Recording no. 2

The Special Criminal Court for the Appellate Court District in Warsaw with its seat in Łódź, having considered on October 21, 1946, the case of Alfons Mitleiner born on August 6, 1910, in Łódź, as the son of Leon and Alma née Bemertow, accused of:
Acting to the detriment of the Polish population by helping the German authorities from the autumn of 1939 to the beginning of 1940 in Łódź as a member of Selbstschutz, and in particular by serving as a guard in Radogoszcz, taking part in round-ups of adults and minors, and acting in a brutal way towards people queuing for bread, beating them for failing to maintain order;

From the beginning of 1940 to August 1941 in Łódź, being a member of the SA (Sturmabteilung), the paramilitary wing of the NSDAP, used along with the Gestapo, SA, and SD as policing and pacification services in concentration camps, by which he acted to the detriment of Polish civilians;

decided to:

Find Alfons Mitleiner guilty of acting to the detriment of the Polish population by helping the German authorities in Łódź from the autumn of 1939 to the beginning of 1940 as a member of Selbstschutz, and from 1940 to August 1941 as an SA member, in particular by serving as a guard in front of Abbe’s factory – a prison for Poles; taking part in round-ups of Polish citizens, and acting in a brutal way towards people waiting for bread, and to sentence him to eight years in prison, crediting against the term of imprisonment the temporary detainment from December 5, 1945, disenfranchisement for five years, and forfeiture of property. This sentence is final and binding.

A fragment of the conclusion of the judgement in the case of Alfons Mitleiner, former guard in the Radogoszcz Extended Police Prison.

Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1160, Special Criminal Court for the Warsaw Appellate District with a seat in Łódź. Files in the case of: Alfons Mitleiner, c. 6-6v.

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