Hermann Julius Höfle pron. also Hans (or) Hermann Hoefle (19
June 1911 – 21 August 1962)[1] was an Austrian-born
SS-
Sturmbannführer
Photocopy of personal documents of Hermann Höfle, from his personal file, Berlin Document Center Contents 1 Background 1.1 Crimes against humanity 2 Höfle Telegram 3 After the war 4 References 5 Literature Background[edit]
Born in Salzburg, Austria, Höfle joined the
NSDAP
I have been thoroughly informed and instructed by SS Hauptsturmführer
Höfle, as Commander of the main department of Einsatz Reinhard of the
SS and Police Leader in the District of Lublin:
1. that I may not under any circumstances pass on any form of
information, verbally or in writing, on the progress, procedure or
incidents in the evacuation of
Jews
As head of the "Main Department" (German: Hauptabteilung), Höfle was
in charge of the organization and manpower of Operation Reinhard. He
coordinated the deportations of
Jews
Sturmbannführer
Höfle also played a key role in the Harvest Festival massacre of
Jewish
Telegram from
Hermann Höfle
Main article: Höfle Telegram
On 11 January 1943, Höfle sent a radiogram from
Lublin
Höfle following his arrest in 1961 in Austria. After an extradition request on 9 July 1948 by the Polish government, he fled to Italy, where he lived under a false name until 1951. Later he returned to Austria, and then emigrated to the Federal Republic of Germany. There he was employed briefly as an informant for U.S. Army Counterintelligence. Höfle returned to Salzburg, where he lived as a free man until 2 January 1961, when he was arrested by the Austrian authority and sent to prison in Vienna, where in 1962 he hanged himself before his trial could begin.[7] References[edit] ^ a b Klee 2003. ^ a b Arad 1987, pp. 18-9. ^ Friedländer 2008, p. 347. ^ Browning 2000, p. 74. ^ Reich-Ranicki 2001, p. 235-8. ^ Arad 1987, p. 61. ^ Reich-Ranicki 2001, p. 242. Literature[edit] Arad, Yitzhak (1987). Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka: The Operation
Reinhard Death Camps. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
ISBN 978-0253113696. 1999 edition in Google book.
Browning, Christopher R. (2000). "Chapter 3 -
Jewish
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Timeline and List of individuals responsible Camp organizers Odilo Lotario Globocnik Hermann Julius Höfle Erwin Hermann Lambert Richard Wolfgang Thomalla Christian Wirth Commandant Irmfried Eberl 11 July to 26 August 1942 Franz Paul Stangl 1 September 1942 to August 1943 Kurt Hubert Franz August to November 1943 Deputies Theodor van Eupen Heinrich Arthur Matthes Karl Pötzinger Gas chamber executioners Gustav Münzberger Fritz Schmidt Other officers Max Biala Paul Bredow Herbert Floss Erich Fritz Erhard Fuchs Lorenz Hackenholt Hans Hingst Josef Hirtreiter Otto Richard Horn Kurt Küttner Karl Emil Ludwig Willy Mätzig Willi Mentz August Wilhelm Miete Max Möller Willi Post Albert Franz Rum Karl Schiffer Otto Stadie Ernst Stengelin Franz Suchomel Guards "Ivan the Terrible" John Demjanjuk a Feodor Fedorenko Nikolay Yegorovich Shalayev "Trawnikis" a Prominent victims Ernst Arndt Yitzchok Breiter Amalia Carneri Julian Chorążycki Samuel Finkelstein Artur Gold Ludwik Holcman Janusz Korczak Berek Lajcher Henryka Łazowertówna Yechiel Lerer Yitzchak Lowy Simon Pullman Natan Spigel Symche Trachter Zygmunt Zalcwasser Lidia Zamenhof Resistance Survivors Richard Glazar Chil Rajchman Sol Rosenberg Kalman Taigman Jankiel Wiernik Samuel Willenberg Franciszek Ząbecki Nazi organizations General Government SS-Totenkopfverbände Aftermath Memorials
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