Overview
- Description
- Postwar court records of Nazi-related cases in the state court of Klagenfurt, Austria for the years 1970 to 1973. The collection includes the case against Ernst Lerch and Helmut Pohl for the murder of 2 million Jews under Aktion Reinhardt, which was dismissed in 1976. Includes also cases of Rudolf Payker and Gerhard Rupp who took part at the execution of 2 members of Gebirgsjaegerregiments 143 in May 1945 in Norway.
- Date
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inclusive:
1963-1981
- Collection Creator
- Landesgericht Klagenfurt
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Court records.
- Extent
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35,618 digital images : JPEG ; 945.5 GB .
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in five groups: 1. LG Klagenfurt 14 Vr 1936/70 gg. Rudolf PEYKER und Gerhard RUPP (Endphaseverbrechen in Norwegen, Erschiessung von zwei Gebirgsjaegern) [one file]; 2. LG Klagenfurt 25 Vr 3123/71 gegen Ernst LERCH und Helmut POHL (Aktion Reinhardt, Ermordung von zwei Millionen osteuropaeischer Juedinnen und Juden.) [3 linear meters]; 3. November 17, 1971: Anklageerhebung der Staatsanwaltschaft Wien gegen Ernst LERCH und Helmut POHL wegen §§ 5, 134, 135/3, 136 StG (Verbrechen des Mordes als Mitschuldige); December 23, 1971: Beschluss des Obersten Gerichtshofs auf Delegierung des Verfahrens gegen Ernst LERCH und Helmut POHL nach Klagenfurt. Neue Geschaeftszahl LG Klagenfurt 25 Vr 3123/71; 4. May 15, 1972: Eroeffnung der Hauptverhandlung; May 17, 1972: Vertagung der Hauptverhandlung auf unbestimmte Zeit; May 11, 1976: Einstellung des Verfahrens gegen Ernst LERCH und Helmut POHL gemaess § 227/ Absatz1 StPO (Zurueckziehung der Anklage durch die Staatsanwaltschaft); 5. LG Klagenfurt 14 Vr 3/73 gegen Hans TRIEBLING (Verbrechen als Angehoeriger der Lagerwache im KZ Ravensbrueck) [One file]
Organized chronologically and by the court cases. The cover sheet precedes each case file. Files include the name and personal data of each defendant, a summary of the case including the criminal charges, a description of the crime(s), as well as the judicial history of each case. These cover sheets were digitized at the beginning of each file and are also available as a separate finding aid.
Accretion includes the following digital folders:
20 Vr 1250/63; 29 Vr 1857/63; 20 Vr 2027/63; 20 Vr 2030/63; 20 Vr 2031/63; 20 Vr 2032/63; 20 Vr 2033/63; 20 Vr 2034/63; 20 Vr 2035/63; 20 Vr 2036/63; 20 Vr 2037/63; 20 Vr 2038/63 - 4 volumes; 20 Vr 2039/63; 20 Vr 129/64; 20 Vr 1362/64; 20 Vr 2355/64; 14 Vr 38/65 - 2 volumes; 14 Vr 225/65 - 4 volumes; 14 Vr 441/65
Additional accretion:
9 Vr 1875_69; 12 Vr 716_67; 14 Vr 95_71; 14 Vr 305_69; 14 Vr 1049_73; 14 Vr 2068_70 scans 1 to 200; 14 Vr 2068_70 scans 201 to 354; 14 Vr 2345_70; 14 Vr 2500_70; and cases closed for 50 years without written permission from the State Court
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. These court cases are closed for 50 years after the last year of a given case. However, researchers may access the reproductions if they have written permission from the source archive.
- Conditions on Use
- Publication of documents or use of documents for commercial purposes requires written permission from the source archive.
- Copyright Holder
- Landesgericht Klagenfurt
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Europe. Operation Reinhard, Poland, 1942-1943. War criminals--Austria. War crime trials--Austria. War victims--Legal status, laws, etc.--Austria. Trials (Crimes against humanity)--Austria. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--History.
- Personal Name
- Lerch, Ernst, 1914-1997. Pohl, Helmut. Triebling, Hans.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Landesgericht Klagenfurt
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Landesgericht Klagenfurt (State Court Klagenfurt), Austria. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in December 2016, and accretion in Feb. 2021.
Note: This is an ongoing project. At least one more accretion is expected. Each case has its own cover sheet description, which is included in each electronic folder for each case. At the conclusion of the entire digitization project, we will receive a finding aid in Excel spreadsheet format.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-01-05 13:23:25
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn554026
Additional Resources
Finding Aids (2)
Download & Licensing
- See Rights and Restrictions
- Terms of Use
- This record is digitized but cannot be downloaded online.
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-
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