Justiz und NS-Verbrechen
Nazi Crimes on Trial
* Glossary *
Case Nr.
446
Crime Category: Mass Extermination Crimes in Camps
Accused:
Hoppe, Paul-Werner 9 Years
Knott, Otto-Karl 3 Years 3 Months
Court:
LG Bochum 570604
LG Bochum 551216
BGH 561108
Country where the crime was committed: Poland
Crime Location: HS KL Stutthof
Crime Date: 42-44
Victims: Jews
Nationality: unknown
Agency: Detainment Center Staff KL Stutthof
Subject of the proceeding: Gassing of hundreds of Jewish prisoners in the
clothings' delousing barracks of the concentration camp and in a railway wagon posted
close to the crematorium. Killings by shootings in the back of the neck in a room adjacent
to the crematorium. Killing of at least 50 ill prisoners of KL Stutthof by means of patrol
injections, partly within the context of the 'Aktion 14f13'. Killing of at least 10
prisoners who had been tracked down during escape attempts, by the dogs' brigade, and
who were
fatally bitten
Published in Justiz und NS-Verbrechen Vol. XIV
The court decision(s) of this case can be
found in the printed volumes of the series or (on-line)
here.