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Extract from an affidavit on reports about several judges

NMT 3

Authors

Harald Poelchau (Dr., prison chaplain)

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Harald Pölchau

German prison priest, religious socialist and resistance fighter against National Socialism

Born: 1903-10-05 (Potsdam)
Died: 1972-04-29 (Berlin)
Country of citizenship: Germany
Occupation: prison chaplain (period: 1933-01-01 through 1945-01-01; work location: Justizvollzugsanstalt Tegel); theologian; university teacher
Participant in: Judges' Trial (role: affiant)
Employer: Humboldt University of Berlin
Spouse: Dorothee Poelchau
VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/249122978

Date: October 1946

Literal Title: Document Book No. VII A (Affidavit of Pfarrer Poelchau (clergyman))

Defendant: Hans Petersen

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: NG-559

Exhibit Code: Petersen 29

Document Book No: Petersen 1

Defense Document No.: Petersen 26

Citation: NMT 3 (page 9284)

HLSL Item No.: 7597

Notes:The date is not stated in this copy; it is taken from the prosecution version of document NG 559.

Trial Issue

People's Court and Special Courts, use of (IMT, NMT 3)

Document Summary

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NG-559: Sworn affidavit by Poelchau, former chaplain at Ploetzensee prison, concerning the mass executions at Ploetzensee prison, concerning the mass executions at Ploetzensee in September 1943 and general prison conditions

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NG-559: Affidavit of Poelchau, October 1946, re mass executions at Ploetzensee in September 1943, and general prison conditions.