Court files of the Radogoszcz prison warden Walter Pelzhausen, born on October 21, 1891, in Arnstadt, Thuringia. Walter Pelzhausen was accused of beating and murdering prisoners when he was the Radogoszcz prison warden from July 1, 1940, and January 17/18, 1945. On the night of January 17, 1945, he supervised the liquidation of the facility, shooting prisoners in their cells and setting the prison building on fire. He was tried by the District Court in Łódź, 7th Criminal Department, from September 8 to12, 1947. He was sentenced to four death penalties, forfeiture of property, and disenfranchisement. The sentence was carried out on March 1, 1948.
TRIAL FILES: WALTER PELZHAUSEN
The title page of the court file of Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 5
A document of POW Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden, with his personal data and fingerprints, drawn up in the American occupation zone. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 1, pp. 9
A document of POW Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden, with his personal data and fingerprints, drawn up in the American occupation zone. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 1, pp. 10
A document with data on the police service history of Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden, drawn up in the American occupation zone, June 14, 1945. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 1, p. 11
A report on the arrest of Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden, drawn up in the American occupation zone. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 1, p. 12
A form with the basic personal details of POW Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden, drawn up in the American occupation zone. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 1, pp. 15
A form with the basic personal details of POW Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden, drawn up in the American occupation zone. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 1, pp. 16
A personal data sheet of Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden, drawn up in the American occupation zone. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 1, p. 27
A letter from attorney Zygmunt Deczyński to the Prosecutor of the District Court in Łódź, 7th Criminal Department, asking for a release from the function of the defence counsel of Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 5, p. 25
Conclusion of the judgement of the District Court in Łódź, 7th Criminal Department, sentencing Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden, to four death penalties, September 8-12, 1947. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 5, pp. 301
Conclusion of the judgement of the District Court in Łódź, 7th Criminal Department, sentencing Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden, to four death penalties, September 8-12, 1947. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 5, pp. 302
Conclusion of the judgement of the District Court in Łódź, 7th Criminal Department, sentencing Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden, to four death penalties, September 8-12, 1947. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 5, pp. 303
Conclusion of the judgement of the District Court in Łódź, 7th Criminal Department, sentencing Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden, to four death penalties, September 8-12, 1947. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 5, pp. 304
Conclusion of the judgement of the District Court in Łódź, 7th Criminal Department, sentencing Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden, to four death penalties, September 8-12, 1947. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 5, pp. 305
Conclusion of the judgement of the District Court in Łódź, 7th Criminal Department, sentencing Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden, to four death penalties, September 8-12, 1947. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 5, pp. 306
Conclusion of the judgement of the District Court in Łódź, 7th Criminal Department, sentencing Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden, to four death penalties, September 8-12, 1947. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 5, pp. 307
Conclusion of the judgement of the District Court in Łódź, 7th Criminal Department, sentencing Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden, to four death penalties, September 8-12, 1947. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 5, pp. 308
Conclusion of the judgement of the District Court in Łódź, 7th Criminal Department, sentencing Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden, to four death penalties, September 8-12, 1947. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 5, pp. 309
Conclusion of the judgement of the District Court in Łódź, 7th Criminal Department, sentencing Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden, to four death penalties, September 8-12, 1947. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 5, pp. 310
Conclusion of the judgement of the District Court in Łódź, 7th Criminal Department, sentencing Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden, to four death penalties, September 8-12, 1947. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 5, pp. 311
Conclusion of the judgement of the District Court in Łódź, 7th Criminal Department, sentencing Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden, to four death penalties, September 8-12, 1947. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 5, pp. 312
The petition of pardon from Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden, to Bolesław Bierut, President of the Republic of Poland, January 13, 1948. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 5, pp. 337
The petition of pardon from Walter Pelzhausen, former Radogoszcz prison warden, to Bolesław Bierut, President of the Republic of Poland, January 13, 1948. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 5, pp. 338
A letter from Franciszka Pelzhausen née Wagner to the National Tribunal of the Republic of Poland in Warsaw, asking for pardon for her husband Walter Pelzhausen, September 15, 1947. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. Ld 498/28, vol. 5, pp. 352
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