Collection GB 1556 WL 1259 - Breda' war criminals: papers

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GB 1556 WL 1259 1955 collection 1 file Unknown
The panopticon prison at Breda, North Brabant, housed the only German war criminals ever to be imprisoned in the Netherlands for their war crimes during the Second World War. They were known as the 'Breda Four (and later three)'. They were Willy Paul Franz Lages who was released in 1966 due to serious illness, Joseph Johann Kotälla who died in prison in 1979, Ferdinand Hugo aus der Fünten and Franz Fischer who both were released in 1989.

Jewish Central Information Office

Papers of 'Breda' war criminals comprise transcript of a radio interview, which deals with misunderstandings concerning the Germans still imprisoned in Breda, 1955; press release of the Dutch embassy (in Germany) regarding the Breda prisoners including lists of the following categories of prisoners: those originally sentenced to death and later commuted to life (with details of their offences); those sentenced to death (with details of their offences); those sentenced to 20 years (with details of their offences); those released in 1952 after serving two thirds of their sentences.

Chronological

Open

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German

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn 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. February 2008 Administration of justice Broadcasting Death penalty Disadvantaged groups Field work Fischer , Franz , fl 1945-1989 , war criminal Fünten , Ferdinand Hugo aus der , 1909-1989 , war ciminal Humanitarian law International conflicts Interviews Kotälla , Joseph Johann , d 1979 , war criminal Lages , Willy Paul Franz , 1901-1971 , war criminal Penal sanctions Prisoners Radio Radio programmes Research work Vier van Breda x Breda Four War War crimes World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events)

Jewish Central Information Office

Papers of 'Breda' war criminals comprise transcript of a radio interview, which deals with misunderstandings concerning the Germans still imprisoned in Breda, 1955; press release of the Dutch embassy (in Germany) regarding the Breda prisoners including lists of the following categories of prisoners: those originally sentenced to death and later commuted to life (with details of their offences); those sentenced to death (with details of their offences); those sentenced to 20 years (with details of their offences); those released in 1952 after serving two thirds of their sentences.

Chronological

Open

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

• anglais

• latin

German

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

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.

• anglais