativeRecords,19471957
(Also called Organization File, Entry A1 2236, boxes 116, location:
290/59/17/01)
Theserecordsincludedocumentationregardingtheorganizationof the
WarCrimesBranch,theauthorizationandadministrationofwarcrimestri
alsandtheWarCrimesModificationBoard,theclemencyappealsprocess,
andapplicationsforparole.Reportsof LandsburgPrison,statisticaldataon
theDachauTrials,andrecordsof congressionalandotherinquiriesregard
ingspecificcasesandindividualsarealsoincluded.Documentationonlegal
problemsentailedintheparoleandrepatriationof Austriansconvictedin
the Mauthausen proceedings is included in box 13, folder Austrian
Nationals,195455.Afolderlistislocatedinbox1.
III.77RecordsRelatingtoPostTrialActivities,19451957
(EntryA12237,boxes116,location:290/59/17/06)
This series includes records relating to the Interim Mixed Parole and
Clemency(IMPAC)Board(establishedin1953underajointorderof the
UnitedStatesHighCommissionerforGermanyandtheCommanderin
Chief,UnitedStatesArmy,Europe),tomakerecommendationsconcerning
paroleandclemencyof warcriminalsunderU.S.control;recordsrelating
totheWarCrimesModificationBoard,whichreviewedandmaderecom
mendationsconcerningthesentencingof warcriminals;petitionsandoth
ercorrespondenceconcerningclemencyandparoleandtheexecutionofwar
criminals;reportsonallegedmistreatmentof detaineesatDachau;andstaff
studies on parole and summarized activity reports of parole officers.
(Unarranged,withafolderlistavailable)
III.78WarCrimesCaseFiles(CasesTried),19451959
Thisseriesconsistsof trialrecordsandexhibits,petitionsforreviewand
clemency,recordsrelatingtotheimplementationoftrialsentences,andother
recordsrelatingtocasestriedbeforetheU.S.Armycourts.Casesarearranged
byETO(EuropeanTheaterofOperations)casefilenumbers.Mauthausencas
esinvolvingonlyonedefendantarefiledunder000Mauthausen,followedby
113
avolumenumber.Thisseriesincludes21volumesorcasestriedbetween
MarchandMay1947(EntryA12238,boxes278282,location:290/59/05/04).
Themajorityofcasesinvolvingconcentrationcamps,andlaborandprison
campsarefiledunder00050,followedbyacountrycode(inthiscase5for
Austria)andvolumenumber.Eachvolumereferstoaspecifictrial.Cases
relatingtoMauthausenConcentrationCampanditssubcampsarefiledunder
000505 through 00050551 (Entry A1 2238, boxes 334424, location:
290/59/05/04).AnindextotheCases
Triedconsistsof3by5inchindexcards
identifyingindividuals(suspects,witnesses,andvictims)involvedinwarcrimes
investigationsandtrials.Cardsarearrangedalphabeticallybysurnameandpro
videname,birthdate,occupation,address,andpresentlocation.Acomplete
listofdefendants,arrangedbyETOcasenumber,isprovidedinAppendixA,
below.
Warcrimescasefilesgenerallyincluderecordsoftrial(detailforthecourt,
charge sheet, trial transcript, statement of sentence, and prosecution and
defenseexhibits,withEnglishlanguagetranslationswhennecessary),peti
tionsforclemencyandreview,ReviewandRecommendation,WarCrimes
Boardsof Review,andWarCrimesModificationBoardreviewsof individ
ualsentences.Filesonindividualdefendantsincludepetitionsforclemen
cy, review and parole, and in some cases, parolee case files.When a file is
incomplete, the researcher is referred to the nearduplicate copies of
MauthausenCasesTriedinRecordGroup153(seeIII.14above).
ETO Case 000Mauthausen1, U.S. v. Eduard Erb, was tried at Dachau,
Germany, during the period March 25April 2, 1947, before a General
Military Government Court. The defendant, a Waffen SS sergeant, was
accused of participating in the killing of inmates at Mauthausen
Concentration Camp and subcamps Schwechat and St. Valentin. As
approvedbythereviewingauthority,hewassentencedtolifeinprison.
Box278
Folder1
Detailforthecourt,chargesheet,andtrialtranscript,Mar.2528,1947
114
Folder2
Trialtranscript,Mar.31Apr.2,1947,andstatementofsentence
Folder3
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. StatementofLeonFeigenbaum,Jan.17,1947
2. StatementofMotekMajerczyk,Jan.13,1947
Folder4
DefenseExhibits:
13. SketchesofwashroomatSchwechat
Folder5
ReviewandRecommendation,Jan.28,1948
Folder6
WarCrimesBoardofReview,Aug4.1948,withclemencypetitionsand
relatedcorrespondence
Folder7
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofEduardErb,Oct.
4, 1951, a 1954 application and order for parole, and a 1957 order of
remissionofunexecutedsentence
ETOCase000Mauthausen2,U.S. v.Gustav Hermann Adolf Bloy,was
tried at Dachau, Germany, during the period May 1519, 1946, before
a General Military Government Court. The defendant, an SS technical
sergeant,wasaccusedof participatinginthekillingof inmatesatBlock
20,theRussiandeathblock,at MauthausenConcentrationCamp.As
approved by the reviewing authority, Bloy was sentenced to life in
prison.
115
Box278
Folder8
Detailforthecourt,chargesheet,andtrialtranscript,May1519,1947
Folder9
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Accusedidentificationsheetwithphotograph(mugshot)andfin
gerprints
2. Personnelquestionnaire(Fragebogen)forGustavBloy
3. Statementof OttoWisst,Mar.19,1947
45. PhotographsofcampbuildingsatMauthausen(b&w,2by3in.)
6. StatementofFranzDoppelreiter,Mar.27,1947
7. SketchofshoveldrawnbyKanduth
8. StatementofRudolfSaller,Feb.12,1947
Folder10
DefenseExhibit:SketchofsceneatMauthausen
Folder11
Statementofsentence,May20,1947
Folder12
ReviewandRecommendation,Dec.30,1947
Folder13
ClemencypetitionsonbehalfofGustavBloy;orderofreview;execution
ofsentenceform;casereviews,194748;andapplicationsforclemency
andparole,195154,withrelatedcorrespondence
Box279
Folder1
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofGustavBloy;Mar.
116
1,1955,orderofparole;1957orderforremissionofunexecutedsentence;
andrelatedcorrespondence,195960
(Note:Thereisnocasefiledunder000Mauthausen3.)
ETO Case 000Mauthausen4, U.S. v. Arnold Damaschke, was tried at
Dachau,Germany,April22,1947,beforea GeneralMilitaryGovernment
Court.Thedefendant,aWaffenSSmastersergeant,wasaccusedof partici
pating in the execution of inmates at Mauthausen and Gusen I
ConcentrationCamps.Asapprovedbythereviewingauthority,Damaschke
wassentencedtodeath.Byorderof Gen.LuciusClay,March22,1948,the
findings and sentence were disapproved and the defendant released from
confinement.
Box279
Folder2
(Note:Recordsofthiscase,filedinonefolder,areincomplete.Trialexhibits,
statementofsentence,andclemencypetitionsarenotincluded.)
Trial transcripts, Apr. 22, 1947; petitions for review; Review and
Recommendation, Aug. 19, 1947; War Crimes Boards of Review,
Mar.Apr.1948;andorderofreleasesignedbyGeneralClay
ETOCase000Mauthausen5,U.S.v.KurtOtto,wastriedatDachau,Germany,
duringtheperiodMarch1213,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitaryGovernment
Court.Thedefendant,aGermannationalandmemberoftheWaffenSS(rank
not known), was accused of participating in the killing of inmates at Steyr
ConcentrationCamp,asubcampofMauthausen.Asapprovedbythereview
ingauthorities,Ottowassentencedtodeath.
Folder3
(Note:Recordsofthiscase,filedinonefolder,areincomplete.Trialexhibits
andcasereviewsarenotincluded.)
Trialtranscripts,Mar.1213,1947;petitionforreview;andReview
andRecommendation,July10,1947
117
releaseofprisonerform;andrelatedcorrespondence
ETOCase000Mauthausen7,U.S.
v.Rudolf
Brust,was
triedatDachau,Germany,
duringtheperiodApril29May6,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitaryGovernment
Court.Thedefendant,aWaffenSSsergeantmajor,wasaccusedofparticipating
in the killing of inmates at Gusen I Concentration Camp, a subcamp of
Mauthausen.As approved by the reviewing authority, Brust was sentenced to
death.Uponfurtherreviewthesentencedwasreducedtolifeimprisonment.
Folder5
Trialtranscript,Apr.29May6,1947,withstatementofsentence
Folder6
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Accusedidentificationsheetwithphotograph(mugshot)andfingerprints
2. Statementof JohannFolger,Jan.25,1947
3. Statementof HansDick(notreceivedbythecourt)
Folder7
ReviewandRecommendation,Sept.19,1947
118
Folders89
Clemency petitions, petitions for review, and War Crimes Boards of
Review,Nov.1947July1948
Box280
Folders13
Clemencypetitionsof behalf of Rudolf Brust,withrelatedcorrespon
dence,194753;WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecase,June
15,1951;andpetitionsforparoleandpardon,195357
(Note:Therearenocasesfiledunder000Mauthausen8and9.)
ETO Case 000Mauthausen10, U.S. v. Wilhelm Kauffeld, was tried at
Dachau, Germany, during the periodApril 2324, 1947, before a General
Military Government Court. The defendant, a Waffen SS sergeant, was
accusedof participatinginassaultsand,inonecase,thekillingof inmates
atSteyrConcentrationCamp,asubcampof Mauthausen.Asapprovedby
thereviewingauthority,Kauffeldwassentencedto10yearsinprison.
Box280
Folder4
Detailforthecourt;chargesheet;trialtranscript,Apr.2324,1947;and
statementofsentence
Folder5
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Accusedidentificationsheetwithphotograph(mugshot)andfingerprints
2. StatementofWilhelmKauffeld,Mar.24,1947
3. StatementofWilhelmKauffeld,Nov.14,1946
4. StatementofFilipFeder,Mar.24,1947
5. StatementofWeber(missingfromfile)
6. StatementofJosefHirsch,Apr.8,1947
7. StatementofJosefKanciala,Apr.9,1947
8. StatementofFranciszekKramski,Apr.11,1947
119
9. StatementofJakobKernhauser,Mar.24,1947
10. Statementof WilhelmKuhnke,Mar.25,1947
11. Statementof WilhelmKuhnke,Jan.24,1947
Folder6
Reviewandrecommendation,Mar.9,1947
Folder7
Orderof review;executionof sentenceform;andWarCrimesBoardof
Review,Apr.1948,withclemencypetitions
Folder8
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewof thecaseof WilhelmKauffeld,
Mar.30,1951
Folder9
Prisondischargeform,Nov.1951
(Note:thereisnocasefiledunder000Mauthausen11.)
ETO Case 000Mauthausen12, U.S. v. Karl Kania, was tried at Dachau,
Germany, during the period March 31April 1, 1947, before a General
MilitaryGovernmentCourt.Thedefendant,aformermemberof thePolish
Army,wasaninmateandroomorderlyatConcentrationCampGusenII,a
subcampatMauthausen.Hewasaccusedof participatinginthekillingof
other Polish inmates at the camp. Kania, sentenced to life in prison, was
extraditedtoPolandonOctober13,1947,wherehewasretriedbyaPolish
courtandsentencedtoimprisonmentfor15years.
Box281
Folder1
Chargesheet;detailforthecourt;trialtranscript,Mar.31Apr.1,1947;
andstatementof sentence
120
Folder2
ProsecutionExhibit:
1.Statementof KarlKania,Aug.4,1945
DefenseExhibit:
1.Requestforwitnesses,Mar.24,1947
Folder3
ReviewandRecommendation,Dec.29,1953(inwhichtheproceedings
weredeclaredinvalidandthecasedismissed),withrelatedcorrespon
dence
ETOCase000Mauthausen13,U.S. v.KarlAlbrecht,wastriedatDachau,
Germany, during the periodApril 2425, 1947, before a General Military
GovernmentCourt.Thedefendant,amemberoftheWaffenSS,wasaccused
of participatinginthekillingsofPolishinmatesatGusenIIConcentration
Camp,asubcampof Mauthausen.Asapprovedbythereviewingauthori
ty,Albrechtwassentencedtolifeinprison.
Box281
Folder4
Detailforthecourt;chargesheet;trialtranscript,Apr.2425,1947;and
statementofsentence
Folder5
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Accusedidentificationsheetwithphotograph(mugshot)andfin
gerprints
2. InterrogationofKarlAlbrecht(notreceivedinevidence)
DefenseExhibits:
1. DepositionofHansEberle,Apr.16,1947
Folder7
ReviewandRecommendation,Jan.15,1948
121
Folder8
Order of review, execution of sentence form, case summary, andWar
CrimesBoardof Review,1948
Folders911
Petitions for review and clemency; War Crimes Modification Board
review of the case of Karl Albrecht, Mar. 7, 1951; 1952 petition for
clemency;1955applicationforparole,withrelatedcorrespondence;and
1958reportof finalreleaseanddischarge
(Note:Thereisnotcasefiledunder000Mauthausen14.)
ETO Case 000Mauthausen15, U.S. v. Fritz Schallenberg, was tried at
Dachau,Germany,duringtheperiodApril2122,1947,beforeaGeneral
Military Government Court. The defendant, a Waffen SS corporal, was
accusedof participatinginthekillingof aYugoslavinmateof GrosRaming
Concentration Camp, a subcamp of Mauthausen. As approved by the
reviewingauthority,Schallenbergwassentencedto20yearsinprison.
Box281
Folder12
Detailforthecourt;chargesheet;trialtranscript,Apr.2122,1947;and
statementof sentence
Folder13
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Accusedidentificationsheet(WCGForm38)withphotograph(mug
shot)andfingerprints
2. Chartof GrosRaming(missingfromfile)
DefenseExhibits:
1. Certificate of political conduct on behalf of Shallenberg from
Secretaryof Police,BadGodesberg
2. Statementof FritzRifferscheid,Jan.24,1947
3. Statementof CatholicpastorKoch,Jan.21,1947
122
Folder14
ReviewandRecommendation,Jan.6,1948
Folder15
Action File on the Schallenberg case including order of review;
execution of sentence form; clemency petitions; War Crimes
Boards of Review, Jan.May 1948; and documentation submitted
to the War Crimes Modification Board on behalf of Schallenberg,
1950
Box282
Folder1
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofFritzSchallenberg,
Mar.5,1951,withprisondischargecertificate,Jan.1952
ETO Case 000Mauthausen16, U.S. v. Rudolf Lamm, was tried at
Dachau,Germany,duringtheperiodMay2728,1947,beforeaGeneral
Military Government Court. The defendant, aWaffen SS sergeant, was
accused of participating in the killing of inmates at Mauthausen
Concentration Camp and the subcampWienerNeudorf.As approved
bythereviewingauthority,Lammwassentencedtolifeinprison.
Box282
Folder2
Detailforthecourt;chargesheet;trialtranscript,May2728,1947;and
statementof sentence
Folder3
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Accusedidentificationsheetwithphotograph(mugshot)andfin
gerprints
2. Statementof Rudolf Lamm,Nov.29,1946
(Note:Nodefenseexhibitswerefiledinthiscase.)
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Folder4
ReviewandRecommendation,Nov.21,1947
Folder5
Orderof reviewandexecutionof sentenceforms;casereview,Jan.22,
1948
Folder6
War Crimes Modification Board review of the case of Rudolf Lamm,
Mar.26,1951;applicationsforclemencyandparole,195254;1955order
of parole;and1957orderof remissionof sentence
(Note:Therearenocasesfiledunder000Mauthausen17and18.)
ETO Case 000Mauthausen19, U.S. v. Joaquin Espinosa, was tried at
Dachau, Germany, during the period May 912, 1947, before a General
MilitaryGovernmentCourt.Thedefendant,aSpanishinmateandassistant
capoatGusenIandII,subcampsof Mauthausen,wasaccusedof partici
patinginassaultsonotherinmates.Asapprovedbythereviewingauthori
ty,Espinosawassentencedtothreeyearsinprison.
Box282
Folder7
(Recordsofthiscaseareincompleteandfiledinonefolderasfollows:)
Trialtranscript,May912,1947;ReviewandRecommendation,Jan.28,
1948
ETOCase000Mauthausen20,U.S. v.EugenHermannNoky,wastriedat
Dachau,Germany,onApril24,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitaryGovernment
Court.Thedefendant,aWaffenSStechnicalsergeant,wasaccusedof par
ticipating in the killing of inmates at Camp Peggau, an outcamp of
MauthausenConcentrationCamp.Asapprovedbythereviewingauthori
ty,hewassentencedtodeath.
124
Box282
Folder8
(Note:recordsofthiscaseareincompleteandfiledinonefolderasfollows:)
Trial transcript, Apr. 24, 1947; memorandum by the defense on
behalf of Noky,May1,1947;andReviewandRecommendation,Aug.
4,1947.
ETO Case 000Mauthausen21, U.S. v. Hermann Tuntke, was tried at
Dachau,Germany,onMay21,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitaryGovernment
Court.Thedefendant,aWaffenSSsergeant,wasaccusedof participating
in the killing of inmates at Camps Wiener Neudorf and Haidfeld, sub
campsof Mauthausen.Asapprovedbythereviewingauthority,Tuntkewas
sentencedtodeath.
Box282
Folder9
Detailforthecourt;chargesheet;trialtranscript,May21,1947;andstate
mentof sentence
Folder10
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Accusedidentificationsheetwithphotograph(mugshot)andfin
gerprints
2. Statementof HermannTuntke,Sept.16,1946
(Note:Nodefenseexhibitswerefiledinthiscase.)
Folder11
ReviewandRecommendation,July14,1947
Folder12
Orderof review;executionof sentenceform;clemencypetitions;court
summary;andrecommendationsoftheJudgeAdvocate,194748
125
Folder13
Petitionforreview(posthumous)filedbyElizabethTuntke,defendants
wife,1951.
ETO Case 000505, U.S. v. Hans Altfuldisch et al., was tried at Dachau,
Germany, during the period March 29May 13, 1946, before a General
MilitaryGovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcerned61defendantsof several
differentnationalitieswhowereinvolvedintheoperationandadministra
tion of Mauthausen Concentration Camp, Castle Hartheim, and the
Mauthausensubcamps(atorinthevicinityof )Ebensee,GrosRaming,
Gunskirchen, Gusen, Hinterbruehl, Lambach, Linz, Loiblpass, Melk,
Schwechat, St. Georgen, St. Lambrecht, St. Valentin, Steyr, Vienna, and
WienerNeudorf.Triedunderthegeneralchargeof violationsof thelaws
andusagesofwar,thedefendantswerespecificallyaccusedofactinginpur
suanceof acommondesigntosubjectcampinmates,includingunarmed
prisonersof war,tokillings,beatings,torture,starvation,abusesandindig
nities.ThechargewaslimitedtotheperiodofwarbetweentheUnitedStates
and Germany, January 1, 1942, to May 5, 1945. The Commander of the
Mauthausen Camp Complex, Franz Ziereis, was shot and killed when
attempting to avoid capture. August Eigruber, the Nazi State Leader for
UpperAustria,wasthehighestrankingNaziofficialtriedintheseproceed
ings,whichconstitutethemainMauthausencaseorParentMauthausen
Case.Individualdefendantsarelistedbelow:
HansAltfuldischWaffenSSfirstlieutenant,prisoncompoundcommander
StefanBarczayWaffenSSprivatefirstclass,guardatEisenerz,RedlZepf,
Gusen,andLinzIII
KarlBillmann WaffenSScorporal,guardatGusenII
August Blei Waffen SS first lieutenant, guard company commander at
Mauthausen,detailleaderattheViennaDitch
WillyBruenning WaffenSScorporal,guardontransportstoMauthausen
andatGusen
126
Top: TheGeneralMilitaryGovernmentCourtatDachau,Germany,wherewarcrimescasesweretried
from1945to1949.Above: thedefendantsinthevariousETO(EuropeanTheaterof Operations)cas
es.(WarCrimesCasesTried,Box346,RG549)TheextensivecourtrecordsinRG549includetrial
recordsandexhibits,petitionsforreviewandclemency,andrecordsrelatingtotheimplementation
of trialsentences.
Above:AugustEigruber(defendantnumber13)wastheNaziStateLeaderforUpperAustriaandthehigh
estrankingNaziofficialtriedintheETOproceedings.(WarCrimesCasesTried,Box346,RG549)His
case,U.S. v.HansAltfuldischetal.(March29May13,1946),constitutedthemainMauthausencaseor
ParentMauthausenCase.Opposite: Eigruberssignedstatement.(WarCrimesCasesTried,Box345,RG
549)
MichaelCserny WaffenSS,guardatEbensee
Mauthausen
LudwigDoerr WaffenSScorporal,guardandclerkatGusen
OttoDrabek WaffenSSsergeant,quarrymasterinViennaDitch
Willy Eckert Waffen SS sergeant, detail leader, clerk in laundry at
Mauthausen
AugustEigruber honorarylieutenantgeneralintheSSandSA,Gauleiterin
UpperAustria
HansEisenhoferWaffenSSsecondlieutenant,guardtrainingcompanyleader,
chiefofpersonaleffectsroomandcustodianofdentalgold
FriedrichEntress WaffenSS,chiefpostphysicianatMauthausen
RudolfFiegl inmate(criminal),disinfectionandquarrycapoatGusen
128
HeinrichFitshok WaffenSSprivate,guardatMauthausen,Gusen,Wiener
Neudorf,Ebensee
WilyFrey inmate(politicalprisoner)atMauthausen,blockelders,capo,
andfireman
HeinrichGiese WaffenSS,guardandfinanceclerkatGusen
GeorgGoessl inmateatMauthausen,hospitalcapoatHinterbruhel
Werner Grahn Gestapo, chief criminal secretary, chief of Translation
Department
129
PretrialInvestigativeRecords
Box334
Folder1
U.S. Forces Austria (USFA) interrogations of Otto Fritz, Helene
Altfuldisch,PaulaEbert,KarolineEbert,andClemensEbert,Nov.Dec.
1945,regardingthemurderof AmericanandBritishprisonersofwarat
MauthausenonoraboutJan.24,1945
Miscellaneous USFET,War Crimes Branch correspondence regarding
variousinvestigations,Aug.1945Jan.1946
OSS, JAG, and USFA reports of the investigation of the Dawes Case,
JulySept.1945
Signedstatementsbycamppersonnelandinmateswhowitnessedthe
killingof AmericanPOWsandothersatMauthausen.Theseareorigi
nalexhibitsremovedfromtheCohenReport.(ForcopiesoftheCohen
Report,seeIII.32andfolder5,below.)
MauthausenActivityReportNo.2,Oct.1,1941,GermanwithEnglish
translation,describingfoodsupplies,sanitation,andthesegregationof
Russianprisoners
Swornstatementof GerardOppenheimer,U.S.Army,regardingthedis
intermentof GeorgBachmayer,assistantcommandantatMauthausen,
atAltenburg,Austria,onMay23,1945.Bachmayerhadcommittedsui
cideafterkillinghisfamily.
Arrestlistofthe511thCICDetachment,Mauthausen,Austria,June5,1945
Miscellaneous summary worksheets for war crimes suspects at
MauthausenandGusen
132
significantitemsnotfoundinthiscopy:originalcompanylistsofSStroops
assigned to Mauthausen, SteyrMunichholz, LoiblPass, and Linz, dated
JulyAugust1944,andphotographsofexhibits216219(apieceofhose,whips,
andacanisterofZyklonBusedbytheSSatMauthausen.Thesethreephysical
objectsarehousedintheNationalArchivesTreasureVault,NationalArchives
atCollegePark,Maryland.)
1. Appointmentof Maj.EugeneS.CohenasInvestigatorExaminer,War
CrimesBranch
2. Statements of Dr. Hans V. Becker, Edmund Krolkay, and Kohan
Kandrick identifying leading SS personnel at Mauthausen and its
branchcamps
3. Statementof Lt.JackH.Taylor,OSS,regardinghisexperiencesasan
inmateatMauthausen
4. Affidavitsof ErnstMartinandJosef UlbrechtregardingMauthausen
DeathBooksandmethodsof execution,withlistsof SSdoctorsand
othermedicalpersonnelimplicatedinthekillingof inmates
5. Statementof PremsylDobias,aCzechoslovakinmateatMauthausen
6. Statementof OttoSchick,aCzechoslovakinmateatMauthausen
7. Statement of Dura Bernhard regarding the use of dogs at
Mauthausen
8. Statementof JanSzubinski,aninmateatEbensee
9. Statementof AlbertinoMasetti,anItalianinmateatMauthausen
10. Statementof DavidZimet,aPolishJewishinmateatMauthausen
11. Statementof GuidoBracchi,anItalianinmateatMauthausen
12. StatementofRogerPinchon,aFrenchinmateatMauthausen
13. StatementofJosefStyblo,anAustrianinmateatMauthausen
14. StatementofDr.HenriDesoille,aFrenchinmate,regardingmedical
treatmentatGusenI
15. StatementofGorgasPoulos,aGreekinmateatMauthausen
16. StatementofJeanBiondi,aFrenchinmateatEbensee
17. JointstatementoffourFrenchinmatesatSteyr:PierreAmelot,Joseph
Buisson,GeorgePlanet,andHuberMichel
18. StatementofTomasPanek,aCzechoslovakinmateatMauthausen
134
91. EnglishtranslationofasampleactivityreportforMauthausen,
Oct.1941
92. CertificationofaphotographoftheMauthausenstonequarryby
Maj.EugeneCohen
(Photographicexhibits93180)
9395. PhotographsofMauthausenCommandantFranzZiereisandhis
wife(missingfromfile)
138
140. LiningupwagonspriortoloadingwithbodiesatGusen
141. TwoinmatesinabedatGusen
142. InmateatMauthausen
143. DeadingaschamberatMauthausen(missingfromfile)
144. KitchenatMauthausen
145. CommongraveatEbensee
146. LaboratoryatEbensee
147. Corpsewithnationalityengravedonchest(missingfromfile)
148. DiseasedpersonatEbensee(missingfromfile)
149. Ebenseeinmate(missingfromfile)
150. ElectricfenceatEbensee(missingfromfile)
151. Ebenseeboys(missingfromfile)
152. Ebenseeinmate(missingfromfile)
153158. ScenesatEbensee(missingfromfile)
159. InmatesatEbensee
160. PrisonersatEbensee(missingfromfile)
161. BodiesoncartsatEbensee
162. CorpsesinstreetatEbensee(missingfromfile)
163. InmatesatEbensee
164. RemovingsurvivorsatEbensee(missingfromfile)
165. PartofthebarracksareaatEbensee
166. RemovingvictimsatEbensee(missingfromfile)
167. SurvivorsatEbensee(missingfromfile)
168. RemovingbodiesfrombuildingsatEbensee(missingfromfile)
169. CorpsebeatentodeathatEbensee
170. NunwithinmatesatEbensee(missingfromfile)
171. SettingupAmericanhospitalatEbensee
172. LoadingbodiesincartbesideelectricfenceatEbensee
173. VictimsonwaytogravesatEbensee
174. SomeyounginmatesatEbensee
175. ConversingwithsurvivorsatEbensee(missingfromfile)
176. Corpse,beatentodeathatEbensee
177. VictimspiledinstreetatEbensee(missingfromfile)
140
178. LoadingvictimsontotruckatEbensee(missingfromfile)
179. InterrogationofsurvivorsatEbensee
180. DistraughtsurvivoratEbensee
181. Statement of T/3 Gerard Oppenheimer, CounterIntelligence
CorpsagentattachedtotheU.S.11thArmoredDivision,regard
ingtheMay23,1945,disintermentofGeorgBachmayer,assistant
commandantofMauthausenandsubcamps
182185. PhotographsofthedisinterredbodyofGeorgBachmayer(miss
ingfromfile)
186. Statement of Milic Milenko, aYugoslav inmate at Mauthausen
andGusen
187. StatementofLt.RobertC.Galbraith,AC,CIC,certifyingthearrest
ofsuspectedwarcriminalsbythe511thCICDetachment
188. Jointstatementof PetsirilosNissinandLewisJacob, inmates at
Ebensee
189. Statementof FritzGrabowski,aGermancommunist,inmateat
MauthausenandLinz
190. CemeterybuiltbyU.S.ArmyfordeadfoundatEbensee
191. DeadbodybeingburiedinU.S.cemeteryatEbensee
192. CemeterybuiltbyU.S.ArmyfordeadfoundatGusen
193. CemeterybuiltbyU.S.ArmyfordeadfoundatGusen
194. StatementofVictorBorovikov,aRussianinmateatSteyr
195. StatementofZoltanDombrowski,aPolishinmateatSteyr
196. StatementofJuliusLudolph,CampCommanderatMelk
197. Plan of Mauthausen, found in camp records on May 15, 1945
(missingfromfile)
198. PlanofGusen,foundincamprecordsonMay15,1945
199. PlanofcrematoriumusedatMauthausenandGusen(missingfromfile)
200. Statement of Zdzislaw Krolikowski, witness to the execution of
downedflyersnearGusenonJuly25,1944
201. HanddrawnmapdepictingvariousbranchesoftheMauthausen
ConcentrationCampsystem,certifiedbyMaj.EugeneCohen
202. StatementofMarinusSchulp(missingfromfile)
141
142
Box335
Folder1
3rd U.S. Army Reports of Information of Alleged War Crimes,
Aug.Oct. 1945, mainly sworn statements by SS personnel at
Mauthausen and former inmates. Also included is documentation
authenticatingwarcrimesatrocityphotographstakenbytheU.S.Signal
Corps. Other items include a statement regarding the murder at
Mauthausenof operasingerFrederikJelinek,givenbyhisbrother,Karl
AdelbertLiebl,withaphotographof Jelinek;duplicatecopiesof 3rd
U.S.Armyinvestigativereports;miscellaneousprisonerofwarinter
rogationreportsbymilitaryinmatesatMauthausen,Feb.May1945;
and a May 24, 1945, OSS report of hospital conditions and medical
crimesatMauthausenandGusen.
Folder2
3rdU.S.ArmyReportofInvestigationofAllegedWarCrimesatornear
theConcentrationCamp,Ebensee,Austria,Aug.2,1945,signedbyinves
tigatorLt.CharlesB.Deibel.Numberedexhibitsincludetranscribedtes
timony,handwrittenstatementswithEnglishtranslations,andphoto
graphs of the following: Horst Gonnemann (camp kapo), inmates
AndreasCanko,MoricEisikovic,PakalnisRomualdas,AdamRenefort,
Anton Lorentzen, Hans Baumast, and SS Unterscharfuehrer Gustav
Kreindl(amedicatEbensee),HenrykSokol(ahospitalclerk),Dr.Josef
Sora (camp physician at Melk), and SS Hauptsturmbannfuehrer, Dr.
WilliJobst(photographonly).
Folder3
Continued from above: Miscellaneous investigative reports on
Ebensee, including sworn statements of prison guards Lothar
Kobilke and SSOberscharfuehrer Werner Schultz. The latter
includes a handdrawn layout of the execution site of 30 Polish
inmates in Sept.1942.
143
Folder4
3rd U.S. Army, JAG, War Crimes Branch,Report on Investigation of
AllegedWarCrimesatMauthausen,Aug.5,1945,signedbyinvestiga
torMaj.JohnP.Ilsley.Thisistheoriginalreport(albeitincomplete)with
transcribedtestimoniesarrangedbyexhibitnumberasfollows.(Note:
Pindicatesasuspectedperpetrator.Windicatesotherwitness.)
P1 Ament,Jakob
P2 Folger,Johann
P3 Gerhardt,Johann
P4 Glatter,Rudolf
P5 Gottschall,Michel
P6 Gunther,Fritz
P7 Harsagi,Stefan
P8 Hild,Kristof
P9 Oswald,Andreas
P10 Petrina,Karl
W11 Seifman,Abraham(againstP10)
W12 Rakocz,Szlama(againstP10)
P13 Rahm,Fritz
P14 Ritzal,Heinrich
P15 Schadt,Jakob
P16 Stoekel,Johann
P17 Tischler,Paul
W18 Behrmann,Hans(againstP17)
W19 Wisniewski,Hipolit(againstP17)
P20 Trauner,Leopold
P21 Wenzl,Friedrich
P22 Zutter,Adolf
W23 Sanner,Wolfgang(againstP22)
W24 Fabisch,Norbert(againstP22)
P25 Ziereis,Ida
P26 Ziereis,Ida
144
Alsoincludedarethefollowingitems:
Personnel file (original German documents, 194044) for Bernard
JohannesGrimm)
7thArmy,JAG,WarCrimesBranchReportofInformationofAlleged
WarCrimesatGrosRaming,Austria,datedJune21,1945,andsignedby
investigatorLt.MelvinBarkas,includingswornstatementsoftwowitnesses,
PolishnationalSigmundMarcholandtheYugoslavDr.GligerijeManojlovic
OSSreportoncriminalactivitiesof SSUnterscharfhrerRingler
atGrosRaming
A fragmentary account of the capture, shooting, and death of
MauthausenCommandantFranzZiereis,unsigned,undated.(TheDying
DeclarationofFranzZiereis)
Folder5
StatementsbyformerEbenseeinmatesKurtZolud,JacobGoldglass,and
HeinrichFajerman
Affidavit sworn by exchanged French prisoners (early releasees from
Mauthausen)Lt.Col.GuivantedeSaintGastandLt.JeanVeith
ArrestreportsforMauthausenwarcrimessuspects
Summary worksheets identifying accused and victims at Mauthausen
camps
Duplicatecopiesof Mauthauseninvestigativereports
Statement of Nicholas von Kallay, Hungarian Prime Minister, June 3,
1945,regardinghisinternmentatMauthausen
Folder6
U.S.ForcesAustria,JAGWarCrimesBranch,Reportsof Information
145
of AllegedWarCrimescommittedatMauthausenbySSRottenfhrer
ErichMiessner,withpersonalhistorysheet,fingerprintcard,andmug
shots
InterrogationreportonSSOberstrumbahnfhrerOttoHeessregarding
actionsatMauthausenandSteyr
StatementbyKarlWeber,aninmateatMauthausenandLoiblPass
Dossier on Maria Kunick, an SS supervisor at Lenzing Concentration
Camp,includinghandwritten,typed,andtranslatedcopiesof herper
sonaltestimonyandstatementsofeyewitnessesallegingabuse
List of documents belonging to Dr. Karl Gross, pertaining to medical
experimentsonprisonersatMauthausen
Englishlanguage copy of the dying confession of Franz Ziereis,
CommandantofMauthausen
U.S.ForcesAustriareportofinvestigationofSoniaButkiewicz,aPolish
nationalaccusedofbeatingprisonersatMauthausen
Report of Paul Mersch a police agent from Luxembourg interned at
Mauthausen,regardingtheexecutionof AmericanandBritishofficers
inSept.1944
TranscriptoftestimonyofHansDieter,inmate,regardingwarcrimesat
Mauthausen
Box336
Folder1
InterrogationsofwitnessesconductedbyWarCrimesInvestigatingTeam
146
6836regardingpossiblewarcrimescommittedbyOswaldMalyatMelk
ConcentrationCamp
Documents (mainly depositions of Belgian nationals) pertaining to
potentialwarcrimesatMauthausen,submittedbytheBelgianliaisonto
theUnitedNationsWarCrimesCommission(UNWCC)
3rd U.S. Army Screening Center: sworn statements of Foreign
WitnessesJoachimEspinosa,DziuniaButkiewicz,andFranzNiess
Arrestreportandinterrogationof RupertAumayr,kitchensupervisor
atGusenConcentrationCamp
EnglishtranslationofpersonnelfileofSSS.Sgt.OttoDrabek,anemploy
eeofthefirmDEST(GermanEarthandStoneWorks)andquarrymaster
atMauthausensWienerGraben.(Incomplete,missingpages114)
English translation of personnel file of SS Sgt. Johannes Grimm, pro
ductionmanagerattheMauthausenquarry
U.S.ForcesAustriaarrestreportsofRupertAumayr,PeterAsanger,Aldo
Chiarello,AntonBrandstaetter,FranzKreil,AndreasBattermann,and
WaldemarBarner
Extracts from May 1945 interrogations of Mauthausen and Gusen
inmatesbyLt.W.W.Fearnside,includingalistofDutchandAmerican
nationalswhodiedatMauthausen
FrenchnewspaperarticlesaboutMauthausen,JulySept.1945
Depositions of Mauthausen inmates Hermann Schinlauer, Walter
Krueger,andFranzDoppelreiterwhosecretlykeptthebookUnnatural
147
Cases of Death (see Prosecution Exhibit 22, ETO 000505). All were
employedsequentiallyinMauthausensPoliticalDepartment.
Folder2
3rdArmySupplement to Report of Investigations of War Crimes,
Nov.26,1945,including33swornstatementsof suspectsandwitness
estoatrocitiesatMauthausenanditssubcamps,arrangedasnum
beredexhibits
Folder3
Personnel file of Josef Latzel, a master stonemason employed at the
MauthausenstonequarrybyDeutscheErdundSteinwerks.Allareorig
inalGermanlanguagedocuments.
Folder4
Photostaticcopyof Lt.JackH.TaylorsReportonConcentrationCamp
Mauthausen (Note:SeeIII.25abovefortheoriginal.)
Folder5
Summary worksheets for war crimes suspects at the Mauthausen
complex, including name, nationality and rank of accused, source
and place of offense,names of victims (if known),and description
of offenses
Folder6
JudgeAdvocateGeneral(JAG)generalcorrespondencefile,19451950,
includingcorrespondence,reportsandnewspaperclippingspertaining
toMauthausen,requestsforprisonertransfers,andposttrialrequests
for stays of execution, and for information on individual defendants.
Amongthenotableitemsarethefollowing:
ReportbyDr.LudwigSoswinski,aleadingAustriancommunistsurvivor
of Dachau,Auschwitz,andMauthausen,datedMay1945
148
Box339
TrialTranscripts,Vols.VIIX,Apr.22May4,1946
Box340
TrialTranscripts,Vols.XIXII,May613,1946
Box341
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. JAGWarCrimesBranchLetter,Mar.5,1945,citingnationswithan
interestinthecaseandrulesof procedure
2. Photograph: leather identification bracelet with number 138070
issuedtoLt.Comdr.JackH.TayloratMauthausen
3. Photograph:ovensoftheMauthausencrematoriumasofApr.1945
4. Photograph:corpseintheMauthausengaschamber
5. Photograph:southsideofthejailbuildingatMauthausen,housing
thegaschamber
6. Missing
7. Photograph:viewofMauthausenlookingfromBlock10showingthe
electricfence
8. Photograph:viewof electricfencealongnorthsideof Mauthausen
showingdeadwhohadgrabbedelectricwirestocommitsuicide
9. Withdrawn
10. Withdrawn
11. Photograph:lonemanelectrocutedonwirefenceatMauthausen
12. Photograph: shoulder insignia of a U.S. Naval Officer found in
CommandantsdeskatMauthausen
13. Missing: photostatic copy of a ledger markedExecutions, KLM
recordingexecutionsatMauthausen,194045(Note:Theoriginalis
filedasPS497intheIMTEvidenceFiles.SeeIII.34above.)
14. Photostatic copy of Mauthausen death books, Mar. 27, 1942Mar.
12,1945,5folders.(Note:TheoriginalvolumesarefiledasUSAExhibit
251intheIMTEvidenceFiles;seeIII:32above.)
150
Box342
15. Mauthausenhospitaloperationregister,Aug.1940Feb.12,1945,giv
ing inmate/patient number and name, date, type and outcome of
operation,andpresidingphysician.(Note:Thisisanoriginal,hand
writtenvolume.)
16. Photostaticcopyof Mauthausendeathbook,Mar.18Apr.22,1945;
continuationof No.14,above
17. Photostaticcopyof Mauthausendeathbook,Apr.2229,1945;con
tinuationof No.16,above
18. Photostatic copy of Mauthausen death book, Nov. 8, 1943Jan. 3,
1945,continuationof No.17,above
Box343
19. Photostaticcopyof deathledgerof SovietRussianprisonersof war
whodiedatMauthausenandGusen,Oct.1941Mar.1945(Note:The
originalisfiledasUSAExhibit250intheIMTEvidenceFiles;seeIII.32
above.)
20. Photostaticcopyof Mauthausendeathbook,Jan.3Mar.18,1945,
continuationof No.18,above
21. Photostaticcopyof Mauthausendeathbook,Aug.10,1941Mar.26,
1942,continuationof No.20,above
22. DeathledgerkeptbyMauthausensPoliticalDepartmentrecording
unnaturaldeaths,Oct.2,1942Apr.6,1945,includinginmatenum
berandname,dateandcauseof death,nameof theguardinvolved,
anddateareportof theincidentwassenttotheSSPoliceCourtin
Vienna(Note:Thisisanoriginalcamprecord.Seebox336,folder1,
fordepositionsofthethreeMauthauseninmateswhosecretlykeptthe
ledger.)
Box343A
23. Death book of Gusen Concentration Camp, Jan. 1, 1940Feb. 26,
1942,givinginmatenumberandname;dateandplaceof birth;and
date,time,andcauseof death.(Note:Thisisanoriginal,handwritten
151
record.Asmarked,thefourvolumeswereoriginallyfiledasPS494in
theIMTEvidenceFiles.SeeIII.34above.)
Box344
24. Continuedfromabove.DeathbookofGusen,Feb.27,1942Feb.20,1943
25. Continuedfromabove.DeathbookofGusen,Feb.21,1943Dec.2,1944
26. Continuedfromabove.DeathbookofGusen,Dec.2,1944Apr.24,1945
Box345
Folder1
2733. U.S.SignalCorpsphotographsof liberatedinmatesandcorpsesat
Mauthausenatthetimeof liberation,May6,1945(7photographs,
b&w,8by10in.)
Folder2
34. Chart showing the administrative system at Mauthausen, hand
drawnbyHansMarshalek,aMauthausensurvivorandwitnessfor
theprosecution
35. Listof English,Dutch,andAmericanprisonersof war(downedfly
ers)executedatMauthauseninSept.1944
36. OriginalGermanlanguagemonthlyreportsentfromMauthausen
to Berlin on Jan. 31, 1944, signed by defendantAltfuldisch, giving
populationstatisticsatMauthausenbytypeof prisoner
37. Germanlanguageorderforthedestructionof criminalevidenceat
HartheimCastle,fromtheconstructionorganizationof theWaffen
SS to Franz Ziereis, Commandant at Mauthausen, dated Dec. 30,
1944(Note:Thisisatypedcopyoftheoriginalmadebyprosecution
witnessHansMarshalek.)
38. InsertmarkedDeathBook,withexhibitmissing
3953. Photographs of subcamp Melk taken by Kurt Zalud, a former
inmateandwitnessfortheprosecution,showingworkdetails,the
crematory,campinmates,thedyingandcorpsesatthecamphospi
152
tal,andasceneof thecampsevacuation(15photographs,b&w,2
by3in.)
54. MapshowingthelayoutofMauthausenConcentrationCampasitappeared
from1942toApril
1945(Note:Duringthecourtproceedings,prosecutionwit
nessEdmundKulkaannotatedthemapasfollows:AD,boundaries
ofthestone
quarryWienerGraben;E,Block20,alsooutlinedinredpencil;F,theexe
cutionground;G,theridingarena;H,Block19:I,thedisinfectingblock:J,the
gatetoMauthausen;K,the
pathaprisonerwouldtakefromthegateofthecom
poundtothebottomoftheWienerGraben:
L,thecarpentersshop;M,theelec
tricalshop;N,thegardensiteofexecutions;P,foodmagazineandcanteen.The
mapishanddrawninblackinkononionskinparchment,27by34in.)
55. PhotographoftheWienerGrabenandworkbuildings(b&w,2by3in.)
56. PhotographofstairsleadingdowntotheWienerGraben(b&w,2by3in.)
57. PhotographoftheWienerGrabenviewedfromthesteps(b&w,2by3in.)
58. Photograph of the entrance into the prison compound. (Note:
Missingfromfile.)
59. Photographof Mauthausenssickcamp(b&w,2by3in.)
60. AwhipwithleatherstrapsusedtobeatMauthauseninmates.(Note:
Theoriginalitemisreplacedbyaphotograph,b&w,8by10in.)
61. Photographof theMauthausengaschamber(b&w,3by5in.)
62. Photographof cornerwhereexecutionsbyneckshotswereadmin
istered(b&w,3by5in.)
63. Photograph showing iron rod where prisoners were hung at
Mauthausen(b&w,3by5in.)
(Note:Exhibits6473areblackandwhitephotographsofvarying
sizesshowingBritishandAmericanPOWsexecutedatMauthausenin
Jan.1945,withrelatedartifacts,asfollows:)
64. Photographof Lt.JamesH.Gaul,U.S.Navy(4by5in.)
65. Photographof NelsonBernardParis,U.S.Navy(3by5in.)
66. Photographof BritishMajorSehmer(2by3in.)
67. PhotographofjournalistJoeMorton(magazineclipping,2by3in.)
68. PhotographofLt.JamesHoltGreen,U.S.Navy(3by4in.)
153
69. PhotographofCapt.EdwardV.Baranski(servicenotgiven,2by4in.)
70. Photographof AmericancivilianDanielPavletich(3by4in.)
71. Identificationtag(dogtag)ofNelsonBernardParis(Note:Original
itemisreplacedbyaphotograph,8by10in.)
72. Photographof Lt.FrancisPerry(servicenotgiven,3by5in.)
73. Photographof S.Sgt.JosephJ.Horvath(servicenotgiven,2by4in.)
74. U.S.ArmyAirCorpsringtakenfromanAmericanflyerexecutedat
MauthauseninApr.1945(Note:Theoriginalitemisreplacedbyapho
tograph,7by9in.)
Folder3
(Exhibits75137areswornstatements,withEnglishtranslationsmarkedA,
forthefollowingMauthausendefendants:)
75. HansAltfuldisch,Feb.9,1946
76. HansAltfuldisch,Feb.19,1946
77. Josef Riegler,Feb.9,1946
78. ErichMiessner,Jan.30,1946
79. EdwardKrebsbach,Feb.16,1946
80. Josef Niedermayer,Feb.6,1946
81. Josef Niedermayer,Feb.21,1946
82. Josef Niedermayer,Feb.12,1946
83. FriedrichKarlHermanEntress,Jan.29,1946
84. VinzenzNohel,Feb.9,1946
85. OttoDrabek,Feb.5and11,1946
86. Josef Leeb,Feb.10,1946(translationmissing)
87. JuliusLudolf,Feb.20,1946
88. OttoStriegel,Feb.11,1946
89. WilhelmMller,Feb.9,1946
90. EmilMller,Feb.16,1946
91. AugustBlei,Feb.15,1946
92. HeinrichEisenhfer,Feb.15,1946
93. WilliEckert,Feb.14,1946
94. Rudolf Mynzak,Feb.15,1946
154
95. JohannesBernardGrimm,Feb.15,1946
96. Adolf Zutter,Feb.8,1946
97. KarlStruller,Feb.11,1946 (firstpageofGermanoriginalmissing)
98. KarlStruller,Feb.10,1946
99. HansHegenscheidt,Feb.15,1946
100. RobertHansDiehl,Feb.14,1946
101. AndreasTrum,Feb.9,1946
102. AndreasTrum,Feb.8,9,and12,1946
103. AndreasTrum,Feb.9,1946
104. ErichWasicky,Feb.11,1946
105. LeopoldTrauner,Jan.30,1946(photographofTraunerincluded)
106. AntonKaufmann,Feb.10,1946
107. Rudolf Fiegl,Feb.9,1946
108. WillyBruning,Feb.16,1946
109. HansHuber,Feb.9,1946
110. Photostaticcopyof statementof GeorgGoessl,Feb.15,1946
Folder4
111. GustavFranzKreindl,Feb.20,1946
112. WillyJobst,Feb.201946
113. HeinrichHger,Jan.29,1946
114. PaulKaiser,Feb.17,1946
115. KarlBillmann,Feb.18,1946
116. KurtKeilwitz,Feb.18,1946
117. FerdinandLappert,Feb.18,1946
118. TheophilPriebel,Feb.18,1946
119. Wolter(missingfromfile)
120. ThomasSigmund,Feb.18,1946
121. LudwigDorr,Feb.18,1946
122. StephanBarczay,Feb.18,1946
123. WilhelmMaack,Feb.18,1946
124. FranzKautny,Feb.18,1946
125. PaulGuetzlaff,Feb.18,1946
155
126. MichaelCserny,Feb.18,1946
127. KasparKlimowitsch,Feb.18,1946
128. JosefMayer,Feb.18,1946
129. VictorKorger,Feb.18,1946
130. HerbertGrzybowski,Feb.18,1946
131. HeinrichFitschok,Feb.18,1946
132. Adolf Rutka,Feb.18,1946
133. WilliFrey,Feb.16,1946
134. HeinrichGiese,Feb.18,1946
135. WalterHohler,Feb.14,1946
136. WilhelmHenkel,Feb.15,1946
137. ViktorZoller,Mar.1,1946
138. LettersignedbyEigruber(missingfromfile,replacedbyidentitycard
ofWernerGrahnoftheHamburgstatepolice)
139. Letter fromAugust Eigruber, Gauleiter of Oberdonau, to district
governmentandcityofficialsregardingtheuseof correctioncamps
for people unwilling to work at Traunkirchen, May 31, 1940
(Germanlanguageoriginal)
140. AstatisticalreportoninmatesatMauthausenanditssubcamps
preparedbyDr.WaldemarWolter,postphysicianatMauthausen,
Mar.27,1945(Germanlanguageoriginal)
141. Photographof anoxtailwhipusedtobeatprisonersatMauthausen
142. Personal questionnaire (Fragebogen) of defendant Johannes
Grimm,filedwiththeReichLeaderof theSS,Aug.5,1940(German
languageoriginal)
143. Handwrittenletterof JohannesGrimmregardinghisservicewith
theWaffenSS,Nov.21,1942(Germanlanguageoriginal)
144. Letter from theWork Office in St. Georgen to Johannes Grimm,
Oct.4,1944(Germanlanguageoriginal).
145. CertificatefromtheDeutscheErd und Steinwerke (DEST) con
firming the services of Johannes Grimm asworks manager, in
chargeof prisonerworkdistributionatBergkristall,Aug.30,1944
(Germanlanguageoriginal)
156
8. FourteenCzechoslovakintellectualskilledatMauthausen,1942
9. SiteofmassescapeattemptbyRussianprisonersfromBlock20,Feb.
2,1945
10. SiteofmassescapeattemptbyRussianprisonersfromBlock29,Feb.
2,1945
12. EntryGatetoMauthausen,1942
13. SpanishprisonersatforcedlaboratMauthausen,1942
14. Estimated180corpsesintheRussiancampatMauthausen,May5,1945
15. SiteofRussianmassescapeattemptfromBlock20,Feb.2,1945
17. ViewofGusenConcentrationCamp,1942
18. SpanishrepublicansatworkatMauthausen,1942
19. JewishinmatehangedinBlock5atMauthausen,1942
21. YugoslavPartisanafterinterrogationbythePoliticalDepartment
atMauthausen,1943
22. JewdeadinthesnowatMauthausen,1943
23. ThirtyRussianofficersatMauthausen,1942
24. EntrancetoLager3atMauthausen,showingcorpses,1945
25. GallowsatGusenConcentrationCamp,1945
27. RussianJewexecutedintheRussianBlock,1942
28. ThreeDutchJewskilledinthesportsfieldatMauthausen,1942
29. AustrianantifascistelectrocutedonthefenceatMauthausen,1943
30. RussianmajorelectrocutedonthefenceatMauthausen,1942
31. RussianofficersintheprisonerofwarbarracksatMauthausen,1942
32. FourteenelectrocutedMauthausenprisoners,1942
33. TwoCzechoslovakinmateskilledattheWienerGraben,1942
34. TwoCzechoslovakinmateskilledattheWienerGraben,1942
35. ThreeDutchJewskilledattheWienerGraben,1942
154. Statement by Anton Vescatori, a former prisoner, describing the
forcedmarchfromViennaMdlingtoMauthausenonMay1,1945
Box346
DefenseExhibits(Note:Germanlanguagedocumentsareaccompaniedbyan
EnglishtranslationmarkedwiththeexhibitnumberfollowedbytheletterA.)
158
Folder1
12. DiagramsofcampdepartmentsatGusenII(Missingfromfile.Cover
sheetsrefertoDefenseExhibit11,below.)
3. AnorganizationalchartoftheOfficeoftheReichLeaderoftheSS
andChief of GermanPoliceshowingthechainof commanddown
toMauthausenCommandantFranzZiereisandtheSSEconomic
Administration, including the Deutsche Erd und Steinwerke
(DEST) (Note:HanddrawnwithGermanannotationsbydefendant
ViktorZoller)
4. Statementof LeopoldMayer,aformerMauthauseninmate,regard
inghisfavorableimpressionof defendantAdolf Zutter,swornApr.
13,1946(Germanlanguageoriginal)
5. Chartof thelayoutof CampGusenII,handdrawnandannotated
by witness for the defense Heinrich Fitschok, an SS guard at
Mauthausenandseveralsubcamps(12by18in.)
6. Photostaticcopyof theSSpaybook(Soldbuch)of defendantPaul
Gtzlaff,withoneoriginalpage
7. SSpaybookofRichardMessner,witness
forthedefense(missingfromfile)
8. SSpaybookofWilhelmSchleth,witness
forthedefense(missingfromfile)
9. SSpaybookofGeorgKirsten,witnessforthedefense(missingfromfile)
10. CertificateissuedtoWilhelmReinikeindicatinglossof hisSSpay
book,May14,1945(Germanlanguageoriginal)
11. PlanofCampGusenIIhandannotatedbydefendantLudwigDoerr
to show the route from the prisoner camp to the airraid shelter
(photostaticcopyofDefenseExhibit5,above)
12. Medical certificate of Ludwig Doerr, Feb. 25, 1943 (Germanlan
guageoriginal)
13. Missingfromfile;citedasprosecutionexhibit124,above
14. ChartdrawnbydefendantFranzKautnyshowinglocationof peo
pleandbuildingsatSteyrCampinJune1943onthedayaprison
erwasshot
15. Mapof CampGusenIshowingthedisinfectingchamberandpris
onersbatharea,handdrawnbydefendantRudolfFiegl
159
34. StatementofQuirinFlaucher,formerMauthauseninmate,onbehalfof
defendantDr.Waldemar
Wolter,May7,1946(Germanlanguageoriginal)
35. StatementofDr.OttoPeltzer,formerMauthauseninmate,onbehalf
of defendantDr.WaldemarWolter,May7,1946(Germanlanguage
original)
36. StatementofHeinrichMoseronbehalfofdefendantPaulKaiser,May
9,1946 (Germanlanguageoriginal)
37. EnglishtranslationofpaybookofdefendantHeinrichGiese
Folders23
Receiptsformedicalandpharmaceuticalproducts(seedefenseexhibits
1720,above.)
Folder4
PhotographsoftheMauthausenTrial(66photographs,b&w,7by9in.)
asfollows:
1. Lt.Gen.Truscott
2. ProsecutioncounselCapt.MyronN.Lane
3. ChiefdefensecounselLt.Col.RobertW.Wilsonwithwitness
4. WitnessbeingsworninbyLt.Col.Wilson
5. DefendantVinzenzNohelreadshisstatement
6. Defensecounselshowingapictureofthestonequarrytodefendant
LeopoldTrauner
7. Witness,interpreter,andchiefdefensecounselLt.Col.Wilson
8. ChiefprosecutorLt.Col.WilliamD.Denson
9. DefendantAugustEigruberonthestandinhisowndefense
10. Groupphotographofmembersofthecourt
11. Lt. Col. Denson showing a map of Mauthausen to defendant
August Blei
12. ChiefprosecutorDensonofferingadeathbook(prosecutionexhib
it22)todefensewitnessEmilEuler
13. Prosecution witness Prof. Buschek identifying the accused Dr.
WaldemarWolter
161
39. AccusedVictorZollerreadingthedeathbook,prosecutionexhibit22
40. AccusedVictorZollerexplainingthemapofMauthausenCamp
41. Members of the court Maj. Gen. Prickett and defense counsel
AlexanderWolf
42. AccusedHansEisenhfer,Dr.WalterHhler,andFranzHuber
43. PresidentofthecourtMaj.Gen.PrickettwithchiefprosecutorLt.
Col.Denson
44. ProsecutionwitnessPoprawkareadingthedeathbook,prosecution
exhibit22
45. DefensecounselLt.CharlesB.Deibelofferingprosecutionexhibit
22toadefensewitness
46. ProsecutionwitnessFrancoisBoixbeingcrossexaminedbydefense
counselLt.MacMahon
47. AccusedHeinrichHgerreadinghisstatement
48. TableofthedefenseshowingAlexanderWolf,Lt.MacMahon,Maj.
ErnstOding,andDavidP.Hervey
49. ChiefprosecutorDensonanddefensecounselMacMahonconferring
50. AssistantprosecutionCapt.MyronN.Lane
51. ChiefprosecutorDensonconferringwithmembersofthecourt
52. AccusedStefanBarczaybeingsentencedtodeath
53. Groupphotographoftheaccused
54. AccusedHansSpatzeneggerbeingsentencedtodeath
55. AccusedVictorZollerbeingsentencedtodeath
56. AccusedKurtKeilwitzbeingsentencedtodeath
57. AccusedDr.WillyJobstbeingsentencedtodeath
58. (Photographmissingfromfile)
59. DefendantsinMauthausentrialwithdefensecounsel
60. AccusedAugustEigruberbeingsentencedtodeath
61. AccusedAugustBleibeingsentencedtodeath
62. AccusedWilhelmHenkelbeingsentencedtodeath
63. AccusedHeinrichHgerbeingsentencedtodeath
64. AccusedHansAltfuldischbeingsentencedtodeath
65. ChiefprosecutorLt.Col.WilliamD.Denson
163
66. Members of the court Col. Garnett H. Wilson, Maj. Gen. Fay B.
Prickett,andCol.A.H.Rosenfeld
Box347
Folder1
Trialsummarywithswornstatementsof theaccused
Folder2
CaseReview,Feb.25,1947
Folder3
Casereview(duplicateof above)withsummaryandrecommendations,
Apr.17,1947
Folder4
Miscellaneouspaperworkregardingcaserecommendations,withdupli
catecopiesof thecasereviewandrecommendations;individualorders
ofreviewarrangedalphabeticallybydefendant;andphotostaticcopyof
areportonlifeatMauthausenbyanunnamedformerFrenchinmate
Box348
Folder1
CorrespondenceregardingdefendantDr.ErichWasicki:individualorder
of reviewandexecutionof sentencesheets,arrangedalphabeticallyby
nameofdefendant
Folder2
Duplicatecopyofcasereview
Folder3
Duplicatecopiesofcasereview,ordersofreview,andexecutionofsen
tenceforms
164
Box349
ClemencyPetitionFiles,arrangedalphabeticallybydefendantasfollows:
HansAltfuldisch
StefanBarczy
KarlBillmann
AugustBlei
WillyBruenning
MichaelCserny
HansDiehl(2folders)
Box350
ClemencyPetitionFiles,continued.
LugwigDoerr(3folders)
Box351
ClemencyPetitionFiles,continued.
OttoDrabek
AugustEigruber
HeinrichEisenhoefer(folderempty)
FriedrichEntress
Rudolf Fiegl(folderempty)
HeinrichFitschok
WillyFrey
HeinrichGiese
GeorgGoessl
WernerGrahn
JohannesGrimm
HerbertGrzybowski
PaulGuetzlaff
Box352
ClemencyPetitionFiles,continued.
HeinrichHaeger
165
HansHegenscheidt
WilhelmHenkel
WalterHoehler(3folders)
Box353
ClemencyPetitionFiles,continued.
WalterHoehler(2folders,secondisempty)
FranzHuber
WillyJobst
PaulKaiser
AntonKaufmann(folderempty)
FranzKautny
KurtKeilwitz
KasparKlimowitsch
ViktorKorger
EduardKrebsbach
GustavKreindl
Box354
ClemencyPetitionFiles,continued.
FerdinandLappert
JosefLeeb
JuliusLudolf
WilhelmMack
JosefMayer
ErichMeissner
EmilMueller
WilhelmMueller
RudolfMynzak
JosefNiedermayer
VinzenzNohel
HermannPribyll
TheophilPriebel(folderempty)
166
JosefRiegler(folderempty)
AdolfRutka
Box355
ClemencyPetitionFiles,continued.
ThomasSigmund
HansSpatzenegger
OttoStriegel
KarlStruller
LeopoldTrauner
AndreasTrum
ErichWasicky
WaldemarWolter
ViktorZoller
AdolfZutter
(Note:thelast2foldersinthisboxincludephotostaticduplicatecopiesof
miscellaneousclemencypetitions.)
Box356
Folder1
Photostaticduplicatecopiesof miscellaneousclemencypetitions
Folder2
Reportsof executionof sentences,andindividualexecutionof sentence
forms,withwitnesscertificatesandstatementsof lastwords,arranged
alphabeticallybyexecutee,AG
Folder3
Continued,GL
Folder4
Continued,LZ
167
Box357
Folder1
Apr.30,1947,statementbyGen.LuciusD.Clay,CommanderinChief,
EuropeanCommand,approvingsentencesof Mauthausendefendants,
with a list of defendants given life imprisonment; report entitled
MauthausenConcentrationCampSubsequentProceeding:TrialData
fromParentCase,Oct.2,1947
Folder2
ActionsoftheWarCrimesModificationBoard
Individualcasereviewsfordefendantsgivenprisonsentences,195051,
arrangedalphabeticallybyname
Folder3
WarCrimesBranchcorrespondenceregardingtheMauthausenproceed
ingsandindividualdefendants,194651.ItemmarkedTabAincludes
a1948petitionforclemencyfiledbyWalterHoehler,withsupporting
documents,andaWarCrimesBoardofReviewrejection.
Folder4
Correspondence between the Judge Advocate, U.S. Army Europe
(USAREUR)andGermancourtsregardingWarCrimesCase000505,
Sept.1958Oct.1960.
ETOCase0005051,U.S.v.Hans
Bergerhoff etal., wastriedatDachau,Germany,
duringtheperiodJune1623,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitaryGovernmentCourt.
Thecaseconcerned12defendantsaccusedofparticipatingintheoperationsof
MauthausenConcentrationCampanditssubcampsandthereby,ontheprinci
pleofcommondesign,implicatedinmassatrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.
HansBergerhoffWaffenSSsergeant,guardatMauthausenandLinzIII
RichardDudzinskiWaffenSSsergeant,guardsupervisoratMauthausen
andLinzIII
168
FriedrichFelschWaffenSSprivate,guardatMauthausenandLinzIII
OttmarFinkWaffenSSsergeant,guard,detailleader,Mauthausenand
LinzIandIII
MaxGeyer(acquitted)
OttoLeibauersergeant,WaffenSS,blockleaderandguardatLinzIII
andMauthausen
Erwin Hermann Nesslprivate, Waffen SS, guard and guard escort,
MauthausenandLinzIII
AlfredRichtercorporal,WaffenSS,guardatLinzIII
JosefSpielhofersergeant,WaffenSS,guardatMauthausen,blockleader
atGrosRaming
Karl Schoepperle first lieutenant,Waffen SS, commandant of Gros
RamingandLinzIII
KarlStreng,sergeant WaffenSS,kitchenchiefatMauthausenandLinzIII
OttoZink,sergeantWaffenSS,guard,blockleader,andcanteenman
ageratMauthausenandLinzIII
Asapprovedbythereviewingauthority,findingsofguiltyweresetasideinthecase
ofRichterforreasonsofinsanity.Spielhofer
wassentencedto2yearsinprison,Nessl
to3years,Zinkto4years,Dudzinskito9years,BergerhoffandKinkto10years,
andFelschandLiebauerto20years.Schoepperle
andStrengweresentencedtodeath.
Box358
Folder1
ChargeSheet,detailforthecourt,trialtranscript,June16,1947
Folder2
Trialtranscript,June2023,1947
Folder3
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints
169
2. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
3. Personalquestionnaires(Fragebogen)fortheaccused
4. StatementofdefendantErwinNessl,Mar.18,1947
5. StatementofJohannesGoehring,Mar.24,1947
6. StatementofdefendantMaxGeyer,Feb.24,1947
7. StatementofDr.JosePla,Feb.5,1947
8. StatementofDavidSchwarzbaum,Apr.4,1947
9. StatementofMilanNorkovic,Apr.11,1947
10. StatementofJosefBauer,May14,1947
11. StatementofHenrykSplewinski,Jan.24,1947
Folder4
DefenseExhibits:
1. CertificatesignedbyEmilHausermann,aMauthauseninmate,on
behalfofdefendantFink
23. TwolettersfromFrbereiWagner(adyeworks)onbehalfofdefen
dantDudzinski
4. LetterfromMitzlHerzenauer,FirmEngler,onbehalfofdefendantZink
5. FragmentofapamphletentitledLeichenTrgerAnstor:Berichtaus
fnf Jahren Konzentrationsslager by defense witness Manfred
SchifkoPungartnik,anAustrianinmateatMauthausen,presented
onbehalfofdefendantStreng
6. Letter of Rudolf Teply, a former Mauthausen inmate, on behalf of
defendantStreng,Feb.8,1947
7. LetterofRudolf Meixner,formerMauthauseninmate,onbehalf of
defendantStreng,Apr.22,1947
8. LetterofMikolaandJeanLongue,formerMauthauseninmates,on
behalfofdefendantStreng,Feb.22,1947
9. PsychiatricreportondefendantAlfredRichter,HeadquartersPost
Hospital,WarCrimesEnclosure,Dachau,June21,1947
10. StatementofHansGeorgWinter,aneighbor,onbehalfofdefendant
Bergerhoff,June12,1947
170
171
Folder5
Officialandprivatecorrespondence(194850)regardingCase0005051;
petitionsforreviewofsentence,andsupplementaryclemencypetitionswith
posttrialswornstatementsofdefendantsLeibauer,SchoepperleandStreng;
andReportofWarCrimesReviewBoardNo.1,Aug.18,1948
Folder6
Officialandprivatecorrespondence(194953)regardingCase00050
51,petitionsforreviewofsentences,andsupplementaryclemencypeti
tionswithposttrialswornstatementsofdefendants
Folder7
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofBergerhoff,1951
Folder8
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofDudzinski,1951
Box360
Folder1
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofFelsch,1953
Folder2
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofFink,1951
Folder3
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewsofthecaseofLeibauer,195155
ETOCase0005052,U.S. v.ErnstWalterDura etal., wastriedatDachau,
Germany, during the period June 923, 1947, before a General Military
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcernedninedefendantsaccusedofpartic
ipatingintheoperationsofMauthausenConcentrationCampanditssub
campsandthereby,ontheprincipleofcommondesign,implicatedinmass
atrocities and other war crimes.All of the accused, listed below, served at
172
thesubcampatWienerNeudorf.(Note:Thiscaseisreproducedonthetwo
rollsofNARAMicrofilmPublicationM1100.SeeVII.5below.)
ErnstWalterDura(acquitted)
AloisHollrieglWaffenSSsergeant,guard,anddeputyblockleaderat
MauthausenandWienerNeudorf
AlfredKrausz(neitherservednortried)
Johann Kroner laborer, guard, detail leader at WienerNeudorf, also
serviceatGusenandEbensee
AlfredKuhnertWaffenSSsergeant,guardatGusen,WienerNeudorf,
andEbensee
FritzNieschkeWaffenSSmastersergeant,dogleaderatWienerNeudorf
andGusen
Otto Schrader Waffen SS master sergeant, detail leader, and guard at
WienerNeudorf
KurtEmilSchmutzlerWaffenSScaptain,CampCommanderatWiener
Neudorf
Ludwig Stier captain in Wehrmacht, commander of guard troops at
WienerNeudorf
Asapprovedbythereviewingauthority,Schraderwasgivenaprisonsen
tenceof 2years,7months;Kuhnert,3years;andKronerandNitschke,20
years.Hollriegl,Schmutzler,andStierweresentencedtodeath.
Box360
Folder4
Trialtranscript,June912,1947
Folder5
TrialTranscript,June1317,1947
Folder6
Trialtranscript,June1823,1947,andstatementofsentences
173
Box361
Folder1
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. AG:Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)
andfingerprints
2. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
39. Personalquestionnaires(Fragebogen)fordefendants
10. StatementofKurtSchmutzler,July18,1946
11. StatementofFritzNitschke,Apr.24,1947
12. StatementofLudwigStier,May6,1947
13. StatementofwitnessinabsentiaHerbertWuertz,May14,1947
14. StatementofFritzNitschke,Nov.29,1946
15. StatementofAloisHllriegel,Sept.27,1945
16. StatementofOttoSchrader,Dec.10,1946
17. StatementofOttoSchrader,May16,1947
18. StatementofHenrykNagengast,Mar.19,1947
19. Statementofwitness(inabsentia)MarianGrzyb,Apr.3,1947
20. Statementofwitness(inabsentia)RobertWoelfel,May15,1947
21. Statementofwitness(inabsentia)HermannSpanger,Mar.7,1947
22. Statementofwitness(inabsentia)HermannSpanger,Mar.7,1947
23. Statementofwitness(inabsentia)RogerNedellet,Mar.10,1947
24. Statementofwitness(inabsentia)RogerNedellet,Mar.10,1947
25. StatementofAloisHllriegel,Apr.23,1947
26. Statementofwitness(inabsentia)MarcelPetitjean,Mar.17,1947
27. Statementofwitness(inabsentia)MikolaKricka,Mar.30,1947
28. Statementofwitness(inabsentia)KarlJnkes,Mar.5,1947
Folder2
DefenseExhibits:
1. Statement by Alois Singer, Catholic Parish Schoenau, on behalf of
defendantDura,Nov.14,1946
2. StatementofRedCrossnurseMarisSchlumbergeronbehalfofdefen
dantSchrader,Mar.15,1947
174
3. MedicalreportondefendantStier,HeadquartersPostHospital,War
CrimesEnclosureDachau
4. Excerpts from Mauthausen Death Book showingunnatural death
casesatWienerNeudorf
Folder3
PetitionforreviewofCase0005052;ReviewandRecommendations,
Jan. 7, 1948; War Crimes Board of Review No. 2, Jan. 30, 1948,
RecommendationsoftheJudgeAdvocate,Feb.6,1948;OrdersofReview
signedbyGeneralLuciusD.Clay,accompanyingofficialcorrespondence
Folder4
ReviewandRecommendationofCase0005052,Jan.7,1948(duplicate)
Folder5
PetitionsforreviewandclemencyfiledfordefendantsSchmutzlerand
Hllriegl,194748
Folder6
Clemencypetitionsfordefendantswithvariouscasereviews,194748
Folder7
PetitionsofClemencyfiledbydefendantHllriegl,Schmutzler,Nitschke,
andKrnerwithreportsoftheWarCrimesBoardofReviewandaccom
panyingofficialcorrespondence,194850
Box362
Folder1
War Crimes Modification Board review of cases of Nitschke and
Kroner,1951
Folder2
WarCriminalPrisonNo.1(Landsberg,Germany)prisonerperson
175
WilhelmGrillWaffenSSsergeant,inchargeofpostofficeatGusenI
HerbertHartungWaffenSSsergeant,blockandassistantdetailleader
atGusenstonequarry
AlfonsHeisigWaffenSSsergeant,blockanddetailleaderatGusenstone
quarry
WilliJungjohannWaffenSScorporal,guard,blockanddetailleaderat
GusenI
Erick Schuettauf Waffen SS first lieutenant, commander of the first
guardcompany
OskarTandlerWaffenSSsergeant,detailandblockleaderatGusenI
Asapprovedbythereviewingauthority,HeisigandSchuettauf weregiven
lifeimprisonment.Grill,Hartung,Jungjohann,andTandlerweresentenced
to death. Upon further review, the sentences of Grill, Hartung, and
Jungjohannwerereducedtovaryingprisonterms.
Box363
Folder1
Chargesheets,trialtranscript,June1319,1947
Folder2
Trialtranscript,June1923,1947
Folder3
TrialTranscript,June24,1947
Folder4
ProsecutionExhibits:
16. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints
7. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
8. StatementofCaptainLouisBoussell,Mar.3,1947
9. StatementofMieczyslawJaroszewicz,Feb.27,1947
177
10. StatementofHeinrichGlowacki,Apr.30,1947
11. StatementofHeinrichGlowacki,Feb.6,1947
12. StatementofLudwigNeumaier(withdrawnbycourt)
13. StatementofDusanTeodorovic,Feb.21,1947
14. QuestionnaireonhismilitaryservicerecordcompletedbydefendantSchuettauf
15. StatementofSchuettauf,Mar.4,1947
16. TranscriptofInterrogationofTandler,atDachau,Dec.10,1946
Folder5
DefenseExhibits:
1. HanddrawnmapshowingthelayoutofGusenIwithworksites
23. Withdrawnbycourt
Folder6
Statementofsentences
Folder7
ReviewandRecommendations,Jan.12,1948
Folder8
ClemencypetitionfileforWilhelmGrill
Box364
Folders15
PetitionsforreviewandclemencyforWilhelmGrill
Box365
Folders12
1954ApplicationforclemencyandparoleecasefileforWilhelmGrill
Folders35
Applicationsforclemency,casereviews,andorderofparoleforHerbert
Hartung,195155
178
Folder6
WarcrimesModificationBoard1951reviewofthecaseofAlfonsHeisig,
1953applicationforparole,and1957releaseanddischargeorder
Box366
Folders12
Petitions for review and clemency for Willi Jungjohann, 1951; 1954
paroleecasefile;and1957releaseanddischargeorder
Folder3
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewsofthecaseofErickSchuettauf,
1948and1951,withreportofdeathfromheartfailure,Jan.1,1952
Folder4
PetitionsforreviewandclemencyforOskarTandler;WarCrimesBoard
ofReviewReportsNos.2and3,1948
ETO Case 0005054, U.S. v. Kaspar Goetz et al., was tried at Dachau,
Germany, during the period July 2429, 1947, before a General Military
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcernedfivedefendantsaccusedofpartici
patingintheoperationsof MauthausenConcentrationCampanditssub
campsandthereby,undertheprincipleof commondesign,implicatedin
massatrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.
Oftheaccused,fourweremembersoftheWaffenSSandone,acampinmate:
KasparGoetzWaffenSSprivate,guardatGusenI,GrosRamingand
Dippoldsau
Fritz Karl Guenther German national, inmate at Mauthausen and
Dippoldsau
OttoKopischkeWaffenSScorporal,guardatMauthausen,Bretttstein,
St.Lambrecht,GrosRaming,WienerNeudorf,andEbensee
GustavLehrbacherWaffenSSprivate,guardatMauthausenandGros
Raming
179
Asapprovedbythereviewingauthority,Lehrbacherwasgivenaprisonterm
of20years,andGuenther,25years.Goetz,Kopischke,andMeyerweresen
tencedtolifeinprison.
Box367
Folder1
Chargesheet,detailforthecourt,trialtranscript,July2429,1947,state
mentofsentences
Folder2
ProsecutionExhibits:
11D. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints
2. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
37. Personalquestionnaires(Fragebogen)fortheaccused
(Note:Nodefenseexhibitswerefiledinthiscase.)
Folder3
ReviewandRecommendations,Feb.28,1948
Folder4
ReportoftheWarCrimesBoardofReviewNo.1,withordersofreview,exe
cutionofsentenceforms,andfinalactionsoftheJudgeAdvocate,May1948
Folders56
Petitionsforclemencyandreview,casereviews,prisondischargepapers,
andparolerecordsforKasparGoetz,194857
Folders78
Clemencypetitionfile,casereviews,prisondischargepapers,andparole
recordsforFritzGuenther,194857
180
Box368
Folder1
PetitionforparolefiledbyOttoKopischke,1954
Folders23
Petitionsforclemencyandparole,andparoleecasefileof ErnstMeyer,
194857
ETO Case 0005055, U.S. v. Willi Werner et al., was tried at Dachau,
Germany, during the period July 2123, 1947, before a General Military
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcernedtwodefendantsaccusedofpartici
patingintheoperationsof MauthausenConcentrationCampanditssub
campsandthereby,ontheprincipleof commondesign,implicatedinmass
atrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Oneoftheaccused,BrunoSchmidt,aguard
atthesubcampOberilzmuehle,wasacquitted.WilliWerner,aWaffenSS
mastersergeantandcommanderof CampOberilzmuehle,wassentenced
to10yearsinprison.
Box368
Folder4
Chargesheet,detailforthecourt,andtrialtranscript,July2123,1947,
statementof sentences
Folder5
TrialExhibits
Prosecution:
11A. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints
2. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
34. Personalquestionnaires(Fragebogen)fortheaccused
5. StatementofWilliWerner,Nov.15,1946
6. Transcript of interrogation of defendant Bruno Schmidt, Feb. 13,
1947
181
Defense:
1. MedicaldiagnosisofBrunoSchmidt,W.C.E.HospitalDachau,July11,
1947
Folder6
CaseReviewandRecommendation,Feb.9,1948,withadditionalorders
of reviewandJAGcorrespondence,Mar.Apr.1948
Folder7
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewof thecaseof WilliWerner,with
petitionsforclemencyandreview,1951
ETO Case 0005056, U.S. v. Hans Joachim Georg Geiger et al., was tried at
Dachau,Germany,duringtheperiodJuly9Aug.5,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitary
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcerned11defendantsaccusedofparticipating
intheoperationsofMauthausenConcentrationCampanditssubcampsand
thereby,ontheprincipleofcommondesign,implicatedinmassatrocitiesandoth
erwarcrimes.Alloftheaccused,listedbelow,exceptMathaeusMeier,wereasso
ciatedwiththeadministrationandoperationoftheEbenseeCamp:(Thiscaseis
reproducedonthetworollsofNARAMicrofilmPublicationM1191.SeeVII.5below.)
Paul Binzenbach Waffen SS technical sergeant, guard, deputy trans
portleader
PaulWilhelmDeistlerWaffenSSprivate,guard
EmilEulerWaffenSSfirstlieutenant,commanderofguardcompanies
HansJoachimGeorgGeigerWaffenSScaptain,campphysician
MaxGrutziWaffenSSsergeant,leaderofguarddetail
LotharGustavKobilkeWaffenSScorporal,guard
MaxKramerWaffenSSsergeant,guard,andblockleader
StefanKraussWaffenSScorporal,guard
MathaeusMeiercivilian,capoatsubcampWelz
OttoErnestSchifftlerWaffenSScaptain,leaderofmarchblock
AlbertWienerWaffenSScorporal,guard,anddogleader
182
SchifftlerandKrauswereacquittedofallcharges.Asapprovedbythereview
ingauthority,allotherdefendantsweregivenprisonsentences:Binzenbach,
DeistlerandWiener,3years;EulerandGrutzi,10years;Kobilke,15years;
andGeiger,Kramer,andMeier,20years.EulerwasextraditedtoPolandand
triedinanothercase.HewasfoundguiltyandexecutedinPolandonSept.
13,1950.
Box368
Folder8
Chargesheet,detailforthecourt,trialtranscript,July9,1947
Folder9
Trialtranscript,July10,1947
Folder10
Trialtranscript,July1114,1947
Box369
Folders19
Trialtranscript,July15Aug.5,1947
Folder10
ProsecutionExhibits:
11J. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints
2. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
313. Personalquestionnaires(Fragebogen)fortheaccused
14. StatementofKurtSchmutzler,Nov.15,1946
15. StatementofKarlStadler,Feb.12,1947
16. Photographof liberatedinmatesatEbenseeConcentrationCamp
(b&w,5by7in.)
17171. Certifiedcopiesof10pagesfromtheMauthausenunnaturaldeath
register
183
18. StatementofHermannSchinlauer,June25,1947
Box370
Folder1
ProsecutionExhibits(cont.):
19. Statementof HermannSchinlauer,May23,1947
20. Statementof FranzDoppelreiter,Apr.21,1947
21. Testimonyof Josef Kotieschowec,Dec.18,1945
22. Statementof MaxKrmer,Nov.13,1946
23. Photograph of liberated inmates at Ebensee Concentration Camp
(b&w,5by7in.)
24. Statementof LotharKobilke,July13,1946
25. Statementof EmilEuler,Nov.18,1946
26. Statementof MaxKrmer,Feb.28,1947
27. Statementof PaulBinzenbach,Sept.29,1945
28. Twophotographsof corpsesatEbensee(b&w,3by5in.).(Theyare
mountedonapagetakenfromtheoriginalCohenReportwherethey
were numbered Exhibits 176 and 177; see III.32, USA Prosecution
Exhibit249above.)
29. TwophotographsatEbenseeshowingsurvivorsandcorpses,taken
bytheU.S.ArmyonMay5,1945(b&w,5by7in.)
30. TwophotographsatEbenseeshowingtheremovalof corpses,taken
bytheU.S.ArmyonMay5,1945(b&w,5by7in.)
31. TestimonyofCzeslawKaminski,PolishinmateatEbensee,identify
ingtwophotographs(enclosedasExhibits31AandB)of defendant
MaxKrmer,Apr.2,1947
32. Testimony of Czeslaw Kaminski identifying two photographs
(enclosedasExhibits32AandB)of defendantMazGrutzi,Apr.11,
1947
33. ReportonconditionsatEbenseebythe30thFieldHospital,May17,
1945
34. Statementof HeinrichRoth,May14,1947
35. Statementof PaulRinzenbach,SSsergeantatEbensee,June3,1947
184
Folder7
Clemency petition file for Lothar Kobilke with JAG case review, Mar.
1951
Folders89
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewof thecaseof MaxKramer,Apr.
1951,andparoleecasefile,195357
Folder10
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofMatthaeusMeier,
Apr.1951
Folder11
ClemencypetitionsandWarCrimesBoardreviewof thecaseof Albert
Wiener,1948
ETOCase0005058,U.S. v.WilliAuerswaldetal., wastriedatDachau,
Germany, during the period July 217, 1947, before a General Military
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcernedeightdefendantsaccusedof par
ticipatingintheoperationsofMauthausenConcentrationCampanditssub
campsandthereby,ontheprincipalof commondesign,implicatedinmass
atrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Alloftheaccused,listedbelow,wereassigned
fordutyatsubcampsSteyr,St.Aegyd,andSt.Lambrecht.
WilliAuerswaldWaffenSSmastersergeant,rollcallleader,andlabor
leaderatSteyr
MosesFernandes(neitherservednortried)
HermannFustenWaffenSS,detailleaderandclothingsupplieratSteyr
HansFreyholdtWaffenSS,detailleader,guard,andtraincommander
atSteyr
OttoHeessWaffenSSfirstlieutenantandcampcommanderatSteyr
KarlKolbeWaffenSScorporalandguardatSteyr
WernerKuehnWaffenSScorporalandguardatSteyr
186
AlwinSchillerWaffenSSsergeant,guardatSt.Lambrecht,guardand
detailleaderatSteyr
Moses Fernandes was not tried. As approved by the reviewing authority,
Kuehn was sentenced to 3 years in prison; Kolbe to 5 years; Schiller to 10
years;Freyholdtto15years;andHeessandKuehntolife.Auerswaldsdeath
sentencewascommutedtolifeimprisonmentin1948.
Box371
Folder1
Chargesheet,detailforthecourt,trialtranscript,July27,1947
Folder2
Trialtranscript,July815,1947
Folder3
Trialtranscript,July1617,1947
Folder4
ProsecutionExhibits:
11G. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints
2. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
3. TestimonyofJosefKanciala,Apr.1,8,1947
4. TestimonyofJosefHirsch,Apr.8,1947
5. TestimonyofFilipOberlander,Jan.23,1947
6. StatementofFilipOberlander,Feb.21,1947
7. StatementofWilhelmKuhnke,Feb.13,1947
8. StatementofFilipFeder,Feb.21,1947
9. StatementofTadeusSalamonowski,Feb.18,1947
10. StatementofWilliAuerswald,Nov.14,1946
11. StatementofGustavClaussen,Jan.8,1947
12. StatementofGustavTeichgraeber,Feb.13,1947
187
Folder3
ClemencyPetitionsforWernerFritzKuhn,194850
Folder4
War Crimes Modification Board review of the case of Alwin Schiller,
1951,withChristmasClemencynotification
ETO Case 0005059, U.S. v. Josef Lukan et al., was tried at Dachau,
Germany,duringtheperiodAugust2628,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitary
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcernedtwodefendantsaccusedofpartici
patingintheoperationsof MauthausenConcentrationCampanditssub
campsandthereby,ontheprincipalofcommondesign,implicatedinmass
atrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Bothoftheaccused,listedbelow,weremem
bersoftheSSatthemaincampandseveralsubcamps,withthetrialfocus
ingprimarilyonEbensee.
MathiasFrindtWaffenSSprivate,CzechoslovakGermannationality,
blockleaderatEbensee
Josef Lukan Waffen SS technical sergeant, Yugoslav national, work
detailleaderatEbensee
Asapprovedbythereviewingauthority,Lukanwasgivenaprisontermof
20years.Frindtwassentencedtodeath.
Box373
Folder5
Chargesheet,detailforthecourt,trialtranscriptsAug.2628,1947
Folder6
ProsecutionExhibits:
12. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints
3. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
190
4. Statementof JosefSpath,June30,1947
5. Statementof Josef Lukan,Nov.20,1946
(Nodefenseexhibitswerefiledinthiscase.)
Folder7
Statementof sentences,Aug.28,1947
Folder8
ReviewandRecommendation,Jan.9,1948
Folder9
WarCrimesBoardsof ReviewReports,Feb.,Apr.1948,withclemency
petitionsandexecutionof sentenceforms
Folder10
WarCrimesBoardsof ReviewReport,May1948,withclemencypeti
tionsandstayof executionpleasonbehalf of Frindt,Oct.1948
Box374
Folder1
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewof thecaseof Josef Lukan,Apr.
1951,andrequestforreview,Mar.1953
ETO Case 00050510, U.S. v. Georg Bach et al., was tried at Dachau,
Germany,duringtheperiodJune25July3,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitary
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcerned11defendantsaccusedof partici
patingintheoperationsofMauthausenConcentrationCampanditssub
campsandthereby,ontheprincipalofcommondesign,implicatedinmass
atrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Alloftheaccused,listedbelow,weremem
bersoftheSSatGusenI.
GeorgBachWaffenSSsergeant,clerk,anddetailleader
KasparHeinz(acquitted)
191
192
Folder6
TrialTranscript,July3,1947
Folder7
ProsecutionExhibits:
11J. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints.(Sheet1Iwaswithdrawnonmotionofprosecution.)
2. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
3. StatementofRudolfRoeder,June5,1947
4. StatementofCaptainLouieBoussel,Mar.20,1947
5. StatementofGottardKrause,May14,1947
6. StatementofJuliuszRawiczLesiak(missingfromfile)
7. StatementofJuliuszRawiczLesiak,Apr.17,1947
8. Statementof RobertSperl,Jan.9,1947
9. Interrogationof KasparHeinz,Apr.16,1947
10. Joint sworn statement of Heinz Vaessen, Heinz Schrader, Rudolf
Roeder,andFranzSmuda,Mar.28,1947
1118. Personalquestionnaires(Fragebogen)fortheaccused
Folder8
Statementofsentences,July3,1947
Folder9
ReviewandRecommendation,Mar.15,1948
Folder10
WarCrimesBoardofReview,May10,1948,withexecutionofsentence
forms
Box375
Folder1
PetitionsforclemencyandreviewforObermeier,Reichert,Pfaffenberger,
Stumpf,andLatzel,194951
193
Opposite: Mauthausen was classified as aCategory III concentration camp on January 2, 1941, as
orderedbythissecretdirectivefromReinhardHeydrich,Chief of theReichSecurityMainOffice.The
campwastoholdheavilyaccusedprisonersandasocialprisoners,...thosewhocanhardlybecor
rected.(USAExhibit492,RG238)Above: AphotographfromtheFrancoisBoixCollectionshowinga
JewishvictimatMauthausen.Thiswassubmittedaspartof ProsecutionExhibit153attheMauthausen
MainTrial.(WarCrimesCasesTried,Box345,RG549)
Folder2
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofJosefLatzel,Apr.1951
Folder3
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewof thecaseof AloisObermeier,
Apr.1951
Folder4
War Crimes Modification Board review of the case of Christoph
Pfaffenberger,Apr.1951
194
Folder5
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofErnstReichert,Apr.
1951
Folder6
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewof thecaseof HeinrichStumpf,
Apr.1951
ETOCase00050511,U.S. v.AndreasBattermannetal., wastriedatDachau,
Germany, during the period June 261 July 1947, before a General Military
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcernedninedefendantsaccusedofparticipating
in the operations of Mauthausen Concentration Camp and its subcamps and
thereby,on
theprincipalofcommondesign,implicated
inmassatrocitiesandoth
erwarcrimes.Alloftheconvictedaccused,listedbelow,weremembersoftheSS
associatedwiththeadministrationandoperationofGusenConcentrationCamp.
AndreasBattermannWaffenSSsergeant,guard
FelixDomingo(nottried)
AlbertFitznerWaffenSScorporal,guard
GertHausknechtWaffenSScorporal,guard
MichaelJaitWaffenSSsergeant,guardatGusen,WienerNeudorf,and
Ebensee
RudolfGustavKleinWaffenSStechnicalsergeant,guard,andassistant
blockleader
OttoRichardKleinertWaffenSScorporal,guard
VictorKremer(nottried)
AdolfMohrWaffenSSsergeant,guard
Of the accused, Domingo and Kremer did not come to trial.As approved
bythereviewingauthority,KleinertandMohrweregivenprisonsentences
of 2 years; Battermann and Hausknecht, 3 years; and Fitzner and Jait, 10
years.Kleinwassentencedtodeath.
196
Box376
Folder1
Chargesheet,detailforthecourt,trialtranscripts,June2627,1947
Folder2
Trialtranscripts,June27July1,1947
Folder3
ProsecutionExhibits:
11F. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints
2. Statementof TeodorovicDusan,Feb.18,1947
3. Statementof CzeslawKaminski,Apr.2,1947
4. Statementof TeodorovicDusan,Jan.31,1947
5. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
612. Personalquestionnaires(Fragebogen)forthedefendants
DefenseExhibits:
1. Statementonbehalf of defendantMohrbyLt.Col.LucienF.Keller,
WarCrimesEastCompound,Dachau,June20,1947
Folder4
Statementof sentences,July1,1947
Folder5
ReviewandRecommendation,Jan.26,1948
Folder6
WarCrimesBoardCaseReview,Feb.11,1948,withordersof reviewand
executionof sentenceforms
197
Folder7
WarCrimesBoardsofReview,Mar.June1948,andclemencypetitions
onbehalfofFitznerandKlein
Folder8
Petitions for clemency with reviews and recommendations forAlbert
Fitzner,194849
Folder9
PetitionsforclemencywithreviewsandrecommendationsforMichael
Jait,195052
Box377
Folder1
PetitionsforclemencywithreviewsandrecommendationsforRudolf
GustavKlein,Feb.Oct.1948
ETOCase00050512,U.S. v.HansGiovanazzietal., wastriedatDachau,
Germany, during the period July 25August 11, 1947, before a General
MilitaryGovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcerned12defendantsaccusedof
participatingintheoperationsofMauthausenConcentrationCampandits
subcampsandthereby,ontheprincipalofcommondesign,implicatedin
massatrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Alloftheaccusedwereassociatedwith
theWaffenSSandwereassignedfordutyatGusen,somewithdutiesatoth
ersubcamps.
HansGiovanazziWaffenSSsergeant,camphospital,Gusen
RichardNuszkowskiWaffenSSsergeant,guard,andguardleader,Gusen
AloisPanhansWaffenSSsergeant,clerkinpropertyroom,Gusen
RobertSchaefferWaffenSSsergeant,guardatGusen,machinistatSt.
Georgenquarry
TheoSchmitzWaffenSSsergeant,guard,medicalcorps,Gusen
GeorgSeebach(nottried)
198
5. Statementof DusanTeodorovic(withdrawnbycourt)
6. Statementof RawiczLesiak,Apr.17,1947,withtwophotographs
(mugshots)
7. StatementsofKazimierzMiloszewski,Jan.2,4,and7,1946
8. StatementofHenrykGlowacki,Jan.26,1947withtwophotographs
(mugshots)
9. Statement of Czeslaw Kaminski, Mar. 27, 1947, with two photo
graphs(mugshots)
10. Statement of Stanislaw Tamcryk, Mar. 26, 1947, with two photo
graphs(mugshots)
1121. Personalquestionnaires(Fragebogen)fortheaccused
Folder6
DefenseExhibits:
1. JointstatementofMajerandArminKupfer,Sept.19,1946
2. Certificateinsupportof defendantWagnersignedbyfiveEbensee
inmates,Jan.24,1947
3. StatementbyGustavEhrle,July8,1947
4. StatementbyA.Doderer,May18,1947
5. StatementsbyHeinrichGraeterandGeorgHofmann,May10,24,
1947
6. StatementsbyDr.KritterandPaulMezger,May3,6,1947
7. StatementbyHeinzSchrader,June18,1947
8. StatementbyErichGottesman,June20,1947
9. StatementbyAldoCarpiDeResmini,July29,1947
10. StatementbyLodovicoBarbianodiBelgiojoso,July19,1947
Folder7
Statementofsentences,Aug.11,1947
Folder8
ReviewandRecommendation,Apr.5,1948
200
Box378
Folder1
Petitionsandordersofreview,executionofsentenceforms,War
CrimesBoard
CaseReview,June15,1948,andmiscellaneouscorrespondence,194851
Folder2
ClemencypetitionsforHansGiovanazzi,194752
Folder3
Reviewof thecaseof HansGiovanazzi,Apr.1951,withparoleecasefile
through1957.Apenandinksketchoftheprisonbuildings(notiden
tified)isincluded.
Folder4
ClemencypetitionsforRichardNuszkowski,1948
Folder5
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofAloisPanhans,Apr.1951.
Folder6
ClemencypetitionsforRobertSchaeffer,194849
Folder7
ClemencypetitionsforTheoSchmitz,1948
Box379
Folder1
ClemencypetitionsforFlorianStuetz,1948
Folder2
WarCrimesModificationBroadreviewofthecaseofHeinrichWagner,
Apr.1951
201
Folder3
ClemencypetitionsforLeopoldWinter,1948
ETOCase00050513,U.S. v.JohannHaideretal., was tried at Dachau,
Germany,duringtheperiodSeptember312,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitary
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcerned11defendantsaccusedof partici
patingintheoperationsof MauthausenConcentrationCampanditssub
campsandthereby,ontheprincipalof commondesign,implicatedinmass
atrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Alloftheconvictedaccusedweremembers
of the Waffen SS or Gestapo at Mauthausen or its subcamps as guards,
clerks,ordetailorblockleaders. (Thiscaseisreproducedonthetworollsof
NARAMicrofilmPublicationM1139.SeeVII.5below.)
HeinzBollhorst(nottried)
JohannHaiderWaffenSSmastersergeant,clerkinprotectivecustody
section,Mauthausen
Rudolf HirschGestapoemployee,guardatMauthausen
MatheusIskra(acquitted)
Josef KischWaffenSScorporal,blockleaderatMauthausenandGros
Raming,alsoatGusenandSt.Valentin
Herbert Fullgraf Waffen SS sergeant, block and detail leader at
Mauthausen
MartinSteinmetzSSprivate,guardattheWienerGraben(thestone
quarryknownastheViennaDitchatMauthausen)
DanielStoeckelWaffenSSguard,towerguardattheWienerGraben
StefanUscharewitschWaffenSSprivate,guardattheWienerGraben
MathiasFrindt(nottried)
JohannScherer(nottried)
Bollhorst, Frindt, and Scherer were not tried. Iskra was acquitted. As
approvedbythereviewingauthority,Steinmetz,Stoeckel,andUscharewitsch
were given prison sentences of 7 years; Hirsch, 10 years; and Haider and
Fullgraf,lifeimprisonment.Kischwassentencedtodeath.
202
Box379
Folder4
Chargesheet,detailforthecourt,trialtranscripts,Sept.34,1947
Folder5
Trialtranscripts,Sept.410,1947
Folder6
Trialtranscripts,Sept.1112,1947
Folder7
ProsecutionExhibits:
11H. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)andfingerprints
2. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
3. Mauthausendeathbook(withdrawn).
4. ExcerptfromP3(above),listofnames
5. CopyofrecordofnewarrivalsatMauthausen,Sept.7,1944
6. StatementofRobertStrohhofer,June24,1945
7. StatementofNikolaKricka,Mar.26,1947
8. StatementofHerbertFullgraff,Feb.25,1947
9. StatementofMilovanMitrovic,Apr.2,1947
10. StatementofIlicDragisa,Apr.2,1947
11. StatementofMihajloStarovic,Apr.1,1947
12. StatementofStefanUscharewitsch,Apr.3,1947
13. StatementofStefanUscharewitsch,Apr.17,1947
14. StatementofMartinSteinmetzandStefanUscharewitsch,Apr.3,1947
15. StatementofMartinSteinmetz,Apr.3,1947
16. Personalquestionnaire(Fragebogen)fordefendantIskra
17. StatementofKarlFitting(notadmitted)
Folder8
DefenseExhibits:
1. Planof
HeadquartersStaff
Building,Mauthausen,drawnbydefendantHaider
203
2.StatementofGeorgWeissmann,Apr.28,1947
3. ExcerptfromProsecutionExhibit8(readtocourt,notboundintorecord)
Folder9
Statementof sentences,12Sept.1947
Box380
Folder1
ReviewandRecommendation,Jan.28,1948
Folder2
WarCrimesBoardsof Review,Apr.andJune1948,withordersof review
andexecutionofsentenceforms
Folders35
Reviewof caseof HerbertFullgraff,Apr.1951;clemencypetitionsand
paroleecasefile,1954
Folders68
Review of case of Johann Haider,Apr. 1951; with clemency petitions,
applicationforparoleandparoleecasefile,195354
Box381
Folder1
ClemencypetitionsandreviewofcaseofRudolfHirsch,Apr.1951
Folder2
ClemencypetitionsforJosefKisch,1948
Folders35
Duplicatecopiesofaccusedidentificationsheetswithmugshotsand
fingerprintsforSteinmetz,Stoeckel,andUscharewitsch
204
Folder8
ProsecutionExhibits:
15. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)
andfingerprints
6. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
7. Personalquestionnaire(Fragebogen)fordefendantDlouhy
8. StatementbyWalterDout,May14,1947
9. Personalquestionnaire(Fragebogen)fordefendantGlissmann
10. StatementbyWilhelmGlissmann,June17,1947
11. Personalquestionnaire(Fragebogen)fordefendantStumfol
12. ExcerptfromMauthausendeathbook(withdrawn)
12A12D. ExcerptsfromMauthausendeathbooks
13. Personalquestionnaire(Fragebogen)fordefendantRicken
14. StatementofMagnusKeller,June27,1947
15. StatementofAntonWeinrich,Feb.17,1947
16. StatementofPaulRicken,Nov.13,1946
17. TestimonyofPaulRicken,June23,1947
18. Personalquestionnaire(Fragebogen)fordefendantMiroff
19. StatementofDavidWolf,Mar.18,1947
20. StatementofJosefThiem,Jan.10,1947
21. StatementofFritzMiroff,Nov.29,1946
22. TestimonyofFritzMiroff,June19,1947
2324A. ThreephotographsofdefendantMiroff(b&w,2by3in.)
Folder9
DefenseExhibit:
1.StatementofWalterDodt,Jan.22,1947
Folder10
Statementofsentences,July23,1947
Folder11
ReviewandRecommendation,Dec.23,1947
206
Box382
Folder1
WarCrimesBoardofReview,JAGCasesummaryandrecommendation,
Mar.1948,withordersof review,executionof sentenceforms,andrelat
edcorrespondence
Folder2
Clemencypetitionsonbehalf of FritzMiroff,194749
Folders34
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewof thecaseof PaulRicken,May
21,1951,andparoleecasefile,1954
Folder5
Correspondenceregardingthecaseof KarlStumfol,1956
ETO Case 00050515, U.S. v. Paul Fenner et al., was tried at Dachau,
Germany,duringtheperiodJuly2122,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitary
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcernedthreedefendantsaccusedof par
ticipatingintheoperationsof MauthausenConcentrationCampandits
subcamps and thereby, under the principle of common design, impli
catedinmassatrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Oneof thedefendants,Josef
Marakowitz, was not brought to trial. Of the convicted accused, Paul
Fenner was an SS master sergeant in charge of CampAafa, a small out
detailorsubcampofMauthausen.OttoKoetzlewasacapoandblockeld
estatsubcampSchwachtanditsoutdetailMoedling.Asapprovedbythe
reviewingauthority,Koetzlewassentencedto10years,andFenner,tolife
inprison.
Box383
Folder1
Chargesheetandtrialtranscripts,July2122,1947
207
Folder2
ProsecutionExhibits:
11A. Accused identification sheets for Fenner and Koetzel with mug
shotsandfingerprints
2. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
3. Statement of Stefan Nowak (removed from record by War Crimes
ModificationBoard)
4. StatementofAlfredKwiecinski(removedfromrecordbyWarCrimes
ModificationBoard)
Folder3
Executionofsentenceforms,July23,1947
Folder4
ReviewandRecommendation,Feb.5,1948
Folder5
ParoleapplicationforPaulFenner,1954,withclemencyreleaseorder,
Aug.1957
Folders68
War Crimes Boards of Review, Mar. and May 1948; War Crimes
Modification Board case review, Mar. 1950, for Otto Koetz; clemency
petitions,194851;andprisondischargepapers,1950
(Thereisnocasefile00050516.)
ETOCase00050517,U.S. v.WaldemarBarneretal., wastriedatDachau,
Germany,duringtheperiodAugust29September9,1947,beforeaGeneral
MilitaryGovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcernedninedefendantsaccused
ofparticipatingintheoperationsofMauthausenConcentrationCampand
itssubcampsandthereby,ontheprincipleofcommondesign,implicated
inmassatrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Oftheaccused,listedbelow,Barner
208
was an inmate and the others, members of the Waffen SS. Most of the
accused participated in evacuation marches from various subcamps to
MauthauseninApril1945.
Waldemar Barner inmate at Mauthausen, subcamps Schwechat,
Hinterbruehl,andFlorisdorf
Franz Firsching Waffen SS corporal, guard and kitchen worker at
FlorisdorfandHinterbruehl
FerdinandGeisler(notguiltybyreasonofinsanity)
Ludwig Ginters Waffen SS corporal, guard at Schwechat, Florisdorf,
andHinterbruehl
Wilhelm Hochwitz Waffen SS corporal, guard at Florisdorf, block
leaderatHinterbruehl
EmilHub(acquitted)
ViktorRuberWaffenSScorporal,blockleaderatSchwechat
Jacob Soens Waffen SS corporal, block leader at Florisdorf and
Hinterbruehl
WilliUebenerWaffenSSstaffsergeant,guardatSchwechat,Florisdorf,
andHinterbruehl
Hub was acquitted, and Geisler found not guilty by reason of insanity.As
approvedbythereviewingauthority,FirschingandUebenerweresentenced
to3yearsinprison;HochwitzandSoens,to5years;GintersandRuber,to
8years;andBarner,to15years.
Box384
(Note:Thechargesheet,detailforthecourtandtrialtranscript,Aug.29Sept.
4,1947,aremissingfromthiscasefile.DuplicatecopiesarelocatedinRecord
Group 153, War Crimes Branch Case File 531, Vol. 16, described in III.14
above.)
Folder1
Trialtranscripts,Sept.59,1947
209
Folder2
ProsecutionExhibits:
11H. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints
2. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
3. Personalquestionnaire(Frageboden)of WaldemarBarner
4. Interrogationof WaldemarBarner,Nov.19,1946
5. Statementof DusanNedimovic,Feb.10,1947
6. Statementof FranzKiewitt,May14,1947
7. Statementof ViktorWoitschak,May14,1947
8. Interrogationof FerdinandGeisler,June27,1947
9. Letterof nonavailabilityof witnesses
25. Personalquestionnaire(Fragebogen)ofViktorRuber
26. StatementofViktorRuber,Dec.10,1946
27. InterrogationofViktorRuber,June27,1947
28. StatementofMartinOstermann,Mar.17,1947
29. Personalquestionnaire(Fragebogen)ofJakobSoens
30. StatementofWaldemarBarner,undated.
210
MilitaryGovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcerned12defendantsaccusedof
participatingintheoperationsofMauthausenConcentrationCampandits
subcampsandthereby,ontheprincipleofcommondesign,implicatedin
massatrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Allof theaccused,listedbelow,were
membersoftheSS.
TheoOttoBernhardtWaffenSSmastersergeant,canteenmanagerat
Mauthausen
Johann Domis Waffen SS sergeant, courier for the guards, orderly,
inmatepropertyroomatMauthausen
PaulHackl(servedbutnottried)
EmilHub(Anolleprosequiwasenteredinfavoroftheaccused.)
HansClemensJungWaffenSSsergeant,guard,financialadministra
tionofficeatMauthausen
KarlKuehnWaffenSSsergeant,telephoneswitchboardandbreadstore
atGusen,foodstoreatMauthausen
HeinrichKarlLuetscherWaffenSStechnicalsergeant,guardandclerk,
orderlyatMauthausen
ReinhardJosefPuruckerWaffenSSmastersergeant,inmatekitchenat
MauthausenandGusenI
XaverStraussWaffenSScaptain,administrationleaderresponsiblefor
transporting, accommodating, and feeding troops and inmates at
Mauthausen
WalterTruckenbrodt (Anolloprosequiwasenteredinfavoroftheaccused.)
BernardFritzWagnerWaffenSSguardandadministratorofbilleting
andlaundryatMauthausen
EwaldWlotzkaWaffenSSsergeant,guardandcampadministratorin
chargeoffoodstoreroomsatMauthausen
Hub,Hackl,andTruckenbrodtwerenotbroughttotrial.Asapprovedbythe
reviewingauthority,Domis,Kuehn,andLuetscherweresentencedto3years
inprison;JungandWagnerto5years;Bernhardtto10years;andStraussto
life.PuruckerandWlotzkaweresentencedtodeath.
213
Box385
Folder1
ChargeSheet,detailforthecourt,trialtranscripts,Aug.711,1947
Folder2
Trialtranscripts,Aug.1218,1947
Folder3
Trialtranscripts,Aug.1921,1947
Folder4
Trialtranscripts,Aug.2225,1947
Folder5
ProsecutionExhibits:
11K. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints.(P1CforEmilHubwithdrawnbythecourt)
2. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
3. Personalquestionnaire(Fragebogen)forTheoOttoBernhardt
4. Personalquestionnaire(Fragebogen)forJohannDomis
5. TestimonyofJohannDomis,June23,1947
6. QuestionnaireofEmilHub(withdrawnbythecourt)
7. StatementofEmilHub,Dec.10,1946(withdrawnbythecourt)
8. StatementofKarlBraun,May14,1947(missingfromfile)
9. Personalquestionnaire(Fragebogen)forHansClemensJung
10. Personalquestionnaire(Fragebogen)forKarlKuehn
11. StatementofRudolfHalaba,June28,1947
12. StatementofStefanSzymanski,June27,1947
13. StatementofSgt.WlodzimierzDarowski,June27,1947
14. Personalquestionnaire(Fragebogen)forHeinrichKarlLuetscher
15. CitationsforawardsatMauthausenforPuruckerandLuetscher
16. Personalquestionnaire(Fragebogen)forReinhardPurucker
17. InterrogationofPurucker,Feb.17,1947
214
18. ExtractfromMauthausendeathbook
19. StatementofDr.JosePla(missingfromfile)
20. MedicalreportregardingDr.JosePla(missingfromfile)
21. StatementofOttoWisst,Mar.19,1947
22. StatementofMichaelHartmann,Aug.15,1947
23. Personalquestionnaire(Fragebogen)forFritzWagner
24. Personalquestionnaire(Fragebogen)forXaverStrauss
25. Personalquestionnaire(Fragebogen)forEwaldWlotzka
26. TestimonyofTheoOttoBernhardt,June23,1947
Box386
Folder1
DefenseExhibits:
1. StatementofRichardDietl(missingfromfile)
2. LetterfromWolfgangSanger,July19,1947
3. MilitarydraftorderforJohannDomis,June12,1939
4. StatementofJacobKern,Apr.12,1947
5. StatementofHansHabennicht,Nov.3,1946
6. StatementofGeorgSeebach,Oct.10,1946
7. StatementofFritzVoraberger
8. BriefonmotionpreparedfortheSkorzenyCase(missingfromfile)
9. RulinginthecaseofU.S. v.JosephAlstoetter (missingfromfile)
10. Nuernbergcasedecision(missingfromfile)
Folder2
Statementofsentences,Aug.25,1947
Folder3
ReviewandRecommendation,Feb.4,1948
Folder4
Ordersofreviewandexecutionofsentenceforms,War
CrimesBoardsofReview,
Apr.26andMay3,1948,clemencypetitionsandrelatedcorrespondence
215
Folders56
ReviewsofthecaseofTheoOttoBernhardtwithclemencypetitionsand
relatedcorrespondence,194851,anda1952prisondischargecertificate
Box387
Folders13
PetitionsforclemencyonbehalfofReinhardPurucker,petitionsforstays
ofexecution,andcasereviews,1948
Box388
Folders13
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofXaverStrauss,Apr.
1951,withclemencyapplicationsandapplicationsforparole,1954,and
relatedcorrespondence,195457
Folder4
ClemencypetitionsonbehalfofEwaldWlotzka,194748
ETO Case 00050519, U.S. v. Eduard Klerner et al., was tried at Dachau,
Germany,onNovember26,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitaryGovernmentCourt.
Thecaseconcerned11defendantsaccusedofparticipatingintheoperationsof
MauthausenConcentrationCampanditssubcampsandthereby,ontheprinci
pleofcommondesign,implicatedinthemassatrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.
Thetwoconvictedaccused,listedbelow,weremembersoftheWaffenSS.
EduardKlernerWaffenSSsergeant,clerkinthepoliticaldepartment
atMauthausen
KarlRichardSchulzWaffenSSsergeant,clerkinthepoliticaldepart
mentatMauthausen
Theseotherdefendantswereservedbutnottried:FranzEngelberger,Wigand
Heine,KarlHerchen,GeorgKrueger,WalterKrueger,PhillippMulle,Karl
Polt,HermannSchinlauer,andPaulSchluender.
216
Asapprovedbythereviewingauthority,bothKlernerandSchulzweresen
tencedtofiveyearsinprison.
Box388
Folder5
Chargesheet,detailforthecourt,trialtranscript,Nov.26,1947
Folder6
Statementofsentences,Nov.26,1947,andtheReviewandRecommendation,
Jan.30,1948
ETOCase00050520,U.S. v.MartinBiersacketal., wastriedinDachau,
Germany, during the period September 2125, 1947, before a General
MilitaryGovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcerned11defendantsaccusedof
participatingintheoperationsofMauthausenConcentrationCampandits
subcampsandthereby,ontheprincipleof commondesign,implicatedin
massatrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Allof theaccused,listedbelow,with
theexceptionof ErnstBuerger,whowasaninmate,weremembersof the
WaffenSSatMauthausen.
MartinBiersack(Anoloprosequiwasenteredinhisfavor.)
ErnstBuergerMauthauseninmate,barber,roomeldestinBlock17
Heinrich Fulsche Waffen SS, detail leader at the Mauthausen stone
quarry(Wienergraben)
DominikGlega(neitherservednortried)
IgnazGross(neitherservednortried)
FranzKill(neitherservednortried)
ReneTheodorKorsitzkyWaffenSSsergeant,blockandconstruction
detailleaderatMauthausen
WilhelmLeffers(neitherservednortried)
MaxSeidlWaffenSSsergeant,administrator,blockleader,andbunker
chiefatMauthausen
KurtWinkler(neitherservednortried)
217
AlbertZeitraegWaffenSSsergeant,clerk,leaderofapunishmentcom
pany,anddetailleaderatMauthausen
Biersack,Glega,Gross,Kill,Leffers,andWinklerwerenottried.Asapproved
bythereviewingauthority,Fulschewassentencedtofiveyearsinprison,and
Buerger to life in prison. Korsitzki, Seidl, and Zeitraeg were sentenced to
death.Thesentencesof SeidlandZeitraegwerecommutedtolifeinprison.
Box389
Folder1
Trialtranscripts,Sept.2125,1947
Folder2
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Orderappointingthecourt
2. Chargesheet
3. Letterofreferencefortrial
4. Letterofassignmentofcounsel
510. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints(P5foraccusedMartinBiersackwaswithdrawnbythe
court.)
11. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
12. StatementofAloisStockinger,Aug.27,1947
13. StatementofAloisStockinger,Aug.27,1947
14. StatementofAloisStockinger,June26,1947
15. StatementofWolfgangSanner,Feb.3,1947
16. StatementofWolfgangSanner,Feb.3,1947
17. StatementofPaulGerbhardt,Jan.31,1947
18. StatementofMaxFrankl,Sept.24,1947
19. StatementofPeterKleschinski,Jan.31,1947
20. StatementofMaxSeidl,Nov.29,1946
21. StatementofReneTheodorKorsitzky,Nov.29,1946
22. StatementofRobertWoelfel,May15,1947
218
219
Box390
Folder1
ParoleapplicationforErnstBuerger,1954
Folders23
Clemency petitions for Heinrich Fulsche, 194851; case review; and
prisondischargecertificate,1951
Folders45
Clemency petitions andWar Crimes Board of Review of case of Rene
Korsitzky,1948
Folders67
WarCrimesBoardsof Reviewof thecaseof MaxSeidl,1948and1950
Box390
Folders12
(Continued from above)War Crimes Board of Review of Seidls case,
1950;applicationforparole,1953;OrderofParole,1955;andOrderfor
RemissionofUnexecutedSentence1957
Folders35
PetitionsforclemencyandWarCrimesBoardof Reviewof thecaseof
AlbertZeitraeg, 1948 (Note: Folder 3 contains two detailed hand draw
ingsofthelayoutofMauthausenConcentrationCamp.)
WarCrimesCase00050521,U.S. v.JosefKattneretal., wastriedatDachau,
Germany,duringtheperiodAugust19September9,1947,beforeaGeneral
MilitaryGovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcernedeightdefendantsaccusedof
participatingintheoperationsofMauthausenConcentrationCampandits
subcampsandthereby,ontheprincipleofcommondesign,implicatedinmass
atrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Alloftheconvictedaccused,listedbelow,were
membersoftheWaffenSS.
220
3AG. Personalquestionnaires(Fragebogen)fortheaccused
4. StatementbyHerbertMelching(notreceivedbycourt)
5. StatementbyRudolfMillerker(withdrawnbycourt)
6. Syringe(notreceivedbycourt)
7. StatementofEmilGerbig,June26,1947
8. StatementofJosefKattner,July1,1947
9. StatementofStefanMalleschits,June30,1947
10. StatementofJohannLothaller,June27,1947
11. StatementofOlfBrandt,July7,1947
12. Statementof ChristianWohlrab,June30,1947
13. Statementof OttoKleinguenther,July2,1947
14. Statementof OttoKleinguenther,Mar.18,1947
15. Statementof OttoKleinguenther,July11,1947
16. Statementof AloisStockinger,June26,1947
17. StatementofArnostRosenbaum,July15,1947
18. Statementof MosesPerl,July15,1947
19. Statementof JosefLehmann,July8,1947
20. Statementof RudolfMillerker,June19,1947
21. Statementof KarlHonay(strickenfromrecord)
22. StatementofErnstMartin,July22,1947
23. Reportof investigation,July17,1945(withdrawnbycourt)
24. Statementof FranzDopelreiter,Mar.27,1947
25. StatementofEmilGerbig,Oct.21,1946
26. StatementofJohannLothaller,Nov.29,1946
27. ExtractfromAltfuldischcase(notoffered)
28. Letter from AmericanVice Consul, Munich, Germany, John M.
Kavanaugh,Sept.8,1947
28AB. StatementofOlfBrandt,PartI,Sept.6,1947
28CD. StatementofOlfBrandt,PartII,Sept.6,1947
Folder5
DefenseExhibits:
1. StatementofEmilMueller,Sept.30,1946
222
2. PoliceCertificateof ConductforEmilGerbig,June14,1947
33B. Letterof KarelSnedorf (inCzech)withenvelopeandEnglishtrans
lation
Folder6
Statementof sentences,Sept.9,1947
Folder7
ReviewandRecommendation,Feb.18,1948
Folder8
Correspondence regarding case acquittals, orders of review, and War
CrimesBoardof Review,Apr.29,1948
Box393
Folder1
War Crimes Modification Board review of the case of Friedrich
Kleinguenther, May 1951; clemency application; and order of parole,
1954
Folders23
ClemencypetitionsforStefanMalleschitswithWarCrimesModification
Boardcasereview,Apr.1951
Folder4
ClemencypetitionsforChristianWohlraeb,194749
ETO Case 00050522, U.S. v. Peter Baerens et al., was tried at Dachau,
Germany, during the period Oct. 824, 1947, before a General Military
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcerned12defendantsaccusedof partici
patingintheoperationsof MauthausenConcentrationCampanditssub
campsandthereby,ontheprincipleof commondesign,implicatedinmass
atrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Theaccused,listedbelow,weremembers
223
of theWaffenSSorinmatesassociatedwithcampadministrationascapos,
blockeldests,guards,clerks,blockleaders,detailleaders,constructionlead
ers,orrollcallleaders.
Josef AntisWaffenSSprivate,guarddutyatMauthausen
PeterBaerensinmate,blockeldestatMauthausen
JosefBlohWaffenSSprivate,guarddutyatMauthausen
AdamDiener(acquitted)
KarlGiessriglWaffenSSsergeant,detail,block,androllcallleaderat
Mauthausen
JohannGretsch(acquitted)
FilippHehlWaffenSS,guarddutyatMauthausensViennaDitch
Ernst Kirschbichler Waffen SS technical sergeant, chief of construc
tionatMauthausen
RudolfMueckWaffenSSsergeant,guardandclerkatMauthausen
MichaelPeterPusitzWaffenSSsergeant,armorydutyatMauthausen
WernerReinsdorffWaffenSSprivate,constructioncapoatMauthausen
HansUllmann(Anolleprosequiwasenteredwithoutprejudice.)
Ullmann was not prosecuted. Gretsch and Diener were acquitted. As
approved by the reviewing authority, Antis was sentenced to 5 years in
prison,Kirschbichlerto10years,Pusitzto20years,HehlandMueckto25
years, Bloh to 30 years, and Barrens, Giessrigl, and Reinsdorff to life in
prison.
Box393
Folder5
Trialtranscript,Oct.814,1947
Box394
Folder1
Trialtranscript,Oct.1521,1947
224
Folder2
Trialtranscript,Oct.2224,1947
Folder3
ProsecutionExhibits:
1AD. Detailforthecourtwithamendments
2. Chargesheet
3. Letterof referencefortrial
4. Letterof assignmentof counsel
5AL. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints
6. Trialdatafromparentcase000505(missingfromfile)
7.
ExcerptfromMauthausenUnnaturalDeathsBook
8. StatementofPeterBaerens,Mar.26,1947
9. StatementofFojislavStefanovic,Feb.6,1947
10. StatementofJosePla,Feb.8,1947
11. StatementofTadeuszMajewski,May14,1945
12. StatementofJuergenFriedemann,Sept.25,1946
13. StatementofFriedrichSchmid,May14,1945
14. StatementofAntoninTriner,Mar.19,1947
15. StatementofJaroslavSnabl,Mar.19,1947
16. StatementofJosefSchmidt,May14,1947
17. StatementofIlonaStamler,July15,1947
18. StatementofKatoStamler,July15,1947
19. StatementofPhilippHehl,Aug.6,1947
20. StatementofPhilippHehl,May27,1947
21. StatementofRudolfMueck,June26,1947
22. StatementofBernhardKlein,Nov.13,1945
23. StatementofWernerReinstorff,Aug.11,1947
24. StatementofJosefAntis,Aug.18,1947
25. StatementofJosefAntis,Apr.23,1947
26. StatementofSenderNeumann,June24,1947
27. StatementofKarlGiessrigl,Aug.7,1947
225
28. StatementofRainerWeber,Nov.13,1945
29. Statementof BernhardKlein,Nov.13,1945
30. Statementof PeterBaerens,Aug.8,1947
31. Statementof GeorgWeissmann,June23,1947
32. Statementof NikolaKricka,Mar.30,1947
33. Statementof KurtKuhnert,May22,1945
34. StatementofJiviBelehlevek,May15,1945
35. StatementofFranciscoOrtis,undated
36. JointstatementofSpanishinmates,May18,1945(Signaturesinclude
F.Boix.SeeII.3above.)
37. Pretrialstatementof ErnstKirschbichler,Aug.7,1947
38. Statementof KarlEmilGeiger,May14,1947
39. Statementof Josef Bloh,June2,1947
40. Statementof NaftaliWercberger,July8,1947
41. Statementof PinkasWercberger,July8,1947
42. Statementof AdamDiener,Aug.15,1947
43. Statementof JakobWagschal,Jan.8,1947
44. Statementof PeterBaerens,Jan.8,1947
45. Questionnaire(Fragebogen)of KarlGiessrigl,May16,1947
46. Statementof WernerReinsdorff,Aug.15,1947
47. Statementof Josef Bloh,Aug.15,1947
48. Statementof ZygmuntWolf,July8,1947
49. Statementof KarlPilz,May14,1945
50. Statementof manypeople(notreceivedbycourt)
Folder4
DefenseExhibits:
1. Statementof MagnusKeller,Feb.21,1947
2. Statementof KarlWittig,Jan.7,1947
3. Statementof KarlFendt,Feb.21,1947
4. Statementof LudwigStark,Jan.16,1947
5. Certificateof burgermeister(mayor)of Baerens(notofferedtocourt)
6. Statementof Josef Neumann,Aug.22,1947
226
7. Statementof AntonCerny,undated
8. Joint statement of nine Hungarian former Mauthausen prisoners,
June16,1947
9. Statementof Rudolf Halaba,May3,1947
10. Statementof Bishopof Linz,Sept.2,1947
11. Statementof Dr.HansS.Becker,Sept.2,1947
12. Statementof JuanSampere,Sept.1,1947
13. Statementof NikolaGlisig,Sept.1,1947
14. JointstatementofEmilBentropandHeinrichHambeck,May27,1947
15. Statementof ErnstMartin,Sept.1,1947
16. Statementof GeorgStreitwolf (notofferedtocourt)
Folder5
Statementof sentences,Oct.24,1947
Folder6
ReviewandRecommendation,Mar.5,1948
Box395
Folder1
WarCrimesBoardCaseReview,May17,1948,withordersofreviewand
executionof sentenceforms
Folder2
ClemencypetitionsforJosef Antis,1948
Folders34
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofPeterBaerens,May
1951,andmedicalparoleapplicationandparoleecasefile,195360
Folders56
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofKarlGiessriglwith
clemencypetitions,June1951,andapplicationforparole,1954(Note:
227
Folder6includesahanddrawnplanofMauthausenConcentrationCamp
submittedbyGiessrigl,15by22in.)
Folder78
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofErnstKirschbichler,
May1948andMarch1950,withprisonerdischargeform,April1951(Note:
Supporting documentation includes a handdrawn plan of Mauthausen
ConcentrationCamp,8by11in.)
Folder9
ClemencypetitionsforFilippHehl,1948
Box396
Folder1
War Crimes Modification Board review of the case of Rudolf Mueck,
June1951,withclemencypetitions,paroleapplication,and1954order
of parole (Note: A small amount of related correspondence dates to
195761.)
Folder2
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofPeterPusitz,May
1951,withclemencypetitionsanda1953prisondischargecertificate
Folders34
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofWernerReinsdorff,
May1951,withclemencypetitions,andparoleecasefile,195357
ETO Case 00050523, U.S. v. Franz Kofler et al., was tried at Dachau,
Germany,duringtheperiodAugust721,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitary
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcerned11defendantsaccusedof partici
patingintheoperationsofMauthausenConcentrationCampanditssub
campsandthereby,ontheprincipalofcommondesign,implicatedinmass
atrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Allof theconvictedaccused,listedbelow,
228
weremembersoftheSS,exceptQuirinFlaucher,whowasacriminalinmate.
RobertPaulBuchmann(accusedbutnottried)
FerruccioDworsky(neitherservednortried)
QuirinFlauchercriminalinmate,nurse,block
eldestinMauthausendispensary
HermannFranzBuetgenWaffenSSsergeant,guardandelectricianat
Mauthausen
FilippHehl(neitherservednortried)
Michael Heller Waffen SS corporal, tower guard and block leader at
Mauthausen
FranzKoflerWaffenSSsergeant,guard,detailleader,androllcallleader
atMauthausenGrosRaming,LinzandSchlier(RedlZipf)
StefanLennert(acquitted)
GustavPetratWaffenSSprivate,dogleaderatMauthausen
ArnoAlbertReuterWaffenSSsergeant,administrativeclerkatGusenI
EmilThielmannWaffenSScorporal,towerguardandblockleaderat
Mauthausen
Threeoftheaccused,Buchmann,Dworsky,andHehl,werenottried.Lennert
wasacquitted.Asapprovedbythereviewingauthority,Reuterwassentenced
to two years in prison, Buetgen, to three years, and Thielmann, to life in
prison.Flaucher,Heller,Kofler,andPetratweresentencedtodeath.
Box396
Folder5
Chargesheet,detailforthecourt,trialtranscript,Aug.712,1947
Folder6
Trialtranscript,Aug.1318,1947
Box397
Folder1
Trialtranscript,Aug.1921,1947
229
Folder2
ProsecutionExhibits:
1AG. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints
2. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
310. Personal questionnaires (Fragebogen) for defendants Kofler,
Buetgen,Thielmann,Heller,Lennert,Petrat,Flaucher,andReuter
11. Statementof FranzGloetzl(withdrawnbycourt)
12. Statementof MagnusKeller,Mar.25,1947
13. Statementof JudaSarna,July3,1947
14. Statementof Josef Pahner,July11,1947
15. Statementof MilanNorkovic,Apr.14,1947
16. Statementof SalomonGottlieb,July11,1947
17. Statementof MilanMitrovic,Apr.15,1947
18. Statementof KarlGeiger,May15,1947
19. Statementof FranzKofler,Apr.16,1947
20. Statementof DragoslavRatkovic,Apr.14,1947
21. Statementof MichaelSprenger,Jan.15,1946
22. Statementof JaroslavSnabl,undated
23. Statementof HansDiels,undated
24. Statementof VictorCuetoEspina,Apr.19,1947
25. Statementof WilhelmHonold,May15,1947
26. Statementof MiloniaMarten,Apr.3,1947
27. Statementof ViktorWoitschak,May15,1947
28. Statementof OttoWiesendorf,May14,1947
29. Statementof FranzKern,May14,1947
30. Statementof GeorgGraessel(notreceivedbycourt)
31. StatementofGasparMayer,June24,1947
32. StatementofMordechajKolewads,July4,1947
33. StatementofAlbertSehol,July8,1947
34. StatementofMilanNovohradsky,June25,1947
35. StatementofDr.JosefDadlez,June6,1945
36. StatementofJohannKastner,June23,1947
230
2. StatementregardingLennartbyLangandDr.Appel,June10,1947
3. StatementregardingLennartbyHansSchmiedinger,Aug.11,1947
4. StatementregardingaccusedHellerbyDr.Appel,Apr.12,1947
Folder4
Statementofsentences,Aug.21,1947
Folder5
ReviewandRecommendation,Apr.15,1948
Folders67
Petitions,ordersofreview,executionofsentenceforms,clemencypeti
tions, case reviews, and related correspondence regarding defendants
sentencedtodeath
231
Folder8
ClemencypetitionsforQuirinFlaucher,194748
Box398
Folders12
War Crimes Modification Board reviews of the case of Michael
Heller,MayOct.1951,withclemencypetitionsandparoleecasefile,
195354
Folder3
ClemencypetitionsonbehalfofFranzKofler,194748
Folder4
ClemencypetitionsonbehalfofGustavPetrat,1948
Folder5
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofEmilThielmann,
May1951
ETO Case 00050524, U.S. v. Josef Bartl et al., was tried at Dachau,
Germany,duringtheperiodJuly29August5,1947,beforeageneralMilitary
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcerned10defendantsaccusedof partici
patingintheoperationsofMauthausenConcentrationCampanditssub
campsandthereby,ontheprincipleofcommondesign,implicatedinmass
atrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Allof theconvictedaccused,listedbelow,
withtheexceptionsof EdwardOhnmachtandHermanZuleger,weremem
bersof theSSatLinzIII.OhnmachtandZulegerwerecivilianforemenat
theHermannGoeringPlantlocatedinthevicinityofthesubcamp.Inmates
workedasslavelaborersintheplant.
JosefBartlWaffenSScorporal,guardatLinzIII
PhilippBeckWaffenSSprivatefirstclass,guardandescortdetailguard
atLinzIII
232
Domingossentenceof2yearswasdisapprovedbythereviewingauthority.
Fernandezwassentencedto20years,andNavastolifeinprison.Gonzalez
wassentencedtodeath.
Box400
Folder6
Trialtranscript,July1417,1947
Folder7
Trialtranscript,July1417,1947
Folder8
ProsecutionExhibits:
1AD. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints
2. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
3. Statementof NathanHochhausen,Feb.18,1947
4. Statementof AbrahamSchleier,Jan.23,1947
5. Statementof PedroGomez(notreceivedbycourt)
6. Statementof FilipFeder,Feb.21,1947
7. Statementof FilipOberlaender,Feb.21,1947
Folder9
DefenseExhibits:
1. Affidavitof JosefHaitshi,May19,1947
2. Depositionof Josef Hos,May14,1947(Note:Portionoffirstpage
ismissing.)
Folder10
Statementofsentences,July21,1947
Folder11
ReviewandRecommendation,Jan.14,1948
236
Folder12
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewoftheCaseofMoisesFernandez,
Apr.30,1951
Folder13
ClemencypetitionsonbehalfofIndalecioGonzalez,1948
Box401
Folder1
WarCrimesBoardof ReviewreportsonIndalecioGonzalez,Mayand
Aug.1948andJan.1949,withcorrespondenceregardingmodification
ofhisdeathsentence
Folder2
Reviewofthecaseof LaurianoNavas,Apr.30,1951,withfinalordersof
reviewandprisondischargeform,195152
ETO Case 00050526, U.S. v. Adolf Gustav Lehmann et al., was tried at
Dachau,Germany,duringtheperiodAugust28September9,1947,before
aGeneralMilitaryGovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcerned19defendants
accused of participating in the operations of Mauthausen Concentration
Campanditssubcampsandthereby,ontheprincipleof commondesign,
implicated in mass atrocities and other war crimes. All of the convicted
accused,listedbelow,wereSSnoncommissionedofficersatsubcampMelk.
HermannEmilArndtSSsergeant,blockleader,guardatMelkandon
inmatetransports
KarlFleckSScorporal,guardatMelk
BernhardGerardGoebelSStechnicalsergeant,guardanddetailleader
atMelk.
JohannGrabowski(neitherservednortried)
BaptistKirnerSStechnicalsergeant,guardanddetailleaderatMelk
JohannIwanKlapperSScorporal,detailleaderandtransportguardatMelk
237
MaxKoernerSSsergeant,guardanddetailleaderatMelk
Adolf GustavLehmann(deletedfromchargesheet,diedbeforetrial)
RichardLutze(neitherservednortried)
JuliusMesserschmidt(neitherservednortried)
KarlTheodorMoegleSScorporal,blockleaderandtransportguardatMelk
LeopoldPatolla(acquitted)
JakobPfeifferSSfirstsergeant,secondincommandoninmatetrans
portsfromMelk
PaulPommrich(acquitted)
KarlWilhelmScheer(neitherservednortried)
AloisSeidelSSmastersergeant,detailleaderatMelk,transportguard
CyriakusWaldheim(neitherservednortried)
FerdinandAloisWeber(neitherservednortried)
JohannWegertSScorporal,guardatMelk
PatollaandPommrichwereacquitted.Asapprovedbythereviewingauthor
ity,SeidelandWegertweresentencedto3yearsinprison,Moegleto4years,
Kirnerto6years,Arndttoeightyears,Goebelto10years,andFleck,Klapper,
Koerner,andPfeiffertolifeinprison.
Box401
Folder3
Chargesheet,detailforthecourtandtrialtranscript,Aug.28Sept.2,1947
Folder4
Trialtranscript,Sept.35,1947
Folder5
Trialtranscript,Sept.89,1947
Folders67
Duplicatecopiesof trialtranscript,Aug.28Sept.5,1947
238
Box402
Folder1
Duplicatecopyof trialtranscript,Sept.89,1947
Folder2
ProsecutionExhibits:
112. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints
13. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
1425. Personnelquestionnaires(Fragebogen)fortheaccused
26. Statementof Dr.JosefZora,campphysicianatMelk,Jan.8,1945
27. Furtherstatementof Dr.Zora,July24,1945(AphotographofDr.
Zora,markedExhibit14b,isappended.)
28. StatementofJeanLameloise,July26,1946
29. Statementof OttoStriegel,Feb.11,1946
30. Statementof JuliusLudolph,May21,1945
31. Statementof EwaldKolodziej,Mar.25,1947
32. Statementof MaxWrobel,Apr.1,1947
33. Statementof WladinirFrankowski,Mar.27,1947
34. Twophotographsof defendantKarlFleck(b&w,3by4in.)
35. JointstatementofJokobPfeifferandMichaelFordon,Feb.27,1947
36. StatementofJosefKempler,Feb.26,1947
37. StatementofAdolfRoegner,May15,1947
38. StatementofJakobPiwonia,Jan.31,1947
39. StatementofHermanBrodt,Feb.18,1947
40. StatementofKarlHarak,June19,1947
41. StatementofJosefHammermannastoPommrich,Feb.1,1947
42. StatementofJosefHammermannastoKoerner,Feb.1,1947
43. StatementofJosefHammermannastoKirner,Feb.1,1947
44. StatementofJosefHammermannastoArndt,Feb.1,1947
45. StatementofAloisSeidel,May26,1947
46. StatementofAloisSeidel,May29,1947
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Folder3
DefenseExhibits:
1. StatementofLeopoldWeiss,Mar.26,1947
2. Statementof AbrahamKopolowitz,Sept.4,1947
3. Statementof KarlPflueger,Aug.26,1947
4. Statementof LeopoldPatolla,Sept.8,1947
5. Statementof accusedPaulPommrich,Sept.8,1947
Folder4
Statementof sentences,Sept.9,1947
Folder5
ReviewandRecommendation,Mar.1,1948
Folder6
WarCrimesBoardofReviewNo.1,May13,1948,withordersofreview
andexecutionofsentenceforms
Folder7
PrisoncardforHermannArndt,Dec.21,1949,withcopyofcasereview
ofMar.1,1948
Folders89
War Crimes Modification Board review of the case of Karl Fleck,
May 17, 1951, with clemency petitions; and petitions for parole,
195354
Folder10
WarCrimesBoardreviewof thecaseof BernhardGoebel,Apr.30,1951,
withclemencypetitions
240
Box403
Folders12
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewof thecaseof JohannKlapper,
July16,1950,withclemencypetitionsandpetitionforparole,195354
Folders34
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofMaxKoerner,Apr.
30,1951,withclemencypetitions,a1954orderofparole,and1956death
certificate
Folder5
ClemencypetitionsforKarlMoegle,194748
Folder6
DraftcopyofthereviewofthecaseofFritzMoeller,1951,withrecom
mendationforearlyrelease
Folders78
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofJakobPfeiffer,May
3,1951;paroleecasefile,195157
(NOTE:Nocasewasassignedunderthenumber00050527.)
ETO Case 00050528, U.S. v. Adolf Berg et al., was tried at Dachau,
Germany,duringtheperiodAugust28September11,1947,beforeaGeneral
MilitaryGovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcerned12defendantsaccusedof
participatingintheoperationsofMauthausenConcentrationCampandits
subcampsandthereby,ontheprincipleofcommondesign,implicatedin
massatrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Alloftheaccused,listedbelow,were
membersoftheWaffenSSatGusenII.
241
AdolfBerg(neitherservednortried)
HansBoehnWaffenSStechnicalsergeant,guardandseniordetailleader
intheMesserschmidttunnelsatSt.Georgen,theworksiteforGusenII
KarlFleischer(neitherservednortried)
FritzFriese(neitherservednortried)
WalterErnstGloszeWaffenSScorporal,blockleaderatGusenII
WalterKurtHaasengierWaffenSScorporal,rollcallleaderanddetailleader
attunnel7attheMesserschmidtworksandblockleaderofblock11
PaulKarlHolland(neitherservednortried)
WilhelmFriedrichMuellerWaffenSStechnicalsergeant,detailleader
atSt.Georgen
ArthurObstWaffenSScorporal,guardatGusenII
AlexanderPeroutkaWaffenSS,rankunknown,guardanddetailleader
attheMesserschmidttunnel
FranzGottfriedSchulzWaffenSStechnicalsergeant,commandingoffi
ceratGusenII
KarlWeidhofer(neitherservednortried)
Fiveoftheaccusedwerenotbroughttotrial.Asapprovedbythereviewing
authority,Obstwassentencedto15yearsinprison,andSchulztolife.Boehn,
Glosze, Haasengier, Mueller, and Peroutka were sentenced to death.
SentenceswerereducedtoprisontermsforGloszeandHaasengier.
Box404
Folder1
Chargesheet,detailforthecourtandtrialtranscript,Aug.28Sept.3,1947
Folder2
Trialtranscript,Sept.49,1947
Folder3
TrialTranscript,Sept.1011,1947
242
Folder4
ProsecutionExhibits:
1A1G. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints
2. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
3. StatementofAlexanderPeroutka,June4,1946
4. StatementofArthurObst,May6,1947
5. Certifiedcopyofpages6667ofbookentitledUnnaturalDeath
Cases
6. Certifiedcopyofpages7879ofbookentitledUnnaturalDeath
Cases
7. DeathbookrecordingunnaturaldeathsatMauthausen(exhibit
withdrawn)
8. StatementofHansBoehn,Dec.6,1946
9. StatementofHansBoehn(notofferedinevidence)
10. StatementofWilhelmMueller,Nov.29,1946
11. StatementofBinetMarcelre:Boehn,Aug.4,1947
12. StatementofBinetMarcelre:Glosze,Aug.4,1947
13. StatementofBinetMarcelre:Mueller,Aug.4,1947
14. StatementofJosefKrysiak,Jan.13,1947
15. StatementofJosefKrysiak(notadmitted)
Folder5
DefenseExhibits:
1. LetterfromaccusedSchulztohiswife,Feb.18,1943
2. LetterfromSchulztohiswife,Mar.2,1943
3. LetterfromSchulztohiswife,Dec.6,1943
4. LetterfromSchulztohiswife,Jan.5,1944
5. LetterfromSchulztohiswife,Jan.17,1944
6. LetterfromSchulztohiswife,Feb.28,1944
7. StipulationastothetestimonyofAntonioGrozensky,undated
8. StatementofArthurObst,Sept.5,1947
9. StatementofWalterGlosze,Aug.23,1947
243
10. CertificateofpoliticalloyaltyofWalterHaasengier,Aug.16,1946
11. Statement of Bannfuehrer Thiem re: legal actions against
Haasengier,Oct.13,1944
12. Statementof CharlotteGlosze,Mar.25,1947
13. Statementof HansWeissnerandwife,Mar.27,1947
14. Certificateonbehalf of SchulzbyGottfriedHeidenberger,Aug.
27,1947
15. Extract from letter of defendant Mueller to wife, Sept. 15, 1944
(submittedbyRiegis,mayorofHaiterbach)
16. Certificateonbehalf of MuellersubmittedbyMinisterDippon,
July7,1947
17. Certificateonbehalf ofMuellersubmittedbyMinisterWeber,July
3,1947
18. Statement of Rudolf Kansmeyer on behalf of Mueller, June 18,
1947
19. Certificate on behalf of Mueller submitted by Riegis (mayor of
Haiterbach),Mar.4,1946
20. Statementof FriedaAckermannonbehalf of accusedGlosze,Aug.
24,1947
21. Statementof ElsbethAntkowiakonbehalf of Glosze,Aug.21,1947
22. Certificate regarding citizenship of Emil Geiger, police station,
Munich,Sept.10,1947
Folder6
Statementof sentences,Sept.11,1947
Folder7
ReviewandRecommendation,Feb.24,1948
Folder8
Orders of review, execution of sentence forms, War Crimes Board of
Reviewreports,1948,andrelatedcorrespondence
244
Folder9
ClemencypetitionsonbehalfofHansBoehn,1948
Box405
Folders12
Reviews of the case of Walter Glosze for the War Crimes Modification
Board,MayJune1951,withclemencypetitions;paroleecasefile,195360
Folders34
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofWalterHaasengier,
May18,1951,withclemencypetitions;paroleapplicationsandsupport
ingdocumentation,195355
Folder5
ClemencypetitionsonbehalfofWilhelmMueller,194748
Box406
Folder1
PrisondischargeformforArthurObst,Jan.18,1952,withrelatedcor
respondence
Folder2
ClemencypetitionsonbehalfofAlexanderPeroutka,1948
Folders34
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofFranzSchulz,with
clemencypetitions;paroleapplication,orderofparole,andsupporting
documentation,195358
ETO Case 00050529, U.S. v. Karl Bertsch et al., was tried at Dachau,
Germany,duringtheperiodOctober1322,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitary
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcerned12defendantsaccusedof partici
patingintheoperationsofMauthausenConcentrationCampanditssub
245
campsandthereby,ontheprincipleofcommondesign,implicatedinmass
atrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Theaccused,listedbelow,weremembers
of theWaffenSSatGusenIandII,withtheexceptionof Rudolf Kansmeyer,
acampinmate.Manyof theillegalactswerecommittedinthetunnelsand
MesserschmidtplantsattheSt.Georgenworks.
KarlBertsch(neitherservednortried)
Emil Andreas Gay SS sergeant, detail leader in the tunnel at the
Messerschmidtplant
FriedrichHassel(neitherservednortried)
Rudolf KansmeyerGermanbusinessman,inmateatGusen,member
ofthecamppolice
ErwinGeorgKauppSScorporal,guardatGusenII
WilhelmKauppSScorporal,guardanddetailleaderatGusenII
AugustKirschmann(neitherservednortried)
PaulKuebler(neitherservednortried)
RudolfMerten(neitherservednortried)
MaxPauschSScaptain,commandoftransportofinmatesfromGusenII
HansW.E.SielaffSSsergeant,detailleaderattheMesserschmidtworks
GeorgF.Steinhardt(neitherservednortried)
Six of the accused did not come to trial. As approved by the reviewing
authority, Erwin Georg Kaupp was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Gay,
Kansmeyer,WilhelmKaupp,Pausch,andSielaff weresentencedtodeath.
Thesentenceof Kansmeyerwasreducedtoaprisonterm.
Box406
Folder5
Trialtranscript,Oct.1317,1947
Folder6
Trialtranscript,Oct.2022,1947
246
Folder7
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Detailforthecourt
2. ChargeSheet
3. Letterofreferencefortrial
4. Assignmentofcounselform
5AF. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints
6. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
7. StatementofHansSiefaff(notoffered)
810. GusenDeathBooks(withdrawn)
11. SketchofGusenIIsubmittedbywitnessHenryckGlowacki,afor
merinmate
12. StatementofStansilawTamcryk,Mar.26,1947
Folder8
DefenseExhibit:
1.StatementofRyszardKorzeniowki,Sept.28,1947
Folder9
Statementofsentences,Oct.22,1947
Folder10
Reviewandrecommendation,Apr.1,1948
Box407
Folder1
WarCrimesBoardof Review,Apr.16,1948,withordersof reviewand
executionofsentenceforms
Folder2
ClemencypetitionsonbehalfofEmilGay,1948
247
Folders37
Petitions for review and clemency on behalf of Rudolf Kansmeyer,
194851,andWarCrimesModificationBoardcasereview,June7,1951
Box408
Folders12
Clemency petitions on behalf of Erwin Kaupp, 194748; War Crimes
ModificationBoardcasereview,June8,1951;andprisondischargeform,
Dec.1952
Folder3
ClemencypetitionsonbehalfofWilhelmKaupp,194748
Folder4
PetitionsforreviewandclemencyonbehalfofMaxPausch,194748
Folder5
PetitionsforreviewandclemencyonbehalfofHansSielaff,194748
ETO Case 00050530, U.S. v. Bernhard Fernikorn et al., was tried at
Dachau,Germany,duringtheperiodOctober2831,1947,beforeaGeneral
MilitaryGovernmentCount.Thecaseconcernedeightdefendantsaccused
ofparticipatingintheoperationsofMauthausenConcentrationCampand
itssubcampsandthereby,ontheprincipleofcommondesign,implicated
inmassatrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Alloftheconvictedaccused,listed
below,weremembersoftheWaffenSSatGusenIorIIexceptGuttenberger,
acivilianemployeeattheMesserschmidtfactoryatSt.Georgen.
BernhardFernikornWaffenSSsergeant,blockleaderandguardatGusenII
HansFreiberger(neitherservednortried)
OttoGericke(neitherservednortried)
HubertFranzGuttenbergerstagetechnician,guardattheMesserschmidt
factoryatSt.Georgen
248
PaulJosef Hanft(neitherservednortried)
WilliKestelWaffenSSsergeant,blockleaderatGusenII
FritzMoellerWaffenSSsergeant,guardandtransportdetailleaderat
GusenII
NicholausMohrWaffenSSprivate,dogleaderatGusenI
Freiberger,Gericke,andHanftwerenottried.Asapprovedbythereview
ingauthority,Mohrwassentencedto10yearsinprison,andMoellerto15
years.Fernikorn,Guttenberger,andKestelweresentencedtolifeinprison.
Box408
Folder6
Trialtranscript,Oct.2829,1947
Folder7
Trialtranscript,Oct.3031,1947
Folder8
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Detailforthecourt
2. Chargesheet
3. Letterofreferencefortrial
4. Assignmentofcounselform
55D. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints
6. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
7. StatementofRogerDuchamp,Sept.17,1947
8. StatementofFranciszekKasprzycki,Oct.7,1947
9. CertificateofdischargefromtheWaffenSSofBernardFernikorn
Folder9
DefenseExhibits:
1. StatementofKarlGaertner,Oct.27,1947
249
2. Statementof KarlAlbrecht,Oct.7,1947
3. Statementof RyszardKorzinowski,Sept.28,1947
4. StatementofHansEberle,Oct.28,1947
5. StatementofJosephHampe,Feb.25,1947
6. StatementofJosefKirsch,etal.,Oct.8,1947
7. StatementofMathiasMohr,Oct.7,1947
Folder10
Statementofsentences,Oct.31,1947
Folder11
ReviewandRecommendation,Feb.27,1948
Box409
Folder1
Ordersof reviewandexecutionof sentenceforms,WarCrimesBoard
ofReviewreport,Apr.22,1948
Folders23
Clemency petitions on behalf of Bernhard Fernikorn, application for
parole,andorderofparole,195154
Folders45
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofHubertGuttenberger,
Apr.24,1951,withclemencypetitionsandparoleecasefile,195457
Folders67
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofWilliKestel,May
29,1951,withclemencypetitionsandparoleeapplicationfile,1954
Box410
Folder1
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofFritzMoeller,June7,1951
250
Folder2
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewof thecaseof NikolausMohr,
May29,1951
ETOCase00050531,U.S. v.KarlGlasetal., wastriedatDachau,Germany,
during the period July 28August 12, 1947, before a General Military
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcernedfivedefendantsaccusedof partici
patingintheoperationsof MauthausenConcentrationCampanditssub
campsandthereby,ontheprincipleof commondesign,implicatedinmass
atrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Allof theaccused,listedbelow,weretried
forcrimesatGusenIandII.
KarlGlasprisoner,roomorderly,nightwatchman,andblockeldestat
Gusen
Kurt Kirchner Waffen SS technical sergeant, leader of work details,
supervisorof armamentsfactoriesatGusenandMauthausen
Franz Pillixeder inspector criminal police, criminal secretary in the
politicaldepartmentatGusen
Anton Slupetzky business man, owner of the Anton Slupetzky
DelousingInstituteinLinz
HelmuthVetterdoctor,campphysicianatGusen
Asapprovedbythereviewingauthority,Slupetzkywassentencedto5years
inprison,Pillexenderto30years,andGlastolifeinprison.Kirchnerand
Vetterweresentencedtodeath.
Box410
Folder3
Detailforthecourt,chargesheet,trialtranscript,July2831,1947
Folder4
Trialtranscript,Aug.46,1947
251
Folder5
Trialtranscript,Aug.78,1947
Folder6
TrialTranscript,Aug.1112,1947
Folder7
ProsecutionExhibits:
15. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints
6. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
7. PhotographanddetentionreportofHelmuthVetter
8. SketchbywitnessGeigerof blocks31and32atGusen
9. InterrogationofKasimierzMiloszewski,Jan.24,1946
10. StatementofAloisStockinger,June26,1947
11. StatementofDr.Desoile(notreceivedinevidence)
12. StatementofMaxMilnar,Feb.5,1947
13. StatementofKarlGlas,July5,1945
14. SketchbyMaxWahsnerofdentaldepartmentatMauthausen
15. StatementbyViktorMonyencs,Feb.21,1947
16. StatementbyMarianPlonczynski,Mar.14,1947
17. SketchbyJanKaminskiofbarracksatGusenI
18. StatementofPawelChapiorski,Feb.12,1947
19. StatementofFranzPillixeder,Feb.18,1947
20. StatementofAdamZalewski,Mar.14,1947
21. StatementofKarlGlas,Sept.21,1945
22. LetterorderingAntonSlupetzkytoGreece,Apr.15,1942
23. ReportofworkbySlupetzky,Jan.19,1945
Folder8
DefenseExhibits:
1. LetterfromAloisFallwimmer,July28,1946
252
2. LetterfromGabrielaJozewicz,Jan.29,1947
3. LetterfromStefanJosewicz,Oct.20,1945
4. SmallposterfromA.Slupetzky,Linz,warningFensternichtOffnen!
56. PostersfromA.Slupetzky,Linz,warningthatentranceisforbidden
(Eintrittverboten!)duetopoisongas
7. SketchbySlupetzkyshowingblock16atGusen(siteofgassing)
8. CertificateregardingA.SlupetzkysuseofCyclonBasadisinfectant,
Mar.20,1944
910. SketchesbyDr.Vettershowingblocks30,31,and32atGusenI
Folder9
Statementofsentences,Aug.13,1947
Box411
Folder1
ReviewandRecommendation,Feb.17,1948
Folder2
Ordersofreviewandexecutionofsentenceforms,WarCrimesBoards
ofReviewreports,AprilMay1948,withrelatedcorrespondence
Folders35
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofKarlGlas,May16,
1951,withclemencyappealsandapplications;applicationforparoleand
orderofparole,195458
Folder6
ClemencypetitionsonbehalfofKurtKirchner,194748
Folders78
ClemencypetitionsonbehalfofFranzPillixederwithrelatedcorrespon
dence,194851
253
Box412
Folder1
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewof thecaseof FranzPillixeder,
Oct.4,1951
Folder2
ClemencypetitionsonbehalfofAntonSlupetzky,194748
Folders35
ClemencypetitionsonbehalfofHelmuthVetter,194748,WarCrimes
BoardsofReviewofhiscase,MayandDec.1948,Jan.1949
ETO Case 00050532, U.S. v. Karl Horcicka et al., was tried at Dachau,
Germany,duringtheperiodOctober210,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitary
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcernedsevendefendantsaccusedof par
ticipatingintheoperationsofMauthausenConcentrationCampanditssub
campsandthereby,ontheprincipleofcommondesign,implicatedinmass
atrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Allof theconvictedaccused,listedbelow,
exceptingJohannWirth(anSSsergeant),wereinmatesof GusenI.
WladislausDopierala(neitherservednortried)
KarlGaertnerstonemason,firemanatGusenI
JohannGlasminer,blockeldestofblocks32and8
KarlHorcickacarpenter,capoandroommonitoratGusenI
KarlSchroeglerdriver,blockeldestatGusenI
OttoVoigt(acquitted)
JohannWirthSStechnicalsergeant,detailleaderonconstructiondetail
atGusenI
Ofthosetried,Voigtwasacquitted.Asapprovedbythereviewingauthori
ty,Wirthwassentencedto3yearsinprison,Glasto20years,andGaertner
tolife.HorcickaandSchroeglerweresentencedtodeath.
254
Box413
Folder1
Trialtranscript,Oct.28,1947
Folder2
Trialtranscript,Oct.910,1947
Folder3
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Detailforthecourt
2. Chargesheet
3. Letterofreferencefortrial
4. Letterofassignmentofcounsel
55E. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints
6. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
7. StatementofCzeslawKoncza,Apr.24,1946
8. StatementofStefanKrajewski,Apr.25,1946
9. StatementofStanislawKobodzinski,Apr.24,1946
10. StatementofEduardZamierowski,Apr.19,1947
11. StatementofEdwardMajewski,Apr.11,1947
12. StatementofSofiaDombrowski,Apr.29,1947
13. StatementofLt.BoCognet,Feb.28,1947
14. StatementofAloisHlavac(notadmittedasevidence)
15. StatementofKarlHorcicka(withdrawnfromrecord)
16. StatementofKarlHorcicka,Apr.26,1946
17. StatementofKarlSchroegler,Mar.17,1947
18. StatementofKarlGaertner,July15,1946
19. StatementofKarlGaertner,July5,1945
20. Questionnaire(Fragebogen)oftheaccusedJohannWirth,Nov.21,
1946
21. StatementofKarlHorcicka,Apr.24,1946
255
Folder4
DefenseExhibits:
1. PencildrawnmapofGusenI(23by33in.)
2. PlanofthebordelloatGusenI(17by33in.)with2A.aGermanindex
Folder5
Statementofsentences,Oct.10,1947
Folder6
CaseReviewandRecommendation,Feb.17,1948
Folder7
Executionof sentenceforms,ordersof review,andWarCrimesBoard
ofReviews,194951
Folder8
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofKarlGaertner,June
1,1951
Box414
Folders12
ParoleapplicationforKarlGaertner,1954,andparoleecasefile,195458
Folders34
ClemencypetitionsandWarCrimesModificationBoardreviewof the
caseofJohannGlas,May15,1951,andapplicationsforparole,195457
Folder5
ClemencypetitionsonbehalfofKarlHorcicka,1948
Folder6
ClemencypetitionsonbehalfofKarlSchroegger,1948
256
257
Folder3
ProsecutionExhibits:
13. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints
4. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
5. StatementofDr.FrancoisWetterwald,Mar.13,1947
67. Personnel questionnaires (Fragebogen) for accused Gloeckner and
Schilling
Folder4
DefenseExhibit:
1. StatementbyM.GladbachHehn,Aug.24,1947,regardingaccused
Schmitzchurchmembership
Folder5
Statementof sentences,Sept.17,1947
Folder6
ReviewandRecommendation,Mar.11,1948
Folder7
PetitionsforreviewandWarCrimesBoardsof Review,Apr.May1948,
withclemencypetitionsandrelatedcorrespondence,194851
Folder8
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewof thecaseof EmilGloeckner,
May18,1951,withexecutionof sentenceformandrelatedcorrespon
dence,195160
Box416
Folders13
WarCrimesBoardsofReviewofthecaseofAndreasSchilling,194851,
orderofparole,andparoleecasefile,195458
258
Folder4
ClemencypetitionsonbehalfofHeinrichSchmitz,1948
ETO Case 00050534, U.S. v. Horst Goennemann et al., was tried at
Dachau, Germany on October 27, 1947, before a General Military
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcernedfourdefendantsaccusedofpartic
ipatingintheoperationsofMauthausenConcentrationCampanditssub
campsandthereby,ontheprincipleofcommondesign,implicatedinmass
atrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Onlyoneoftheaccused,acriminalinmate
atEbensee,wasbroughttotrial.
JohannBognar(neitherservednortried)
FranzBorkenstein(neitherservednortried)
Horst Goennemann merchant and theologist, a criminal inmate at
Ebensee
GotthardtTanzmeier(neitherservednortried)
Asapprovedbythereviewingauthority,Goennemannwassentencedtofive
yearsinprison.
Box416
Folder5
Recordsofthiscaseareincludedinonefolder,arrangedasfollows:
Trialtranscript,Oct.27,1947
ProsecutionExhibits
1. Detailforthecourt
2. Chargesheet
3. Amendedchargesheet
4. Assignmentofcounsel
5. AccusedidentificationsheetforGoennemann,withmugshotsand
fingerprints
6. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
7. StatementofMoricEizikovic,July25,1945
259
8. StatementofAndreasCanko,July7,1945
9. StatementofPakalnisRomualdas,July9,1945
10. Statementof HorstGoennemann,July9,1945
DefenseExhibits
1. Psychiatricexaminationof Goennemann,Oct.7,1947
2. Statementof Dr.OttoPelzer,Oct.18,1947
ReviewandRecommendation,Jan.30,1948
CaseReviews,1948
Clemencyappealsonbehalf of Goennemann,194850
Prisondischargeform,Jan.3,1951
Therearenocasesfiledunder00050535and36.
ETOCase00050537,U.S. v.FriedrichKurbeletal., wastriedatDachau,
Germany, on August 6, 1947, before a General Military Government
Court. The case concerned two defendants, Friedrich Kurbel and Hilar
Raab,bothof whomservedasguardsattheMauthausensubcampGros
Raming. Both were acquitted. Records of this case are included in one
folderasfollows:
Box416
Folder6
Detailforthecourt
Assignmentof counsel
Chargesheet
Trialtranscript,Aug.6,1947
ReviewandRecommendation,Jan.12,1948
ETO Case 00050538, U.S. v. Hubert Frisch, et al., was tried at Dachau,
Germany,duringtheperiodAugust2627,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitary
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcernedfourdefendantsaccusedof partic
ipatingintheoperationsof MauthausenConcentrationCampanditssub
campsandthereby,ontheprincipleof commondesign,implicatedinmass
260
atrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Allof theconvictedaccused,listedbelow,
weremembersof theWaffenSSatSteyrConcentrationCamp.
HubertFrisch(militarystatusunknown),blockeldest,latercampeld
est,atSteyr
MartinLang(servedbutnottried)
JosefMocbeichelWaffenSS,guardatSteyr
JosefSchmidtWaffenSS,guardleaderofaworkdetailatSteyr
MartinLangwasnottried.As
approvedbythereviewingauthority,Mocbeichel
and
Schmidtweresentencedto20yearsinprison.Frischwassentencedtolifeinprison.
(Note:Trialrecordsforthiscase(chargesheet,detailforthecourt,trialtran
scriptsandexhibits,statementofsentencesandreviewandrecommendation)
arefiledinRG153,WarCrimesBranchCaseFiles194449,undercasefile
531,Volume34.SeeIII.14above.)
Box416
Folder7
ReviewandRecommendation,Feb.3,1948
Folder8
Reportof Acquittals,Sept.2,1947,clemencypetitions,ordersofreview
andWarCrimesBoardof Review,Apr.19,1948
Folder9
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofHubertFrisch,May
14,1951,withclemencypetitionsandapplicationsforparole,195558
Box417
Folder1
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofJosefMocbeichel,
May2,1951,with1951certificateof Christmasclemency
261
Folder2
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofJosefSchmidt,May
2,1951,withprisondischargeform,Mar.16,1952
ETO Case 00050539, U.S. v. Johann Schiller, was tried at Dachau,
Germany,September12,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitaryGovernmentCourt.
Thecaseconcernedonedefendant,JohannSchiller,amemberof theWaffen
SSwhoservedasaguardatMauthausenandrollcallleaderatsubcamps
SchwechatandSt.Valentin.Asapprovedbythereviewingauthority,Schiller
wassentencedto30yearsinprison.
Box417
Folder3
Detailforthecourt,chargesheet,trialtranscript,Sept.12,1947
Folder4
Duplicatecopyof trialtranscriptwithreviewandrecommendation,Jan.
7,1948
Folder5
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Accusedidentificationsheetwithphotograph(mugshot)andfin
gerprints
2. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
3. Statementof JohannSchiller,June26,1947
(Note:Therearenodefenseexhibitsfiledwiththiscase.)
Folder6
Statementof sentence,Sept.12,1947
Folder7
ReviewandRecommendation,Jan.7,1948
262
Folders89
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewof thecaseof JohannSchiller,
May2,1951,withapplicationsandordersofparole,andparoleecasefile,
195457
ETOCase00050540,U.S. v.FabianRichteretal., wastriedatDachau,
Germany,duringtheperiodSeptember911,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitary
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcernedthreedefendantsaccusedof par
ticipatingintheoperationsofMauthausenConcentrationCampanditssub
campsandthereby,ontheprincipleof commondesign,implicatedinmass
atrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Allof theconvictedaccused,listedbelow,
weremembersof theWaffenSS.
Johann Hoos Waffen SS private, member of training company and
guardatMauthausen
Fabian Richter Waffen SS private, guard at Mauthausen and Gros
Raming
FranzRottmann(neitherservednortried)
Rottmann was neither served nor tried. As approved by the reviewing
authority,Hooswassentencedto25yearsinprison.Richterwassentenced
todeath.
Box418
Folder1
Detailforthecourt,chargesheet,trialtranscript,Sept.911,1947
Folder2
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)andfingerprints
2. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
3. TwosketchesofmainroadatMauthausen(strickenfromtherecordand
withdrawn)
263
4. ExcerptfromMauthausendeathbookforJuly1,1943
5. Statementof accusedFabianRichter,June23,1947
6. Statementof accusedJohannHoos,July3,1947
7. Statementof accusedRichter,undated
8. Personnelquestionnaire(Fragebogen)forRichter
Folder3
DefenseExhibit:
1. An original chart (Lageplan) of Mauthausen Concentration Camp
showingold,new,andprojectedbuildings,datedOct.30,1942(30by
33in.)
Folder4
Statementsof sentences,Sept.11,1947
Folder5
ReviewandRecommendation,Jan.16,1948
Folder6
Ordersof reviewandexecutionof sentenceforms,1948
Folder7
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofJohannHoos,May
1,1951,withclemencypetitionsandprisondischargeform,Dec.21,1951
Folder8
WarCrimesBoardofReviewofthecaseofFabianRichter,Mar.18,1948,
withclemencypetitions
ETO Case 00050541, U.S. v. Hermann Sturm, was tried at Dachau,
Germany,duringtheperiodAugust1820,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitary
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcernedonedefendant,HermannSturm,a
Waffen SS technical sergeant who served as a guard at Mauthausen
264
Concentration Camp, roll call leader at the subcamp Linz I, and deputy
campcommanderatLinzIII.Asapprovedbythereviewingauthority,Sturm
wassentencedto20yearsinprison.
Box418
Folder9
Trialtranscript,Aug.1820,1947
Folder10
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Accusedidentificationsheetwithphotograph(mugshot)andfin
gerprints
2. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
(Note:Therewerenodefenseexhibitsfiledinthiscase.)
Folder11
Statementofsentence,Aug.20,1947
Folder12
ReviewandRecommendation,Feb.26,1948
Folder13
ActionandPetitionFileonbehalfofHermannSturm,includingcase
reviews,1948,andclemencypetitions,194753
Box419
Folders13
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofHermannSturm,
May 14, 1951, clemency petitions, parole applications, and clemency
releaseorder,195357
ETOCase00050542,U.S. v.GeorgPirneretal.,wastriedatDachau,Germany,
duringtheperiodSeptember1519,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitaryGovernment
265
Court.Thecaseconcernedthreedefendantsaccusedofparticipatingintheoper
ationsofMauthausenConcentrationCampanditssubcampsandthereby,on
the principle of common design, implicated in mass atrocities and other war
crimes.Alloftheaccused,listedbelow,wereformerinmatesofGusenI.
JohannFolgerGerman,constructionworker,capoatGusenI
Alois Madlmayr Austrian, furniture polisher, block and dispensary
clerkatGusenI
GeorgPirnerGerman,automotivemetalworker,capo,andblockeld
estatGusenI
Asapprovedbythereviewingauthority,Folgerwassentencedto10yearsin
prison,Madlmayrto15years,andPirnerto20.
Box419
Folder4
Chargesheet,detailforthecourtandtrialtranscript,Sept.1517,1947
Folder5
Trialtranscript,Sept.1819,1947
Folder6
ProsecutionExhibits:
11B. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints
2. StatementofGotthardKrause,May15,1947
3. StatementofWalentyPientka(notreceivedbycourt)
4. StatementofEdwardMajewski,Apr.11,1947
5. StatementofAloisMadlmayr,Feb.19,1947
67. StatementsofAloisMadlmayr(missingfromthisfile)
8. StatementofGeorgPirner(notreceivedbythecourt)
9. StatementofJohannFolger,July11,1945
(Note:Therewerenodefenseexhibitsfiledinthiscase.)
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Folder7
Statementofsentences,Sept.19,1947
Folder8
ReviewandRecommendation,Feb.24,1948
Folder9
Clemencypetitions,ordersof review,andexecutionof sentenceforms
forallthreedefendants,1948
Box420
Folder1
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofJohannFolger,May
16,1951,withprisondischargeform,Feb.19,1952
Folder2
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewof thecaseof AloisMadlmayr,
May16,1951
Folder3
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewof thecaseof GeorgPirner,
May 17, 1951, with application for parole and parolee case file,
195457
ETOCase00050543,U.S. v.FranzPavela, wastriedatDachau,Germany
during the period September 2426, 1947, before a General Military
Government Court. The case concerned one defendant, an Austrian
nationalandformerinmateandblockeldestattheMauthausensubcamps
Schwechat(sometimescalledHaidfeld),Florisdorf,andHinterbruehl.As
approvedbythereviewingauthority,Pavelawassentencedto25yearsin
prison.
Note:Trialrecordsforthiscase(chargesheet,detailforthecourt,trialtran
scripts,exhibits,statementofsentence,andreviewandrecommendation)are
267
filedinRG153,WarCrimesBranchCaseFiles194449,undercasefile531
Volume39.SeeIII.14above.
Box420
Folder4
ReviewandRecommendation,Feb.28,1948
Folder5
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofFranzPavela,May
16,1951,withclemencypetitions
Folder6
ParoleapplicationfileforFranzPavela,1953,withorderof paroleand
remissionof sentenceform,195458
ETO Case 00050544, U.S. v. Paul Tremmel, was tried at Dachau,
Germany, on September 26, 1947, before a General Military Gov
ernment Court. The case concerned one defendant, an SS sergeant at
MauthausenConcentrationCampandthesubcampWienerNeustadt,
Austria, where he served as a roll call leader. He was also involved in
the evacuation of WienerNeustadt to the Steyr subcamp in March
1945.As approved by the reviewing authority, Tremmel was sentenced
todeath.
Folder7
Trialtranscript,Sept.26,1947
Folder8
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Detailforthecourt
2. Chargesheet
3. Referraltotrial
268
4. Assignmentof counsel
(Note:Nodefenseexhibitswerefiledinthiscase.)
Folder9
Statementof sentence,Sept.26,1947
Folder11
ReviewandRecommendation,Jan.27,1948
Folder12
Petitions for review on behalf of Paul Tremmel, 1948, with case sum
mariesandreviews,Apr.July1948,andexecutionofsentenceform
ETOCase00050545,U.S. v.KarlFleischer,wastriedatDachau,Germany,
duringtheperiodOctober67,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitaryGovernment
Court. The case concerned one defendant accused of participating in the
operations of Mauthausen Concentration Camp and its subcamps and
thereby,ontheprincipleof commondesign,implicatedinmassatrocities
and other war crimes. Fleischer, an Austrian national, was an inmate of
MauthausenConcentrationCampandthesubcampsGusenIandII,where
hewasvariouslyanassistantcapo,acapoinatransportdetail,andablock
eldest.Asapprovedbythereviewingauthority,hewassentencedtodeath.
Box421
Folder1
Trialtranscripts,Oct.67,1947
Folder2
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Detailforthecourt
2. Chargesheet
3. Letterof referencefortrial
4. Letterof assignmentof counsel
269
Note:Prosecutionexhibits58,missingfromthisfile,aredescribedinthecourt
recordasfollows:
5. Accusedidentificationsheetwithphotograph(mugshot)andfin
gerprints
6. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
7. Statementof RogerDuchamp
8. Stipulation,re:P7above
Folder3
Statementof sentence,Oct.7,1947
Folder4
ReviewandRecommendation,Mar.1,1948
Folder5
Casesummaries,WarCrimesBoardsof ReviewNos.1and2(Apr.May
1948),relatedcorrespondence
ETOCase00050546,U.S. v.HanscarlVonPosern,wastriedatDachau,
Germany,duringtheperiodNovember47,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitary
GovernmentCourt.Thedefendant,aGermannational,wasaccusedofpar
ticipatingintheoperationsofMauthausenConcentrationCampanditssub
campsandthereby,ontheprincipleof commondesign,implicatedinmass
atrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.VonPosern,aGermannational,wasapolit
ical prisoner at Mauthausen and subcamp St. Valentin. At the latter, he
servedascampclerkinchargeof administrativework.Asapprovedbythe
reviewingauthority,hewassentencedtolifeinprison.
Folders67
Trialtranscripts,Nov.47,1947
270
Folder8
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Detailforthecourt
2. ChargeSheet
3. Letterofreferencefortrial
4. Letterofassignmentofcounsel
5. Accusedidentificationsheetwithphotograph(mugshot)andfin
gerprints
6. Psychiatricreport,U.S.Army98thGeneralHospital,Nov.2,1947
7. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
8. SketchofplanforprisonersbarracksatSt.Valentin
910. PhotostaticcopiesofselectedpagesfromMauthausendeathbooks
11. TypedlistofentriesfromMauthausendeathbooks
12. TypedlistofentriesfromMauthausenentryregister
Folder9
DefenseExhibits:
1. StatementofMichaelEschmann,Sept.28,1947
2. StatementofJohannSchiller,Oct.24,1947
3. Statementofreleasefromconfinementre:VonPosern,Feb.19,1946
4. StatementofcasepreparedbyLt.Pohlman,undated
5. Dossier(summaryofevidence)inthecaseofVonPosern,undated
Folder10
Statementofsentence,Nov.7,1947
Folder11
ReviewandRecommendation,Feb.26,1948
Folders1214
Ordersofreview;executionofsentenceform;WarCrimesBoardcase
271
272
Folder5
Orderof review,WarCrimesBoardsof Review(Mar.June1948),exe
cutionof sentenceform
ETO Case 00050548, U.S. v. Heinz Bollhorst, was tried at Dachau,
Germany,duringtheperiodSeptember26October1,1947,beforeaGeneral
MilitaryGovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcernedonedefendantaccusedof
participatingintheoperationsofMauthausenConcentrationCampandits
subcampsandthereby,ontheprincipleof commondesign,implicatedin
massatrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Theaccused,aWaffenSStechnicalser
geant,wasaguard,blockleader,anddetailleaderatMauthausenandroll
call leader atWiener Neustadt.As approved by the reviewing authorities,
Bollhorstwassentencedtolifeinprison.
Box422
Folder6
Trialtranscript,Sept.26Oct.1,1947
Folder7
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Detailforthecourt
2. Chargesheet
3. Letterofreferencefortrial
4. Letterofassignmentofcounsel
5. Accusedidentificationsheetwithphotograph(mugshot)andfin
gerprints
6. StatementofJohannKanduth,Feb.14,1947
(Note:Onedefenseexhibit,recordoftrialinthecaseofJosefKattneretal.,was
offeredbutnotadmittedasevidence.)
Folder8
ReviewandRecommendation,Feb.18,1948
273
Folders912
Order of review and execution of sentence form (1948); War Crimes
ModificationBoardreviewof thecaseofHeinzBollhorst,June7,1951;
petitionsforpardonandhearingsregardingthecase(1952,Amtsgericht
inStarnberg,Germany);andapplicationsandorderof parole,195457
ETOCase00050549,U.S. v.PaulWolfram,wastriedatDachau,Germany,
during the period October 1516, 1947, before a General Military
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcernedonedefendantaccusedof partici
patingintheoperationsof MauthausenConcentrationCampanditssub
campsandthereby,ontheprincipleof commondesign,implicatedinmass
atrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.Thedefendant,PaulWolfram,aWaffenSS
firstlieutenant,wasthegeneralmanagerandrepresentativeof operatorsof
the stone quarry at Gusen I. The quarry was owned and operated by the
GermanEarthandStoneWorksCompany(DeutscheErdundSteinwerk
orDEST),afirmownedandoperatedbytheSS.Asapprovedbythereview
ingauthority,Wolframwassentencedtolifeinprison.
Box423
Folder1
Trialtranscripts,Oct.1516,1947
Folder2
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Detailforthecourt
2. Chargesheet
3. Letterofreferencefortrial
4. Letterofassignmentofcounsel
5. Accusedidentificationsheetwithphotograph(mugshot)andfin
gerprints
6. Trialdatafromparentcase000505
274
Folder3
DefenseExhibit:
1. Statement of accused Paul Wolfram, Oct. 9, 1947, regarding secret
ordersinApr.1945toeliminateallMauthauseninmates
Folder4
Statementofsentence,Oct.16,1947
Folder5
ReviewandRecommendation,Feb.19,1948
Folders67
ClemencypetitionsonbehalfofPaulWolfram,194752
Folders810
WarCrimesModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofPaulWolfram,Oct.
4, 1951; petitions for clemency and parole; and 1954 application for
parole
Box424
Folder1
Subsequentapplicationforparole,withparoleplanandorderof parole,
1955,andorderforremissionofunexecutedportionofsentence,1957
ETO Case 00050550, U.S. v. Adolf Berg et al., was tried at Dachau,
Germany,duringtheperiodNovember310,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitary
GovernmentCourt.Thecaseconcernedtwodefendantsaccusedofpartici
patingintheoperationsof MauthausenConcentrationCampanditssub
campsandthereby,ontheprincipleofcommondesign,implicatedinmass
atrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.AccusedBergwasadetailleader,leaderof
theguards,andmemberoftheSSatsubcampsAusbauandGusenIandII.
275
AccusedKarlWiedhoferwasacapoatGusenI.Asapprovedbythereview
ingauthority,Bergwassentencedto7years,andWiedhoferto15yearsin
prison.
Box424
Folder2
Trialtranscripts,Nov.310,1947
Folder3
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Detailforthecourt
2. Chargesheet
3. Letterof referencefortrial
4. Letterof assignmentof counsel
5AB. Accusedidentificationsheetswithphotographs(mugshots)and
fingerprints
6. Datafromparentcase000505
7. Statementof NatanHochhauser,Mar.11,1947
8. Statementof SzymonDressler,Mar.11,1947
9. Statementof RogerDuchamp,Sept.12,1947
10. Statementof EtienneBinet,Sept.5,1947
11. Statementof Weidhoper(notofferedtocourt;notinfile)
12. Statementof Wiedhoper(notofferedtocourt;notinfile)
Folder4
DefenseExhibits:
1. Paybook(Soldbuch)ofAdolfBerg(withdrawnfromfile)
2. StatementoftownmayorofKaselbeiTrier,Germany,Sept.3,1947
3. StatementofAloisWinkel,VicarofKasel,Nov.8,1946
4. XrayofWeidhoper(chest)
5. Specialistsfindingsre:Xray(above)
6. LetterfromorganizationVolkssolidaritaetinUpperAustria,July
22,1947
276
7. LetterfromorganizationVolkssolidaritaetinUpperAustria,Oct.
15,1947
8. DeclarationbyErnstGutmann,Oct.15,1947
Folder5
Statementsof sentences,Nov.10,1947
Folder6
ReviewandRecommendation,Feb.27,1948
Folder7
Orders of review, execution of sentence forms,War Crimes Boards of
Reviewreports,clemencypetitions,andmiscellaneouscorrespondence,
1948
Folder8
Prison discharge form for Adolf Berg, Aug. 25, 1950; correspondence
regardingmissingpaybook(Soldbuch),1951
Folders911
ClemencypetitionsonbehalfofKarlWeidhoper,194853;WarCrimes
ModificationBoardreviewofthecaseofWeidhoper,May31,1951;peti
tionsandapplicationforparole,1954;andformforremissionof unex
ecutedportionof sentence,1957
ETOCase00050551,U.S. v.AntonKlein,wastriedatDachau,Germany,dur
ingtheperiodOctober2224,1947,beforeaGeneralMilitaryGovernmentCourt.
Thecaseconcernedonedefendantaccusedofparticipatingintheoperationsof
MauthausenConcentrationCampanditssubcampsandthereby,ontheprinci
pleofcommondesign,implicatedinmassatrocitiesandotherwarcrimes.The
accused,aGermannational,wasaninmateatMauthausenandsubcampEbensee
wherehewasacapoontheunloadingdetailandablockeldest.Asapprovedby
thereviewingauthority,Kleinwassentencedtodeath.
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Box424
Folder12
Trialtranscript,Oct.2224,1947
Folder13
ProsecutionExhibits:
1. Detailforthecourt
2. Chargesheet
3. Letterofreferencefortrial
4. Letterofassignmentofcounsel
5. Accusedidentificationsheet(missingfromfile)
6. Trialdatafromparentcase000505(missingfromfile)
(Note:Onedefenseexhibit,statementofKonradWegner,ismissingfromthe
file.)
Folder14
Statementofsentence,Oct.24,1947
Folder15
ReviewandRecommendation,Feb.6,1948
Folder16
Petitionforreviewofsentence(posthumous)bywifeofdefendant,1952
III.79WarCrimesCaseFiles(CasesNotTried),19441948
Thisseriesconsistsofrecordsrelatingtoallegations,investigations,and
reportsofwarcrimesinwhichtherewasnotrial.Thiswasgenerallydueto
insufficient evidence or failure to capture the perpetrator. The 173 cases
referringtoAustriaarefiledundercountrycode5andchieflyrefertothe
killing of, or mistreatment or withholding of medical care from, downed
Americanflyers.Asmallnumberofcasesinthisseries,describedbelow,refer
toMauthausenoritssubcamps.AdditionalMauthausenmaterialisfound
incasesnottriedfiledunder000505.Themostsignificantiteminthis
278
series,aninvestigativefileonexterminationsatHartheimCastle,isfiled(or
misfiled)underCaseNo.00012463.
ETOCaseNo.534:Investigationof thefatalshootingof Americanairmen
Lt.JosephNolanandT/Sgt.Brockandmistreatmentof fiveotherairmen
who parachuted from a disabled bomber in the vicinity of Mauthausen
Concentration Camp onApril 25, 1945. Suspects include SS troops from
Mauthausen.WalterGeorgBachmayer,assistantcampcommander,isnamed
asperpetrator.(Box5,location:290/59/19/02)
ETO Case 545: Witness statements regarding the killing of 20 to 25
HungarianJewsbytheSSonoraboutApril9,1945.Thevictimswerepart
of a forced march in the vicinity of Linz, Austria. (Box 5, location:
290/59/19/02)
ETOCase585:ReportofthebeatingofunknownAmericanairmenbySS
guards at the Mauthausen subcamp Wiener Neustadt in February 1945.
(Box8,location:290/59/19/03)
ETO Case No. 5111: Report of shooting and brutal mistreatment of
AmericanairmenbySSpersonnelfromthesubcampGusenonorabout
August8,1944.ThereportwasmadebyWojciechMarchwicki,aPolishpolit
icalprisoneratGusen.(Box11,location:290/59/19/03)
ETO Case No. 00051: Testimony of S.Sgt. Perry K. Smith regarding the
murderandmistreatmentJewishprisonersseenmarchinginthevicinityof
Mauthausen Concentration Camp. Incident undated. (Box 442, location:
290/59/28/02)
ETOCaseNo.000517:DepositionofS.Sgt.DaltonRayHutchinsregard
ing the killing and mistreatment of Jewish prisoners in the vicinity of
Braunau,Austria,duringaforcedmarchinAprilMay1945.(Box443,loca
tion:290/59/28/02)
279
ETOCaseNo.000519:Investigationofamurderbyshootingofaninjured
RussianwhohadescapedfromthesubcampEbenseeonoraboutJuly12,
1944.TheincidentoccurredintheReindlmuhlsubdivisionof Altmunster,
Austria.(Box443,location:sameasabove)
ETOCaseNo.0005057:ChargesheetforGottliebFrisch,datedMay28,
1947,regardingbeatingsatMauthausenanditssubcampsbetweenJanuary
1942andMay1945.(Box521,location:290/59/29/05)
ETOCaseNo.00050516:ChargesheetforWilhelmBloos,WilhelmGross,
AntonKuhn,FranzPonner,andMichaelToma,datedJune9,1947,regard
ingkillings,beatings,andtortureatMauthausenanditssubcampsbetween
January1942andMay1945.(Box522,location:290/59/29/05)
ETOCaseNo.00050535:Chargesheetof WolfgangTreuer,datedJuly2,
1947,regardingkillingsandbeatingsatMauthausenanditssubcampson
oraboutJune1940.(Box522,location:sameasabove)
ETO Case No. 00050536: Charge sheet of Ruppert Aumayr and Peter
Schur, dated July 7, 1947, regarding killings, beatings, and torture at
MauthausenanditssubcampsbetweenJanuary1942andMay1945.(Box
522:location:sameasabove)
ETOCaseNo.00012463: Investigativerecordspertainingtothegassing
andexterminationofsome65,000individuals,sufferingfromphysicaland
mental disorders, as well as concentration camp prisoners at Hartheim
Castle,anexterminationcenterinthevicinityofAlkoven,Austria.Named
perpetratorsarePhilipBouler,VictorBrack,WernerBlankenberg,Dr.Georg
Renno,JochenBecker,ChristianWirth,FranzReichleitner,OttoSchmidtgen,
JosefVallister,KurtBohlender,HubertGomerski,VinzenzNohel,andPaul
Grath.TheHartheimcaseneverwenttotrial.VictorBrack,oneoftheper
sonsdeemedmostintimatelyconnectedwitheuthanasiaexterminationat
Hartheim,wasanOberfuehrerintheSSandanadministrativeofficerinthe
280
CastleHartheim,inAlkoven,nearLinz,Austria,wasusedbytheNazisasanexterminationcenterfor
mentallyhandicappedpersonsandothersuptoNovember1944.Tensof thousandswerekilledthere
eitherbyinjectionorgaschamber.(ReportofInvestigationofWarCrimes[Hartheim],CasesNotTried,
RG549)
Ex.15:PhotographofplaquesinhallwayofHartheimCastle(b&w,4by4in.)
Ex.16:PhotographofsmallentrydoorofHartheimCastle(b&w,4by5in.)
Ex.17:PhotographofportionoftheinteriorofHartheimCastle(b&w,31/2
by4in.)
Ex.18:PhotographofportionoftheinteriorofHartheimCastle(b&w,31/2
by4in.)
Ex.19:Photographofwindowinthegaschamber(b&w,4by5in.)
Ex.20:Photographofaroomformerlyusedasacrematory(b&w,4by5in.)
Ex.21:Photographofaroomformerlyusedasacrematory(b&w,4by5in.)
Ex.22:Photographofaroomformerlyusedasacrematory(b&w,4by5in.)
Ex.23:ListofbooksfoundinafilecabinetatHartheimCastle
Ex.24:WitnessStatementFranzWagner(photographerattheCureand
CareInstitutioninBerlin)
Ex.25:WitnessStatementHeleneHintersteiner(seeabove)
282
X13Johan(orJochen)Becker(markedwitharrow)
X14FranzWagner
X15BrunoBruckner
X16FranzHoedl
X17FranzMayrhuber
X18HansLothaler
X18aHansLothaler
X19Franz(Hans)Anzinger(markedwitharrow)
X20FranzMayrhuber
X21AuthurWalther
X22HermannWenzel(Wentzel)
X23EmilReisenberger
X24BrunoKochan(markedwitharrow)
X25MitziWittman
X26GertrudKlaehn
X27MitziRaab
X28AnnemarieGruber
X29HansHereth(markedwitharrow)
X30HannaPfeiffer(markedwitharrow)
X31WalterRose
Ex.38:WitnessStatementLt.StanleyFriedenberg(Certificationof theMay
5,1945,suicideof HartheimdirectorDr.RudolphLonauerwithhiswife
andtwochildren)
Ex.39:StatisticalReport,boundvolumefoundatCastleHartheimlisting
thenumberofimbecilesdisinfectedatHartheimandotherinstitutions.
(Thisitemisfiledinbox491.Itisreproducedonroll18ofNARAMicrofilm
PublicationT1021.SeeVII.5belowforanitemdescription.)
Ex. 40: Witness StatementAdam Golebski (prisoner at Mauthausen
ConcentrationCamp)
Appendix A: Photographs (b&w, mostly 2 by 3 in.) of witnesses Helene
Hintersteiner, Hans Anzinger, Iganz Schuhmann, Rose Haas, Elfrieda
Krautgartner,AnnelisaGindl,andEloisaErengruber
284
III.80RecordsRelatingtoParolees(ParoleeCaseFiles),19451958
Thisseriesconsistsof ordersof grantingparole,monthlyreportsof parole
officers,medicalrecords,petitionsbyfamilyandfriendsonbehalf of pris
oners,identificationphotographs,fingerprintcards,clemencyreleaseorders,
andotherrecordsrelatingtotheconfinementandparoleof inmatesatWar
CriminalPrisonNo.1,Landsberg,Germany.Filesarearrangedalphabeti
cally by surname of parolee. (Entry A1 2242, boxes 1141, location:
290/59/30/2).ParoleecasefilesforinmatessentencedintheMauthausentri
alsareasfollows:
Box1:KarlAlbrecht
Box74:OttoKleingunther
Box3:WilliAuerswald
Box76:OttoKopischke
Box7:GustavHermann
Box76:MaxKraemer
AdolfBloy
Box77:WernerKuehn
Box15:RudolfBrust
Box79:RudolfLamm
Box16:ErnstBuerger
Box79:GustavLehrbacher
Box25:EduardErb
Box81:JosefLukan
Box39:HermannFusten
Box83:MathaeusMeier
Box40:HansGeiger
Box85:ErnstMeyer
Box41:HansGiovanazzi
Box102:PaulRicken
Box46:WilhelmGrill
Box116:MaxSeidl
Box51:JohannHaider
Box123:XaverStrauss
Box53:HerbertHartung
Box131:HeinrichWagner
Box55:AlfonsHugoHeisig
Box139:AlbertZeitraeg
III.81RecordsRelatingtoExecutedPrisoners(ExecuteeFiles),19461951
This series consists of reports of medical examinations, commitment to
prisonorders,photographs,andotherrecordsmaintainedduringthecon
finementof andrelatingtotheexecutionof condemnedwarcriminalsat
WarCriminalPrisonNo.1,Landsberg,Germany.Filesarearrangedalpha
betically by surname of executee. (Entry A1 2243, boxes 114, location:
290/59/33/1). Viktor Brack, implicated in the euthanasia program at
HartheimCastle,wassentencedtodeathinCase1,U.S. v.KarlBrandtetal.,
285
atNuremberg.Allotherexecuteefileslistedbelowareforinmatessentenced
intheMauthausentrials.
Box1:ViktorBrack
Box8:ErichMiessner
Box3:AugustEigruber
Box8:HeinzMiroff
Box3:HeinrichEisenhoefer
Box9:EmilMueller
Box3:EmilEuler
Box9:Rudolf Mynzak
Box4:Rudolf Fiegl
Box9:EugenHermannNoky
Box4:HeinrichFitschok
Box9:AloisObermeier
Box4:WillyFrey
Box11:TheophilPriebel
Box4:GeorgGoessl
Box11:ReinhardPurucker
Box5:WernerGrahn
Box11:Josef Riegler
Box5:JohannesGrimm
Box11:TheoSchmitz
Box5:HeinrichHaeger
Box11:KarlSchoepperle
Box5:HansHegenscheidt
Box11:ThomasSigmund
Box5:WilhelmHenkel
Box12:HansSpatzenegger
Box6:AloisHollriegl
Box13:KarlStreng
Box6:FranzHuber
Box13:OttoStriegel
Box7:PaulKaiser
Box13:KarlStruller
Box7:AntonKaufmann
Box13:OskarTandler
Box7:FranzKautny
Box13:LeopoldTrauner
Box7:KurtKeilwitz
Box13:AndreasTrum
Box7:Josef Kisch
Box13:HermannTuntke
Box7:Rudolf GustavKlein
Box14:EwaldWlotzka
Box8:EduardKrebsbach
Box14:ChristianWohlrab
Box8:GustavKreindl
Box14:WaldemarWolter
Box8:Josef Leeb
Box14:ViktorZoller
victedwarcriminalswhowereinmatesof andreleasedfromtheLandsberg
Prison.Filesarearrangedalphabeticallybysurnameof inmate.(A12241,
boxes 195, location: 290/59/33/4). Files for inmates sentenced in the
Mauthausentrialsareasfollows:
Box3:WilliAuerswald
Box31:WalterHoehler
Box3:GeorgBach
Box36:HansClemensJung
Box7:HansBergerhoff
Box38:WilhelmKauffeld
Box8:PaulBinzenbach
Box40:EduardKlerner
Box10:Olf Brandt
Box41:LotharKobilke
Box13:EduardCurten
Box41:OttoKoetzle
Box13:ArnoldDamaschke
Box42:KarlKolbe
Box15:EduardDlouhy
Box42:ViktorKorger
Box15:JohannDomis
Box46:KarlKuehn
Box16:RichardDudzinski
Box46:WernerKuehn
Box18:JoaquinEspinoza
Box48:FerdinandLappert
Box19:FriedrichFelsch
Box48:JosefLatzel
Box20:OttmarFink
Box49:OttoLeibauer
Box20:FranzFirsching
Box52:HeinrichLuetscher
Box20:HansFreyhold
Box52:WilhelmMack
Box23:HeinrichFulsche
Box53:StefanMallschits
Box24:HeinrichGiese
Box53:JosefMayer
Box24:LudwigGinters
Box56:AdolfMohr
Box24:WilhelmGlissmann
Box59:WilhelmMueller
Box25:KasparGoetz
Box60:ErwinNessl
Box26:MaxGrutzi
Box61:RichardNuszkowski
Box26:HerbertGrzybowski
Box63:AloisPanhans
Box27:FritzKarlGuenther
Box64:ChristophPfaffenberger
Box27:PaulGuetzlaff
Box68:ErnstReichert
Box28:GertHausknecht
Box69:PaulRichen
Box29:OttoHees
Box71:ViktorRuber
Box31:RudolfHirsch
Box72:AdolfRutka
Box31:WilhelmHochwitz
Box73:RobertSchaefer
287
Box73:FritzSchallenberg
Box83:KarlStumfol
Box77:OttoSchrader(filemissing)
Box83:HeinrichStumpf
Box78:ErickSchuettauf
Box86:WilliUebener
Box81:JacobSoens
Box87:StefanUscharewitsch
Box81:JosefSpielhofer
Box87:HeinzMartinVaessen
Box82:MartinSteinmetz
Box88:FritzWagner
Box82:LudwigStier(filemissing)
Box91:WilliWerner
Box82:DanielStoeckel
Box92:LeopoldWinter
Box83:FlorianStuetz
Box94:OttoZink
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StillPictures
289
VictimsatLambachConcentrationCamp,May6,1945
SC204480
SurvivorsatEbenseeConcentrationCamp,May7,1945
SC204481
CrematoriumatEbensee,May7,1945
Box266(new)
SC20480913
Atrocities,victimsatGusenConcentrationCamp,May
1945
Box270(new)
SC20603638
Liberationof Ebensee,survivors,victims,May7,1945
Box272(new)
SC206394400
Scenesof liberation,Mauthausen,May6,1945
SC20647483
Scenesof liberation,Gusen,May12,1945
SC206620
VictimsatMauthausen,May6,1945
SC20662123
Box273(new)
SC20681620
121stEvacuationHospital,patientsatNeubau,Austria,
May16,1945
SC206821
ServicededicatingplaquetoRussianvictims,
Mauthausen,May16,1945
290
Box277(new)
SC207881
ConcentrationcampinfirmaryatLinz,Austria,
May7,1945
SC207882
DisintermentofbodyofcampvictimnearLinz,May7,1945
SC20789095
Survivors,liberationscenes,Ebensee,May1945
Box306(new)
SC2160951
HungarianprisonerseatingatafarmnearMauthausen,
May6,1945
Box480(new)
SC26483948
Victims,survivorsatEbensee,May8,1945
SC264849
Ebenseesurvivorserectamemorialwreath,May7,1945
SC26491221
Victims,survivorsatGusenConcentrationCamp,May1945
Box486(new)
SC26648992
SC266502
Mauthausenatrocities,May1945
SC2665056
Victims,survivorsatLinz,Austria,May7,1945
SC26657174
121stEvacuationHospital,treatmentof campsurvivors,
May16,1945
Box490(new)
SC267473
Austrianciviliansshownatrocityphotos,Linz,Austria,
June19,1945
Box504(new)
SC271474
Box655(new)
Note:ThefollowingconsistofphotographsofMauthausenperpetrators,before
andafterexecutionsatLandsburg,Germany,November1948.Photographsof
291
executeesmissingfromthisseriesareincludedinRecordGroup319,Records
oftheArmyStaff,SeriesCE(formerlyclassifiedfile),alsoavailableintheStill
PicturesResearchRoom.
SC313942
WilhelmKaupp,priortoexecution
SC313944
KarlFleischer,priortoexecution
SC313946
KurtKirchner,priortoexecution
SC313952
EmilAndreasGay,priortoexecution
SC313954
HansBoehn,priortoexecution
SC313955
HansBoehn,afterhisexecution
SC313956
WilhelmFriedrichMueller,priortoexecution
SC313957
WilhelmFriedrichMueller,afterhisexecution
SC313958
KarlHorcicka,priortoexecution
SC313959
KarlHorcicka,afterhisexecution
SC313960
ChristianWohlrab,priortoexecution
SC313962
MaxPausch,priortoexecution
SC313963
MaxPausch,afterhisexecution
SC313964
KarlStreng,priortoexecution
SC313965
KarlStreng,afterhisexecution
SC313966
AlexanderPeroutka,priortoexecution
SC313967
AlexanderPeroutka,afterhisexecution
SC313968
KarlSchoepperle,priortoexecution
SC313970
JosefKisch,priortoexecution
SC313978
GustavPetrat,priortoexecution
SC313980
FranzKofler,priortoexecution
Box656
SC313986
QuirinFlaucher,priortoexecution
SC313987
QuirinFlaucher,afterhisexecution
Box220(old)
SC387139
LiberatedFrenchmennearLinz,Austria,May7,1945
SC38714849
Gusen,formerinmates,May1945
292
Box225
SC392233
OverviewofEbenseeConcentrationCamp,May1945
ViewofovensofMauthausen,May1945
208AA206B1
LiberationofGusenConcentrationCamp,May1945
208AA314A1
Frenchnationalsreleasedfromconcentrationcampsin
AustriaonaU.S.FlyingFortress taking off from Linz,
Austria,July1945
208AA314A2
Frenchsurvivorof MauthausenfedataU.S.hospitalin
Wels,Austria,July1945
208AA314A4
208AA314A5
208AA314B1
208AA314C1
208AA314C2
RussianwomenfreedbytheAlliedforcesinAustria,May
30,1945
208AA314D1
Polish24yearoldshowsprisonernumbertattooedon
hisarm,atU.S.hospital inWels,Austria,July10,1945
208AA314E
208AA314E
(Unnumbered)SickFrenchmanloadedontoaU.S.Air
ForcehospitalplaneatLinz,Austria,July10,1945
YESeries:(Oversizedexhibitprints)
208YE1A18
Camptruckpiledwithbodies,Ebensee,May1945
208YE2167
Sceneshowingliberationof Mauthausen,with
Americantanks,May1945
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MotionPictures
295
Ebensee
#111ADC4321ConcentrationCampEbensee,Austria,May8,1945(10.4
min.,silent,b&w),showingbodiesbeingplacedinthecrematoryfurnace
andweaksurvivorssupportedbyothersurvivors
Linz
#111ADC4543ConcentrationCampLinz,Austria,May7,1945(10min.,
sound,b&w),showingsurvivorsdiscussingtheirexperiences,mistreatment,
andreactiontotheirliberationbyU.S.troops
#111ADC4619TakingofLinz,Austria,May5,1945(734ft.,sound,b&w),
showingthe11thArmoredDivisionenteringLinz,withasequenceshow
ingtroopstalkingtoanHungarianJewishprisonerwhotellsof hishard
shipsinthecamp
DisplacedPersons/Refugees
#111ADC4371FrenchPoliticalPrisoners,Reutte,Austria,May4,1945
(768ft.,silent,b&w),showingaconvoyofambulances,highrankingFrench
politicalprisonersbeingloadedintoambulances,andFrenchprisonerssay
inggoodbyetopoliticalprisonersofothernationalities
#111 ADC 45702Displaced Persons Camp, Landeck, Austria, May 10,
1945(908ft.,silent,b&w),showingaDPcampoperatedbytheU.S.44th
InfantryDivision;men,womenandchildrenatthecamp;theevacuation
of people from the camp by truck; and a building with the sign 44th
DivisionDisplacedPersonsCenter
#111ADC45722EvacuationofFrenchPWs,Linz,Austria,May13,1945
(988ft.,silent,b&w),showingFrenchprisonersassembledatanairfieldand
boardingaB17aircraft
#111ADC50002Refugees,Innsbruck,Austria,June15,July14,1945(879
ft.,silent,b&w),showingtheInnsbruckrailroadstation,Americansoldiers
297
awaitingarefugeetrain,andrefugeesatacampandlinedoutoutsideadis
pensary
#111ADC5001Refugees,Innsbruck,Austria,June15,July14,1945(774
ft.,silent,b&w),showingvariousscenesof refugeesattheInnsbrucktrain
station, members of theItalian Committee, and refugees with personal
belongingsleavingthecamp
LiberatorUnits
#111ADC43581U.S.11thArmoredDivisionEntersLinz,Austria,May
5,1945(498ft.,silent,b&w),showingM4tanksandothervehiclescross
ingabridgeandmovingthroughthestreetswithliberatedslavelaborersand
prisoners of war cheering, a group of liberated civilians with the banner
Tito,andsoldiersremovingdemolitionchargesfrombeneaththe
bridge
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CartographicRecords/AerialPhotography
RecordscitedbelowmaybeorderedforviewingintheCartographicand
Architectural Branch, Room 3050, at the National Archives at College
Park,MD.
number and bar code number. Finding aids are available to facilitate this
process.AerialphotographyforAustriaisroughlylocatedwithinthecoor
dinates45to48degreesnorth(latitude)and9to19degreeseast(longitude).
Pertinentcanistersareidentifiedbythefollowingbarcodes:
153933672153933673(Italy,Austria,45Nx11E)
153933671(Italy,Austria,Yugoslavia,45Nx12E)
153933819(Hungary,Yugoslavia,Austria,46Nx16E)
153933921153933924(Germany,Austria,Switzerland,47Nx9E)
153933916153933920(Germany,Austria,Switzerland,47Nx10E)
153933912153933914(Germany,Austria,Italy,47Nx11E)
153933907153933911(Austria,Germany,Italy,47Nx12E)
153933903153933906(Germany,Austria,Italy,47Nx13E)
153933902(Germany,Austria,47Nx14E)
153933900153933901(Austria,Yugoslavia,47Nx15E)
153933899(Austria,Hungary,47Nx16E)
153933898(Austria,Hungary,Czechoslovakia,47Nx17E)
153933895153933897(Czechoslovakia,Austria,Hungary,47Nx18E)
153933427153933428(Germany,Austria,Czechoslovakia,48Nx12E)
153933429153933433(Germany,Austria,Czechoslovakia,48Nx13E)
153933434153933436(Germany,Austria,Czechoslovakia,48Nx14E)
153933437153933440(Germany,Austria,Czechoslovakia,48Nx15E)
153933441153933442(Austria,Czechoslovakia,48Nx16E)
153933660153933661(Austria,Czechoslovakia,48Nx16E)
153933662,153933400153933401(Austria,Czechoslovakia,
Hungary,48Nx17E)
153933397153933399(Austria,Czechoslovakia,Hungary,48Nx18E)
153933381153933382(Austria,Czechoslovakia,Hungary,Poland,
48Nx19E)
The small sample examined for this publication identified the following
exposuresforthetownofMauthausenandsurroundingarea:
300
BarCode153936911,ON52557,ExposureNumber5061,date:Jan.11,1943
BarCode153940662,ON27353,ExposureNumbers70567057,date:Jan.
27,1944
BarCode153938417,ON49066,ExposureNumbers1037and2037,date:
May8,1945
VI.3AerialMosaicNegatives:Thisseries,identifiedasSequence38,con
sistsof severalhundredphotographicnegativesof aerialmosaics,oblique
aerial photographs, and groundlevel photographs of a wide range of
Europeansites.Asmallnumberofphotographsrelatingtoundergroundfac
toriesinAustriaarefiledamongtheGermanphotographs.
Sheet numbers 752.495 and 496 include 14 photographic negatives of an
undergroundrefineryinEbensee,Austria,withanaerialviewof thetown
anditssurroundingareas.
Sheetnumber752.498includesseveralphotographicnegativesof anunder
groundMesserschmidtFactoryinthevicinityof Schwaz,Austria.
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NationalArchivesMicrofilmPublications
VII.1 Records of the United States Nuernberg War Crimes Trials: United
StatesofAmericav. KarlBrandtetal.(CaseI),MicrofilmPublicationM887.
TrialtestimonyandexhibitspertainingtotheprosecutionoftheaccusedSS
OberfuehrerViktorBrack(rolls2425)includeasmallamountofmaterial
oneuthanasiaprogramsatMauthausenandHartheimCastle.(seeRG238,
III.29,above).
VII.2 Records of the United States Nuernberg War Crimes Trials: United
States of America v. Oswald Pohl et al. (Case IV), Microfilm Publication
M890, 38 rolls. In this case, leading officers of the SS Economic and
Administration Main Office (SS Wirtschafts und Verwaltungshauptamt)
weretriedforcrimesassociatedwiththeadministrationandcontrolofcon
centrationcampsandprofitsderivedfromtheexploitationof concentra
tioncamplabor (seeRG238,III.30,above).
VII.3 Records of the U.S. Nuernberg War Crimes Trials Interrogations,
19461949, MicrofilmPublicationM1019(seeRG238,III.35,above).
Transcripts of interrogations of a small number of defendants in the
Mauthausentrialsarelocatedinthisseries.Theinterrogationsweredone
bytheInterrogationBranchoftheOfficeofChiefCouncilforWarCrimes.
Individualsinterrogated,datesofinterrogations,androllnumbersarelist
edbelow:
302
FriedrichEntress,Apr.14andMay20,1947,roll16
EduardKrebsbach,May20,1947,roll38
VII.4InterrogationRecordsPreparedforWarCrimesProceedingsatNuernberg,
19451947, MicrofilmPublicationM1270(seeRG238,III.35,above).
The transcripts of a Sept. 19, 1945, interrogation of August Eigruber,
rankingNaziofficialtriedintheMauthausenparentcase000505,islocat
edonroll23.
VII.5RecordsofUnitedStatesArmyWarCrimesTrials
United States of America v. Ernst Dura et al., June 913, 1947. Microfilm
PublicationM1100,2rolls.
UnitedStatesofAmerica v.JohannHaideretal., Sept.312,1947.Microfilm
PublicationM1139,2rolls.
UnitedStatesofAmerica v.HansJoachimGeorgGeigeretal., July9Aug.5,
1947.MicrofilmPublicationM1191,2rolls.
German Documents Among the War Crimes Records of the Judge Advocate
Division,Headquarters,UnitedStatesArmy,Europe. MicrofilmPublication
T1021,20rolls.
Includes miscellaneous Germanlanguage documents, mainly trial
exhibits from Record Group 549, JAG, Cases Tried. The following
Mauthausenitemsareincluded:
1. Correspondence of Dr. Zora, physician, to the SS Standortarzt of
Mauthausen,concerninghealthconditionsinWorkCampMelk.Jan.8,
1945.Casefile00050526,Vol.3,roll1,firstframe198.
2. Volumecontainingtypeddata,charts,andasurveyofhealthinstitutions
andsanatoriumsthroughoutGermanywithstatisticsoninmates,food
costs,andrations.Thisvolumewasoriginallyfoundinalockedsteelfile
atHartheimCastle,Alkoven,Austria,knownasacenterforgassingand
303
liquidatingthefeeblemindedandconcentrationcampinmates.Itwas
compiledbyE.Brandtandliststhenumberof imbecilesdisinfected
atHartheimandotherinstitutions.Casefile00012463,Exhibit39,roll
18,firstframe91.
3. Copy of a plan for Mauthausen produced by the Bauinspection der
WaffenSSundPolizei,ReichSuedPlanung.Oct.30,1942.Casefile000
50540,roll18,firstframe907.
4. Afileof thedrugwholesalefirmRichter&Co.,Wels,Austria,contain
ingbillsandordersfordrugs,of whichonlythatportionwasfilmedthat
pertainstotheReichswerkeHermannGoering,AlpineMontanbetriebe,
LazarettLinz,fordrugsdeliveredtoMauthausen.Casefile000505,Vol.
14,roll19,firstframe1123.
5. Personnel file of SS Obersturmfuehrer Johannes Grimm containing a
personal history, recommendations for promotion, and a letter from
MauthausentoGauleitungKattowitzprotestinghisproposedtransfer
fromtheDeutscheErdundSteinwerkeGmbhatMauthausen.194043.
Casefile000505,Vol.16,roll16,firstframe1.
6. Photocopy of deposition made by Dr. Karl Helfrich, May 15, 1945.
Includes a list of 47 pilots (British, Dutch, and one American) who
arrivedatMauthausenonSept.5,1944,andwhowereshotonSept.7.
Casefile000550,Vol.19,roll20,firstframe229.
Reviews of U.S. ArmyWar Crimes Trials in Europe, 19451948, Microfilm
PublicationM1217,5rolls.CasereviewsfiledunderAustria(countrycode
5)areincludedonroll1.Reviewsof theMauthausencases000505,151
andsubsequentMauthausentrialsdesignatedas000Mauthausen1through
21areincludedonrolls5and6.
VII.6 National Archives Collection of World War II Captured German
Records includesover70,000rollsofmicrofilmoforiginalGermanrecords
that have been returned to Germany and are in the custody of the German
Bundesarchiv.TheNARAmicrofilmcollectionisdescribedinover100vol
umesofGermanGuides,catalogues,andotherfindingaids(seeIII.39above).
304
VII.7CapturedGermanRecordsMicrofilmedatAlexandria,VA,aresub
divided into microfilm publications identified byT numbers. Original
Mauthausenmaterialisincludedinfourmicrofilmpublicationsasfollows:
1. Records of Private Austrian, Dutch, and German Enterprises,
19171946(T83),rolls226228.SeeGermanGuideNo.88.Recordsof
the Reichswerke A.G. Alpine MontanbetriebeHermann Goering in
Linz, Austria. Included are reports, correspondence, regulations, and
employmentstatisticsonGermanandforeignworkers andMauthausen
ConcentrationCampinmates.
2. MiscellaneousGermanRecordsCollection,PartIV(T84),roll337.See
GermanGuideNo.90.RostersofprisonersofwarofGreeknationality
andof statelessindividualsatsubcampEbensee.Alsoincludeslistsof
DutchpoliticalprisonersreleasedfromEbensee.
3. RecordsoftheReichLeaderoftheSSandChiefoftheGermanPolice,
Part III (T175), roll 415. See German Guide 39. Folder containing a
signed(Rauff)carboncopyof alettertoKripoamt/Kriminaltechnisches
Institut, dealing with the request of KL Mauthausen for delivery of a
gassingtruck(Sonderwagon),Mar.26,1942.
4. Records of the SS Economic and Administrative Office (Deutsche
WirtschaftsbetriebeG.m.b.H.)(T976),whichprovidedlabor,mainlyby
concentrationcampinmates,forSSeconomicenterprises.SeeGerman
Guide No. 83. Material pertaining to the use of slave labor, including
recordsof complicitcompanies,iswidelyscatteredthroughthispubli
cation.Rolls15,16,19,21,25,and27includecorrespondence,business
reports, and statistical data on the Hermann Goering Werke, Linz,
DeutscheErdundSteinwerke,andotherDWBenterprisesusingslave
laborfromtheMauthausenComplex.
VII.8CapturedGermanRecordsMicrofilmedinBerlin,Germany(Berlin
DocumentsCenterCollection).
TheBDCCollectionincludesthreesourcesofinformationonSSofficers
whoservedatGermanconcentrationcamps.NARAMicrofilmPublication
305
A3343,SeriesSSO,includespersonnelfilesforover61,000SSofficers.NARA
MicrofilmPublicationA3343,SeriesRS,biographicrecordsoftheRasseund
SiedlungshauptamtSSorRuSHA(SSRaceandSettlementOffice),includes
filesfor24,000SSpersonnelandtheirspouseswhosubmitteddetailedper
sonal and family background information to receive permission to marry.
Records of Nazi Party membership are included in NARA Microfilm
Publication A3340, Series MFOK (NSDAP Ortsgruppenkartei), and Series
MFLK(NSDAPZentralkartei).Theaboveseriesarearrangedalphabetically
bysurname.Dateofbirthisnecessarytoestablishpositiveidentification.
FrankL.MacLean,inhisbookTheCampMen:TheSSOfficersWhoRanthe
NaziConcentrationCampSystem(SchifferMilitaryHistory,Atglen,PA,1999)
usedtheNARASSOfilestoidentifyover900concentrationcamppersonnel.
The101SSofficerslistedbelowareidentifiedashavingservedattheMauthausen
complexatvarioustimesfromitsopeningtoMarch1945.Giveninthisorder
arename,rank,anddateofbirth;NationalArchivesSSOFileandrollnumber;
andNSDAPnumberandRS(indicatingtheavailabilityofaRuSHAfile).The
omissionofthelattertwoelementsindicatesnonavailability.
Abraham,Dr.KarlSSHauptsturmfhrer,Aug.2,1908,A3343SSOO01,RS
Adolf, Dr. BennoSSHauptsturmfhrer, Mar. 17, 1912,A3343 SSO
003,NSDAP4411361
Altfuldisch,JohannSSObersturmfhrer,Nov.11,1911,A3343SSO
010,NSDAP397051
Bachmayer,GeorgSSHauptstrumfhrer,May12,1913,A3343SSO
025,NSDAP3204530,RS
Barnewald,OttoSSSturmbannfhrer,Jan.10,1896,A3343SSO033,
NSDAP149640
Baumkoether, Dr. HeinzSSHauptsturmfhrer, Feb. 7, 1912, A3343
SSO044,RS
306
Beck,JohannSSOberfhrer,July22,1888,A3343SSO047,NSDAP6911
Becker,Dr.KarlSSHauptsturmfhrer,Sept.5,1909,A3343SSO050
Bentele,AlfonsSSHauptsturmfhrer,Aug.2,1899,A3343SSO056,
NSDAP210411,RS
Bessert,ArthurSSHauptsturmfhrer,Feb.4,1899,A3343SSO064,
NSDAP3527449
Blaschke,Dr.OttoSSOberstrumfhrer,Sept.24,1908,A3343SSO
075
Blei,AugustSSObersturmfhrer,Aug.26,1893,A3343SSO075
Boehmichen,Dr.KarlSSHauptsturmfhrer,May31,1912,A3343
SSO083
Bruch,Dr.KurtausdemSSHauptsturmfhrer,July10,1909,A3343
SSO109,NSDAP5763425,RS
Bruder,Dr.HugoSSSturmbannfhrer,Dec.23,1901,A3343SSO109,
NSDAP3027303
Chmielewski,KarlSSHauptsturmfhrer,July16,1903,A3343SSO
127,NSDAP1508254
Conradi,HeinzSSHauptsturnfhrer,June14,1898,A3343SSO131,
NSDAP627572,RS
Dienstbach, Dr. OskarSSHauptsturmfhrer, Sept. 30, 1910, A3343
SSO150,NSDAP2400092
Dillmann, HerbertSSObersturmfhrer, Oct. 31, 1913,A3343 SSO
154,NSDAP5718018,RS
Dittmann,AlfredSSHauptsturmfhrer,Nov.18,1906,A3343SSO
155,NSDAP397891,RS
Eisele,Dr.HannesSSHauptsturmfhrer,Mar.13,1912,A3343SSO
182,NSDAP3125695
307
Eisenhoefer,HeinrichSSObersturmfhrer,Feb.19,1893,A3343SSO
182,NSDAP2266758
Entress,Dr.FriedrichSSHauptsturmfhrer,Dec.8,1914,A3343SSO
188,RS
Ernstberger,WalterSSObersturmfhrer,Aug.23,1912,A3343SSO
191,NSDAP5546899,RS
Euler, EmilSSObersturmfhrer, Feb. 15, 1884, A3343 SSO192,
NSDAP7525307
Finkenzeller,FranzSSObersturmfhrer,Aug.1,1913,A3343SSO207,
NSDAP771317,RS
Flothmann,Dr.KarlHeinzSSSturmbannfhrer,July3,1909,A3343
SSO213,NSDAP4776869,RS
Ganz, AntonSSHauptsturmfhrer, Feb. 6, 1899, A3343 SSO003A,
NSDAP672421,RS
Geiger, Dr. HansJoachimSSObersturmfhrer, Feb. 7, 1913,A3343
SSO007A,RS
Gerber,GerhardSSObersturmfhrer,Aug.5,1915,A3343SSO009A,
NSDAP8734492,RS
Glatz,JosefSSObersturmfhrer,May3,1911,A3343SSO016A
Goecke,WilhelmSSObersturmbannfhrer,Feb.12,1898,A3343SSO
018A,NSDAP335455,RS
Grimm,JohannesSSObersturmfhrer(F),Dec.5,1897,A3343SSO
032A,NSDAP715638,RS
Gross,Dr.KarlJosephSSSturmbannfhrer,Oct.12,1907,A3343SSO
036A,RS
Haas,EberhardSSHauptsturmfhrer,Oct.7,1913,A3343SSO046A
308
309
Kiesewetter,Dr.HermannSSHauptsturmfhrer,Jan.7,1912,A3343
SSO168A,NSDAP7930249
Knapp,Dr.KarlSSSturmbannfhrer,Mar.23,1913,A3343SSO184A,
NSDAP2034178,RS
Kramer,HerbertGuentherSSHauptsturmfhrer,Apr.3,1906,A3343
SSO206A,NSDAP372343
Kramer,JosefSSHauptsturmfhrer,Nov.10,1906,A3343SSO206A,
NSDAP733597,RS
Krieger,Dr.RichardSSSturmbannfhrer,Oct.30,1876,A3343SSO
214A,NSDAP1355645
Linde, Dr. HerbertSSObersturmfhrer, July 3, 1907, A3343 SSO
262A,NSDAP4827943,RS
Lindenbach, EmilSSSturmbannfhrer, Dec. 19, 1888, A3343 SSO
263A,NSDAP208657,RS
Lindner,AlfredSSObersturmfhrer,May22,1904,A3343SSO263A,
NSDAP1449463
Ludolph,JuliusSSObersturmfhrer,Mar.26,1893,A3343SSO279A,
NSDAP2093373
Lueckert,Dr.WalterSSHauptsturmfhrer,Mar.7,1906,A3343SSO
281A,NSDAP4625997,RS
Luetkemeyer,AlbertSSHauptsturmfhrer,June17,1911,A3343SSO
282A,NSDAP1598919,RS
Mattner,Dr.WalterSSObersturmfhrer,Dec.31,1904,A3343SSO
300A,NSDAP1526106
Matz,Dr.KarlSSObersturmbannfhrer,June21,1909,A3343SSO
300A,NSDAP4358193
310
311
Ruopp,Dr.KarlSSUntersturmfhrer,Apr.24,1891,A3343SSO056B,
NSDAP3224308
Sand,MichaelSSHauptsturmfhrer,Dec.20,1916,A3343SSO060B
Schenk,Dr.ErnstGuentherSSObersturmbannfhrer,Aug.3,1904,
A3343SSO074B,RS
Schiedlausky,Dr.GerhardSSHauptsturmfhrer,Jan.14,1906,A3343
SSO076B,NSDAP617194
Schmutzler, KurtSSHauptsturmfhrer, Nov. 17, 1895,A3343 SSO
090B,NSDAP5101486,RS
Schneider,JakobSSObersturmfhrer,Dec.17,1903,A3343SSO092B,
NSDAP391340
Schneider,MaxSSObersturmfhrer,June5,1910,A3343SSO092B,
NSDAP4719248,RS
Schoepperle, KarlSSObersturmfhrer, June 23, 1892, A3343 SSO
097B,NSDAP1817025
Schuettauf, ErichSSObersturmfhrer, Feb. 21, 1887, A3343 SSO
107B,NSDAP530214
Schulz,KarlSSObersturmfhrer,Sept.9,1902,A3343SSO113B
Schwarz,HeinrichSSHauptsturmfhrer,June14,1906,A3343SSO
122B,NSDAP786871,RS
Seidler,FritzSSHauptsturmfhrer,July18,1907,A3343SSO131B,
NSDAP3693999,RS
Seifert,Dr.GustavSSHauptsturmfhrer,Apr.11,1885,A3343SSO
131B,NSDAP3388
Seitschek,Dr.RobertSSHauptsturmfhrer,July29,1917,A3343SSO
132B,RS
312
Sperling,HerbertSSSturmbannfhrer,Jan.1,1914,A3343SSO146B,RS
Strauss,XaverSSHauptsturmfhrer,May29,1910,A3343SSO165B,RS
Streitwieser,AntonSSUntersturmfhrer,July3,1916,A3343SSO166B
Vaessen,HeinzSSObersturmfhrer,May11,1892,A3343SSO202B,
NSDAP3980048,RS
Vetter,Dr.HelmuthSSObersturmfhrer,Mar.21,1910,A3343SSO
205B,NSDAP5393805
Wandrei,ArnoldSSObersturmfhrer,Jan.8,1915,A3343SSO220B,
NSDAP5508231,RS
Wasicky,ErichSSHauptsturmfhrer,May27,1911,A3343SSO221B,
NSDAP197249,RS
Weitkamp,Dr.ErnstSSHauptsturmfhrer,May1,1908,A3343SSO
233B,NSDAP4444934,RS
Wickenhaeuser,FriedrichSSHauptsturmfhrer,Mar.30,1878,A3343
SSO241B,NSDAP729573
Winkler,JacobSSHauptsturmfhrer,July24,1892,A3343SSO249B,
NSDAP44568
Ziereis,FranzSSStandartenfhrer,Aug.12,1905,A3343SSO022C,
NSDAP6716146,RS
Zoller,ViktorSSHauptsturmfhrer,June22,1912,A3343SSO025C,
NSDAP3287569,RS
Zutter,AdolfSSHauptsturmfhrer,Feb.10,1889,A3343SSO026C,
NSDAP3543330,RS
VII.9MicrofilmAccessionedfromtheInternationalTracingService(ITS),
BadArolsen,Germany.NationalArchivesMicrofilmPublicationA3355
The 189 rolls in this collection reproduce original concentration camp
313
recordsmainlyinthecustodyof theITS.(FormoreinformationontheITS
collection,seeAppendixBbelow.)Mauthausenrecordsarereproducedon
17rollsof 35mmand2rollsof 16mmmicrofilmlistedbelow.Additional
Mauthausenmaterialsareincludedinrecordsoftransport.Recordsof trans
portsfromMauthausentoothercampsarecitedbelowunderthedestina
tioncampattheconclusionof thelist.
MauthausenPrisonerPersonnelCards(HftlingsPersonalKarte): Eightrolls
withcardsbearingtheprisonersnumber,name,dateandplaceofbirth,mari
talandfamilyinformation,religion,nationality,placeofresidence,dateandplace
of arrest, and physical characteristics. Many cards are overstampedHOL
LERITHERFASST,meaningthatthedatahadbeenpunchedontoGerman
Hollerithcomputercards.Workcardsarealsoincludedforsomeinmates,list
ingtheirprofessionsanddatesandcampswheretheyworked.Germans,Italians,
andRussiansarethemostrepresentednationalities,withsomeBelgians,Polish
Jews,andothers.Thecardsarearrangedalphabeticallyasfollows:
Roll145
Abati,GiovannitoBodganowicz,Wasili
Roll146
Bogen,KarltoGasperschitz,Richard
Roll147
Gatti,MariotoJilch,Ferdinand
Roll148
Joccoz,MauriziotoMorgenstern,Ernst
Roll149
Morelli,AntoniotoRjabow,Wasili
Roll150
Robetti,SecondotoShuk,Nikolaj
Roll151
Shukow,AlexandertoTeller,David
Roll152
Tegoni,DinotoZyto,Mendel
ArnoldDawidtoSemdak,Benedetto
Roll153
BelgianJewswhoarrivedinearly1945ascamptransfers,
alphabeticallymixed
MauthausenNumericalRegisters:Listsbyprisonernumber,givingname,
nationality,dateandplaceofbirthandcategoryofprisoner.
Roll154
130,300and50,00162,150(gapinnumberingindicatesmiss
ingregister)
Roll155
62,091139,157
314
MauthausenDeathRegisters(Totenbcher): Sixteenvolumesofhandwrit
tenentrieslistingdeceasedprisonersbydateofdeath.
Roll156
Vols.18,Jan.7,1939Dec.31,1944
Roll157
Vols.914,Jan.1Apr.29,1945
Roll158
Vols.1516,Oct.21,1941Mar.31,1945(prisonersof warat
Mauthausen)
Roll159
Vols.18(duplicateofroll156above)
Roll160
Vols.916(duplicateofroll157above)
many illegible.
Roll161
ALang,Joseph
Roll162
AZyzak,Adam
MauthausenListsofVictimsbyNationality: CompiledbytheU.S.3rdArmy
afterthewar,listsarearrangedbynationalityandthereunderalphabetical
ly by name and include name, date and place of birth, and date of death.
China,Cuba,Czechoslovakia,Estonia,Finland,Germany,Greece,Hungary,
Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Romania,
Russia,Spain,Switzerland,Sweden,TurkeyandYugoslavia.Thereisalsoa
listfornationalityunknown.(SeeRecordGroup153,III.16,Item6above,
forpapercopiesoftheselists.)
Roll163
MauthausenListsofVictimsbyNationality
DachauArrivalRecords:Theselists,Mar.1940Apr.2,1945,providedate
ofarrival,name,prisonernumber,dateofbirth,andcategoryofprisoner.
Auschwitz,BergenBelsen,Sachsenhausen,Natzweiler,andStutthof.
Rolls136137
LagerConstanzSurvivorRecords:DatingfromMaytoJune1945,thesecon
315
Constanz tovariousdestinations,mainlytoFrance.Survivorscamefroma
number of places, including Dachau, Mauthausen, Buchenwald, and
Auschwitz.
Rolls168169
Buchenwald Daily Arrivals and Departures: This series consists of daily
arrivalsanddepartures,withindividuallistsarrangedchronologically.The
collectionincludesprisonersofalltypesandnationalities.Inmostcases,the
informationprovidedoneachprisonerconsistsof prisonernumber,cate
goryofprisoner,name,dateofbirth,andblockorsubcamplocation.Ina
fewcases,placeofbirthorlastresidenceisgiven.
Roll104
Transportlists,Aug.15,1944Jan.3,1945,fromMauthausen
andothersites
Roll110
Transportlists,Feb.1943Mar.1945,fromMauthausenand
othersites
Roll112
Roll118
Transports,Aug.1940Mar.1944,to/fromBuchenwaldto/from
Mauthausenandothersites
Roll124
Transportlists,Jan.June1943,fromMauthausenandothersites
Roll129
Transportlists,Sept.1944Mar.1945,fromMauthausenand
othersites.
Roll132
Transportlists,JulyDec.1943,fromMauthausenandothersites
Roll133
316
a ppen d ix a
ListofMauthausenDefendantsbyCase
DefendantsintheMauthausentrialsarelistedbelowbycasenumber.Fordescrip
tionsoftrialrecordsconcerningthesedefendants,seeIII.14andIII.78above.
000505
Altfuldisch,Hans
Grzybowski,Herbert
Barczay,Stefan
Guetzlaff,Paul
Billmann,Karl
Haeger,Heinrich
Blei,August
Hegenscheidt,Hans
Bruenning,Willy
Henkel,Wilhelm
Cserny,Michael
Hoehler,Walter
Diehl,Hans
Huber,Franz
Doerr,Ludwig
Jobst,Willy
Drabek,Otto
Kaiser,Paul
Eckert,Willy
Kaufmann,Anton
Eigruber,August
Kautny,Franz
Eisenhoefer,Heinrich
Keilwitz,Kurt
Entress,Friedrich
Klimowitsch,Kaspar
Fiegl,Rudolf
Krebsbach,Eduard
Fitschok,Heinrich
Korger,Victor
Frey,Willy
Kreindl,Gustav
Giese,Heinrich
Lappert,Ferdinand
Goessl,Georg
Leeb,Josef
Grahn,Werner
Ludolf,Julius
Grimm,Johannes
Mack,Wilhelm
317
Mayer,Josef
Sigmund,Thomas
Miessner,Erich
Spatzenegger,Hans
Mueller,Emil
Striegel,Otto
Mueller,Wilhelm
Struller,Karl
Mynzak,Rudolf
Trauner,Leopold
Niedermayer,Josef
Trum,Andreas
Nohel,Vinzenz
Wasicky,Erich
Pribyll,Hermann
Wolter,Waldemar
Priebel,Theophil
Zoller,Viktor
Riegler,Josef
Zutter,Adolf
Rutka,Adolf
0005051
Bergerhoff,Hans
Nessl,Erwin
Dudzinski,Richard
Richter,Alfred
Felsch,Friedrich
Schoepperle,Karl
Fink,Ottmar
Spielhofer,Josef
Geyer,Max
Streng,Karl
Leibauer,Otto
Zink,Otto
0005022
Dura,ErnstWalter
Nitschke,Fritz
Hollriegl,Alois
Schmutzler,Kurt
Kroner,Johann
Schrader,Otto
Kuhnert,Alfred
Stier,Ludwig
0005053
Grill,Wilhelm
Jung,JohannWilly
Hartung,Herbert
Schuettauf,Erick
Heisig,AlfonsHugh
Tandler,Oskar
318
0005054
Kehrbacher,Gustav
Goetz,Kaspar
Meyer,Ernst
Guenther,FritzKarl
Kopischke,Otto
0005055
Schmidt,Bruno
Werner,Willi
0005056
Binzenback,Paul
Kraemer,Max
Deistler,Paul
Krauss,Stefan
Euler,Emil
Meier,Mathaeus
Geiger,Hans
Schiffter,Otto
Grutzl,Max
Weiner,Albert
Kobilke,Lothar
0005058
Auerswald,Willi
Kolbe,Karl
Freyholdt,Hans
Kuehn,Werner
Fusten,Herman
Schiller,Alwin
Heess,Otto
0005059
Frindt,Matthias
Lukan,Josef
00050510
Bach,Georg
Heinz,Kaspar
319
Latzel,Josef
Roeder,Rudolf
Obermeier,Alois
Stumpf,Heinrich
Pfaffemberger,Christoph
Vaessen,HeinzMartin
Reichert,Ernst
00050511
Battermann,Andreas
Klein,RudolfGustav
Fitzner,Albert
Kleinert,OttoRichard
Hausknecht,Gert
Mohr,Adolf
Jait,Michael
00050512
Giovanazzi,Hans
Stuetz,Florian
Nuszkowski,Richard
Wagner,Heinrich
Panhans,Alois
Wefers,Robert
Schaefer,Robert
Winter,Leopold
Schmitz,Theo
00050513
Haider,Johann
Fullgraf,Herbert
Hirsch,Rudolph
Steinmetz,Martin
Iskra,Matheus
Stoeckel,Daniel
Kisch,Josef
Uscharewitsch,Stefan
00050514
Dlouhy,Eduard
Stumfol,Karl
Miroff,Fritz
Glissmann,Wilhelm
Ricken,Paul
320
00050515
Fenner,Paul
Koetzle,Otto
00050517
Barner,Waldemar
Hub,Emil
Firsching,Franz
Ruber,Viktor
Ginters,Ludwig
Soens,Jacob
Hochwitz,Wilhelm
Uebener,Willi
00050518
Bernhardt,TheoOtto
Purucker,Reinhard
Domis,Johann
Strauss,Xaver
Jung,HansClemens
Wagner,Fritz
Kuehn,Karl
Wlotzka,Ewald
Luetscher,Heinrich
00050519
Klerner,Eduard
Schulz,Karl
00050520
Buerger,Ernst
Seidl,Max
Fulsche,Heinrich
Zeitraeg,Albert
Korsitzki,Rene
321
00050521
Brandt,Olf
Lothalier,Johann
Gerbig,Emil
Malleschits,Stefan
Kattner,Josef
Wohlrab,Christian
Kleingunther,Otto
00050522
Antis,Josef
Hehl,Philipp
Baerens,Peter
Kirschbichler,Ernst
Bloh,Josef
Mueck,Rudolf
Diener,Adam
Pusitz,MichaelPeter
Giessrigl,Karl
Reinsdorff,Werner
Gretsch,Johann
00050523
Buetgen,HermannHeinz
Lennert,Stefan
Flaucher,Quirin
Petrat,Gustav
Heller,Michael
Reuter,ArnoAlbert
Kofler,Franz
Thielmann,Emil
00050524
Bartl,Josef
Lorenz,Ernst
Beck,Philipp
Ohnmacht,Eduard
Blume,Walter
Volgger,Konrad
Bobrowski,Max
Zirner,Johann
Doerfler,OscarEduard
Zuleger,Herman
322
00050525
Domingo,Felez
Gonzalez,Indalecio
Fernandes,Moises
Navas,Lauriano
00050526and27
Arndt,HermannEmil
Mogle,KarlTheodor
Fleck,Karl
Patolia,Leopold
Goebel,Bernhard
Pfeiffer,Jakob
Kirner,Baptist
Pommerich,Paul
Klapper,JohannIwan
Seidel,Alois
Koerner,Max
Wegert,Johann
0005528
Boehn,Hans
Obst,Arthur
Glozze,WalterErnst
Peroutka,Alexander
Hasengier,WalterKurt
Schulz,FranzGottfried
Mueller,WilhelmFriedrich
00050529
Gay,EmilAndreas
Kaupp,Wilhelm
Kansmeyer,Rudolf
Pausch,Max
Kaupp,ErwinGeorg
Sielaff,HansWilliErnst
00050530
Fernikorn,Bernhard
Moeller,Fritz
Guttenberger,HubertFranz
Mohr,Nikolaus
Kestel,Willi
323
00050531
Glas,Karl
Slupetzky,Anton
Kirchner,Kurt
Vetter,Helmut
Pillexeder,Franz
00050532
Gaertner,Karl
Schroegler,Karl
Glas,Johann
Voight,Otto
Horcicka,Karl
Wirth,Johann
00050533
Gloeckner,Emil
Schilling,Andreas
Schmitz,Heinrich
00050534
Goennemann,Horst
00050537
Kurbel,Friedrich
Raab,Hilar
00050538
Frisch,Hubert
Mocbeichel,Josef
Schmidt,Josef
0005539
Schiller,Johann
324
00050540
00050550
Hoos,Johann
Berg,Adolf
Richter,Fabian
Weidhofer,Karl
00050541
00050551
Sturm,Hermann
Klein,Anton
00050542
000Mauthausen1
Folger,Johann
Erb,Eduard
Madlmayr,Alois
Pirner,Georg
000Mauthausen2
Bloy,GustavHermannAdolf
00050543
Pavela,Franz
000Mauthausen4
Damaschke,Arnold
00050544
Tremell,Paul
000Mauthausen5
Otto,Kurt
00050545
Fleischer,Karl
000Mauthausen6
Curtin,Eduard
00050546
vonPosern,HansCarl
000Mauthausen7
Brust,Rudolf
00050547
Dopierala,Wlasislaus
000Mauthausen10
Kauffeld,Wilhelm
00050548
Bollhorst,Heinz
000Mauthausen12
Kania,Karl
00050549
Wolfram,Paul
000Mauthausen13
Albrecht,Karl
325
000Mauthausen15
Schallenberg,Fritz
000Mauthausen16
Lamm,Rudolf
000Mauthausen19
Espinoza,Joaquin
000Mauthausen20
Noky,EugenHermann
000Mauthausen21
Tuntke,Hermann
326
a ppen d ix b
CatalogueofMauthausenMaterialsHeldbythe
InternationalTracingService,GrosseAllee59,
34444BadArolsen,Germany
Asearlyas1943,Alliedmilitaryleadersforesawtheneedforacentralized
tracingbureautogatherinformationonvastdisplacedpersonspopulations
andtoassistinthereunionof families.TheSHAEFCivilAffairsDivision,
DisplacedPersonsBranchassumedinitialresponsibility.InAprilJuly1945,
SHAEF/DPBsetupTracingandLocationUnitstocollectinformation,such
asconcentrationcampregisters,nominalrollsforrepatriateddisplacedper
sons,andothermaterials.WiththedissolutionofSHAEFinJuly,responsi
bilitypassedtotheCombinedDisplacedPersonsExecutive(CDPX),which
immediatelyissuedadirectivecallingforacentralrecordsofficeandcen
traltracingbureau.InNovember1945,Arolsen,Germany,wasselectedas
thepermanentseatof theCentralTracingBureau(CTB).Underitsorigi
nal charter, the CTB operated under the Allied Control Commissions
PrisonerofWarandDisplacedPersonsDirectorate(PWDP)incooperation
withtheUnitedNationsRelief andRehabilitationAdministration(UNR
RA), which bore major responsibility for displaced persons camps in the
European Theater of Operations. In July 1947, the International Refugee
Organization(IRO)assumedchargeoftheCTB,renamedtheInternational
TracingService(ITS)inJanuary1948.InApril1951,theITSwasplacedunderthe
directionoftheAlliedHighCommissionerforGermany(HICOG).Withthe
repealoftheOccupationStatuteforGermanyin1954,theITSpassed to the
327
12. 64,88169,830,172pages
13. 69,83174,750,184pages
14. 74,75179,730,183pages
15. 79,73184,680,169pages
16. 84,86189,630,167pages
17. 89,63194,580,168pages
18. 94,58199,560,166pages
19. 99,561104,510,167pages
20. 104,511109,460,167pages
21. 109,461114,412,160pages
22. 114,413118,380,124pages
23. 118,381123,340,155pages
24. 123,341128,236,153pages
25. 128,237133,772,173pages
26. 133,773139,157,174pages
NumericalEntryRegisterofPrisoners (postwarcompilation,withgaps)
27. 110,000,292pages
28. 10,00118,526,273pages
29. 30,00043,000,344pages
30. 50,66757,260,123pages
31. 57,26163,245,118pages
32. 63,26470,000,150pages
33. 70,00177,021,228pages
34. 77,02284,014,215pages
35. 84,01589,343,184pages
36. 89,34495,000,197pages
37. 95,001100,000,173pages
38. 100,001105,000,173pages
39. 105,001110,000,173pages
40. 110,001115,000,173pages
41. 115,001120,400,181pages
329
ArrivalsMauthausen
42. Aug.4,1944Jan.7,1945,201pages
NumericalEntryRegisterof WomenPrisoners(postwarcompilation)
43. 12,060,74pages
44. 2,0613,077,34pages
TransfersandReleasesof Prisoners,19381945(arrangedalphabeticallyby
name,postwarcompilation)
45. ALuc,275pages
46. LudZ,25pages
Changeof StrengthReports(arrangedbydate)
47. Oct.21,1942Feb.28,1943,191pages
48. Mar.1Sept.30,1943,208pages
49. Oct.1,1943Mar.13,1944,200pages
BookofArrivalsandDepartures(arrangedbydate)
50. Aug.18,1938Oct.10,1939,85pages
51. Oct.11,1939June8,1940,100pages
ChangeofStrengthReports(arrangedbydate)
52. Feb.28July31,1944,253pages
53. Aug.1Dec.31,1944,405pages
54. Jan.1Feb.27,1945,305pages
55. Mar.1Apr.14,1945,240pages
56. Apr.15May4,1945,148pages
ChangeofStrengthReports,GusenConcentrationCamp
57. Feb.19July31,1944;Dec.1,1944Jan.31,1945,524pages
Changeof StrengthReports(postwarcompilation)
58. June6,1944Mar.9,1945,524pages
330
ListsofArrivals(postwarcompilation)andRecordsof Transfer
59. Arrivals,Aug.1,1944;transfers,19391940,32pages
TransportListsfromMauthausentoDachauandBuchenwald
60. Aug.14Dec.7,1940;May1920,1941;June30Sept.5,1942;Oct.
5Nov.17,1943,68pages
TransportListsfromBuchenwaldtoMauthausen
61. May22,1941June17,1944,22pages
TransportListsfromMauthausentoBuchenwald
62. 194244,31pages
Coversof Personnel Filesof Prisoners
63. 13pages
PersonnelFilesofPrisoners
64. 206pages
Listsof TransfersfromMauthausentoSolvayConcentrationCamp
65. Apr.1945,3pages
BookMauthausenBV(habitualcriminals)
66. 193844,53pages
ListofHabitualCriminals
67. undated,5pages
Operations
68. Jan.8,1940Sept.30,1943,227pages
Operations
69. Sept.30,1943Feb.12,1945,145pages
331
Listof ReleasedGermanPrisoners
70. undated,5pages
DeathBooksofMauthausenConcentrationCamp(arrangedchronologically)
71. 193940,103pages
72. 1941,53pages
73. Jan.1Aug.1,1942,75pages
74. Aug.1Dec.31,1942,69pages
75. 1943,104pages
76. Jan.2July4,1944,100pages
77. July4Nov.2,1944,75pages
78. Nov.2Dec.31,1944,92pages
79. Jan.1Feb.12,1945,108pages
80. Feb.12Mar.8,1945,121pages
81. Mar.818,1945,97pages
82. Mar.18Apr.4,1945,98pages
83. Apr.421,1945,105pages
84. Apr.2129,1945,72pages
DeathBooksof Mauthausen:Prisonersof War
85. Oct.21,1941Mar.24,1942,88pages
86. Mar.24,1942Mar.31,1945,90pages
DeathBooks:GusenConcentrationCamp
87. 1940,48pages
88. Jan.1Sept.19,1941,85pages
89. Sep.19Dec.31,1941,84pages
90. Jan.1Sept.3,1942,69pages
91. Sept.3Dec.31,1942,47pages
92. Jan.1Feb.20,1943,60pages
93. Feb.21May5,1943,89pages
94. May5Dec.31,1943,72pages
95. Jan.2Nov.1,1944,97pages
332
96. Nov.1Dec.31,1944,78pages
97. Jan.131,1945,70pages
98. Jan.31Mar.1,1945,61pages
99. Mar.1Apr.15,1945,82pages
100. Apr.1627,1945,71pages
DeathListsof Kdo.Quarz
101. 194445,113pages
102. 194445,213pages
Registerof ARZ(loathtowork)DeceasedandReleasedPrisoners
103.Undated,51pages
RegistrarsOfficeMauthausen:DeathRegister
104. Jan.12July2,1939,71pages
105. July6Dec.1,1939,100pages
106. Dec.1,1939Jan.2,1940,77pages
107. Jan.2Feb.7,1940,162pages
108. Feb.7Apr.4,1940,301pages
109. Apr.4May13,1940,300pages
110. Apr.16Aug.9,1940
111. Aug.9Oct.25,1940,404pages
112. Oct.26Dec.17,1940,404pages
113. Dec.1731,1940,88pages
114. Jan.3Feb.10,1941,162pages
115. Feb.11Apr.16,1941,402pages
116. Apr.17July14,1941,405pages
117. July14Aug.14,1941,241pages
118. Aug.14Sept.2,1941,182pages
119. Sept.2Dec.18,1941,34pages
333
RegistrarsOfficeMauthausenII,AlphabeticalRegistertoDeathRegister
120. 1941,93pages
121. 1943,136pages
NumericalDeathListofMauthausenandItsKomandos(postwarcompilation)
122.19,999,277pages
123.60,00099,999,330pages
124.100,000514,169,279pages
AlphabeticalDeathListofMauthausenandItsKommandos(postwarcom
pilation)
125. AH,303pages
126. IO,256pages
127. PZ,314pages
128. MauthausenDeathList,GermansOnly(postwarcompilation)
AlphabeticalDeathListof GusenandQuarz(postwarcompilation)
129. AL,351pages
130. MZ,336pages
DeathListsof Erholungslager,
131. June6Dec.29,1944,139pages
DeathReportsHartheimExterminationCamp
132. Apr.11,1944Jan.8,1945,148pages
MauthausenDeathLists(onlyfigures)
133. Aug.1944Feb.1945,292pages
134. Aug.1944Feb.1945,168pages
DeathReportsfromMauthausenSubcamps
135. undated,167pages
334
DeathBookMauthausen
136. June19,1942Jan.15,1944,127pages
DeathListKdo.ZementEbensee
137. undated,147pages
DeathReportsof thePoliticalDepartment
138. Feb.2Sept.30,1944,201pages
139. Oct.1,1944Apr.19,1945,212pages
DeathReportsfromMainCamptoOtherOffices
140. undated,25pages
Listsof ExecutionsandUnnaturalDeaths
141. 193844:Oct.1,1942Apr.6,1945,177pages
142. Nov.12,1940Dec.29,1944;Aug.3,1941Nov.7,1945;Apr.2125,
1945,112pages
VariousCemeteryLists
143. (postwarcompilation),180pages
CrematoryListof Steyr
144. Sept.5,1938May3,1940,28pages
CrematoryListsof GusenandSteyr
145. 251pages,includesthefollowing:
RussianPOWscrematedatGusen,Oct.15,1941Jan.23,1942
BodiesdeliveredtoSteyr,Oct.7,1941Sept.9,1944
Dispatchof urns,July31,1941Jan.1943
CrematoryListsof Gusen:Listsof ReleaseCertificates
146. Sept.10,1941Dec.31,1942,201pages
147. 194344,143pages
335
ListsofVictimsAccordingtoNationality
148. AlbanianFrench,143pages
149. German,184pages
150. GreekNorwegian,250pages
151. Polish,AK,174pages
152. Polish,LZ,224pages
153. PortugueseRussian,154pages
154. SpanishYugoslav,187pages
MiscellaneousDeathListsAccordingtoNationality (postwarcompilations)
155. 203pages
156. 62pages
157. 81pages
ReleaseandRepatriationListsAccordingtoNationality
158. (postwarcompilations)241pages
LiberationListsof VariousMissions(postwarcompilations)
159. 248pages
160. 75pages
Release and Repatriation Lists of the U.S. 11th Armored Division, CIC
Detachment
161. (postwarcompilations),225pages
ReleaseandRepatriationLists,Ebensee,oftheU.S.11thArmoredDivision,
CICDetachment
162. (postwarcompilation),83pages
ReleaseandRepatriationLists,Gusen,of theU.S.11thArmoredDivision,
CICDetachment
163. (postwarcompilations),May1826,1945,85pages
336
Release and Repatriation Lists, Mauthausen and Gusen, of the U.S. 11th
ArmoredDivision,CICDetachment
164. (postwarcompilations),May1826,1945,204pages
RepatriationLists
165. (postwarcompilation),85pages
Listsof PatientsattheU.S.131stEvacuationHospital,Mauthausen
166. (postwarcompilation),91pages
DeathListsafterLiberation
167. 70pages
RedCrossCorrespondence
168. 138pages
RedCrossCorrespondenceReferringtoDeceasedMauthausenPrisoners
169. 89pages
RedCrossMiscellaneousCorrespondence
170. 433pages
MiscellaneousReportsandCorrespondence
171. 71pages
VolumeI:ConcentrationCampRecords,IndividualRecords
Thisseriesconsistsof individualrecords(questionnaires,personnelcards,
medicalcards,cardsandregistersofeffects,deathrecords,andothermate
rials)arrangedbyconcentrationcamp.Undereachcamp,theITScatalogue
providesthenumberofboxes,numberofenvelopes,numberoforiginaldoc
uments,andabrief recordsdescription.Mauthausenmaterials,described
asquestionnairesanddeathrecordsconsistof60boxes,38,905envelopes,
and45,106documents.Nofurtherdescriptionisprovided.
337
VolumeI:ConcentrationCampRecords:Film
This series includes five numbered items (39 rolls) of microfilmed
Mauthausenmaterialsdescribedasfollows:
1. DeathBooks,16mm
2. DeathBooks,16mm
3. ListsofVictimsaccordingtonationality(postwarcompilation),5
rolls,34
mm
4. TransfersandReleases(alphabeticallyarranged),31rolls,34mm
5. PrisonerPersonnelCards,16mm
VolumeI:ConcentrationCampRecords,MiscellaneousRecordsofGeneral
orHistoricalInterest
Thisseriesisarrangedbyitemnumberandincludesabriefdescription
andpage(orsheet)count.
108.Reportsof investigationof allegedwarcrimes,swornstatements,and
photographsofMauthausenConcentrationCamp,388pages
109.DescriptionofconditionsprevailingintheMauthausenCampreport
edbytheformerinmateKriminalkommissarKanthack,205pages
110.Reportsoninvestigationof allegedwarcrimesandswornstatements
of former inmates and SS officials of Mauthausen, 230 pages (continued
throughitem114withpagecountgivenbelow)
111.154pages
113.213pages
112.245pages
114.83pages
a ppen d ix c
RepositoriesofRecordsRelatingtothe
MauthausenComplex
REPOSITORIES
United States
NationalArchivesatCollegePark
8601AdelphiRoad
CollegePark,MD270406001
www.archives.gov
UnitedStatesHolocaustResearchInstitute
UnitedStatesHolocaustMemorialMuseum
100RaoulWallenbergPlace,SW
Washington,DC200242150
www.ushmm.org
339
Austria
Archives and Research Institutions
ArchivderKZGedenksttteMauthausen
(MauthausenMemorialArchive)
BundesministeriumfrInneres
AbteilungIV/7
Minoritenplatz9
1014Wien
http://www.mauthausenmemorial.at
sterreichischeStaatsarchiv
(AustrianFederalArchive)
Nottendorfergasse2
A1030Wien
http://www.oesta.gv.at
Dokumentationsarchivdes
sterreichischenWiderstandes
AltesRathaus
Wipplingerstrasse68
A1010Wien
Email:office@doew.at
http://www.doew.at
InstitutfrZeitgeschichte
derUniversittWien
Spitalgasse24/Hof1
A1090Wien
Email:zeitfeschichte@univie.ac.at
340
ZentralesterreichischeForschungsstelleNachkriegsjustiz
c/oDokumentationsarchivdes
sterreichischenWiderstandes
AltesRathaus
Wipplingerstrasse68
A1010Wien
Email:office@doew.at
http://www.nachkriegsjustiz.at
Provincial Archives
Corinthia
KrntnerLandesarchiv
St.RuprechterStrasseNr.7
A9020Klagenfurt
Email:post.landesarchiv@ktn.gv.at
LowerAustria
AmtderNLandesregierung
AbteilungK2NiedersterreichischesLandesarchiv
undNInstitutfrLandeskunde
Landhausplatz1,HausKulturbezirk4
A3109StPlten
Email:post.k2archiv@noel,gv.at
Styria
SteiermrkischeLandesarchiv
Karmeliteplatz3
A8010Graz
Email:fa1d@stmk.gv.at
341
UpperAustria
ObersterreichischeLandesarchiv
LandesBrgerservice
Anzengruberstrasse19
A4010Linz
Email:landesarchiv@ooe.gv.at
Vienna
WienerStadtundLandesarchiv
Magistratsabteilung8
Rathaus
a1082Wien
Email:post@m08.magwien.gv.at
Belgium
CEGESSOMA
ResidencePalaceblocE
155,ruedelaLoi
1040Bruxelles
Email:cegessoma@cegessome.be
France
ArchivesNationales
Centredesarchivescontemporaines(CAC)
2ruedesarchives
77300FontainebleauCedex
Email:christine.petillat@font.culture.fr
http://www.culture.fr/culture/sedocum/cac.htm
342
Germany
Bundesarchiv
AbteilungR
Finckensteinallee63
D12205Berlin
EMail:berlin@barch.bund.de
http://bundesarchiv.de
BundesarchivMilitrarchiv
Wiesentalstrasse10
D79115Freiburg
EMail:militaerarchiv@barch.bund.de
InternationalerSuchdienst
(InternationalTracingService)
GrosseAllee59
D34444BadArolsen
Germany
ZentraleStellederLandesjustizverwaltungen
ZurVerfolgungvonnationalsocialistischenGewaltverbrechen
Schorndorferstr.58
D71638Ludwigsburg
Germany
Hungary
BudapestHolocaustMemorialCenter
H1094Budapest
Pavau.39
Email:iroda@hdke.hu
343
Israel
YadVashem
POB3477
91034Jerusalem
ISRAEL
Email:mirelle.surowicz@yadvashem.org.il
http://www.yadvashem.org
Poland
InstytutPamieciNarodowej
Ul.KrakowskiePrzedmiescie25
00071Warchau
Email:secretariat.ipn@ipn.gov.pl
http://www.ipn.gov.pl
Spain
AmicaldeMauthausenyotroscamposdeconcentracion
Aragon,312
Atic3
E08009Barcelona
http://acte.pangea.org/amical/butllti
344
KZGedenksttteMauthausen
(MauthausenMemorial)
Erinnerungsstrasse1
A4310Mauthausen
http://www.mauthausenmemorial.at
LernundGedenkortSchlossHartheim
Schlossstr.1
A4072Alkoven
Email:office@schlosshartheim.at
http://www.schlosshartheim.at
MemorialGusen
VisitorsCenter
Georgestrasse6
A4222Langenstein
http://www.gusen.memorial.at
ZeitgeschichteMuseumundKGedenksttteEbensee
Kirchengasse5
A4802Ebensee
Email:museum@utanet.at
http://www.ebensee.org
345
MauthausenKomiteesterreich
Zirkusgasse3/5/1
A1020Wien
AUSTRIA
Email:info@mkoe.at
http://www.mkoe.at
(websiteprovidesaddresseslocalgroupsrelatedtoMKOE)
ComiteInternationaldeMauthausen
Zirkusgasse3/5/1
A1020Wien
AUSTRIA
Email:cim@mkoe.at
MauthausenKomiteeKrnten/Koroska
InitiativeGedenksttteLoiblKZNord
c/oProf.Dr.PeterGstettner
Universittsstr.6567
A9020Klagenfurt
AUSTRIA
Email:peter.gstettner@uniklu.ac.at
KZGusenMemorialCommittee
P.O.Box54
A4222St.GeorgenanderGusen
AUSTRIA
http://linz.orf.at/orf/gusen
www.gusen.org
346
KulturvereinsterreichischerRoma
DokumentationsundInformationszentrum
Devrientgasse1
A1190Wien
AUSTRIA
Email:office@kvroma.at
http://www.kvroma.at
AmicaleNationale
DesDeportesetFamillesdeDisparusde
MauthausenetsesCommandos
31,BoulevardSaintGermain
75005Paris
FRANCE
Email:mauthaus@clubinternet.fr
A.N.E.D.
AssociazioneNazionale
ExDeportatiPoliticineiCampiNazisti
ViaBagutta,12
I20121Milano
ITALY
Email:aned.it@agora.it
KlubBylychWiezniowPolitycznych
ObozowKoncentracyjnychMauthausenGusen
Ul.Karowa31
00324Warschau
POLAND
347
VereinEhemaligeRussischeMauthausenHftlinge
LuchowizkajaStr.34
109428Moskau
RUSSIA
AmicaldeMauthausenyotroscamposdeconcentracion
Aragon,312
Atic3
E08009Barcelona
SPAIN
http://acte.pangea.org/amical/butllti
348
in dex
Aafasubcamp,III.14,III.78
ActionK,III.28,III.34
AdjutantGeneralsOffice,1917,
Recordsof the(RG407),
III.56III.60
Aerialmosaicnegatives,VI.3
Aerialphotography,VI.2
Aflenssubcamp,III.14,III.78
AktionKugel,III.28,III.34
Albrecht,Karl,III.78box281,III.80
Altfuldisch,Hans,III.78boxes334357
AlliedCommissionforAustriarecords,
III.47III.48
AlliedOperationalandOccupation
Headquarters,WorldWarII,
Recordsof (RG331),III.49III.53
Americanfliersexecutionsandmis
treatment.See Downedalliedflyers
mistreatmentandexecution
Antis,Josef,III.78boxes393396
AntonSlupetzkyDelousingInstitute,
III.14
Arndt,HermannEmil,III.78boxes
401403
Auerswald,Willi,III.78boxes371373,
III.80,III.82
Aumayr,Ruppert,III.79
Ausbausubcamp,III.14,III.78
Austria
AlliedCommissionforAustria
records,III.47III.48
bombingdamageassessmentphoto
intelligencereports,III.44
ExterminationofMentalDefectivesin
Austria study,III.24
foreignworkersandworking
prisoners,III.51
industrialenterprisesmicrofilm
records,VII.7
Innsbruckrefugeephotos,V.2
politicalprisoners,III.24
Schwazphotographicrecords,VI.3
U.S.AlliedCommissionforAustria
records,III.47
Viennesecommunistsarrestand
internment,III.18
Welstyphusoutbreak,III.11
Autobiographies,prison,III.25
Bach,Georg,III.78boxes374375,
III.82
Bachmayer,Georg,III.25,III.78box
334,III.79
Baerens,Peter,III.78boxes393396
Barczay,Stefan,III.78boxes334357
Barner,Waldemar,III.78box384
Bartl,Josef,III.78boxes398400
Battermann,Andreas,III.78boxes
376377
Becher,Kurt,III.32
Beck,Philipp,III.78boxes398400
Becker,Dr.Hansvon,III.24
Becker,Joachim,III.79
Beer,Alois,III.78boxes415416
Belgianinmatesfreedandreturned,
III.40
Berg,Adolf,III.78boxes404406,III.78
box424
Bergerhoff,Hans,III.78boxes358360,
III.82
349
Bernhardt,TheoOtto,III.78boxes
385388
Bertsch,Karl,III.78boxes406408
Biersack,Martin,III.78boxes389390
Billmann,Karl,III.78boxes334357
Binzenbach,Paul,III.78boxes368370,
III.82
Blankenburg,Werner,III.79
Blei,August,III.78boxes334357
Bloh,Josef,III.78boxes393396
Boix,Francois,II.3,III.28
Bloy,GustavHermannAdolf,III.78
boxes278279,III.80
Blume,Walter,III.78boxes398400
Bobrowski,Max,III.78boxes398400
Boehn,Hans,III.78boxes404406
Bognar,Johann,III.78box416
Bohlender,Kurt,III.79
Bohn,Dr.Joseph,III.24
Bollhorst,Heinz,III.78boxes379381,
III.78box422
Bombingdamageassessmentphoto
intelligencereports,III.44
Boos,Wilhelm,III.79
Borkenstein,Franz,III.78box416
Bouler,Philip,III.79
Brack,Viktor,I.9,III.29,III.34,III.36,
III.79,III.81,VII.1
Brandt, Olf, III.78 boxes 392393,
III.82
Brettsteinsubcamp,III.14,III.78
Britishfliersexecutionsandmistreat
ment.See Downedalliedflyersmis
treatmentandexecution
Bruenning,Willy,III.78boxes334357
Brust,Rudolf,III.78box279,III.80
Buchenwaldarrivalsanddepartures
records,VII.9,AppendixB
Buchmann,RobertPaul,III.78boxes
396398
Budkowski,Adam,II.4
Buerger,Ernst,III.78boxes389390,
III.80
Buetgen,HermannFranz,III.78boxes
396398
Buker,Josef,III.25
Campregisters,II.1II.2
Cartographicrecords,I.11,VI.1VI.3
Casesnottried,I.10,III.79
CastleHartheim,I.9,I.10,III.14,III.15,
III.79,VII.1
CentralRegistryofWarCriminalsand
SecuritySuspects,I.8
Change of Strength Reports,
Appendix B
Cichonski,Bernard,III.25
CivilAffairsDivisionrecords,War
Department,III.19III.21
Claussen,Gustav,III.34
Clay,Gen.Lucius,III.78
Clemencyandparole,III.75,III.77
Cohen,Maj.EugeneS.,III.32
CohenReport, III.32,III.78box334
Combatinterviews,U.S.Army,III.60
CombinedDisplacedPersonsExecutive,
AppendixB
ConcentrationCampInmatequestion
naires,III.40
ConcentrationCampsclassification,
III.32
ConstanzLagersurvivorrecords,VII.9
Crematorylists,AppendixB
Cserny,Michael,III.78boxes334357
Curten,Eduard,III.78box279,III.82
Czechoslovakianprisonersreleasedor
deceased,III.40
Czuniak,Josef,III.78boxes392393
Dachauarrivalsanddeparturesrecords,
VII.9AppendixB
Dachauproceedings.See U.S.Army
Courttrials
Damaschke,Arnold,III.78box279,
III.82
Dameron,Maj.CharlesH.,III.79
350
Doerr,Ludwig,III.78boxes334357
Domingo,Felix,III.78boxes376377,
III.78boxes400401
Domis,Johann,III.78boxes385388,
III.82
Dopierala,Wladislaus,III.78box413,
III.78box422
Downedalliedflyersmistreatmentand
execution,III.14,III.25,III.28,III.79,
VII.5
Drabek,Otto,III.78boxes334357
Dudzinski,Richard,III.78boxes
358360,III.82
Dulovits,Wilhelm,III.78boxes
381382
DupontMission,II.3,III.25
Dura,ErnstWalter,III.78boxes
360362
Dutch.See Netherlands
Dworsky,Ferruccio,III.78boxes
396398
DawesMissionmembersexecution,I.3,
II.4,III.14
DeathBooks,DeathRegisters,II.2,
III.32,III.34,III.39,III.40,VII.9,
AppendixB
Defectivesmurderandmistreatment,
III.79
DefenseIntelligenceAgency,Recordsof
the(RG373),VI.1VI.3
photographicrecords,VI.1VI.3
DEGESCHindustrialconcern,III.34
Deistler,PaulWilhelm,III.78boxes
368370
Dentalgoldremoval,III.25
DepartmentofState,GeneralRecords
ofthe(RG59),III.1III.5
DeutscheErdundSteinWerke,indus
trialconcern,III.48,III.78,VII.7
Diehl,Hans,III.78boxes334357
Diener,Adam,III.78boxes393396
Dietl,Richard,III.25
Dippoldsausubcamp,III.14,III.78
Displacedpersons,refugees
DepartmentofStaterecords,III.3
DisplacedPersonsBranchWeekly
Reports,III.50III.51
foreignworkersandworking
prisoners,III.51
InternationalRefugeeOrganization
Program,III.21
internationalrelief,III.21
medicalconditions,III.59
motionpictures,V.2
reliefandevacuation,III.3,III.4
WarRefugeeBoardrecords,III.21,
III.22
Dlouhy,Eduard,III.78boxes381382,
III.82
Doctors Trial. See U.S. v. Karl Brandt
et al.
Dodd,ThomasJ.,III.28
Doerfler,OscarEduard,III.78boxes
398400
EbenseeConcentrationCamp,III.14,
III.38III.40,III.78
inmates,deceased,III.40
motionpictures,V.1V.2
photographicrecords,V.2,VI.3
sanitationandmedicalreports,III.10
Eckert,Willy,III.78boxes334357
Eigruber,August,III.15,III.18,III.34,
III.35,III.78boxes334357,III.81,
VII.4
Eisenerzsubcamp,III.14,III.44,III.78
Eisenhoefer,Heinrich,III.81
Eisenhofer,Hans,III.78boxes334357
ElectroFence,III.25
EnemyPOWinterrogationfiles,III.18
Engelberger,Franz,III.78box388
Entress,Friedrich,III.34,III.35,III.78
boxes334357
Erb,Eduard,III.78box278,III.80
Espinoza,Joaquin,III.78box282,III.82
Euler,Emil,III.78boxes368370,III.81
351
ForeignServicePostsoftheDepart
mentofState,Recordsofthe
(RG84),III.6III.7
FrancoisBoixPhotographicCollection,
II.3
Fraserhof,outdetail,III.14
Freiberger,Hans,III.78boxes408410
Frenchinmatesfreedandreturned,
III.40
Frenchpoliticalprisonersreleasepho
tos,V.2
FrenchPrisonersofWarphotos,V.2
Frenchsurvivorsrecords,VII.9
Frey,Wily,III.78boxes334357
Freyholdt,Hans,III.78boxes371373,
III.82
Friese,Fritz,III.78boxes404406
Frindt,Mathias,III.78box373,III.78
boxes379381
Frisch,Gottlieb,III.79
Frisch,Hubert,III.78boxes416417
Fullgraf,Herbert,III.78boxes379381
Fulsche,Heinrich,III.78boxes389390,
III.82
Fusten,Hermann,III.78boxes371373,
III.80
EuropeanPlaceNameIndex,III.13
EuropeanSurvey,EuropeanDocuments
Sectionrecords,III.43
EuropeanTheaterof OperationsWar
Crimestrials.See U.S.ArmyCourt
trials
Euthanasia,I.9,III.24,III.79,VII.1
EvacuationHospitals,III.9,III.10,III.59
ExecutionenK.L.M. ledger,III.34
Executions,AlliedPOWs,III.14,III.25,
III.28,III.79,VII.5
ExterminationofMentalDefectivesin
Austria study,III.24
Extradition,III.70
Fearnside,1stLt.William,III.7
Feigl,Rudolf,III.78boxes334357
Felsch,Friedrich,III.78boxes358360,
III.82
Fenner,Paul,III.78box383
Fernandez,Moises,III.78boxes
371373,III.78boxes400401
Fernikorn,Bernhard,III.78boxes
408410
Fiegl,Rudolf,III.78box282,III.81
Findt,Mathias,III.78box373
Fingerleidendetail,III.14
Fink,Ottmar,III.78boxes358360,
III.82
Firsching,Franz,III.78box384,III.82
Fitshok,Heinrich,III.78boxes334357,
III.81
Fitzner,Albert,III.78boxes376377
Flaucher,Quirin,III.78boxes396398
Fleck,Karl,III.78boxes401403
Fleischer,Karl,III.78boxes404406,
III.78box421
Fleischhacker,Rudolf,III.78boxes
381382
Florisdorfsubcamp,III.14,III.78
Folger,Johann,III.78boxes419420
Forcedlabor.See Slavelabor,forced
labor
Gaertner,Karl,III.78boxes413414
Gaul,Lt.JamesHarvey,II.4
Gay,EmilAndreas,III.78boxes
406408
Geiger,Hans,III.78boxes368370,III.80
Geisler,Ferdinand,III.78box384
GeographicSeries,Officeofthe
SurgeonGeneral,III.9
Gerbig,Emil,III.78boxes392393
Gericke,Otto,III.78boxes408410
GermanConcentrationCampsreport,
III.51
Germandocumentswarcrimestransla
tions,III.67
GermanExternalAssetsBranch
records,III.48
352
Grimm,Johannes,III.78boxes
334357,VII.5
Grolimuss,Michael,III.78boxes
415416
GrosRamingsubcamp,III.14,III.78
Gross,Ignaz,III.78boxes389390
Gross,Wilhelm,III.79
Grutzi,Max,III.78boxes368370,
III.82
Gryzbowski,Herbert,III.78boxes
334357,III.82
Guenther,FritzKarl,III.78boxes
367368
Guetzlaff,Paul,III.78boxes334357,
III.82
Gunskirchensubcamp,I.3,III.14,
III.78
GusenConcentrationCamp(GusenI
andII),I.3,II.2,III.14,III.78,
AppendixB
Americanfliersexecution,III.14
crematorylists,AppendixB
DeathBooks,II.2,III.34,AppendixB
evacuation,III.10
liberationandreliefefforts,
III.58III.59
photographicrecords,III.25
sanitationconditions,III.9,III.10,
III.59
Sovietprisonersofwar,Death
Ledger,III.32
Guttenberger,HubertFranz,III.78box
es408410
Germanindustrialconcernsparticipa
tionmicrofilmrecords,VII.7
Germannationalsdeathlist,III.40
GestapoLinz.See LinzGestapo
Geyer,Max,III.78boxes358360
Giese,Heinrich,III.78boxes334357,
III.82
Giesserigl,Karl,III.78boxes393396
Ginters,Ludwig,III.78box384,III.82
Giovanazzi,Hans,III.78boxes377379,
III.80
Glas,Johann,III.78boxes413414
Glas,Karl,III.78boxes410412
Glega,Dominik,III.78boxes389390
Glissmann,Wilhelm,III.78boxes
381382,III.82
Gloeckner,Emil,III.78boxes415416
Glosze,WalterErnst,III.78boxes
404406
Glucks,SSBrigadefuehrer,III.34
Goebel,BernhardGerard,III.78boxes
401403
Goennemann,Horst,III.78box416
Goessl,Georg,III.78boxes334357
Goetz,Kaspar,III.78boxes367368,
III.82
Goldteethremoval,III.25
Gomerski,Hubert,III.79
Gonzalez,Indalecio,III.78boxes
400401
Grabowski,Johann,III.78boxes
401403
Grahn,Werner,III.78boxes334357
Grant,Fred,III.25
Gray,Col.R.MacDonald,III.51
Greekprisoners,III.40
Green,Capt.Seymour,II.4
Green,Lt.JamesHolt,II.4
GreenMission,II.4
Gretsch,Johann,III.78boxes393396
Greunther,FritzKarl,III.82
Grill,Wilhelm,III.78boxes363366,
III.80
Haasengier,WalterKurt,III.78boxes
404406
Hackl,Paul,III.78boxes385388
Haeger,Heinrich,III.78boxes334357
Haider,Johann,III.78boxes379381,
III.80
Haidfeldsubcamp,III.14,III.78
Hanft,PaulJosef,III.78boxes408410
Harris,Lt.Cmdr.WhitneyR.,III.28
353
Holland,PaulKarl,III.78boxes
404406
Hoos,Johann,III.78box418
Horcicka,Karl,III.78boxes413414
HospitalOperationRegister,
Mauthausen,II.2
Hub,Emil,III.78box385
Huber,Franz,III.78boxes334357,
III.81
Hungarianprisonersandinmates,
III.40
HartheimCastle,I.9,I.10,III.14,III.15,
III.79,VII.1
Hartung,Herbert,III.78boxes363366,
III.80
Hassel,Friedrich,III.78boxes406408
Hausknecht,Gert,III.78boxes376377,
III.82
Haveka,George,III.25
Heess,Otto,III.78boxes371373,III.82
Hegenscheidt,Hans,III.78boxes
334357,III.81
Hehl,Filipp,III.78boxes393396,
III.78boxes396398
HeidelburgDocuments,III.66
Heidelburgmedicalexperiments
records,III.66
Heine,Wigand,III.78box388
Heinz,Kaspar,III.78boxes374375
Heisig,AlfonsHugo,III.78boxes
363366,III.80
Helfrich,Dr.Karl,III.25,VII.5
Heller,Michael,III.78boxes396398
Henkel,Wilhelm,III.78boxes334357,
III.81
Herchen,Karl,III.78box388
HermanGoeringWorks,industrial
concern,III.14
HermannNessl,Erwin,III.78box357
Hieroglyphics,secret,III.25
Himmler,Heinrich,II.3
Hinterbruehlsubcamp.See Moedling
subcamp
Hintzen,SSSpecialsubcamp,III.14
Hirsch,Rudolf,III.78boxes379381,
III.82
Hirschfeld,HeinzMax,III.28
Hochwitz,Wilhelm,III.78box384,
III.82
Hoehler,Walter,III.78boxes334357,
III.82
Hoellriegel,Alois,III.28,III.32,III.78
boxes360362,III.81
Hoettl,Dr.Wilhelm,III.32
Industrialconcernsparticipation,VII.7
capturedGermanrecords,microfilm,
VII.7
DEGESCH,III.34
DeutscheErdundSteinWerke,
III.48,VII.7
forcedlaborindustrialuse,III.24,
VII.7
HermanGoeringWorks,III.14,VII.7
Messerschmidtindustrialconcern
photographicrecords,VI.3
Richter&Co.,VII.5
SteyrDaimlerPuch,III.43
WienerNeustaedlerFlugzeuwerke,
III.43
Inmates,earlyreleaseof,III.1III.5,
III.20,III.21
Inmatesandprisoners,originsand
nationalities,I.3
Innsbruckphotos,V.2
InternationalMilitaryTribunal(IMT)
atNuremberg,I.9,III.27III.37
evidencefiles,III.34
filmfootage,III.37
Frenchprosecutionexhibits,III.33
InterneePersonnelrecords,III.36
InterrogationReports,III.35
jurisdictions,III.27
microfilmrecords,VII.3VII.4
photographicrecords,III.37
prosecutionexhibits,III.32,III.33
354
Recordsrelatingtoposttrial
activities,III.77
Recordsrelatingtopretrialactivities,
III.68
Recordsrelatingtoreleasedinmates,
III.82
Requestsforclemencyandparole,
III.75
TranslationsofGermandocuments,
III.67,III.69
Warcrimescasefiles(casesnot
tried),III.79
WarCrimesCaseFiles(casestried),
III.78
Jung,HansClemens,III.78boxes
385388,III.82
Jungjohann,Willi,III.78boxes363366
prosecutionexhibits,U.S.,III.32
transcripts,III.28
TrialoftheMajorWarCriminals
BeforetheInternationalMilitary
Tribunal, III.28
InternationalRefugeeOrganization
Program,III.21
InternationalTracingService,I.11,
VII.9,AppendixB
InterneePersonnelrecords(warcrimes
defendants),III.36,III.80III.82
Iskra,Matheus,III.78boxes379381
Italianprisonersandinmates,III.34,
III.40
Jait,Michael,III.78boxes376377
Jedlicka,Karl,III.34
Jelenik,Frederik,III.62
Jewishinmates,I.3
DutchJewsdeportation,suicides,
III.28,III.34
HungarianJewsforcedmarch,III.79
murderandmistreatment,III.79
RomanJewsdeathsand
deportations,III.34
Zeltlager,HungarianJewishTent
Camp,III.25
Jobst,Willy,III.78boxes334357
JudgeAdvocateGeneralDivision,War
CrimesBranch(USAREUR),
III.64III.82
Generaladministrativerecords,III.76
Identitycardsforwitnesses,III.74
Indextowarcrimescasefiles,III.71
Indexestowitnesses,suspectsand
defendants,III.72III.73
ReadingFile,III.65
Recordsrelatingtoexecuted
prisoners,III.81
Recordsrelatingtoextradition,III.70
Recordsrelatingtomedical
experiments,III.66
Recordsrelatingtoparolees,III.80
Kaiser,Paul,III.78boxes334357,III.81
Kaltenbrunner,Ernst,I.9,II.3,III.28,
III.32
Kanduth,Johann,III.32
Kania,Karl,III.78box281
Kansmeyer,Rudolf,III.78boxes
406408
Karwinski,Karl,III.32
Kattner,Josef,III.78boxes392393
Kauffeld,Wilhelm,III.78box280,III.82
Kaufmann,Anton,III.78boxes
334357,III.81
Kaupp,ErwinGeorg,III.78boxes
406408
Kaupp,Wilhelm,III.78box406
Kautny,Franz,III.78boxes334357,III.81
Keilwitz,Kurt,III.78boxes334357,
III.81
Kestel,Willi,III.78boxes408410
Kick,Wilhelm,III.26
Kill,Franz,III.78boxes389390
Kirchner,Kurt,III.78boxes410412
Kirner, Baptist, III.78 boxes 401403
Kirschbichler, Ernst, III.78 boxes
393396
355
Kuehn,Karl,III.78boxes385388,
III.82
Kuehn,Werner,III.78box371,III.80,III.82
KugelagerWerke,III.14
Kuhn,Anton,III.79
Kuhnert,Alfred,III.78boxes360362
Kurbel,Friedrich,III.78box416
Kurbel,Hans,III.78boxes415416
Kirschmann,August,III.78boxes
406408
Kisch,Josef,III.78boxes379381,III.81
Klapper,JohannIwan,III.78boxes
401403
Klein,Anton,III.78box424
Klein,RudolfGustav,III.78boxes
376377,III.81
Kleinert,OttoRichard,III.78boxes
376377
Kleinguenther,OttoFriedrich,III.78
boxes392393,III.80
Klerner,Bernhard,III.78box388
Klerner,Eduard,III.78box388,III.82
Klimowitsch,Kaspar,III.78boxes
334357
Kobilke,LotharGustav,III.78boxes
368370,III.82
Koerner,Max,III.78boxes401403
Koetzle,Otto,III.78box383,III.82
Kofler,Franz,III.78boxes396398
Kolbe,Karl,III.78box371,III.82
Kopischke,Otto,III.78boxes367368,
III.80
Korger,Viktor,III.78boxes334357,
III.82
Korsitzky,ReneTheodor,III.78boxes
389390
Kramer,Max,III.78boxes368370,
III.80
Krauss,Stefan,III.78boxes368370
Krausz,Alfred,III.78boxes360362
Krebsbach,Dr.Eduard,III.35,III.78
boxes334357,III.81
Kreindl,Gustav,III.81
Kreindl,Hans,III.78boxes334357
Kremer,Victor,III.78boxes376377
KremsMauthausenSt.Valentinrail
roads,III.55
Kroner,Johann,III.78boxes360362
Krueger,Georg,III.78box388
Krueger,Walter,III.78box388
Kuebler,Paul,III.78boxes406408
LagerConstanzsurvivorrecords,VII.9
Lambachsubcamp,III.14,III.78
Lamm,Rudolf,III.78box282,III.80
Lampe,Maurice,III.28
LandeckDisplacedPersonsCamppho
tos,V.2
LandsburgPrison,I.8,III.82
Lang,Martin,III.78boxes416417
Lappert,Ferdinand,III.78boxes
334357,III.82
Latzel,Josef,III.78boxes374375,
III.82
Laureano,Navas,III.78boxes374375
Leeb,Josef,III.78boxes334357,III.81
Leffers,Wilhelm,III.78boxes389390
Lehmann,AdolfGustav,III.78boxes
401403
Lehrbacher,Gustav,III.78boxes
367368,III.80
Leibauer,Otto,III.82
Leibnitzsubcamp,III.14,III.78
Lennert,Stefan,III.78boxes396398
Lettinmates,deceased,III.40
Liebauer,Otto,III.78boxes358360
Liebl,KarlAdelbert,III.62
Linz,Austria,photointelligencereport,
III.44
Linzsubcamps,III.14,III.55,III.78,V.2
LinzGestapo
interrogationreport,III.18
photographicrecords,III.25,V.2
WelsLinzCommunists,III.25
Lithuaniancampinmatesdeceased,
III.40
356
Microfilmpublications,VII.1VII.9
Motionpictures,V.1V.3
Originalcamprecords,II.1II.2
Repositoriesofrelatedrecords,
AppendixC
SHAEFreports,III.50III.53
Stillpictures,IV.1IV.4
U.S.Armyliberatorunits,
III.58III.59
Warcrimestrials,International
MilitaryTribunal,III.28
Warcrimestrials,MilitaryTribunals
atNuremburg,III.29III.30
Warcrimestrials,U.S.ArmyCourts,
III.14,III.78
Mauthausentrials.See U.S.ArmyCourt
trials
OfficeoftheJudgeAdvocateGeneral
(Army),III.14III.16
UnitedStatesArmyEurope,III.78
Mayer,Josef,III.78boxes334357,
III.82
Mayr,Dr.Hans,III.34
McClelland,RoswellD.,III.22
MedicalCase.See U.S. v.KarlBrandtetal.
Medicalexperiments,III.28,III.34,
III.66
MediterraneanTheaterofOperations,
UnitedStatesArmy,Recordsof(RG
492),III.61III.62
Meier,Mathaeus,III.78boxes368370,
III.80
Melksubcamp,III.14,III.78,VII.5
Merten,Rudolf,III.78boxes406408
Messerschmidt,Julius,III.78boxes
401403
Messerschmidtfactory,underground,
III.14
Meyer,Ernst,III.80
MicrofilmPublications,National
Archives,VII.1VII.9
Miessner,Erich,III.78boxes334357,
III.81
Loiblpasssubcamps,III.14,III.78
Lonauer,Dr.Rudolf,III.79
Longworth,Sgt.BennettWoodrow,
III.14
Lorenz,Ernst,III.78boxes398400
Lothaller,Johann,III.78boxes392393
Ludolf,Julius,III.78boxes334357
Luechau,Hermann,III.78boxes
415416
Luetscher,HeinrichKarl,III.78boxes
385388,III.82
Lukan,Josef,III.78boxes373374,
III.80
Lutze,Richard,III.78boxes401403
Luxembourgiancampinmates,
Ebensee,III.40
Mack,Wilhelm,III.78boxes334357,
III.82
Madlmayr,Alois,III.78boxes419420
Malleschits,Stefan,III.78boxes
392393,III.82
Marakowitz,Josef,III.78box383
Marsalet,Hans,III.32
Marshol,ZigmundJozef,III.14
Martin,Ernst,III.25
MauthausenConcentrationCamp
Aerialphotographs,III.43III.44,
III.55,VI.2VI.3
Campregisters,II.2,III.31III.32
CapturedGermanrecords,
III.38III.41
Earlyreleaseofinmates,III.1,
III.20III.22
Evacuationhospitals,III.9III.10,
III.59
Intelligencereports,III.24III.26,
III.43III.44
InternationalTracingServicerecords,
VII.9,AppendixB
ListofMauthausendefendantsby
case,AppendixA
Mapofcampsystem,pp.23
357
industrialconcernsparticipation
microfilmrecords,VII.7
Niedermeyer,Josef,III.32,III.78boxes
334357
NiedernhartMentalHospital,III.24
Nieschke,Fritz,III.78boxes360362
Nitsche,Dr.Paul,III.66
Nohel,Vinzinz,
III.78boxes334357,III.79
Noky,EugenHermann,III.78box282,
III.81
Nolan,Lt.Joseph,III.79
Nuremberg,U.S.Militarytribunals.See
U.S.MilitaryTribunalsatNuremberg
NurembergGovernment(NG)series
records,III.34
NurembergIndustrialists(NI)series
records,III.34
NurembergOrganizations(NO)series
records,III.34
Nuszkowski,Richard,III.78boxes
377379,III.82
Nyiszli,Dr.Nikolae,III.34
Milos,Dr.Stransky,III.25
Miroff,Fritz,III.78boxes381382
Miroff,Heinz,III.81
Mitchell,Col.AllenB.,III.46
Mocbeichel,Josef,III.78boxes416417
Moedling,Austria,III.44
Moedlingsubcamp,III.14,III.78
Moegle,KarlTheodore,III.78boxes
401403
Moeller,Fritz,III.78boxes408410
Mohr,Adolf,III.78boxes376377,
III.82
Mohr,Nicholaus,III.78boxes408410
Molitor,Mathias,III.78boxes415416
Morton,Joseph,II.4
Motionpictures,IV.4,V.1V.3
Mueck,Rudolf,III.78boxes393396
Mueller,Emil,III.78boxes334357,
III.81
Mueller,WilhelmFriedrich,III.78boxes
334357,III.78boxes404406,III.82
Mulle,Phillipp,III.78box388
Myntzak,Rudolf,III.78boxes334357,
III.81
Oberilzmuehlesubcamp,III.14,III.78
Obermier,Alois,III.78boxes374375,
III.81
Obst,Arthur,III.78boxes404406
OfficeofChiefCouncilforWarCrimes
InterrogationBranch,VII.3
OfficeofStrategicServices,Recordsof
the(RG226),II.3,II.4,III.23III.26
DawesMission,II.4
DupontMission,II.3,III.25
FieldIntelligenceReports,III.25
FieldStationfiles,III.26
ResearchandAnalysisBranch
reports,III.24
TaylorReport,III.25
OfficeoftheChiefCouncilforthe
ProsecutionofAxisCriminalitypho
tographicrecords,V.3
OfficeoftheChiefCouncilforWar
Crimesinterrogationreports,III.35
NationalArchivesCollectionof
ForeignRecordsSeized(RG242),
III.38III.41
NationalArchivesCollectionofWorld
WarIIWarCrimesRecords(RG
238),I.9,II.2,II.3,III.27III.37,V.3
Navadorov,Col.,III.58
Navas,Lauriano,III.78box374,III.78
boxes400401
NaziConcentrationCamps (motionpic
ture),III.34
Nessl,ErwinHermann,III.78boxes
358360,III.82
Netherlands
Dutchfliersexecutionand
mistreatment.See Downedallied
flyersmistreatmentandexecution
DutchJews,III.28,III.34
358
aerialphotography,VI.2,VI.3
bombingdamageassessmentphoto
intelligencereport,III.44
damageassessmentintelligence
reports,III.44
DefenseIntelligenceAgency,
VI.1VI.3
Ebenseephotos,IV.2
Innsbruckphotos,IV.2
InternationalMilitaryTribunal,
III.37
LiberatorUnitsphotos,IV.2
Linz,III.55,IV.2
Mauthausen,III.78box345,IV.2
medicalexperiments,III.34
OfficeoftheChiefSignalOfficer
photos,IV.1IV.2
OfficeofWarInformation
photographicrecords,IV.3IV.4
RailroadsatKremsMauthausenSt.
Valentin,III.55
Schwaz,VI.3
SignalCorps,IV.1IV.4
Sovietprisonersofwar,III.33
Taylorreport,III.25,III.78
Pillixeder,Franz,III.78boxes410412
Pirner,Georg,III.78boxes419420
POLAD.See OfficeoftheU.S.Political
AdvisortoGermany
Polishcampinmates,III.40
Polishundergroundarrestandimpris
onment,III.25
Politicalprisoners,Austrian,III.24
Polt,Karl,III.78box388
Pommrich,Paul,III.78boxes401403
Ponner,Franz,III.79
Posern,Hanscarlvon,III.78box421
Poutiers,Michel,III.33
POWinterrogationfiles,III.18
Pribyll,Herman,III.78boxes334357
Priebel,Theophil,III.78boxes334357,
III.81
Prisonautobiographies,III.25
motionpictures,V.1V.2
Officeof theJudgeAdvocateGeneral
(Army),Recordsof the(RG153),
III.12III.16
Indexes,III.13
WarCrimesBranchcasefiles,III.14
WarCrimesBranch:Personsand
PlacesCaseFiles,III.15
WarCrimesBranch:Recordsof
ConcentrationCampTrials,III.16
Officeof theSurgeonGeneral(Army),
Recordsof the(RG112),III.8III.11
Officeof theU.S.PoliticalAdvisorto
Germany,III.7
Officeof WarInformation,Recordsof
the(RG208),IV.3IV.4
photographicrecords,IV.3IV.4
Officeof WarInformationPicture
Division,IV.3IV.4
Ohnmacht,Edward,III.78boxes
398400
Otto,Kurt,III.78box279
Panhans,Alois,III.78boxes377379,
III.82
Paroleescasefiles,III.80
Patolla,Leopold,III.78boxes401403
Pausch,Max,III.78boxes406408
Pavela,Franz,III.78box420
Peggau,Austria,III.44
Peggausubcamp,III.14,III.78
Peroutka,Alexander,III.78boxes
404406
Petrat,Gustav,III.78boxes396398
Pfaffenberger,Christoph,III.78boxes
374375,III.82
Pfeiffer,Jakob,III.78boxes401403
Photographicmaterials,I.9,I.11,II.3,
III.25,III.37,III.78,IV.1IV.4
359
Prisonerexchangesnegotiations,I.4,
III.2III.4
PrisonerPersonnelCards,Mauthausen,
VII.9
Prisoners
survivorsanddischarged,VII.9
Proudfoot,Maj.M.J.,III.51
Purucker,ReinhardJosef,III.78boxes
385388,III.81
Pusitz,MichaelPeter,III.78boxes
393396
Quarzdeathlists,AppendixB
Raab,Hilar,III.78box416
RailroadsatKremsMauthausenSt.
Valentin,III.55
RecordsoftheReichLeaderoftheSSand
ChiefoftheGermanPolice,PartII,
III.40
RedCrosscorrespondence,AppendixB
RedlZipf,Austria,photointelligence
report,III.44
RedlZipfsubcamp,III.14,III.78
ReferenceInformationPaper,I.6
Refugees.See DisplacedPersons
Reichert,Ernst,III.78boxes374375,
III.82
Reichleitner,Franz,III.79
Reinsdorf,Werner,III.78boxes393396
Releaseandrepatriationlists,AppendixB
Renno,Dr.Georg,III.79
ReportonBuchenwaldandMauthausen
ConcentrationCamps, III.46
ReportontheConcentrationCamps
Mauthausen,Gusen,Ebensee, III.32
Reuter,ArnoAlbert,III.78boxes
396398
Richen,Paul,III.82
Richter,Alfred,III.78boxes358360
Richter,Fabian,III.78box418
Ricken,Paul,III.78boxes381382,
III.80
Riegler,Josef,III.14,III.81
Roeder,Rudolf,III.78boxes374375
RomanJewsdeportations,deaths,
III.34
Romaniancampinmates,deceased,
III.40
Rottmann,Franz,III.78box418
Ruber,Viktor,III.78box384,III.82
RussianCampsanitationandmedical
reports,III.9
Russianprisoners,I.3,III.28,III.32,
III.33,III.40,III.79
Rutka,Adolf,III.78boxes334357,
III.82
SaintGast,Col.Guivantede,III.32,
III.51
Sanitationandmedicalreports,
III.9III.11,III.59
Sanner,AdolfEgon,III.34
Sanner,Wolfgang,III.25
Saur,Hans,III.14
Schaeffer,Robert,III.78boxes377379,
III.82
Schallenberg,Fritz,III.78boxes
281282,III.82
Scharnack,Kurt,III.65
Scheer,KarlWilhelm,III.78boxes
401403
Schellenberg,Walter,III.32,III.78box
281
Scherer,Johann,III.78boxes379381
Schifftler,OttoErnst,III.78boxes
368370
Schiller,Alwin,III.78box371
Schiller,Johann,III.78box417
Schilling,Andreas,III.78boxes415416
Schinlauer,Hermann,III.78box388
Schliersubcamp,III.14
SchlossHartheim,I.9,I.10,III.14,
III.15,III.79,VII.1
SchlossLindsubcamp,III.14
Schluender,Paul,III.78box388
360
Schmidgen,Otto,III.79
Schmidt,Bruno,III.78box368
Schmidt,Josef,III.78boxes416417
Schmitz,Heinrich,III.78boxes415416
Schmitz,Theo,III.78boxes377379,
III.81
Schmutzler,KurtEmil,III.78boxes
360362
Schoepperle,Karl,III.78boxes358360,
III.81
Schrader,Otto,III.78boxes360362,
III.82
Schroegler,Karl,III.78boxes413414
Schuettauf,Erick,III.78boxes363366,
III.82
Schultz,KarlRichard,III.78box388
Schulz,FranzGottfried,III.78boxes
404406
Schur,Peter,III.79
Schwazphotographicrecords,VI.3
Schwechat,Austria,III.44
Schwechatsubcamp,III.14,III.78
SecurityClassifiedGeneral
Correspondence,CivilAffairs
Division,III.20
Seebach,Georg,III.78boxes377379
Seibel,Col.R.R.,III.25
Seidel,Alois,III.78boxes401403
Seidl,Max,III.78boxes389390,III.80
SeyssInquart,Arthur,III.28
Shiedlausky,Dr.Gerhard,III.34
Sielaff,HansW.E.,III.78boxes406408
Sigmund,Thomas,III.78boxes
334357,III.81
Slavelabor,forcedlabor,I.9,III.18,
III.24,III.25,III.28,III.43
Sloninia,Gren,III.26
Slupetzky,Anton,III.14,III.78boxes
410412
Soens,Jacob,III.78box384,III.82
Soswinski,Dr.Ludwig,III.24
Sovietprisoners,I.3,III.28,III.32,
III.33,III.40
Spanishcampinmates,deceased,III.40
SpanishRepublicanprisoners,I.3,II.3
Spatznegger,Hans,III.78boxes
334357,III.81
Spielhofer,Josef,III.78boxes358360,
III.82
SScollarinsigniachart,III.25
SSmicrofilmrecords,VII.7VII.8
St.Georgenarmamentfactory,III.14,
III.78
St.Georgen,reportonunderground
activities,III.55
St.Lambrechtsubcamp,III.14,III.78
St.Valentin,Austria,photointelligence
report,III.44
St.Valentinsubcamp,III.14,III.78
Stalbausubcamp,III.14
Steinhardt,GeorgF.,III.78boxes
406408
Steinmetz,Martin,III.78boxes
379381,III.82
Steyr,Austria,photointelligencereport,
III.44
Steyrsubcamp,III.14
Stier,Ludwig,III.78boxes360362,III.82
Stoeckel,Daniel,III.78boxes379381,
III.82
Stoecker,Dr.Max,III.34
Storey,Col.RobertG.,III.28
StrategicBombingSurveyrecords,
III.41III.44
Strauss,Xaver,III.78boxes385388,
III.80
Streng,Karl,III.78boxes358360,III.81
Striegel,Otto,III.78boxes334357
Struller,Karl,III.78boxes334357,
III.81
Stuetz,Florian,III.78boxes377379,
III.82
Stumfol,Karl,III.78boxes381382,
III.82
Stumpf,Heinrich,III.78boxes374375,
III.82
361
Sturm,Hermann,III.78boxes418419
Subsequentproceedings,Nuremberg
U.S. v.KarlBrandtetal., I.9,III.29,
VII.1
U.S. v.OswaldPohletal., I.9,III.30,
VII.1
SupremeHeadquartersAllied
ExpeditionaryForcerecords,
III.49III.53
Survivorsrecords,VII.9
Tandler,Oskar,III.78boxes363366,
III.81
Tanzmeier,Gotthardt,III.78box416
Taylor,Lt.JackH.,II.3,III.25,III.32,
III.78
TaylorReport,III.25
TemporaryCommittees,Commissions,
andBoards,Recordsof (RG220),
III.22
TentCamp,HungarianJewslist,III.25
TheCampMen:TheSSOfficersWho
RantheNaziConcentrationCamp
System (MacLean),VII.8
Thielmann,Emil,III.78boxes396398
Thost,HansWilhelm,II.4
Tiefenbacher,Albert,III.32
Toma,Michael,III.79
Transportlistsmicrofilmrecords,VII.9,
AppendixB
Trauner,Leopold,III.78boxes334357,
III.81
Tremmel,Paul,III.78box420
Treuer,Wolfgang,III.78boxes374375,
III.79
TrialoftheMajorWarCriminalsBefore
theInternationalMilitaryTribunal,
III.28
Truckenbrodt,Walter,III.78boxes
385388
Trum,Andreas,III.78boxes334357,
III.81
Tuntke,Hermann,III.78box282,III.81
Typhus,III.11,III.34
TyphusCommission,III.11
Uebener,Willi,III.78box384,III.82
Uhlmann,Hans,III.78boxes393396
Ulbrecht,Josef,III.25
Underwood,Ed,III.25
U.S.AirForce,Recordsofthe
Headquartersrecords(RG341),
III.54III.55
U.S.AlliedCommissionforAustria,
III.47III.48
U.S.Army
Combatinterviews,III.60
3rdCalvaryGroupMechanized,
III.58
ReportontheConcentrationCamps
Mauthausen,Gusen,Ebensee, III.32
SignalCorpsphotographicrecords,
IV.2
21stArmoredInfantryBattalion,
III.58
41stCavalryReconnaissance
Squadron,11thArmoredDivision,
I.3,III.58
121stEvacuationHospital,III.59
131stEvacuationHospital,III.9,
III.10,III.59
71stInfantryDivision,III.14,III.58
171stMedicalBattalion,III.59
11thArmoredDivision,III.9,III.10,
III.25,III.58
130thEvacuationHospital,
III.9III.10,III.59
139thEvacuationHospital,III.10
30thFieldHospital,III.10,III.59
59thFieldHospital,III.10
80thInfantryDivisionMedical
Department,III.59
610thMedicalClearingCompany,
III.10
TyphusCommission,geographic
records,III.11
362
XIICorpsMedicalSection,III.59
U.S.ArmyCourttrials,Dachau,III.14,
III.78
cardindexes,III.71III.72
casesnottried,III.79
casestried,III.78
defendantslistedbycase,AppendixA
paroleecasefiles,III.80
photographs,III.78box345
posttrialactivities,III.77
pretrialactivities,III.68
prisoners,executed,III.81
releasedinmatesrecords,III.82
U.S. v.AdolfBergetal., III.78boxes
404406,III.78box424
U.S. v.AdolfGustafLehmannetal.,
III.78boxes401403
U.S. v.AndreasBattermannetal.,
III.78boxes376377
U.S. v.AntonKlein, III.78box424
U.S. v.ArnoldDamaschke, III.78box
279
U.S. v.BerhardFernikornetal., III.78
boxes408410
U.S. v.EduardCurten, III.78box279
U.S. v.EduardDlouhyetal., III.78
boxes381382
U.S. v.EduardErb, III.78box278
U.S. v.EduardKlerneretal., III.78
box388
U.S. v.ErickSchuettauf, III.78boxes
363366
U.S. v.ErnstWalterDura etal., III.78
boxes360362
U.S. v.EugenHermannNoky, III.78
box282
U.S. v.FabianRichteretal., III.78box
418
U.S. v.FranzKofleretal., III.78boxes
396398
U.S. v.FranzPavela, III.78box420
U.S. v.FriedrichKurbeletal., III.78
box416
363
boxes367368
boxes393396
364
U.S. v.GustavHermannAdolfBloy,
III.14,III.78boxes278279
U.S. v.HansAltfuldischetal., II.3,
III.14,III.78boxes334357
U.S. v.HansBergeroffetal., III.14,III.78
boxes358360
U.S. v.HansGeigeretal., III.14,III.78
boxes368370,VII.5
U.S. v.HansGiovanazzietal., III.14,
III.78boxes377379
U.S. v.HanscarlvonPosern, III.14,III.78
box421
U.S. v.HeinrichSchmitzetal., III.14,
III.78boxes415416
U.S. v.HeinzBollhorst, III.14,III.78box
422
U.S. v.HermannSturmetal., III.14,
III.78boxes418419
U.S. v.HermannTuntke, III.14,III.78
box282
U.S. v.HorstGoennemannetal., III.14,
III.78box416
U.S. v.HubertFrischetal., III.14,III.78
boxes416417
U.S. v.JoaquinEspinosa, III.14,III.78
box282
U.S. v.JohannHaideretal., III.14,III.78
boxes379381
U.S. v.JohannSchilleretal., III.14,
III.78box417
U.S. v.JosefBartletal., III.14,III.78
boxes398400
U.S. v.JosefKattneretal., III.14,III.78
boxes392393
U.S. v.JosefLukanetal., III.14,III.78
boxes373374
U.S. v.KarlAlbrecht, III.14,III.78box
281
U.S. v.KarlBertschetal., III.14,III.78
boxes406408
U.S. v.KarlBrandtetal., I.9,III.29,VII.1
U.S. v.KarlFleischer, III.14,III.78box
421
365
Vaessen,HeinzMartin,III.78boxes
374375,III.82
Vallister,Josef,III.79
Veith,Lt.JeanFrederic,III.28,III.32
Vetter,Helmuth,III.78boxes410412
Victimslists,III.16,VII.9,AppendixB
ViennaDitch(WienerGraben),III.14,
III.78
Viennesecommunistsarrestand
internment,III.18
Voigt,Otto,III.78boxes413414
Volgger,Konrad,III.78boxes398400
Volke,Alfred,III.24
vonPosern,Hanscarl,III.78box421
Wagner,BernardFritz,III.78boxes
385388,III.82
Wagner,Heinrich,III.78boxes377379,
III.80
Waldheim,Cyriakus,III.78boxes
401403
Warcrimescasefiles,III.14III.16,
III.78
WarCrimesInvestigatingTeam
Hartheimexecutioncenterreports,
III.79
WarCrimesModificationBoard,
III.77III.78
WarCrimestrials.See U.S.ArmyCourt
trials
WarDepartmentCivilAffairsDivision
records,III.19,III.20
WarDepartmentMilitaryIntelligence
Divisionrecords,III.18
WarDepartmentGeneralandSpecial
Staffs,Recordsofthe(RG165),
III.17III.21
WarRefugeeBoard,III.3,III.4,III.21,
III.22
Wasicky,Erich,III.78boxes334357
Wayersubcamp,III.14
Weber,FerdinandAlois,III.78boxes
401403
Wefers,Robert,III.78boxes377379
Wegert,Johann,III.78boxes401403
Weidhofer,Karl,III.78boxes404406,
III.78box424
Weishar,Ferdinand,III.78boxes
377379
WelsLinzCommunists,III.25
Welstyphusoutbreak,III.11
Werner,Willi,III.78box368,III.82
Wichmann,Otto,III.78boxes377379
Wiener,Albert,III.78boxes368370
WienerGrabenstonequarry,III.14,
III.78
WienerNeudorfsubcamp,III.14,
III.78
WienerNeustaedlerFlugzeuwerke
industrialconcern,III.43
WienHaidfeldsubcamp,III.14,III.78
Winkler,Kurt,III.78boxes389390
Winter,Leopold,378379,III.78boxes
377379,III.82
Wirth,Christian,III.79
Wirth,Johann,III.78boxes413414
Wissig,Carl,III.25
Wlotzka,Ewald,III.78boxes385388,
III.81
Wohlrab,Christian,III.78boxes
392393,III.81
Wolfram,Paul,III.78boxes423424
Wolter,Waldemar,III.78boxes
334357,III.81
Womenprisonersregister,AppendixB
WomensHospitalAreasanitationand
medicalreports,III.9
WorldWarIIU.S.ArmyOperations
Reports,III.57
Yugoslavianinmates,III.40
Zeitraeg,Albert,III.78boxes389390,
III.80
Zellenbauprison,III.32
ZeltlagerCampHungarianJews,III.25
366
Ziereis,Franz,I.3;II.3;III.32;III.34;
III.59;III.66;III.78boxes334336,
345,370;III.79
Zink,Otto,III.78boxes358360,III.82
Zirner,Johann,III.78boxes398400
Zoller,Viktor,III.78boxes334357,
III.81
Zuleger,Herman,III.78boxes398400
Zutter,Adolf,III.32,III.78boxes
334357
ZyklonBgas,III.14,III.33,III.34
367
Cemetery builtbytheU.S.ArmyforthedeadfoundatGusen.(CohenReport,WarCrimesCasesTried,
Box334,RG549)