Walter Nutrich

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Walter Nahrich (born August 30, 1909 ; † April 9, 1993 ) was deputy commander of the Security Police and SD in Bordeaux during the German occupation of France , who was responsible for the deportation of Jews from his district. After the war he was tried in absentia by the French military court; an investigation by the Ludwigsburg Central Office did not lead to a trial because the accused was incapable of negotiation.

Act

Nutrich worked as a government assessor in the Saarland Ministry of the Interior before the war. During the war he was initially employed as a military administrative officer in France, and since early summer 1942 at the latest he has been deputy to the commander of the security police in Bordeaux. In his area of ​​responsibility he took care of the deportation of the Jews. There is evidence that he took part in Dannecker's meetings in 1942 , at which the “deportation” to Auschwitz was mentioned. In 1944 he was deployed in the East and in 1945 was taken prisoner by Russia. He disguised himself in an Air Force uniform and gave a false name. He was released in 1947 after an accident at work.

In a denazification process under real name, Nahrich was classified as a follower. He received his doctorate from the law faculty in Bonn in 1950, but worked for his father-in-law's construction company, which he took over in 1956. In 1969 he closed the construction business and moved with his family to Saarland. There he tried to assert pension entitlements as a former government councilor in accordance with Article 131 of the Basic Law . He was able to achieve this in 1976.

Criminal consequences

Nutrich was sentenced to death in absentia by the military court in Metz in 1952. Unaware of this judgment, he visited his former office in Bordeaux in 1965; he was recognized and arrested. The French code of criminal procedure provided that judgments made in the absence of the accused would not be enforced. Rather, the procedure had to be carried out again. When Nahrich was temporarily released from prison, he fled to Germany. Nutrich did not follow a request from the German Ministry of Justice to face his trial in France. He could not be extradited due to Article 16 of the Basic Law . The French court sentenced Nutrich - again in absentia - to three years' imprisonment.

Slowly carried out German investigations into his activities in France led to an indictment in 1983, but the 74-year-old accused was unable to stand trial. Disciplinary proceedings pending against him have been closed; Pension cuts were withdrawn. In the course of the interrogations and as a witness in a trial in 1979, Nutrich claimed that at the time he believed that the deportees had been sent to the East for work; he knew nothing of annihilation. This excuse was implausible, because the deportations also included old people who were unable to work, small children and babies.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bernhard Brunner: The France Complex. Göttingen 2004, p. 246.
  2. ^ Bernhard Brunner: The France Complex. Göttingen 2004, pp. 96-97.
  3. ^ Bernhard Brunner: The France Complex. Göttingen 2004, p. 172.
  4. ^ Bernhard Brunner: The France Complex. Göttingen 2004, pp. 172-173.
  5. ^ Bernhard Brunner: The France Complex. Göttingen 2004, p. 97 and p. 172.
  6. ^ Bernhard Brunner: The France Complex. Göttingen 2004, p. 173.
  7. ^ Bernhard Brunner: The France Complex. Göttingen 2004, pp. 384 and 246–247.
personal data
SURNAME Nutrich, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Deputy Commander of the Security Police and SD in Bordeaux
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1909
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1993