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was an inmate and the others, members of the Waffen SS. Most of the
accused participated in evacuation marches from various sub­camps to
Mauthausen in April 1945.
Waldemar Barner – inmate at Mauthausen, sub­camps Schwechat,
Hinterbruehl, and Florisdorf
Franz Firsching – Waffen SS corporal, guard and kitchen worker at
Florisdorf and Hinterbruehl
Ferdinand Geisler (not guilty by reason of insanity)
Ludwig Ginters – Waffen SS corporal, guard at Schwechat, Florisdorf,
and Hinterbruehl
Wilhelm Hochwitz – Waffen SS corporal, guard at Florisdorf, block
leader at Hinterbruehl
Emil Hub (acquitted)
Viktor Ruber – Waffen SS corporal, block leader at Schwechat
Jacob Soens – Waffen SS corporal, block leader at Florisdorf and
Hinterbruehl
Willi Uebener – Waffen SS staff sergeant, guard at Schwechat, Florisdorf,
and Hinterbruehl
Hub was acquitted, and Geisler found not guilty by reason of insanity. As
approved by the reviewing authority, Firsching and Uebener were sentenced
to 3 years in prison; Hochwitz and Soens, to 5 years; Ginters and Ruber, to
8 years; and Barner, to 15 years.
Box 384
(Note: The charge sheet, detail for the court and trial transcript, Aug. 29–Sept.
4, 1947, are missing from this case file. Duplicate copies are located in Record
Group 153, War Crimes Branch Case File 5­31, Vol. 16, described in III.14
above.)
Folder 1
Trial transcripts, Sept. 5–9, 1947
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