Correspondence with Landgericht Frankfurt am Main
Extent and Medium
29 letters
Creator(s)
- Landgericht Frankfurt am Main
Biographical History
A Landgericht (LG) is a district court for ordinary jurisdiction in the federal states of Germany. As such, it serves as mid-level court for private and criminal law. The hearing of restitution cases as well as criminal proceedings of Nazi perpetrators are assigned to its remit.
Scope and Content
Correspondence regarding pretrial investigations by the LG Frankfurt on numerous perpetrators and war criminals including Hermann Krumey and Otto Hunsche, Adolf Eichmann et al., Eva Justin, and Georg Renno. The requests focus on finding witnesses and clarifying facts, specifially the meaning of the term Sonderbehandlung. Particular reference can be made further to some enquiries related to pretrial investigations for the first Auschwitz Trial held in Frankfurt from 1963-65.
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People
- Renno, Georg
- Hunsche, Otto
- Krumey, Hermann
- Justin, Eva
- Eichmann, Adolf
Subjects
- Survivors
- Racial persecution, Sinti and Roma
- Frankfurt Trial
- War criminals
- War crime trials
- Racial persecution, Jews
- Perpetrators
- Nazis
Places
- Third Reich [1933-1945]