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1947 Polish trial of nazi German death camp staff
The Auschwitz trial began on November 24, 1947, in Kraków, when Poland's Supreme National Tribunal tried forty former staff of the Auschwitz concentration
Auschwitz_trial
Series of trials in Germany
The Frankfurt Auschwitz trials, or the second Auschwitz trial, known in German as Auschwitzprozesse, was a series of three trials running from 20 December
Frankfurt_Auschwitz_trials
Nazi concentration camp in Poland (1940–1945)
Auschwitz (German: [ˈaʊ̯ʃvɪts]), also known as Oświęcim (Polish: [ɔˈɕfjɛɲ.t͡ɕim]), was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated
Auschwitz_concentration_camp
Accountant in Auschwitz (1921–2018)
the Auschwitz concentration camp. His trial began in April 2015, after the court had ruled that, at the age of 93, he was still fit to stand trial. The
Oskar_Gröning
for the third trial. Orlowski died of natural causes during court proceedings, but had first been tried in the 1947 Kraków Auschwitz trial and received
Female guards in Nazi concentration camps
Female_guards_in_Nazi_concentration_camps
1946–1949 trials of Nazi leadership
Archive Trials Auschwitz Trial held in Kraków, Poland in 1947 against 40 SS-staff of the Auschwitz concentration camp death factory Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials
Subsequent_Nuremberg_trials
Nazi commandant of Auschwitz (1901–1947)
1947) was a German SS officer, a war criminal, and the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp. After the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of World
Rudolf_Höss
German physician (1911–2001)
of war crimes at the 1947 Auschwitz trial in Kraków, where many inmates testified in his favour. After the war and the trial, he returned to Germany and
Hans_Münch
concentration camps, including Plaszów, Majdanek, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Malchow. Danz was brought to trial in 1996, but the charges were dismissed due to
List of Axis personnel indicted for war crimes
List_of_Axis_personnel_indicted_for_war_crimes
German jurist and torturer
November 1964 Thümmler said as a witness in the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial to stand trial in Auschwitz. He stated that "several hundred" death sentences have
Johannes_Thümmler
Polish supreme court for war crimes
Trial (also known as the First Auschwitz Trial, with the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials known as the Second Auschwitz Trial) took place in Kraków from 24 November
Supreme_National_Tribunal
German concentration camp overseer (1906–1977)
Auschwitz-Prozess Frankfurt" [The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial]. auschwitz-prozess-frankfurt.de (in German). Ernst Klee: Auschwitz. Täter, Gehilfen und Opfer und was
Wilhelm_Boger
Nazi concentration camp guard
World War II. Danz was captured in 1945 and put on trial for crimes against humanity at the Auschwitz trial in Kraków, Poland. She was sentenced to life imprisonment
Luise_Danz
SS officer (1911–2000)
promoted him after a long absence. At his trial in Frankfurt, part of the noted Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials, Höcker denied having participated in the selection
Karl-Friedrich_Höcker
1966 single by Equipe 84
acknowledged only in 1967, and officially recognized after a 30-year-long trial. "Auschwitz" was the first Italian song about the Holocaust. Guccini was inspired
Auschwitz_(song)
of the Auschwitz concentration camp death factory Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials; trial of 22 staff members from Auschwitz, first criminal trial of Holocaust
List_of_Axis_war_crime_trials
SS officer in Nazi Germany (1901–1948)
ISBN 978-965-308-326-4. Retrieved 30 June 2012. Hermann Langbein (2013). "Auschwitz Trials (Cracow)". Auschwitz-Birkenau. Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 24 April 2013
Arthur_Liebehenschel
Nazi concentration camp guard (1902–1948)
opened Auschwitz II extermination camp at Birkenau. Brandl was convicted of crimes against humanity after the war during the Auschwitz Trial in Kraków
Therese_Brandl
SS guard at Auschwitz of Romanian Volksdeutsche origin
the lowest-ranking of the twenty-four defendants in the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials. His murders were sensationalized in the German press, taking the focus
Stefan_Baretzki
German concentration camp doctor (1911–1994)
story. On the 87th day of the trial, Helen Goldmann, a Jewish girl originally from Czechoslovakia who was deported to Auschwitz in May 1944, testified that
Franz_Lucas
SS-Hauptscharführer and member of staff at Auschwitz (1912–1972)
SS-Hauptscharführer and member of staff at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz trial. Born in Husum, German Empire, in June 1912
Detlef_Nebbe
Nazi photography unit
Auschwitz II to the gas chamber. The 193 photographs became known as the Auschwitz Album. It was used as evidence in the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials (1963–1965)
Auschwitz_Erkennungsdienst
Austrian Gestapo chief in Auschwitz (1905–1948)
October 1905 – 24 January 1948) was an Austrian Gestapo chief in Auschwitz. At Auschwitz he was in command of the torture chamber Block 11, where he gained
Maximilian_Grabner
German television limited series
prosecutor, that it is the first Auschwitz trial in Frankfurt – prosecuting former SS members for crimes at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Despite facing
The_Interpreter_of_Silence
German Nazi colonel (1901–1948)
ranking individual to be prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial. (The other being a commandant of the Auschwitz main camp, Arthur Liebehenschel.) Notes Kádár
Karl_Möckel
SS officer (1907–1975)
SS-Rottenführer and member of staff at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial. Lechner was born in Buchers in the Sudetenland
Anton_Lechner
Austrian Holocaust perpetrator (1912–1948)
home in Hof. Mandl was convicted of crimes against humanity at the Auschwitz trial in Kraków in December 1947. Based on the number of death lists she
Maria_Mandl
German war criminal and Nazi concentration camp guard
and extradited to Poland to stand trial for war crimes. The "picture book SS woman" stood accused at the Auschwitz Trial in 1947. She was sentenced to 15
Alice_Orlowski
Series of WWII war crimes trials
in the main Flossenbürg trial, Erich Muhsfeldt, was later extradited to Poland. He was sentenced to death in the Auschwitz trial, and executed in 1948.
Dachau_trials
German war criminal and Holocaust perpetrator (1923–1945)
camp guard at Ravensbrück, Auschwitz II-Birkenau, and Bergen-Belsen. She has been widely known as the "Hyena of Auschwitz" and the "Beast of Belsen" for
Irma_Grese
German war criminal and Nazi concentration camp guard
in a Kraków, Poland courtroom, along with 40 other SS guards in the Auschwitz trial. Lächert sat next to three other former SS women, Alice Orlowski, Therese
Hildegard_Lächert
SS-Unterscharführer and staff member at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was prosecuted in the Auschwitz Trial. Romeikat was born in Iwenberg (then in
Franz_Romeikat
German professor, physician and war criminal
human experimentation on the prisoners of Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was sentenced to death in the Auschwitz Trial, but this sentence was later commuted to
Johann_Kremer
German SS officer (1906–1948)
concentration camp and the deputy commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp. One of the most important criminals at Auschwitz, Aumeier was extradited to Poland, where
Hans_Aumeier
SS officer (1910–1948)
member of staff at Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen, and Majdanek concentration camps. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial, and executed for war
Ludwig_Plagge
SS officer (1901–1948)
during the Nazi era who committed mass murder at Auschwitz. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial. Born in Händlern, Bavaria, Kollmer was a farmer
Josef_Kollmer
an SS-Sturmmann and member of staff at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial. Dinges was born in Frankfurt am Main. He
Erich_Dinges
German SS officer (1890–1948)
an SS-Scharführer and member of staff at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial, sentenced to death and hanged. Bogusch
August_Bogusch
War crime trials after World War II
chamber. Auschwitz trial held in Kraków, Poland in 1947 against 40 SS-staff of the Auschwitz concentration camp death factory Belsen trial Belzec trial before
Hamburg_Ravensbrück_trials
Nazi concentration camp guard
August 1944. Götze was tried by the Supreme National Tribunal at the Auschwitz Trial in Kraków and was sentenced to death. His sentence was carried out
Paul_Götze
German war criminal (1909–1948)
corporal) serving at Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust in occupied Poland. He was prosecuted at the first Auschwitz trial. Due to his brutal
Fritz_Buntrock
Brazilian non-commissioned officer
was arrested again in November 1964 as a defendant in the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials, where he was found guilty of supervising selections at Birkenau, as
Pery_Broad
Auschwitz Trial defendant
SS-Unterscharführer (Corporal) and member of staff at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial. Lorenz was German by nationality with Czechoslovak
Eduard_Lorenz
War crime trials after World War II
called to trial for ordering the Zyklon B used in Majdanek's gas chambers. He was sentenced to four years in prison in May 1989. Auschwitz trial held in
Majdanek_trials
Responsibility of the Auschwitz concentration camp
The SS command of Auschwitz concentration camp refers to those units, commands, and agencies of the German SS which operated and administered during World
SS command of Auschwitz concentration camp
SS_command_of_Auschwitz_concentration_camp
German WWII war criminal
SS-Unterscharführer and member of staff at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial. Koch was born in Tangerhütte, German Empire
Hans_Koch_(SS_officer)
SS-Oberscharführer and member of staff at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial. Jeschke was born in Hohenliebenthal. He
Karl_Jeschke
Nazi death camp staff member
Frankfurt Auschwitz trials where he earned the nickname "the horror of Birkenau." Erber claimed to be nothing more than a clerk at Auschwitz who had no
Josef_Erber
SS Officer (1921–1991)
SS-Untersturmführer and head of the admissions detail at Auschwitz-II Birkenau of Auschwitz concentration camp. Stark attended the Volksschule in Darmstadt
Hans_Stark
SS Concentration Camp Dentist (1905–1985)
and stood trial for his crimes in the camps before the Assize Court in Frankfurt am Main which became known as the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials. He was accused
Willi_Schatz
German SS officer (1913–1948)
new evidence. He was retried by the Supreme National Tribunal at the Auschwitz Trial in Kraków, and found guilty of crimes against humanity. Muhsfeldt was
Erich_Muhsfeldt
Canadian historian
Holocaust, post-war Germany, the trials of Nazi perpetrators, and German legal history. Beyond Justice: The Auschwitz Trial, her debut book, was awarded the
Rebecca_Wittmann
War crimes trial of SS staff
investigations in January 2010 but no arrest was made. Auschwitz trial Belsen trials Chełmno trials of the Chełmno extermination camp personnel, held in
Belzec_trial
Allied trial of Nazis after World War II
who had worked at various concentration camps, notably Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. The first trial generated considerable interest around the world, as
Belsen_trials
Former German chemicals conglomerate
Coward, a British POW who had been held at Auschwitz III, told the IG Farben trial: The population at Auschwitz was fully aware that people were being gassed
IG_Farben
Retrieved 30 August 2010. Wittmann, Rebecca (2005). Beyond justice: the Auschwitz trial. Harvard University Press. p. 285. ISBN 978-0-674-01694-1. Page with
Klaus_Dylewski
Ninth of the 12 trials for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Nazis
explained his rationale for sentencing while testifying at the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials in the 1960s. He had chosen to impose death sentences in all cases
Einsatzgruppen_trial
an SS-Sturmmann and member of staff in Auschwitz concentration camp. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial. Weber was born in Wörblitz. He worked as
Johannes_Weber
German lawyer (1904–1992)
the first Auschwitz trial in Frankfurt am Main. During the first Auschwitz trial at Frankfurt, Hofmeyer lived in Bad Vilbel. During the trial, he declined
Hans_Hofmeyer
an SS-Sturmmann and member of staff at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial. Bülow was born in Andriówka. A farm worker
Alexander_Bülow
Final commandant of Auschwitz I (1911–1963)
arrest is vividly recounted by Devin Pendas in his book The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial. After seeing a wanted picture in the tabloid newspaper Bild-Zeitung
Richard_Baer
1965 play by Peter Weiss
depicts the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963–1965. It carries the subtitle "Oratorio in 11 Cantos". Weiss was an observer at the trials and developed the
The_Investigation_(play)
German Nazi physician
Nazi concentration camps and head of the SS disinfection commando at Auschwitz concentration camp. Klehr was born as the son of a teacher. After attending
Josef_Klehr
SS-Rottenführer and member of staff at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial. Born in Indija, Hoffmann was a German national
Hans_Hoffmann
Slovak-Jewish Auschwitz escapee, Canadian biochemist (1924–2006)
Slovak-Jewish biochemist who, as a teenager in 1942, was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. He escaped from the camp
Rudolf_Vrba
Special cell constructed so as to prevent the prisoner from doing anything but stand
usually imposed for a period of ten days. Auschwitz survivor Josef Kral testified at the Auschwitz Trials about the standing cells where he had been
Standing_cell
Photographic record of the Holocaust
at Auschwitz. The album's existence had been known publicly since at least the 1960s, when it was used as evidence at the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials. Nazi-hunter
Auschwitz_Album
Slovak holocaust survivor (1922–2007)
in 1972, Wunsch faced trial for his role at Auschwitz and his wife contacted Citrónová, begging her to testify at his trial. Citrónová testified she
Helena_Citrónová
German SS officer (1906–1945)
bunker! (Hößler!)". — Johann Kremer, SS KZ-Arzt, in testimony at the Auschwitz trial, 18 July 1947 By the middle of 1943, Hößler became involved in recruiting
Franz_Hössler
SS-Unterscharführer and member of staff at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial. Born in Hamburg, Schröder completed trade
Richard_Schröder
Nazi war criminal (1907–1985)
without bail or bond. On 20 August 1965 he was indicted in the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials by the Landgericht Frankfurt am Main Community for aiding and abetting
Victor_Capesius
2001 film directed by Tim Blake Nelson
informing the audience that Muhsfeldt was hanged for war crimes after the Auschwitz trial and Nyiszli survived the war but never practiced medicine again. David
The_Grey_Zone
German judge (1903–1968)
Holocaust planner Adolf Eichmann, and in bringing about the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials. Bauer was born in Stuttgart, to a Jewish German family. His parents
Fritz_Bauer
German SS officer and war criminal (1906–1962)
April and visited Auschwitz in May to assess the preparations. During the Nuremberg Trials, Rudolf Höss, commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp
Adolf_Eichmann
War crimes trial against SS officials
crime trials held during the early and mid-1960s, such as the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann by Israel in Jerusalem, and the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials of
Sobibor_trial
German Holocaust survivor and human rights activist (1926–2024)
she survived the Romani Holocaust and testified at the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials after having been interned at the Gypsy family camp. Born in Stuttgart
Elisabeth_Guttenberger
German resistance fighter
International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War, and a political prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Diamanski, son of a marine engineer, graduated from
Hermann_Diamanski
Trials related to the personnel of the Treblinka extermination camp that began in 1964
similar war crime trials held during the early 1960s, such as the Jerusalem Adolf Eichmann trial (1961) and the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials (1963–65), as a
Treblinka_trials
Series of war crimes trials
age. Auschwitz trial held in Kraków, Poland in 1947 against 40 SS-staff of the Auschwitz concentration camp death factory Belsen trial Belzec trial before
Chełmno_trials
German historian (1926–1989)
as an expert witness for the prosecution at the 1963–1965 Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials, and helping to debunk the forged Hitler Diaries in 1983. He also held
Martin_Broszat
Planners and organisers of mass murders
as during the Auschwitz trial when the defence lawyer Hans Laternser demanded the arrest of witness Erich Markowitsch [de], an Auschwitz survivor and East
Desk_murderer
Austrian Jewish playwright, poet, & journalist (1906-2001)
Jewish playwright, poet, and journalist who reported on the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials. She was a Holocaust survivor. Elisabeth Freundlich was born in Vienna
Elisabeth_Freundlich
German SS judge and lawyer (1909–1982)
defense at the trial of Nazi war criminals at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, the WVHA trial, and the 1965 Auschwitz trial in Frankfurt
Konrad_Morgen
Public trial in which the guilt or innocence of the defendant is predetermined
A show trial is a public trial in which the guilt or innocence of the defendant has already been determined. It is a type of political trial. The purpose
Show_trial
German concentration camp administrator (1895–1969)
lieutenant or lieutenant). He was a commander at Auschwitz concentration camp. Known as the "Eichmann of Auschwitz", he was adjutant to the camp commandant,
Robert_Mulka
German SS functionary (1906–1948)
German SS functionary during the Nazi era who served at the Neuengamme, Auschwitz and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps. He was captured at the end of
Hans_Möser
Frankfurt Auschwitz trials in 1964. Böck stated that he had joined the SS in 1934 only to be able to continue playing music in a marching band. At Auschwitz he
Richard_Böck
One of the three main camps in the Auschwitz concentration camp system
Monowitz (also known as Monowitz-Buna, Buna and Auschwitz III) was a Nazi concentration camp and labor camp (Arbeitslager) run by Nazi Germany in occupied
Monowitz_concentration_camp
German Nazi SS member
Auschwitz, he earned the nickname "Papa Kaduk" among patients. In July 1959 Kaduk was again arrested and appeared in the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials where
Oswald_Kaduk
War crimes trial
his conviction by Poland's Supreme National Tribunal in the First Auschwitz Trial. Former camp commandant Otto Förschner was executed by U.S. military
Dora_trial
German SS officer (1906–1945)
resisted. At Auschwitz, Kramer soon became known among his subordinates as a harsh taskmaster. One of the defendants at the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial, Dr. Franz
Josef_Kramer
British Holocaust survivor
says Auschwitz Holocaust survivor". BBC News. 2017-01-27. Retrieved 2025-01-28. Osborne, Louise (2015-05-13). "Oskar Gröning trial: British Auschwitz survivor
Susan_Pollack
American actor (1933-1988)
in The Investigation, the Peter Weiss play depicting the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials, in Frank D. Gilroy's That Summer, That Fall, alongside Tyne Daly and
Richard_S._Castellano
German Nazi war criminal (1907–1946)
Belsen Trial and executed. Quakernack is mentioned several times in the account of Filip Müller, who worked in a Sonderkommando at Auschwitz and was
Walter_Quakernack
Post-WWII war crimes trial
Taylor, "The Nuremberg War Crimes Trials"; International Conciliation, No. 450, April 1949). Only in the case of Auschwitz, where IG Farben had constructed
IG_Farben_Trial
Trials of Nazi German leaders
The Nuremberg trials were international criminal trials held by France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States against leaders of
Nuremberg_trials
German camp doctor in various concentration and extermination camps
during the Second World War. He conducted human medical experimentation at Auschwitz and introduced the procedure there of injecting lethal doses of phenol
Friedrich_Entress
Hotel in Śródmieście, Warsaw, Poland
instead of being transferred to South America, the Jews were sent to Auschwitz concentration camp in May 1943 and October 1943. A few hundred Jews who
Hotel_Polski
Waffen-SS soldier (1921–2017)
Reinhold Hanning (28 December 1921 – 30 May 2017) was an SS guard at the Auschwitz concentration camp in occupied Poland. Hanning volunteered for the Waffen
Reinhold_Hanning
Nazi concentration camp in Poland (1941–1944)
Stabenow. In addition, Commandant Rudolf Höss of Auschwitz wrote in his memoirs, while awaiting trial in Poland, that one method of murder used at Majdanek
Majdanek_concentration_camp
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