CHAPTER 31
1 “had reassured me”: Rüdiger Heim to Aribert Heim, January 22, 1976.
2 An upcoming exhibition: Rüdiger Heim to Aribert Heim, November 15, 1976.
3 “Some days I feel terribly miserable”: Rüdiger Heim to Aribert Heim, January 31, 1977.
4 Buses were so overcrowded: McLaughlin, “Infitah in Egypt.”
5 The population of the Cairo: Timothy M. Phelps, “Egypt: The Poverty of One Man’s Family,” New York Times, February 7, 1977.
6 Some 200,000 newcomers: Raymond, Cairo, p. 343.
7 For 1,760 deutsche marks: Rechnung, Flug + Touristik Service, March 23, 1977; Reisekostenabrechnung, April 2, 1977.
CHAPTER 32
1 Heim was thinner: Fritz Steinacker, interviews with authors.
2 “already well cultivated”: Aribert Heim, unlabeled document, Briefcase.
3 Captives were paraded: Schmidt, “Arab Shells Rock City of Jerusalem.”
4 Within three days: Greenhouse, “Only Man Convicted for My Lai.”
5 Titled “Counterfeit Semites”: El Dakhakhni, “Counterfeit Semites.”
6 Although members of his family: Lebrecht, “Tragedy of Koestler.”
7 “While this book deals”: Koestler, Thirteenth Tribe, pp. 223–26.
CHAPTER 33
1 At 6 deutsche marks: Dipl.-Ing. Rambald von Steinbüchel-Rheinwall, Architekt BDA. & Partner, invoice, May 26, 1977.
2 They all waited: Landeskriminalamt Baden-Württemberg, report, November 25, 1976.
3 From his vantage point: Alfred Aedtner, investigation report, May 31, 1977.
4 He was on his way to work: Der Spiegel, “Das Attentat: Mord nach Fahrplan,” April 18, 1977.
5 The state police asked colleagues: Landeskriminalamt Baden-Württemberg, report, July 26, 1976.
6 She insisted that she: Landeskriminalamt Baden-Württemberg, report, November 25, 1976.
7 Aedtner was convinced: Landeskriminalamt Baden-Württemberg, report, July 26, 1976.
8 Police in Holland: “Das Attentat,” Der Spiegel.
9 “The news just came on”: Rüdiger Heim to Aribert Heim, October 18, 1976.
CHAPTER 34
1 There was Herta Barth’s address: Wiesenthal, note, Aribert Heim File (1), Wiesenthal Archive.
2 Aedtner sent Wiesenthal: Aedtner to Wiesenthal, August 4, 1977, Aribert Heim File (1), Wiesenthal Archive.
3 “one of the most sadistic”: Wiesenthal to Harald Salzmann, May 3, 1977, Aribert Heim File (1), Wiesenthal Archive.
4 Wiesenthal’s office was: Wiesenthal Archive, http://www.simon-wiesenthal-archiv.at/02_dokuzentrum/01_geschichte/e01_history.html.
5 “The fugitive SS camp doctor”: Wiesenthal to Galinski, September 25, 1978, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
6 Wiesenthal had Galinski forward: Galinski to Jürgen Brinkmeier, October 5, 1978, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
7 “We don’t know whether Dr. Heim”: Wiesenthal to Vogel, October 18, 1978, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
8 After they talked: Notes on telephone conversation between Wiesenthal and Höhne, November 30, 1978, Aribert Heim File (1), Wiesenthal Archive.
CHAPTER 35
1 “I killed you Jews once before”: “Holocaust: Die Vergangenheit kommt zurück,” Der Spiegel, May 1979.
2 “sterile collection of wooden characters”: O’Connor, “TV Weekend.”
3 “untrue, offensive, cheap”: Wiesel, “TV View.”
4 “I say no because ‘Holocaust’ “: Vinocur, “ ‘Holocaust’ TV Series, Criticized, Is Sidelined by West Germans.”
5 Public critiques of the program’s: Ibid.
6 “The problem will be”: Vinocur, “Germans Buy TV ‘Holocaust.’ “
7 One station, Westdeutscher Rundfunk: Dreisbach, “Holocaust in America and West Germany.”
8 After the program: Vinocur, “Germans Hard Hit by TV ‘Holocaust.’ “
CHAPTER 36
1 Tano Pisano never expected: Gaetano Pisano, interviews with authors.
2 The unassuming little gatekeeper’s: http://www.cottagerne.dk/den-gule-cottage/den-gule-cottage/historien-om-huset.aspx?lang=en.
3 His idea was to move: Rüdiger Heim, interviews with authors.
4 “people from every corner”: Rüdiger Heim to Aribert Heim, September 4–10, 1978.
5 “Here and there I had small romances”: Ibid.
6 “I’m afraid this is not a long letter”: Rüdiger Heim to Aribert Heim, Copenhagen, January 22–25, 1979.
7 He did not know that packages: Leitender Oberstaatsanwalt investigative file, undated.
8 “When Gretl awoke one morning”: Rüdiger Heim to Aribert Heim, February 27, 1979, March 3 and 5, 1979.
CHAPTER 37
1 One week after the national: “Hinten raus,” Der Spiegel.
2 “Soon bombs are going”: Dr. Klaus Frobel to Oberstaatsanwalt Dr. Haehling von Lanzenauer, March 13, 1979.
3 Steinacker personally visited: Fritz Steinacker, interviews with authors.
4 Rüdiger drove down: Rüdiger Heim, interviews with authors.
CHAPTER 38
1 “I can’t believe that”: “Flüchtiger KZ-Arzt bezieht Einkünfte aus Mietshaus,” Der Tagesspiegel.
2 “We want to speak with an attorney”: “Riesenaufregung um ein Haus in Tiergarten,” B.Z., Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
3 “a new owner”: “Eine Hausgemeinschaft kämpft gegen unselige faschistische Vergangenheit,” Wahrheit.
4 The vandal left a note: Berlin police report, February 27, 1979, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
5 Even state television: Message, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
6 “the house be placed immediately”: “Offener Brief an die Parteien und Verbände,” Die Mieter des Hauses Tile-Wardenberg-Str. 28, February 27, 1979, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
7 “Countless Jewish fellow citizens”: Wurche to Senator Ulrich, March 6, 1979, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
8 “The authorities have been aware”: Siegried Thiemert (Beauftragter der Mietergemeinschaft, Tile-Wardenberg-Str. 28) to Innensenator, March, 14, 1979, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
9 The former minister: http://www.berlin.de/sen/inneres/innensenatoren/lipschitz.html.
10 Under it, the independent panel: E.U., SenInn (could be Brinkmeier, Wiesenthal writes back to Brinkmeier), to Wiesenthal, November 2, 1978, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
11 The head of Berlin’s Jewish: Heinz Galinski to Brinkmeier, October 5, 1978, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
12 “He immediately smelled”: Ernst R. Zivier, interview with authors.
13 He learned that Heim: I B 2—0258 23754/78 Vermerk: Betr.: Dr. med. Aribert Heim, geb. 28.6.1914, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
14 Magen’s first instinct: Konzentrationslager Mauthausen Kommandatur to Frau Dorothea Schifftan, November 10, 1941, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
15 “the results of their investigation”: Magen to the Staatsanwaltschaft Baden-Baden, November 1, 1978, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
16 “I regret once again”: Oberstaatsanwalt Wieser to Senator für Inneres Berlin, November 30, 1978, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
17 “I am under the impression”: Wiesenthal to Brinkmeier, November 21, 1978, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
18 Then the Heim case broke: “Flüchtiger KZ-Arzt soll nicht mehr von Mieteinnahmen leben,” Frankfurter Rundschau.
CHAPTER 39
1 “goal of the procedure”: E.U. to the Landgericht Linz, February 13, 1979, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
2 It came to the
conclusion: Office of the Senator für Finanzen to the Senator für Inneres, May 4, 1979, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
3 It sent inspectors: Scherf, from Der Senator für Bau- und Wohnungswesen, “V bA 6—6537/02.97/4,” March 16, 1979, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 6.
4 He assessed the value: Ibid.
5 “They fear that evidence”: “Hinten raus,” Der Spiegel.
6 The Berlin authorities appealed: E.U. to Dr. Heinz Eyrich (Justizminister des Landes Württemberg), February 9, 1979, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
7 “reason to believe”: “Simon Wiesenthal jagt SS-Arzt aus der Tile-Wardenbergstrasse 28,” Berliner Morgenpost.
8 “I hope as soon as possible”: Brinkmeier to Wiesenthal, February 16, 1979, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
9 City authorities filed: Antrag auf Eröffnung eines Sühneverfahrens, March 29, 1979, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
10 “The personal appearance”: Spruchkammer Berlin I B—0258 (Dr. Heim) SprKa 124/79, April 27, 1979, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
11 “definitely still alive”: Aedtner to Busek, April 12, 1979, LKA Kapitel 14, p. 9.
12 The moment Fritz Steinacker submitted: Letter from Referat 906, Gutzsche, May 7, 1979.
13 There was no evidence: Untersuchungsbericht, LKA Baden-Württemberg, May 17, 1979.
14 As if to prove: “15 000 Mark Belohnung,” B.Z.
15 Although there had been: Landgericht Baden-Baden Strafkammer III, Beschluss, June 13, 1979.
16 Then, under severe political pressure: Klemp, KZ-Arzt Aribert Heim, p. 169.
17 “A trip to Berlin is impossible”: Rieger to the Senator für Inneres, March 10, 1979, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
18 “I would like to answer”: Payerl to the Senator für Inneres, March 15, 1979, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
19 “judge what decision”: Magen to Payerl, March 20, 1979, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 4.
20 “Imagine for a moment”: Payerl to the Senator für Inneres, March 23, 1979, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
21 “As a witness in the criminal matter”: Lotter to the Senator für Inneres, April 24, 1979, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
CHAPTER 40
1 The large room on the eleventh floor: Spruchkammer Berlin, Ladung, May 3, 1979, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
2 “No,” the defense attorney answered: Voss-Dietrich, “Untergetauchter SS-Arzt Verliert Sein Miethaus in Moabit.”
3 Although lawyers from: Ernst R. Zivier, interview with authors.
4 “part of the enforcement clique”: Voss-Dietrich, “Untergetauchter SS-Arzt Verliert Sein Miethaus in Moabit.”
5 The witness statements: “Teil der Vollstreckungsclique um Hitler,” Der Tagesspiegel.
6 “deadly silent”: Voss-Dietrich, “Untergetauchter SS-Arzt Verliert Sein Miethaus in Moabit.”
7 “26 to 30 prisoners incapable”: Karl Kaufmann, testimony, Bezirksgericht, Linz, Austria, May 18, 1949.
8 “Countless Jews were liquidated”: Ibid.
9 Only then would he give: Josef Kohl, testimony, October 28, 1949.
10 “a markedly perverse mass murderer”: Karl Lotter, testimony, July 6, 1949.
11 “taking the air away”: “Alles ‘Latrinengerüchte,’ ” Die Tageszeitung.
12 A former member of the SS: Vernehmungsniederschrift, Otto Kleingünther, April 12, 1962.
13 Lotter and Kaufmann both remembered: Antrag auf Eröffnung eines Sühneverfahrens, March 29, 1979, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
14 “All testified in agreement”: Voss-Dietrich, “Untergetauchter SS-Arzt Verliert Sein Miethaus in Moabit.”
15 Steinacker did not answer: “Teil der Vollstreckungsclique um Hitler,” Der Tagesspiegel.
16 “Dr. Heim rejects all”: “KZ-Arzt verurteilt!,” Bild.
17 “Based on the information”: Voss-Dietrich, “Untergetauchter SS-Arzt Verliert Sein Miethaus in Moabit.”
18 Heim’s name appeared: Kranebitter, “Aribert Heim, Lagerarzt im KZ Mauthausen,” pp. 87–88.
19 Referring to a handwritten letter: “NS-Verb Rechen,” Der Spiegel.
20 “a medium was speaking”: Ibid.
21 Considering that several: Voss-Dietrich, “Untergetauchter SS-Arzt Verliert Sein Miethaus in Moabit.”
22 “polemical and not precise”: “Teil der Vollstreckungsclique um Hitler,” Der Tagesspiegel.
23 Many witnesses described events: Ibid.
24 “picked apart” the statements: “Alles ‘Latrinengerüchte,’ ” Die Tageszeitung.
25 Legally, his client’s fortune: “NS-Verb Rechen,” Der Spiegel.
26 By the time the decision: Voss-Dietrich, “Untergetauchter SS-Arzt Verliert Sein Miethaus in Moabit.”
27 “The crimes we heard”: “Ex-SS Doctor Is Fined $255,000 in Germany for the Killing of Jews,” New York Times.
28 “because it was no movie”: “Geldstrafe im Verfahren gegen Heim,” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
29 It levied a fine: “Ex-SS Doctor Is Fined $255,000 in Germany for the Killing of Jews,” New York Times.
30 “The Spruchkammer announces the verdict”: “Alles ‘Latrinengerüchte,’ ” Die Tageszeitung.
CHAPTER 41
1 Rifai hoped that after: Abdelmoneim el Rifai, interviews with authors.
2 Buediger had sent his report: Report on Anti-Semitism, distribution list, December 1977–April 1978.
3 “Till now, the mass”: Report on Anti-Semitism, English version, p. 12. 172 “the accurate and true justice”: Ibid., p. 13.
4 “It was understood”: Tarek Abdelmoneim el Rifai, interview with authors.
5 “I remember that when Egypt”: Mrs. Abdelmoneim el Rifai, interview with authors.
6 “absolute dominator of all German agencies”: Aribert Heim, Response, March 19, 1979.
7 “my school-age children”: Aribert Heim to Lothar Späth, unsent letter, July 26, 1979.
8 “Greuelpropaganda”: Ibid.
9 “the only one constantly informed”: Ibid.
10 “into contact with athletes”: Ibid.
11 Heim also highlighted: Pauline Kuchelbacher, Erklärung an Eides-Statt, n.d.
12 “Only through athletic occupation”: Heim to Späth, unsent letter, July 26, 1979.
13 “I lost eight years to war”: Ibid.
14 “try to accomplish a dissection”: Ibid.
15 “No one can deny”: Ibid.
16 “The little man alone”: Ibid.
17 “the citizen must be prepared”: Aribert Heim, unlabeled document page.
CHAPTER 42
1 The postcards were sent to Chancellor: Segev, Simon Wiesenthal, p. 352.
2 The head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center: Ibid., p. 354.
3 “There should be absolutely”: Walters, Hunting Evil, p. 513.
4 On July 3, the Bundestag: Vinocur, “Bonn Parliament Vote Abolishes Time Limit on War-Crime Cases.”
5 “During the debate”: Aribert Heim, unlabeled document page.
6 The family could feel cold stares: Friedl Heim and Rüdiger Heim, interviews with authors.
7 “In my letter from March 12”: Magen to Bechtold, September 11, 1979, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
8 “completely taken aback”: Dr. Klaus Froebel and Dr. Uta Schueler, Rechtsanwälte, to the Senator für Inneres Berlin, September 14, 1979, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 1.
9 “Don’t worry about”: Rüdiger Heim to Aribert Heim, October 28–30, 1979.
CHAPTER 43
1 The rules had changed: Fritz Steinacker, filing to the Berufungsspruchkammer, “Aufhebung des Urteils der Spruchkammer Berlin vom 13. 6. 1979
,” December 3, 1979, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 2.
2 Steinacker then asked: “Anwalt forderte ‘faires Verfahren’ gegen untergetauchten KZ-Arzt,” Tagesspiegel.
3 “At least three cases”: Protokoll, Öffentliche Sitzung der Berufungsspruchkammer Berlin, Az.: BerKa 157/79, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 2.
4 The penalty of 510,000: “KZ-Arzt erneut verurteilt,” Frankfurter Rundschau.
5 On March 7, 1980: Office of the Senator für Inneres to Steinacker, March 7, 1980; Finanzamt für Erbschaft- und Verkehrsteuern, May 13, 1988, Landesarchiv Berlin, B Rep. 031-02-01, Nr. 12713, Band 8.
6 “in the territory of the Federal Republic”: Landgericht Baden-Baden Strafkammer III, Beschluss, June 13, 1979.
7 “twitching and convulsing”: Hans Wolter to Oberstaatsanwalt von Lanzenauer, July 4, 1979.
8 At the Lübeck South police precinct: Vernehmungsniederschrift, Erwin Balczuhn, August 24, 1979, Steinacker file.
9 The doctor had probably: Vernehmung in der Ermittlungssache gegen Dr. Heim, December 19, 1979, Steinacker file.
10 “countless pictures of the accused”: Ibid.
11 His Austrian colleagues sent: Bundesministerium für Inneres, April 8, 1980, Aribert Heim File (2), Wiesenthal Archive.
CHAPTER 44
1 Aedtner’s hopes for: Aedtner to Busek, April 12, 1979, Aribert Heim File (1), Wiesenthal Archive.
2 Five men in five cities: Simon Wiesenthal to Aedtner, September 6, 1979, Aribert Heim File (1), Wiesenthal Archive.
3 “A picture of Heim appeared”: “KZ-Arzt Heim offenbar in Caracas,” Der Tagesspiegel.
4 “Since it would be”: Wiesenthal to Aedtner, November 11, 1979, Aribert Heim File (2), Wiesenthal Archive.
5 “We would be very grateful”: Wiesenthal to Mound, June 18, 1980, and Mound to Wiesenthal, June 23, 1980, Aribert Heim File (2), Wiesenthal Archive.
The Eternal Nazi: From Mauthausen to Cairo, the Relentless Pursuit of SS Doctor Aribert Heim Page 28
