Justiz und NS-Verbrechen
Nazi Crimes on Trial
* Glossary *
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
The court decision(s) of this case can be
found in the printed volumes of the series or (on-line)
here.