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Arolsen Archives – International Center on Nazi Persecution
Record
0.4, 063/0635a
former reference number: Dachau 57
former reference number: I6, Folio 16-37
DE ITS 0.4 Kartei der „Sachdokumente“ der Sammlungsgruppe Inhaftierung und Verfolgung
Kartei der „Sachdokumente“ der Sammlungsgruppe Inhaftierung und Verfolgung >> Konzentrationslager >> Konzentrationslager Sachsenhausen >> Todesfälle
21.05.1945
P. W. wurde am 03.09.1936 in Breslau als Bibelforscher verhaftet und zu 1 1/2 Jahren Gefängnis verurteilt. Er beharrte danach auf seinen Glauben, wurde erneut verhaftet und am 10.03.1938 wieder zusammen mit anderen Bibelforschern in das Konzentrationslager Sachsenhausen gebracht. Dort zuerst Strafkompanie, dann Baukommando. Öffentliche Erschießung eines Bibelforschers am 15.09.1939 mit anschließenden Strafexerzieren für alle Bibelforscher des Lagers. Alles ein Bericht über Zwangsarbeit, Mißhandlungen, Hunger, Erfrierungen, schwere Strafen, Morde, Erschießungen und andere Grausamkeiten im Konzentrationslager Sachsenhausen und Dachau an Bibelforschern, an den holländischen Offizieren, russ. und anderen Kriegsgefangenen. Dr. Rascher soll angeblich vor der Befreiung des Lagers von SS-Leuten erschossen worden sein, weil er zuviel wußte.
US Generalanwalt für Kriegsverbrechen
Art: Fotokopie einer Durchschrift
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Further information
BZK no.
The Bundeszentralkartei (BZK) is the central register of the federal government and federal states for completed compensation proceedings. When a claim is entered into the BZK, a number is assigned for unique identification. This BZK number refers to a compensation claim, not to a person. If a person has made several claims (e.g. for themselves and for relatives), each claim generally has its own BZK number. Often, the file number of the respective compensation authority is used as the BZK number.
This number is important for making an inquiry to the relevant archive.
Delict according to Nazi judicial system
Conduct that was first criminalized under National Socialism (e.g. the Treachery Act, ‘Judenbegünstigung’) or which the Nazi judiciary prosecuted more severely (e.g. high treason).
Reason for persecution
The reasons provided here are based on the wording in the reasons for persecution stated in the sources.
Role in the proceeding
‘Verfolgt’ refers to a person who submitted a compensation claim for damage caused by Nazi persecution. If the application was submitted by a person other than the persecuted person, this other person is designated as ‘antragstellend’ and their relationship to the persecuted person, if there is one, is noted. In the sources, the persecuted person is sometimes referred to as ‘Geschädigter’ (aggrieved party) and the applicant as ‘Anspruchsberechtigter’(claimant).
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Additional information on reason for persecution
Additional or more specific information on membership and group affiliation which were the reason for the persecution.
