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Case Nr.731
Crime Category: NS-Crimes in Detainment Centers, Final Phase Crimes
Accused:
Bus., Erwin Julius 8½ Years
San., Ernst 7½ Years
Court:
LG Essen 700508
Country where the crime was committed: Germany
Crime Location: HS KL Dora, HS KL Woffleben
Crime Date: 43-45
Victims: Prisoners, Gypsies
Nationality: German, French Italian, Yugoslavian, Lithuanian, Polish, Soviet, Chech
Agency: Detainment Center staff KL Dora
Subject of the proceeding: Hanging and shooting of prisoners after attempts to escape and for 'sabotage'. Mass execution of 58 prisoners suspected of membership of a resistance group. Shooting of 7 Communists at the time of the closure of the concentration camp in April 1945. Fatal mishandling of prisoners during intensified interrogations or for 'indisciplinary' behavior

Published in Justiz und NS-Verbrechen Vol. XXXIII

 

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