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Konrad Morgen Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2005 Konrad Morgen SS Nazi Party identification card, Estate of Konrad Morgen, courtesy of Fritz Bauer Institut Konrad Morgen The Conscience of a Nazi Judge Herlinde Pauer-Studer University of Vienna, Austria J. David Velleman New York University, USA © Herlinde Pauer-Studer and J. David Velleman 2015 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-50504-3 ISBN 978-1-137-49695-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137496959 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pauer-Studer, Herlinde, author. Konrad Morgen : the conscience of a Nazi judge / HerlindePauer-Studer, University of Vienna, Austria; J. David Velleman, New York University, USA. pages cm 1. Morgen, Georg Konrad, 1909–1982. 2. Judges—Germany— Biography. 3. Germany. GeheimeStaatspolizei—Biography. 4. Nazis—Germany.—Biography. 5. World War, 1939–1945—Law and legislation—Germany. I. Velleman, James David, author. II. Title. KK185.M667P38 2015 347.43'0234—dc23 2014049915 [B] Typeset by MPS Limited, Chennai, India. For Torsten and for Leah and Evan This page intentionally left blank C o n t e n t s List of Illustrations ix Preface x Acknowledgments xiv Timeline xvi Main Characters xviii Map of the German Reich and Polish Territories, 1942 xxiii 1 Introduction 1 2 The SS Man 11 3 The SS Judiciary 18 4 Criminals and Spies 20 5 The Criminal Character 26 6 The Issue of Race 34 7 From Cracow to Buchenwald 40 8 Karl Otto Koch 47 9 From Corruption to Murder 52 10 Partners in Crime 58 11 “Legal” Killing 67 12 The “Final Solution”: Conflicting Stories 74 13 Aktion Erntefest 82 14 Auschwitz 86 15 Adolf Eichmann 102 16 The Weimar Trials 107 17 Rudolf Höss and Eleonore Hodys 112 vii viii Contents 18 Out of the Fray 115 19 Postscript 120 Appendix 1: Sample Documents 129 Appendix 2: Photos 134 Notes 141 Bibliography 169 Index of Subjects 182 Index of Names 187 L i s t o f I l l u s t r a t i o n s Figure 1 Konrad Morgen 128 Appendix Images 1.1 Arrest warrant (Haftbefehl) for Georg von Sauberzweig, signed by Morgen 129 1.2 Judgment against Sauberzweig 130 1.3 Hitler’s rejection of Sauberzweig’s appeal 131 1.4 Confirmation of Sauberzweig’s execution 132 1.5 Letter from Morgen to Maria Wachter 133 2.1 Konrad Morgen 1938 134 2.2 Konrad Morgen in his SS uniform 135 2.3 Karl Otto Koch 136 2.4 Karl and Ilse Koch with their son, at Buchenwald 137 2.5 Odilo Globocnik 137 2.6 Hermann Fegelein 138 2.7 Ilse Koch 138 2.8 Waldemar Hoven 139 2.9 Christian Wirth 139 2.10 Jaroslawa Mirowska 140 ix
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