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1281 INTERNATIONALE AUSCHWITZ-KOMITEE: COPY CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS, (1959)








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1281
INTERNATIONALE AUSCHWITZ-KOMITEE: COPY CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS, (1959)








INTRODUCTION






Whilst the provenance of this collection of copy correspondence of the Internationale Auschwitz Komitee is unknown, it is probable that it came from Hermann Langbein, former secretary of that organization [See WL Doc Collection.1173 for a similar deposit].




The Internationale Auschwitz Komitee was founded in 1952 by former inmates of the death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, with the following aims: to bear witness to the crimes of the Nazis in the camp; to fight for compensation for former inmates and their families; to work with the Auschwitz Museum to preserve the site of the camp as a permanent memorial.




The IAK became involved in the gathering of statements and testimony against former camp guards and other Nazi personnel. Many of the witnesses who provided testimony later took part in the ‘Frankfurt Trial’ of perpetrators at Auschwitz.




These papers consist of statements [of no longer than 1 page] from former inmates at Auschwitz and correspondence between the IAK and other organizations regarding the prosecution of perpetrators at Auschwitz.




All of the material is in German.







DESCRIPTION





1281/1
 Copy letter from Hermann Langbein, IAK, to the German Federal Ministry of Justice, re additional witness and evidence in the case against Josef Mengele
(22 Sep 1958) copy nd



1281/2
 Copy letter from Hermann Langbein, IAK, to the magistrate, Frankfurt a. M., regarding the case against Adolf Heinz Beckerle
(18 Nov 1958) copy nd









1281
INTERNATIONALE AUSCHWITZ-KOMITEE: COPY CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS, (1959)







1281/3
 Copy letter from Hermann Langbein, IAK, to the state prosecutor, Munich, re the indictment of Josef Klehr and other former SS doctors at Auschwitz
(16 Mar 1959) copy nd



1281/4
 Copy letter from Hermann Langbein, IAK, to the state prosecutor in Freiburg re the case against Josef Mengele
(16 Mar 1959) copy nd



1281/5
 Copy letter from Hermann Langbein, IAK, to the Zentrale Stelle der Landesjustizverwaltungen regarding the statements of a number of former inmates of Auschwitz
(17 Mar 1959) copy nd



1281/6
 Copy letter from the Minister of Justice, Hessen, re charges against the former chemist, Hermann Krumey
(23 Mar 1959) copy nd



1281/7
 Copy charge brought against Adolf Eichmann
(25 Mar 1959) copy nd



1281/8
 Copy letter from Hermann Langbein, IAK, to the Zentrale Stelle der Landesjustizverwaltungen re documents in the case of Bach Zelewski and other material
(25 Mar 1959) copy nd



1281/9
 Copy letter from the chief prosecutor (Hessen?) to the IAK re the case against the former SS officers Eisenkolb and Danneker for the murder of Cav. Abramo Bonomi (formerly Gutmann) in Rome, 1943
(2 Apr 1959) copy nd



1281/10
 Copy letter from the state prosecutor, Freiburg, to IAK regarding the former SS Obersturmbahnführer and member of the ‘Wiking’ SS Division, Paul Kümmel
8 Apr 1959



1281/11
 Copy list of SS men, former members of the political section, Auschwitz, compiled from 2 lists sent to Krakau from ‘the illegal prisoner organization’
nd



1281/12
 Copy statements from the following former Auschwitz inmates: Edward Pys, Zofia Bratro, Ignacy Golik, Tadeusz Paczula, Jan Sikorski
nd
















INDEX TERMS






Auschwitz- Birkenau




Frankfurt Trial




Internationale Auschwitz Komitee




Hermann Langbein




Josef Mengele




Adolf Eichmann




Adolf Heinz Beckerle




Josef Klehr




Hermann Krumey




Bach Zelewski




Eisenkolb




Danneker




Paul Kümmel




Edward Pys




Zofia Bratro




Ignacy Golik




Tadeusz Paczula




Jan Sikorski