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The first Auschwitz trial began 60 years ago

It began 60 years ago: According to experts, the first Frankfurt Auschwitz trial on the atrocities committed in the German concentration and extermination camp was an important step towards coming to terms with National Socialist crimes. "It provided the decisive impetus for the political and...

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The slogan "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work sets you free") can be seen on the gate to the former Auschwitz I concentration camp. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

Justice - The first Auschwitz trial began 60 years ago

It began 60 years ago: According to experts, the first Frankfurt Auschwitz trial on the atrocities committed in the German concentration and extermination camp was an important step towards coming to terms with National Socialist crimes. "It provided the decisive impetus for the political and social debate about the Nazi era," said the Director of the Fritz Bauer Institute in Frankfurt, Professor Sybille Steinbacher.

The first Auschwitz trial in Frankfurt - the largest criminal trial of the post-war period in Germany - began on December 20, 1963. The 23 men on trial were former members of the SS and lived unchallenged in the middle of society at the time. The verdicts were handed down 20 months after the trial began. Six of the accused were sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. Three men were acquitted.

At least 1.1 million people were murdered in the German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz, most of them Jewish prisoners. The initiator of the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials - the first was followed by two more - was the Frankfurt public prosecutor Fritz Bauer.

Tape recordings from the Fritz Bauer Institute trial

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  1. The initiator of the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials, which began 60 years ago, was the Frankfurt public prosecutor Fritz Bauer.
  2. The verdicts in the first Frankfurt Auschwitz trial, a major post-war criminal trial in Germany, were handed down 20 months after it began.
  3. The first Auschwitz trial in Frankfurt was an important step towards confronting National Socialist crimes, according to the Director of the Fritz Bauer Institute in Frankfurt, Professor Sybille Steinbacher.
  4. At least 1.1 million people, mostly Jewish prisoners, were murdered in the German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz, which stands as a stark testament to the atrocities of the Holocaust.
  5. As an expert view, the Frankfurt trials provided the impetus for a political and social debate about Nazi Germany and its crimes.
  6. The first Frankfurt Auschwitz trial in 1963 involved 23 men who were former members of the SS and lived undeterred in German society after the war.
  7. The significance of the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials extends beyond Germany, serving as a reminder of the importance of justice in dealing with the horrors of the Holocaust and crimes against humanity.

Source: www.stern.de

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