Krumey-Hunsche trial

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The Krumey-Hunsche Trial was the criminal proceedings against Hermann Krumey and Otto Hunsche before the Frankfurt am Main Regional Court from April 27, 1964 to February 3, 1965 . The indictment was "collective murder in an indefinite number of cases". Specifically, the public prosecutor's office accused the “desk criminals” Krumey and Hunsche of participating in the murder of at least 300,000 Jewish people who were deported from Hungary to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp in 1944 .

The jury trial was held in the Frankfurt " Gallus House ", where the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial also took place. Some of those involved in the process were also the same. First public prosecutor Hanns Großmann and public prosecutor Adolf Steinbacher led the indictment, the lawyers Henry Ormond , Christian Raabe and Robert Kempner were representatives of the co-plaintiffs . Hans Laternser and Fritz Steinacker appeared as defenders of Hunsches , Krumey was represented by Erich Schmidt-Leichner .

After nine months of negotiations, Otto Hunsche was acquitted, Hermann Krumey was sentenced to five years prison sentenced. After offsetting the time he had been in custody since 1960, he was released.

Both the public prosecutor's office and the defense went into appeal , which the BGH decided by overturning the judgment. The case was referred back to the district court, which recommended increasing the sentence for Krumey. As a result, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in August 1969, but Hunsche was also sentenced to twelve years for complicity in murder.

In January 1973 Krumey's renewed appeal was rejected by the BGH, so that the judgment became final. In 1981 Krumey was released from prison due to illness and died shortly afterwards. Nothing is known about Hunsche's further life.

Individual evidence

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  9. ↑ Federal Court of Justice (ed.): File number 2 StR 279/66 . March 22, 1967.
  10. ↑ Regional Court Frankfurt / Main (ed.): File number Ks 1/63 . 29th August 1969.
  11. ↑ Federal Court of Justice (ed.): File number 2 StR 186/72 . 17th January 1973.
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