File No. G 851/33 Munich, 22 May 1933
' (Postoffice 35)
Prosecution at the State Court Munich II (Telephone: Local 5791 long distance 57801)
To the Prosecutor 'General of the State Court * [Oberlandesgericht]
Munich,
Subject: Decease of the arrestee in protective custody Louis Schloss in the Dachau concentration camp.
Annexes: .
1 copy of an autopsy protocol,
3 photos.
W.V. 28923/3,3
In the afternoon of 16 May 1933 the police station Dachau informed the state prosecution that an inmate of the concentration camp Dachau, the merchant Louis Schloss, from Nürnberg, widowed, born on 21 June 1880, has hanged himself in solitary confinement. At the request of tha state prosecution, on the same day the legal inspection was performed with the assistance of the state court physician with the state court Munich II. As it was proven- that the corpse exhibited numerous whip marks and as the cause of death appeared doubtful, an autopsy was carried out on 17 May 33. According to a preliminary certificate of the participating physicians, the autopsy did not prove death by hanging. The extensive destruction of the adipose tissue found in the corpse was considered to be adequate to cause death through autointoxication and fat embolism. We refer to the attached copy of the autopsy protocol. 3 photographic pictures of the corpse were taken before autopsy, of which prints are enclosed.
The investigation has not yet been concluded. No. 11374
Supreme State prosecution: 22 May 33 [Signed]: Wintersberger
Submitted with 1 annex and 3 photos to the State Ministry for Justice Munich, 22 May 1933
The Prosecutor General of the Supreme State Court
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File No. G 851, 924 ff/33 Munich, 1 June 1933
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Prosecution at the State Court Munich II (Telephone: Local 5791 Long distance: .57801) -To the- prosecutor general with the Supreme State Court Munich.
No. 12430 with 1 extra copy.
[Stamp]
- Submitted to the State Ministry for Justice
Munich, 2 June 1933 The prosecutor general with the Supreme State Court
Subject: Decease of the arrestee in protective custody Louis Schloss in the Dachau concentration, camp.
To my report of 22 May 1933.
In the above case I have today publicly indicted unknown culprits for injuries leading to death and the commandant of the camp, Waeckerle, the camp physician, Dr. Neurnbergk, as well as the first secretary of the chancellery, Mutzbauer, as accessories after the facts, and I requested that a preliminary court investigation should be started and carried out, furthermore that a warrant of arrest should be issued against above accused for danger of prejudicing the course of justice.
I shall report about the progress of the proceedings.
The State prosecutor [Signed]: Wintersberger
Copy
Dachau, 17 May 1933
Protocol
Subject: Investigation and autopsy of Schloss, Louis, merchant from Nürnberg, deceased here by hanging.
Present: Court Counsellor [Amtsgerichtsrat] Dr. Guntz,
State court physician [Landgerichtsarzt] Dr. Flamm Instructor [Privatdozent] Dr. Mueller,
Secretary of Justice Bruecklmeier.
Above court committee went today at 3 P.M. to the autopsy room in the cemetery of the village of Dachau. There was the corpse of the widowed merchant Louis Schloss, who was found hanged in the concentration camp Dachau, Prittlbach community,
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on 16 May 1933 and whose corpse is known to the state court physician [Landgerichtsarzt] Dr. Flamm from the cadaver inspection which has taken place on 16 May 1933 in the concentration camp.
The participating police sergeant Frey of the police station Pasing took three photographs of the deceased and these will be explained as part of this copyi The photographs will be sent directly from the photographic office Pasing to the state prosecutor Munich II. '
Preliminary opinion
I. The death through hanging could not be proven by autopsy.
II. Extensive blood suffusions and whipmarks were found, particularly on the back, on the buttocks and on both arms, as well as on both Jegs, abdomen and. thorax to a minor extent. In the region of the buttocks and the shoulders extensive destruction of adipose tissue was found together with the blood suffusions. This is adequate to explain death through autointoxication and fat embolism.
III. The proof has to be brought forth by microscopic examination of the parts of organs.
IV. Following were preserved i the organs of the neck and thorax, parts of the brain, the spleen, liver and kidneys, as well as the strangulation mark on the neck and blood for bacteriological examination.
Finished at 18.10 hours.
Signed Dr. Flamm Signed: Dr. P. Mueller.
The Court Commission of the Court Dachau Signed: Dr. Guntz, Court Counsellor
Signed: Bruecklmeier, Secretary of Justice.