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http://archive.jta.org/article/1946/11/20/2747094/theresienstadt-deputy-commander-executed-for-crimes-against-jews-and-czechs
November 20, 1946
Theresienstadt Deputy Commander Executed for Crimes Against Jews and Czechs
Prague, Nov. 19 (JTA) –
Wilhelm Schmidt, a former deputy commandant at the Theresienstadt concentration camp, was executed at Litomerice today shortly after he was convicted on charges of the murder and torture of thousands of Jewish and Czechoslovak prisoners. He was an assistant to Heinrich Joekels who was hanged three weeks ago for similar crimes.
The same court found Theodor Hochhaus guilty of membership in the S.S. corps, but imposed no punishment. Twenty-five Jewish and Czechoslovak prisoners testified in Hochhaus' defense asserting that he had treated prisoners "humanely."
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"Theresienstadt Deputy Commander Executed for Crimes Against Jews and Czechs." Jewish Telegraphic Agency 20 Nov 1946.
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Czech Court Trying Commander of Theresienstadt Camp; Jews Testify to Atrocities
http://archive.jta.org/article/1946/10/20/2744223/czech-court-trying-commander-of-theresienstadt-camp-jews-testify-to-atrocities
October 20, 1946
Czech Court Trying Commander of Theresienstadt Camp; Jews Testify to Atrocities
Prague, Oct. 18 (JTA) –
A charge that he was forced to confiscate the rings of Jewish prisoners and later drown them in a swamp was made today by a former prisoner named Hanus at the trial in Litomerice of Heinrich Joeckel, commander of a section of the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Other witnesses revealed that Jewish political prisoners were treated in a more brutal fashion than other camp inmates. They declared that one prisoner, a Professor Levit, was tortured and his legs broken and then carried to a cemetery to be murdered. However, he revived and committed suicide before he could be tortured further. Other prisoners were forced to hang themselves with wire.
It was also disclosed that numerous officials in the puppet government witnessed the horrible tortures. One witness related how Joekel, himself, beat a pregnant Jewish woman on the abdomen until an abortion occurred.
Citation - Click to see see this article's citation
"Czech Court Trying Commander of Theresienstadt Camp; Jews Testify to Atrocities." Jewish Telegraphic Agency 20 Oct 1946.
October 20, 1946
Czech Court Trying Commander of Theresienstadt Camp; Jews Testify to Atrocities
Prague, Oct. 18 (JTA) –
A charge that he was forced to confiscate the rings of Jewish prisoners and later drown them in a swamp was made today by a former prisoner named Hanus at the trial in Litomerice of Heinrich Joeckel, commander of a section of the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Other witnesses revealed that Jewish political prisoners were treated in a more brutal fashion than other camp inmates. They declared that one prisoner, a Professor Levit, was tortured and his legs broken and then carried to a cemetery to be murdered. However, he revived and committed suicide before he could be tortured further. Other prisoners were forced to hang themselves with wire.
It was also disclosed that numerous officials in the puppet government witnessed the horrible tortures. One witness related how Joekel, himself, beat a pregnant Jewish woman on the abdomen until an abortion occurred.
Citation - Click to see see this article's citation
"Czech Court Trying Commander of Theresienstadt Camp; Jews Testify to Atrocities." Jewish Telegraphic Agency 20 Oct 1946.
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