60 years ago: Verdicts in the Auschwitz trial
The verdict in the Auschwitz trial took place in Frankfurt am Main on 19 and 20 August 1965. The trial had begun on 20 December 1963. Six defendants received a life sentence, ten prison sentences of between three and a half and fourteen years and one a ten-year juvenile sentence. Three defendants were acquitted due to lack of evidence.

20.12.1963 - The trial against 22 former guards of the Auschwitz concentration camp was opened in the plenar hall of the Frankfurt city council presidium on 20 December 1963.
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10.12.1963 - The preparations for the Auschwitz Trial are in progress on the 20th of December in 1963. The picture shows a view into the hall in the Roemer in Frankfurt, which is prepared for l...
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20.12.1963 - Wilhelm Boger (here at the opening of the trial on 20 December 1963) was accused of tormenting the prisoners in Auschwitz concentration camp with medieval torture practices.The tri...
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19.08.1965 - The audience is waiting for the doors of Haus Gallus to be opened, prior to the sentence pronouncement. The sentences of the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial were pronounced on 19 August...
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19.08.1965 - Der amerikanische Fernsehreporter Daniel Schorr steht am 19.08.1965 mit seinem Kameramann auf dem Bürgersteig vor dem Gerichtsgebäude in Frankfurt am Main und spricht seinen Kommen...
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20.12.1963 - The first Auschwitz Trial is opened on the 20th of December in 1963 in Frankfurt. The picture shows the row of defendants with their lawyers and police men. In the first row is def...
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20.12.1963 - Accused Johann Schobert (l) in a conversation with the defendants. The trial against 22 former guards of the Auschwitz concentration camp was opened on 20 December 1963 at the plen...
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30.12.1963 - Police vehicles are parked in the back yard of the Roemer in Frankfurt, which brought the accused of the first Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials to the courtroom on the second day of the...
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10.12.1963 - The preparations for the Auschwitz Trial are in progress on the 20th of December in 1963. The picture shows a view into the hall in the Roemer in Frankfurt, which is prepared for l...
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30.11.1999 - Accused Dr Franz Bernhard Lucas is leaving the Frankfurt jury court (undated).
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03.04.1964 - View on the dock with Viktor Capesius (m) and Wilhelm Boger (r, next to him, both with glasses). The trial against 22 former guards of the Auschwitz concentration camp was continue...
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30.04.1964 - Polish witness Josef Kral, in May 1964, on the way to the court room of Bürgerhaus Gallus in Frankfurt on the Main. The trial against 22 former guards of the Auschwitz concentratio...
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20.12.1963 - Defendant Victor Capesius. The trial against 22 former guards of the Auschwitz concentration camp was opened in the plenar hall of the Frankfurt city council presidium on 20 Decemb...
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20.12.1963 - The cameramen of 'Wochenschau' and of the television channels have to leave the hall after the opening of the trial. The trial against 22 former guards of the Auschwitz concentrati...
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03.04.1964 - View on the accused and their defendants. Accused Viktor Capesius in the back on the left, Wilhelm Boger in the back on the right. The trial against 22 former guards of the Auschwi...
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20.12.1963 - Police officers building up the site maps and sketches of Auschwitz extermination camp, prior to the beginning of the trial, at the court room. The trial against 22 former guards o...
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20.12.1963 - The accused Oswald Kaduk. The trial against 22 former guards of the Auschwitz concentration camp was opened on 20 December 1963 at the plenar hall of the Frankfurt city council pre...
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20.12.1963 - The first Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials is declared open in the plenary hall of the city council assembly of Frankfurt on 20 Decemrber 1963. The photograph shows press photographers a...
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19.08.1965 - Soviet lawyer Dr Friedrich Kaul (m) prior to the sentence pronouncement. The sentences of the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial were pronounced on 19 August 1965.
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20.12.1963 - Three jurywomen shortly before the swearing-in ceremony. The other three Jury members are men. The trial against 22 former guards of the Auschwitz concentration camp was opened in...
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20.12.1963 - View on the site plan of Auschwitz concentration camp. The trial against 22 former guards of the Auschwitz concentration camp was opened on 20 December 1963 at the plenar hall of t...
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20.12.1963 - The accused Oswald Kaduk. The trial against 22 former guards of the Auschwitz concentration camp was opened on 20 December 1963 at the plenar hall of the Frankfurt city council pre...
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20.12.1963 - Displayed documents behind the judge's table. The trial against 22 former guards of the Auschwitz concentration camp was opened in the plenar hall of the Frankfurt city council pre...
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30.11.1963 - Wilhelm Boger (here in the court room, 1964) was accused of tormenting the prisoners in Auschwitz concentration camp with medieval torture practices. The trial against 22 former gu...
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03.04.1964 - View on the dock with (l-r) Franz Hofmann, Herbert Scherps, and Josef Klehr. The trial against 22 former guards of the Auschwitz concentration camp was continued at Bürgerhaus Gall...
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20.12.1963 - Displayed documents behind the judge's table. The trial against 22 former guards of the Auschwitz concentration camp was opened in the plenar hall of the Frankfurt city council pre...
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30.11.1963 - The accused Johann Schobert (l) and Willi Ludwig Schatz after a day of trial in the beginning of 1964. The trial against 22 former guards of the Auschwitz concentration camp was op...
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03.04.1964 - View on the accused Bruno Schlage (l) and Arthur Breitwieser (r). The trial against 22 former guards of the Auschwitz concentration camp was continued at Bürgerhaus Gallus in Frank...
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03.04.1964 - Lawyer Dr Grossmann is speaking to the chairman desk and the prosecution on 3 April 1964 in Frankfurt on the Main. The trial against 22 former guards of the Auschwitz concentration...
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14.12.1964 - The group of the Frankfurt jury court and several journalists are passing the camp gate with the words 'Arbeit macht frei' (work brings freedom). The first local inspection during...
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03.04.1964 - The accused Emil Hantl (l) and Oswald Kaduk prior to the beginning of the trial. The trial against 22 former guards of the Auschwitz concentration camp was continued at Bürgerhaus...
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20.12.1963 - The accused Josef Klehr. The trial against 22 former guards of the Auschwitz concentration camp was opened on 20 December 1963 at the plenar hall of the Frankfurt city council pres...
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20.12.1963 - Displayed documents behind the judge's table. The trial against 22 former guards of the Auschwitz concentration camp was opened in the plenar hall of the Frankfurt city council pre...
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19.08.1965 - The defendant before the sentence pronouncement in the almost empty court room. The sentences in the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial were pronounced on 19 August 1965.
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10.12.1963 - The preparations for the Auschwitz Trial are in progress on the 20th of December in 1963. The picture shows the records of the case (archive picture from the 10th of December in 19...
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20.12.1963 - The accused Oswald Kaduk. The trial against 22 former guards of the Auschwitz concentration camp was opened on 20 December 1963 at the plenar hall of the Frankfurt city council pre...
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19.10.2017 - Ein Dokument des ersten Frankfurter Auschwitz-Prozesses, aufgenommen am 19.10.2017 im Hessischen Hauptstaatsarchiv in Wiesbaden (Hessen). (zu dpa «Akten zu Auschwitz-Prozess könnte...
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19.10.2017 - Johann Zilien zeigt am 19.10.2017 im Hessischen Hauptstaatsarchiv in Wiesbaden (Hessen) Dokumente des ersten Frankfurter Auschwitz-Prozesses. (zu dpa «Akten zu Auschwitz-Prozess...
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19.10.2017 - Johann Zilien nimmt am 19.10.2017 im Hessischen Hauptstaatsarchiv in Wiesbaden (Hessen) eine Kiste mit Dokumenten des ersten Frankfurter Auschwitz-Prozesses aus dem Regal. (zu dp...
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19.10.2017 - Dr. Johann Zilien zeigt am 19.10.2017 im Hessischen Hauptstaatsarchiv in Wiesbaden (Hessen) ein Tonband des ersten Frankfurter Auschwitz-Prozesses. (zu dpa «Akten zu Auschwitz-Pr...
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19.08.1965 - Urteilsverkündung im Auschwitz-Prozess: die Freigesprochenen Dr. Willi Schatz, Johann Schoberth und Arthur Breitwieser (v.l.) auf dem Weg zur Urteilsbegründung im Gallus-Haus in Fr...
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16.04.1964 - Der Zeuge Erich Kulka aus Prag vor dem Bürgerhaus Gallus am 16.04.1964. Kulka erkannte im Gerichtssaal auf Anhieb fünf der Angeklagten wieder. Er schilderte grausige Szenen bei der...
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01.01.1964 - Franz Johann Hofmann während des Auschwitz-Prozesses; er hat sich später im "Strutthof - Prozess" (1965) als Hauptangeklagter zu verantworten
- vermutlich 1964 [ Systematik-alt, Sa...
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01.01.1964 - Auschwitz-Prozess im Frankfurter Bürgerhaus: v.l. der 1. Staatsanwalt Grossmann und die Staatsanwälte Joachim Kügler (halb verdeckt), Vogel (stehend) und Gerhard Wiese [ Systematik...
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