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Belsen trials
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The Belsen trials were a series of several trials, starting on 17 September 1945, that the Allied occupation forces conducted against former officials and functionaries of Nazi Germany after the end o
Place of the Belsen trial: old MTV gymnasium, Lindenstraße 30, Lüneburg
Place of the Belsen trial: old MTV gymnasium, Lindenstraße 30, Lüneburg
Josef Kramer, photographed in leg irons at Belsen before being removed to the POW cage at Celle, 17 April 1945.
Josef Kramer, photographed in leg irons at Belsen before being removed to the POW cage at Celle, 17 April 1945.
Franz Hössler at Bergen-Belsen
Franz Hössler at Bergen-Belsen
Interior shot of the court room ten days before the start of the trial
Interior shot of the court room ten days before the start of the trial
Fritz Klein
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Fritz Klein was a Romanian-German Nazi doctor and war criminal, hanged for his role in atrocities at Auschwitz concentration camp and Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the Holocaust.
Belsen trials
…SS men and women arrested by the British in April, another 17 had died of typhus by 1 June 1945. Next to Kramer, the most high-profile defendants were Fritz Klein, who had been camp doctor at Belsen, and Franz Hössler, deputy camp commandant. Elisabeth Volkenrath had been Oberaufseherin (head warden or supervising…
Klein at his trial in 1945
Klein at his trial in 1945
Klein surrounded by bodies. The British Army liberating Bergen-Belsen forced German camp personnel to bury the corpses of prisoners.
Klein surrounded by bodies. The British Army liberating Bergen-Belsen forced German camp personnel to bury the corpses of prisoners.