Language:
English
Year of publication:
2003
Titel der Quelle:
Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
17,3 (2003) 409-429
Keywords:
Täubner, Max
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
War crime trials
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
In fall 1941 a maintenance repair platoon, headed by Max Täubner and attached to the First SS Brigade under the authority of the Command Staff of the Reichsführer-SS, perpetrated mass murders of Jews in Novograd-Volynskii, Sholokhovo, Aleksandriya, Konotop, and other towns in Ukraine. Täubner's unit perpetrated these crimes on its own initiative, without any authorization from above, and in an utterly brutal and sadistic manner. Täubner and his men boasted about their deeds and sent photographs to friends and relatives, and that, not their brutality, caused their arrest in April 1942 and subsequent investigation. Attempting to defend himself against an accusation of unauthorized killing, Täubner referred to a "Führer's order", which was being kept secret. This frightened Himmler, who did not want the issue of the secret order to surface in a court case. As a result, the most bizarre trial in the history of the SS took place: in 1943 Täubner was indicted in an SS tribunal. In 1973 a West German court tried and punished Täubner's subordinates, but not Täubner himself, because he had already served his prison term.
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"השואה - הייחודי והאוניברסלי" (תשסב)
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