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Rosenbaum, Wilhelm (b 1915): verdict and judgement in war crimes trial


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 1604

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Rosenbaum, Wilhelm (b 1915): verdict and judgement in war crimes trial

Date(s): 1967

Level of description: collection

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Hamburg Schwurgericht

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Wilhelm Rosenbaum was born in 1915 and was found guilty of multiple murders whilst in charge of the police training school at Bad Rabka, Poland. He received 16 life sentences at his trial in Hamburg in 1968, but was released shortly after on the grounds of ill health.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Wilhelm Rosenbaum, 1967, comprise copies of extracts from the verdict and trial judgement in the case against Wilhelm Karl Johannes Rosenbaum.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: German

System of arrangement:

Arranged in chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Finding aids:

Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by S Gross.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: April 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Legal procedure | Administration of justice
War crimes | Humanitarian law

Personal names
Rosenbaum | Wilhelm | b 1915

Corporate names

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