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Post by paula » 15 Apr 2008 11:14
Full Name ???, Born ???, SS-Rank ????
Post by paula » 15 Apr 2008 11:28
Verfahren Lfd.Nr.465
Behrendt, Franz 5 Jahre 3 Monate
Böhme, Hans-Joachim 15 Jahre
Carsten, Gerhard 4 Jahre
Fischer Schweder, Bernhard 10 Jahre
Harms, Harm Willms 3 Jahre
Hersmann, Werner 15 Jahre
Kreuzmann, Werner 5 Jahre
Sakuth, Edwin 3½ Jahre
LG Ulm 580829
BGH 600223
Tatort: Garsden, Krottingen, Augustowo, Polangen, Szweksznie, Tauroggen, Georgenburg, Wladislawa, Schmalleningken, Wirballen, Kybarty, Vevirzeniai, Wilkowischken, Calvaria (Krs.Mariampol), Wirballen, Heydekrug, Kolleschen, Batakai, Mariampol, Pilwischken, Skaudville, Vainutas, Erschwilkis, Schilale
Tatzeit: 4106-4109
Nationalität: Litauische, Sowjetische
Dienststelle: Polizei Gestapo Tilsit, Polizei SD Tilsit, Einsatzgruppen EK Stapo und SD Tilsit, Polizei Polizeidirektion Memel, Polizei Schupo Memel, Polizei Litauische Polizei Krottingen
Verfahrensgegenstand: Massen- und Einzelerschiessungen mehrerer tausend Juden und Kommunisten (Männer, Frauen und Kinder) auf einem ca. 25 km breiten Streifen im Memelland, unmittelbar jenseits der damaligen ostpreussisch-litauischen Grenze in den ersten drei Monaten nach dem deutschen Truppeneinmarsch in das Baltikum
Behrendt, Franz / born ???? / SS-Rank ???
Böhme, Hans-Joachim / born 1909 / SS-Sturmbannführer
Carsten, Gerhard / born ??? / SS- ????
Fischer Schweder, Bernhard / born 1904 / SS-Oberführer
Harms, Harm Willms / born ??? / SS- ???
Hersmann, Werner / born 1904 / SS-Sturmbannführer
Kreuzmann, Werner / born 1909 / SS-Hauptsturmführer
Sakuth, Edwin / born 1909 / SS-Hauptsturmführer
Verfahren Lfd.Nr.509
Schulz, Bruno Heinrich 3½ Jahre
Wiechert, Hans Richard 4½ Jahre
LG Tübingen 610510
Tatort: Krottingen, Polangen, Tauroggen, Georgenburg, Wirballen, Kybarty, Wilkowischken, unbekannt (im ehem. deutsch/litauischen Grenzgebiet)
Dienststelle: Polizei Gestapo Tilsit, Einsatzgruppen EK Stapo und SD Tilsit
Schulz, Bruno Heinrich / born 1903 / SS-Untersturmführer
Wiechert, Hans Richard / born 1906 / SS-Untersturmführer
Verfahren Lfd.Nr.526
Tatkomplex: Andere Massenvernichtungsverbrechen, Massenvernichtungsverbrechen durch Einsatzgruppen
LG Karlsruhe 611220
BGH 630528
Tatland: Lettland, Litauen, GUS
Tatort: Kowno, Dünaburg, Rositten, Kiew, Uman, Gut Michalowka (bei Kiew), HS AEL Kiew
Tatzeit: 4106-4107, 4201-4309
Opfer: Häftlinge, Juden, Zivilisten
Nationalität: Litauische, Lettische, Sowjetische
Dienststelle: Einsatzgruppen EK1b, Polizei Sipo Kiew, Polizei Sipo Uman
Verfahrensgegenstand: Massenerschiessungen litauischer und lettischer Juden zu Beginn des Russlandfeldzuges durch das Einsatzkommando 1b. Massen- und Einzeltötungen jüdischer und anderer sowjetischer Zivilisten durch Vergasen in 'Gaswagen' und Erschiessen durch die Sipo Kiew
Search info of full name, born and SS-Rank ????
great Thansk Paula
Post by Phil Nix » 15 Apr 2008 12:18
Try the search engine youn should find SS Bf Bernhard Fioscher-Schweder and SS Staf Hans Joachim Bohme
Post by David Thompson » 15 Apr 2008 14:04
Maywald, Gerhard (1913-?) [SS-Obersturmführer] – joined NSDAP 1 May 1937; service, 30th Infantry Division 1939; training officer with the Criminal Police (Kriminalpolizei - Kripo) at Kiel; service, Action Group A (Einsatzgruppe A) Jul 1941-May 1942 {sentenced in a postwar proceeding 1960 (Field Men p. 87); arrested and put on trial by a West German court at Hamburg on charges of murder and complicity in murder of over 8,000 Jews deported to Latvia; convicted of complicity in the death of 320 persons by selecting them for execution and sentenced to 4 years imprisonment 2 Aug 1977 (NYT 3 Aug 1977:5:1); probably identifiable with "May., Gerhard Kurt" -- service, Action Group A (EG A) {arrested and put on trial by a West German court at Hamburg on charges of complicity in selecting for execution out of the Riga ghetto numerous Austrian Jews from Vienna and German Jews from Berlin for death in mass shootings, complicity in the shooting of at least 2,000 Jews who were unfit for slave labor at Riga and in the shooting of at least another 4,000 Jews who were unfit for slave labor at concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Gut Jungfernhof (Jumpravas Muiza), as well as individual shootings of German, Austrian and Latvian Jews at (Arbeitserziehungslager - AEL) Salaspils, on 2 Jan 1942, 30 Jan 1942, 5 Feb 1942 and in Mar 1942; convicted and sentenced to 4 years imprisonment 2 Aug 1977 (JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.843; LG Hamburg 770802).}
Boehme (Böhme), Hans-Joachim (1909-31.5.1960) [SS-Sturmbannführer] – service, Action Command (Einsatzkommando) Tilsit 1942-1943; service, 3rd Action Command (Einsatzkommando 3) 11 May 1944-1 Jan 1945; service, German Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst – SD) Kiel; service, German Security Service (SD) Kauen (Kovno) {arrested and put on trial 1957 by a West German court at Ulm for war crimes committed between Jun-Sept 1941 at Garsden, Krottingen, Augustowo, Polangen, Szweksznie, Tauroggen, Georgenburg, Wladislawa, Schmalleningken, Wirballen, Kybarty, Vevirzeniai, Wilkowischken, Calvaria (Krs.Mariampol), Wirballen, Heydekrug, Kolleschen, Batakai, Mariampol, Pilwischken, Skaudville, Vainutas, Erschwilkis, and Schilale, Lithuania, consisting of the shooting executions of thousands of Jewish men, women and children and the murders of communist functionaries by members of the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) at Tilsit, the SD at Tilsit, the State Police and Security Service Action Command "Tilsit" (EK Stapo und SD Tilsit), the Memel Police Directorate (Polizeidirektion Memel), the German Protection Police (Schutzpolizei - Schupo) at Memel, and the Lithuanian Police (Litauische Polizei) at Krottingen; convicted and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment 29 Aug 1958 (JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.465; LG Ulm 580829 [Ks 2/57]; BGH 600223 [1 StR 648/59]); died 31 May 1960 (Field Men p. 43).}
Fischer-Schweder, Bernhard (12.1.1904-28.11.1960) [SS-Oberführer] -- NSDAP: 17141; SS: 401232; service, German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) Liegnitz; service with and later commander of the Gestapo office at Breslau; service, Gestapo Vienna Mar-Aug 1938; Police Director, Memel Oct 1940-Oct 1942; service, Action Group A (Einsatzgruppe A) with Protection Police (Schutzpolizei - Schupo) detachment 1941; service, Action Command (Einsatzkommando) Tilsit 1942; acting SS and Police Leader (SSPF) "Charkow" (Karkhov) 10 Oct 1942-22 Oct 1942; acting SS and Police Leader (SSPF) "Kiew" (Kiev) 10 Oct 1942-22 Oct 1942; court-martialed by SS and convicted of public drunkenness Sept 1943; reduced to enlisted rank; service, 12th SS Division "Hitlerjugend" 1945 {arrested 1957 and put on trial 28 Apr 1958 by a West German court at Ulm for war crimes committed between Jun-Sept 1941 at Garsden, Krottingen, Augustowo, Polangen, Szweksznie, Tauroggen, Georgenburg, Wladislawa, Schmalleningken, Wirballen, Kybarty, Vevirzeniai, Wilkowischken, Calvaria (in Mariampol district [Kreis]), Wirballen, Heydekrug, Kolleschen, Batakai, Mariampol, Pilwischken, Skaudville, Vainutas, Erschwilkis, and Schilale, Lithuania, consisting of the shooting executions of thousands of Jewish men, women and children and the murders of communist functionaries by members of the German Secret State Police (Gestapo) at Tilsit, the German Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst – SD) at Tilsit, the State Police and Security Service Action Command (EK Stapo und SD) at Tilsit, the Police Directorate (Polizeidirektion) at Memel, the German Protection Police (Schutzpolizei –Schupo) at Memel, and the Lithuanian Police (Litauische Polizei) at Krottingen (NYT 29 Apr 1958:69:1); convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 29 Aug 1958 (JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.465; LG Ulm 580829 [Ks 2/57]; BGH 600223 [1 StR 648/59]); released; died 28 Nov 1960 (Field Men p. 56; Allgemeine-SS p. 64; Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP [9 Nov 1944]).}
Huettig, Ludwig (1912-?) [SS-Hauptsturmführer] – service, Action Command 1b (Einsatzkommando 1b) Jun-Nov 1941; service, Reich Security Main Office (Reichssicherheitshauptamt – RSHA); service, German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo), Erfurt {arrested and put on trial 1960 by a West German court at Karlsruhe for war crimes committed Jun-Jul 1941 and Jan 1942-Sept 1943 at Kowno, Dünaburg, Rositten, Kiew (Kiev), Uman, Gut Michalowka (near Kiew), and (Arbeitserziehungslager - AEL) Kiew, consisting of the mass shootings and gassings of Latvian, Lithuanian and Russian civilians; acquitted 20 Dec 1961 (JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.526; LG Karlsruhe 611220 [VI Ks 1/60]; BGH 630528 [1 StR 540/62]; Field Men p. 74).}
Klemmer, Werner (1912-?) -- service, Action Command 1b (Einsatzkommando 1b); officer, Action Group C (Einsatzgruppe C) Dec 1942-1944; service, Reich Security Main Office Department V Criminal Police (RSHA Amt V Kripo); service, German Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst – SD) Cologne {arrested and put on trial 1960 by a West German court at Karlsruhe for war crimes committed Jun-Jul 1941 and Jan 1942-Sept 1943 at Kowno, Dünaburg, Rositten, Kiew (Kiev), Uman, Gut Michalowka (near Kiew), and (Arbeitserziehungslager - AEL) Kiew, consisting of the mass shootings and gassings of Latvian, Lithuanian and Russian civilians; acquitted 20 Dec 1961 (JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.526; LG Karlsruhe 611220 [VI Ks 1/60]; BGH 630528 [1 StR 540/62]; Field Men p. 78).}
Krause, Hans (1904-?) [SS-Sturmbannführer] – intelligence officer, Action Group 1b (Einsatzkommando 1b); intelligence officer, 3rd Action Command (Einsatzkommando 3); service, Reich Security Main Office (RSHA); service, German Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst – SD) Krakow {arrested and put on trial 1960 by a West German court at Karlsruhe for war crimes committed Jun-Jul 1941 and Jan 1942-Sept 1943 at Kowno, Dünaburg, Rositten, Kiew (Kiev), Uman, Gut Michalowka (near Kiew), and (Arbeitserziehungslager - AEL) Kiew (Kiev), consisting of the mass shootings and gassings of Latvian, Lithuanian and Russian civilians; acquitted 20 Dec 1961 (JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.526; LG Karlsruhe 611220 [VI Ks 1/60]; BGH 630528 [1 StR 540/62]; Field Men p. 81).}
Kulas, Siegfried (1914-?) [SS-Hauptsturmführer] -- service, Action Command 1b (Einsatzkommando 1b); service, Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) {arrested and put on trial 1960 by a West German court at Karlsruhe for war crimes committed Jun-Jul 1941 and Jan 1942-Sept 1943 at Kowno, Dünaburg, Rositten, Kiew (Kiev), Uman, Gut Michalowka (near Kiew), and (Arbeitserziehungslager - AEL) Kiew (Kiev), consisting of the mass shootings and gassings of Latvian, Lithuanian and Russian civilians; acquitted 20 Dec 1961 (JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.526; LG Karlsruhe 611220 [VI Ks 1/60]; BGH 630528 [1 StR 540/62]; Field Men p. 83).}
Post by paula » 15 Apr 2008 17:40
Verfahren Lfd.Nr.686
Ade., Wilhelm 1½ Jahre
Be., Alfred 3 Jahre
LG Köln 680708
Tatort: Mitau
Verfahrensgegenstand: Massenerschiessung der jüdischen Bevölkerung von Mitau und Umgebung
full name ???, born ???, Rank ???
Verfahren Lfd.Nr.760
Fah., Paul 1½ Jahre
Grauel, Erhard 6 Jahre / born 1910 / SS-Sturmbannführer
Kuk., Gerhard 2 Jahre
Rei., Otto 5 Jahre
Ros., Georg 2½ Jahre
Stro., Carl-Emil 7 Jahre
LG Hannover 711014
BGH 740611
Tatort: Libau, Priekule, Aizpute, Skeden (bei Libau), Windau
Tatzeit: 4107-4203
Opfer: Juden, Geisteskranke, Zigeuner, Zivilisten
Dienststelle: Einsatzgruppen EK2, Polizei SD Libau, Polizei Pol.Btl.13
Verfahrensgegenstand: Tötung von mindestens 3000 Juden, Kommunisten, Zigeunern und Geisteskranken in mehrerer Orten Lettlands
full name, born and rank ????
Post by danyb » 15 Apr 2008 19:06
trial hannover:
1) paul farhbach
2) erhard grauel
3) gerhard kuketta
4) otto reiche
5) georg rosentock
6) carl-emil strott
Post by paula » 15 Apr 2008 22:54
hallo danby
have you the birthdate an SS-Rank of these man
Post by steve248 » 16 Apr 2008 10:03
As you live in Germany why not visit the Bundesarchiv - Zwischenarchiv - Ludwigsburg where you can examine all the documentation from these trials. The staff are friendly and informative and helpful. But you have to go in person.
Post by dylan » 16 Apr 2008 21:35
Verfahren no 686:
Wilhelm Adelt and Alfred Becu.
Post by Jonathan Harrison » 18 Apr 2008 19:17
Carl-Emil Strott took the famous photos of the shooting at Skede, Liepaja:
http://avaslan.net/The-killing-fields-of-Skede
Post by paula » 19 Apr 2008 16:18
Verfahren Lfd.Nr.636
Jäg., Oskar Freispruch
Sie., Fritz Christoph Karl Freispruch
Ste., Otto Christian Wilhelm Adolf Freispruch
Syp., Kurt Walter Freispruch
Tatort: Taraschtscha, Chmielnik, Berditschew, Swenigorodka, Kiew, unbekannt (Raum Taraschtscha)
Tatzeit: 4108-4112
Opfer: Juden, Zivilisten, Widerstandskämpfer, Geisteskranke, Häftlinge
Dienststelle: Einsatzgruppen EK5
Verfahrensgegenstand: Massen- und Einzeltötung von jüdischen Männern, Frauen und Kindern in Taraschtscha und in 3 namentlich unbekannten Ortschaften in der Umgebung von Taraschtscha. Erschiessung eines der Plünderung verdächtigen Ukrainers. Erschiessung von Insassen der Gefängnisse in Swenigorodka und Kiew, eines Wehrmachtgefangenenlagers sowie eines Krankenhauses bei Kiew
Verfahren Lfd.Nr.701
Helfsgott, Walter Ernst Freispruch
Kir., Fritz Karl Freispruch
Soh., Hans Friedrich 4 Jahre
Zie., Fritz Otto Karl 2½ Jahre
Tatland: Lettland, GUS
Tatort: Kiew (Babi-Yar-Schlucht), Uman, Kamenez-Podolsk, Nikolajew, Samocz, Belaja Zerkow, Woskresenskoje, Riga
Dienststelle: Sonderkommando 1005A, Sonderkommando 1005B
Verfahrensgegenstand: Erschiessung von bei der Enterdung von Massengräbern in der Babi-Yar-Schlucht bei Kiew, Uman, Kamenez-Podolsk, Nikolajew, Samocz, Belaja-Zerkow, Woskresenskoje und in und bei Riga eingesetzten - meist jüdischen - Häftlingen
Hüs., Claus 2 Jahre
Me., Friedrich Hugo 2 Jahre
Sta., Eberhard 2½ Jahre
LG Essen 661222
BGH 680802
Dienststelle: Einsatzgruppen SK7a
Post by danyb » 19 Apr 2008 17:21
essen trial:
-claus huser
-friedrich meyer
- eberhard stanker
(no others infos)
-walter helfsgott
-fritz kirstein
-hans sohns
- fritz zietlow
Post by David Thompson » 19 Apr 2008 17:47
Grauel, Erhard (8.6.1910-?) [SS-Sturmbannfuehrer]
Helfsgott, Walter Ernst (11.1.1911-?) [SS-Hauptsturmführer] -- sub-unit commander (Teilkommandoführer) in 6th Action Command (Einsatzkommando 6) and the 1005th Special Command (Sonderkommando 1005) 13 Aug 1942-Mar 1943 {put on trial by a West German court at Wuppertal in 1962 for war crimes committed by members of Einsatzkommando 6 between Oct 1941-Jan 1943 at Awdejewka, Berdjansk, Dnjepropetrowsk, Gorlowka, Grischinow, Igrin, Makejewka, Schachty, and Stalino, consisting of the shootings and gassings of over 1000 Jewish men, women and children, the murders of communist functionaries and Russian civilians; convicted and sentenced to 4 years and 3 months imprisonment 30 Dec 1965 (JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.606; LG Wuppertal 651230 [12 Ks 1/62]; BGH 641211 [2 StR 121/64]; BGH 670524 [2 StR 455/66]; LG Wuppertal 671213 [12 Ks 1/62]; Field Men p. 69); put on trial by a West German court at Stuttgart for war crimes committed in 1944 by members of Sonderkommando 1005, consisting of participation in mass shootings of Russian civilians at Babi Yar ravine near Kiew (Kiev), Uman, Kamenez-Podolsk, Nikolajew, Samocz, Belaja Zerkow, Woskresenskoje, and Riga; acquitted (JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.701; LG Stuttgart 690313 [Ks 22/67]; BGH 710817 [1 StR 462/70]).}
Sohns, Dr. jur. Hans-Fritz (13.9.1907-?) [SS-Sturmbannführer] – joined NSDAP 1 Jul 1925; joined SS 1 Jan 1935; service, Reich Security Main Office Department III A Security Service Law and Structure Division (RSHA Amt III A); service, office of the Reich Commissioner "Ostland"; service; Action Group C (Einsatzgruppe C); service, 1005th Special Command (Sonderkommando 1005) (The Field Men p. 114; see also David Budnik's "Under a Lucky Star") {possibly identifiable with "Soh., Hans Friedrich" -- service, 1005th Special Command (Sonderkommando 1005) {arrested and put on trial by a West German court at Stuttgart on charges of mass killings by Sonderkommando 1005 of Jews and other prisoners at Babi Yar ravine near Kiew (Kiev), Uman, Kamenez-Podolsk, Nikolajew (Nikolayev), Samocz, Belaja Zerkow, Woskresenskoje and Riga during 1944; convicted and sentenced to 4 years imprisonment 13 Mar 1969 (JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.701; LG Stuttgart 690313; BGH 710817).}
Zietlow, Fritz (24.8.1902-?) [SS-Hauptsturmführer] – newspaper editor; joined NSDAP 1 Mar 1926; joined SS 1 Oct 1930; service, Reich Security Main Office (RSHA); service, Action Group H (Einsatzgruppe H); service, 1005th Special Command (Sonderkommando 1005) in 1944 (The Field Men p. 130; see also David Budnik's "Under a Lucky Star") {possibly identifiable with "Zie., Fritz Otto Karl" who was arrested and put on trial by a West German court at Stuttgart on charges of mass killings of Jews and other prisoners at Kiew (Babi-Yar-Schlucht), Uman, Kamenez-Podolsk, Nikolajew, Samocz, Belaja Zerkow, Woskresenskoje and Riga during 1944; convicted and sentenced to 2 ½ years imprisonment 13 Mar 1969 (JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.701; LG Stuttgart 690313; BGH 710817).}
Post by paula » 20 Apr 2008 11:24
Verfahren Lfd.Nr.784
Boc., Wilhelm Freispruch
Bra., Fritz 9 Jahre
Ebe., Karl Albert Wilhelm 5 Jahre
Her., Günther 7 Jahre
Hu., Walter 3½ Jahre
Som., Hans-Joachim 6 Jahre
LG Düsseldorf 730112
Tatort: Poltawa, Artemowsk, Winniza, Kirowograd, Gorlowka, unbekannt (Südrussland)
Opfer: Juden, Geisteskranke
Dienststelle: Einsatzgruppen SK4b
Verfahrensgegenstand: Tötung von Juden und Geisteskranken in mehreren Orten Südrusslands
Verfahren Lfd.Nr.703
Chri., Theodor Ludwig Freispruch
Fin., Wilhelm Freispruch
Kre., Karl Ernst Robert Freispruch
LG Darmstadt 690418
BGH 700610
Tatort: Kiew, Charkow, Kursk, Ssumy, Buryn Konotop, HuPA Ssapogowo (bei Kursk), HS Gefängnis Kursk
Opfer: Juden, Häftlinge, Zivilisten, Geisteskranke
Nationalität: Sowjetische, Ungarische
Verfahrensgegenstand: Massentötung von Juden durch Vergasen mittels 'Gaswagen' . Erschiessung geisteskranker Frauen der Irrenanstalt Ssapogowo, von Häftlingen aus dem Gefängnis Kursk, von Kommunisten sowie von in Arbeitsbataillonen der ungarischen Armee dienstverpflichteten Juden
Full name ???, birthdate ????, SS-Rank
Post by David Thompson » 20 Apr 2008 14:02
Braune, Fritz (18.7.1910-?) [SS-Obersturmbannführer] -- b. Mehrstedt; NSDAP-Nr.: 498084 (joined 1 Dec 1931); SS-Nr.: 272564 (joined 1 Nov 1935); chief, Reich Security Main Office Department I A-4 (Sipo/SD Personnel) (on 1 Jan 1941 and on 1 Oct 1943); commander, Special Command 4b (Sonderkommando 4b) 1 Oct 1941-21 Mar 1942; service, German Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst – SD) Oslo {sentenced to 9 years imprisonment by a West German court in Duesseldorf in 1973 for war crimes. (Rueckerl 131; Field Men p. 46); probably identifiable with "Bra., Fritz" -- service, Special Command 4b (SK4b) {arrested and put on trial by a West German court at Duesseldorf on charges of participating in the killing of Soviet Jews and mentally ill Ukrainians at Poltawa (Poltava), Artemowsk (Artemovsk), Winniza (Vinnitsa), Kirowograd (Kirovgrad), and Gorlowka (Gorlovka) in 1941-1942; convicted and sentenced to 9 years imprisonment 12 Jan 1973 (JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.784; LG Düsseldorf 730112 [8 Ks 3/70]).}
Herrmann or Hermann, Guenther (18.9.1908-?) [SS-Standartenführer (not listed in Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP [9 Nov 1944])] -- service, Special Command 4b (Sonderkommando 4b) Sept 1941; commander, 12th Action Command (Einsatzkommando 12) Oct 1942-Mar 1943; service, Action Group E (Einsatzgruppe E) in the 12th Army area of Croatia) 1943-1945; German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) Bruenn; German Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst – SD) Fulda-Werra {sentenced to a term of 7 years in prison in 1973 for war crimes by a West German court in Duesseldorf (Ruecker p. 131; Field Men p. 70); probably identifiable with "Her., Günther" -- service with SK4b {arrested and put on trial by a West German court at Duesseldorf on charges of participating in the killings of Soviet Jews and mentally ill patients at Poltawa (Poltava), Artemowsk (Artemovsk), Winniza (Vinnitza), Kirowograd (Kirovgrad), Gorlowka and elsewhere in southern Russia during 1942-1943; convicted and sentenced to 7 years imprisonment 12 Jan 1973 (JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.784; LG Düsseldorf 730112 [8 Ks 3/70]).}
Sommerfeld, Hans-Joachim (c. 1915-?) – {West German police vice squad officer in 1961; arrested 9 May 1961 by West German police on charges of participation in the murders of 1,317 persons in the Ukraine (NYT 10 May 1961:10:4); subsequent disposition unknown; possibly identifiable with "Som., Hans-Joachim" -- service, Special Command 4b (Sonderkommando 4b) {arrested and put on trial by a West German court at Duesseldorf on charges of killing Soviet Jews and mentally ill persons in southern Russian in 1941-1942; convicted and sentenced to 6 years imprisonment 12 Jan 1973 (JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.784; LG Düsseldorf 730112).}