Kreisgericht Wiener Neustadt: NS-Verfahren
Extent and Medium
370 digital files, JPEG
Creator(s)
- Kreisgericht Wiener Neustadt
Archival History
Landesgericht Wiener Neustadt
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Landesgericht Wiener Neustadt (Regional Court in Wiener Neustadt), Lower Austria. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in June 2020.
Scope and Content
Postwar court records of Nazi-related cases in the district court in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. The collection includes following cases: Vr 229/92 Otto Merich; Vr.517/74 Franz Kandler; Vr 671/72 Erwin Johann Schober, and StA Wiener Neustadt Bruno Eggerth.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in four groups: 1. Kreisgericht (KG) Wiener Neustadt Vr 229/92 gg. den ehemaligen Gestapobeamten Dr. Otto MERICH (Beteiligung an NS-Gewaltverbrechen als Angehöriger der Dienststelle des Kommandeurs der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD Rouen in den Jahren 1940 bis 1944) [ one file]; 2. Kreisgericht (KG) Wiener Neustadt Vr 229/92 gg. Franz KANDLER (Beteiligung an Einzel- und Massentötungen in Cherson, Beryslaw, Schyroka Balka und anderen Orten in der Ukraine als Gendarmerie-Gebietsführer von Cherson) [one file]; 3. Kreisgericht (KG) Wiener Neustadt Vr 671/72 gg. Erwin Johann SCHOBER (Beteiligung an der Aussonderung und Exekution von sowjetischen Kriegsgefangenen in den Jahren 1941 bis 1943 im Kriegsgefangenendurchgangslager 240 (Dulag 240) in Smolensk, Russland) [one file]; 4. Staatsanwaltschaft (StA) Wiener Neustadt 6 St gg. Bruno EGGERTH (Erschießung eines Häftlings namens "Boris" Ende März/Anfang April 1945 ("Endphaseverbrechen") als Angehöriger der Gestapo-Außendienststelle Wiener Neustadt) [one file]. Organized chronologically and by the court case. 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.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Landesgericht Wiener Neustadt
People
- Schober, Erwin Johann.
- Merich, Otto.
- Kandler, Franz.
- Eggerth, Bruno.
Corporate Bodies
- Ministry of Justice (Austria)
Subjects
- Ukraine--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
- Soviet Union--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
- Austria--Politics and government--20th century.
- Kherson (Ukraine)
- Shyroka Balka (Ukraine)
- World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Ukraine.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe--History.
- Trials (Crimes against humanity)--Austria.
- Prisoners of war--Ukraine--History--20th century.
- Smolenskaia oblast' (Russia)
- Prisoners of war--Russia (Federation)--Smolenskaia oblast'--History--20th century.
- War criminals--Austria--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Russia.
- War crime trials--Austria--History--20th century.
- Wiener Neustadt (Austria)
- Russia (Federation)--History.
- Beryslav (Ukraine)
- War victims--Legal status, laws, etc.--Austria.
- Smolensk (Russia)
Genre
- Questionnaires.
- Applications.
- Depositions.
- Correspondence.
- Document
- Court records.