Justiz und NS-Verbrechen
Nazi Crimes on Trial

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Case Nr.340
Crime Category: NS-Crimes in Detainment Centers, Final Phase Crimes
Accused:
Rakers, Bernhard life sentence + 15 Years
Court:
LG Osnabrück 530210
Country where the crime was committed: Germany, Poland
Crime Location: HS KL Auschwitz, HS KL Gleiwitz II, HS KL Esterwegen, HS KL Weimar Gustloff Werke, HS KL Sachsenhausen, on the road along the way of the evacuation march from KL Auschwitz-Monowitz to KL Gleiwitz, on the road along the way of the evacuation march from KL Gleiwitz to KL Sachsenhausen
Crime Date: 34-45
Victims: Prisoners, Jews
Nationality: German, French, Dutch, Austrian, Polish, Rumanian, Soviet, Hungarian, unknown
Agency: Detainment Center Staff KL Auschwitz, KL Gleiwitz II, KL Esterwegen, KL Weimar Gustloff Werke, KL Sachsenhausen
Subject of the proceeding: Activities of the defendant in Auschwitz: Mishandling of prisoners, in part with fatal consequences, participation in the hanging of prisoners at the roll-call grounds, selections of ill Jews and Jews unfit for work, who were then gassed. Participation in the shooting of prisoners after the liquidation of the camp during the evacuation march from KL Auschwitz-Monowitz to KL Gleiwitz, as well as during the evacuation transport from KL Gleiwitz to KL Sachsenhausen. Mishandling of prisoners, in part with fatal consequences, in KL Esterwegen, Sachsenhausen and Weimar Gustloff Werke

Published in Justiz und NS-Verbrechen Vol. X

 

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