Records relating to the participation of Ignaz Riess in the case of Rudolf Bennewitz and Josef Schwammberger
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Ignac Riess
Biographical History
Ignatc Riess, born in 1902 in Przemysl, Poland. He was sent to a concentration camp in 1941 at Plagzuw. He was deported to Gurlitz work camp. Finally sent to Gross Rosen and liberated in 1945. (letter from Daniel Segal to Museum 6-23-92)
Archival History
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York
Acquisition
Originals records (mostly carbon flimsies) were created by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York and Der Leitende Oberstaatsanwalt bei dem Landgericht Hamburg. These records were collected by Ignaz (or Ignatz) Riess and apparently passed on to Daniel Segal, his grandson. Photocopies of some of the originals were apparently made by Mr. Riess or Mr. Segal, and these photocopies are included in the donation together with the originals. Mr. Segal sent the documents and document copies to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collections and Acquistions Department Jun. 1992, together with some artifacts. That department retained the artifacts and transferred the documentary material to USHRIA the following month.
Scope and Content
Contains information about testimony provided to West German authorities by Ignaz (or Ignatz) Riess concerning life in the Przemysl ghetto and alleged crimes committed there by Josef Schwammberger and Rudulf Bennewitz. (See NOTES field below for comments on questions concerning the correct spelling of Reiss's given name.).
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is chronological
People
- Schwammberger, Josef.
- Bennewitz, Rudolf.
- Riess, Ignaz.
- Reisner.
- Ignac Riess
Corporate Bodies
- Germany. Gestapo
Subjects
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Przemyśl.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Animal attacks.
- Jews--Poland.
- War crime trials.
- Przemyśl (Przemyśl, Poland)
- Atrocities.
- War crimes.
- War criminals.
Genre
- Document