Karl Wintersberger

Karl Wintersberger , also Carl Wintersberger (born October 27, 1880 in Eggenfelden , † April 28, 1970 in Bamberg ) was a German lawyer and public prosecutor . Together with Josef Hartinger, in 1933/34 he investigated the non-natural causes of death in the Dachau concentration camp against the concentration camp commandant Hilmar Wäckerle and others for murder . Wintersberger was a member of the DNVP before 1933 and joined the NSDAP in 1937 . During the Nazi era , he made a career as an administrative lawyer and became President of the Senate at the Bamberg Higher Regional Court . After the end of the Second World War , he retired.

School and study

Karl Wintersberger attended the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich until his Abitur in 1900 . This was followed by law studies at the University of Munich until 1904 .

Investigations in the Dachau concentration camp

The first public prosecutor at Munich II Regional Court, Josef Hartinger, began investigating the murder of several concentration camp inmates, including Rudolf Benario , in early 1933 . In April he closed the investigation because he could not prove a crime and did not feel that he was adequately supported by his superiors. After a series of other murders in the Dachau concentration camp, Wintersberger, senior public prosecutor and Hartinger's superior, resumed the investigation. His investigations were also hindered by the SS crew of the concentration camp, but he was able to prove the murders of Sebastian Nefzger and Alfred Strauss and to file an indictment with the Munich District Court II on June 1, 1933. At the same time he applied for arrest warrants because of the risk of obscuration . The case files reached Interior Minister Wagner, Heinrich Himmler's formal superior , via Justice Minister Hans Frank . Wagner kept the files under lock and key, the proceedings were not pursued and Wintersberger was transferred to Bamberg in March 1934 .

literature

Jörg Döring , Markus Joch (eds.): Alfred Andersch 'revisited': Biographical studies in the context of the Sebald debate . Walter de Gruyter , Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-026826-3 .
Complaint by the Public Prosecutor of the RA's murder. Strauss (Munich) , printed by: Hans Lamm (Hrsg.): Von Juden in München: a memorial book . Munich: Ner-Tamid-Verl. 1958 p. 339, see Alfred Strauss

supporting documents

^ Public Prosecutor Karl Wintersberger - pdf
↑ ^a ^b Jörg Döring, Markus Joch (Ed.): Alfred Andersch 'revisited' , p. 97.
↑ Annual report on the K. Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Munich 1899/1900.
↑ ^a ^b Jörg Döring, Markus Joch (Ed.): Alfred Andersch 'revisited' , p. 96.
↑ United States. Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality: Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Volume 3 ( en ). US Government Printing Office, Washington DC 1946.

personal data
SURNAME	Wintersberger, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wintersberger, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and public prosecutor
DATE OF BIRTH	October 27, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH	Eggenfelden
DATE OF DEATH	April 28, 1970
Place of death	Bamberg

[1] Public Prosecutor Karl Wintersberger - pdf

[döring97-2] Jörg Döring, Markus Joch (Ed.): Alfred Andersch 'revisited' , p. 97.

[3] Annual report on the K. Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Munich 1899/1900.

[döring96-4] Jörg Döring, Markus Joch (Ed.): Alfred Andersch 'revisited' , p. 96.

[us-copy-charges-5] United States. Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality: Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Volume 3 ( en ). US Government Printing Office, Washington DC 1946.