Reinhold Vorberg

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Reinhold Paul Karl Robert Vorberg (born July 5, 1904 in Kiel , † October 2, 1983 in Bonn ) was a German civil servant in the Führer’s office and was jointly responsible for the murders of the T4 family .

Career

Reinhold Vorberg grew up in Königsberg , where his parents owned real estate. Vorberg completed a commercial apprenticeship, served a few months in the " Black Reichswehr " and stayed in Spain in 1927/1928 . In 1930 he worked as a farmer in South West Africa , but returned to Berlin in 1931. In 1932 Vorberg went into business for himself and sold fashion jewelry. His business went bankrupt in 1935 .

Function in the Nazi state

Vorberg, in the on July 1, 1930 NSDAP ( membership number was entered 139 288), was probably in 1936 by his cousin Viktor Brack in the Chancellery of the Führer brought and was initially a voluntary basis with incoming mail business. In 1937 he was hired as head of department in Hauptamt II.

Vorberg played a key role in the National Socialists ' "euthanasia" program . He had his office in the Führer’s office and was registered as one of the two managing directors of the Gemeinnützige Krankentransport GmbH (Gekrat), which organized the transport of sick people to the gassing facilities. Vorberg, who used a camouflage name for the campaign as " Hintertal ", compiled the relocation lists on the basis of the registration forms received. Vorberg was present at the "test gassings" in the old prison in Brandenburg and is said to have been at the headquarters of the Gekrat in Grafeneck at the beginning .

Vorberg devoted his working hours in the Fuehrer's office mainly to other tasks; his activities for Aktion T4 took up little time. For this additional work, however, he received “monthly tax-free additional payments”.

End of war and post-war period

Vorberg had himself flown from Berlin to Bavaria in April 1945 and was released from American captivity in the summer of 1945 because he had a forged pay book . When Viktor Brack was caught, the correspondence found led to the trail of Vorberg, who was arrested and interned in the Moosburg camp. After a year of imprisonment he was able to escape and after stays in Heiligenhafen and Hamburg he came to Neuss , where he registered in 1948 as Heinz Vorberg with the wrong date of birth. A relative found him a job in a paint factory in 1951, after which Vorberg found accommodation in a building materials factory in Bonn .

Legal prosecution

When the investigative authorities tracked down the wanted Vorberg in 1961, it was warned by interviewed witnesses and was able to escape to Spain in December. Attorney General Fritz Bauer was able to effect his extradition in 1962. In 1967 the trial of Vorberg and others began. On December 20, 1968, the Frankfurt am Main Regional Court sentenced the Defendant Vorberg to ten years' imprisonment for aiding and abetting murder in 70,237 cases. The Federal Court of Justice upheld the judgment in 1972. Since more than two thirds had been served by extradition and pre-trial detention, Vorberg no longer had to begin his detention.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ detailed information on Vorberg from Ernst Klee: What they did - What they became. Doctors, lawyers and others involved in the murder of the sick or Jews. Frankfurt / Main 1986, ISBN 3-596-24364-5 , pp. 66–70 and p. 290 / knapper from Henry Friedlander: Der Weg zum NS-Genozid. Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-8270-0265-6 , various pages
  2. ^ Ernst Klee: "Euthanasia" in the Nazi state. Frankfurt / M. 1985, ISBN 3-596-24326-9 , p. 118
  3. ^ Henry Friedlander: The way to the Nazi genocide. P. 154
  4. ^ Henry Friedlander: The way to the Nazi genocide. P. 316
  5. ^ Henry Friedlander: The way to the Nazi genocide. P. 310
  6. ↑ Ernst Klee: What they did ... p. 75
personal data
SURNAME Vorberg, Reinhold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vorberg, Reinhold Paul Karl Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German civil servant, involved in the National Socialist murders
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel
DATE OF DEATH October 2nd 1983
Place of death Bonn