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The Twists and Turns of Denazification: The Case of Emil Viehmann, Gestapo Officer
Janina Maria Czernin
https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3062-0942
Frankfurt nad Menem, Republika Federalna Niemiec
Przegląd Archiwalny Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej, Vol. 18 (2025), pages: 369-424
Publication date: 2025-12-30
https://doi.org/10.48261/PAIPN251814
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Abstract
The article provides an overview of Emil Viehmann, a Gestapo officer in the time of the Third Reich; it also examines his post-war transformation into a police officer in a democratic state – the Federal Republic of Germany. It discusses his involvement in spreading terror amid Polish refugees during the German occupation of Hungary in 1944, as well as the way he portrayed his activities in the Nazi apparatus of repression during the post-war denazification process, and also in his capacity as a witness in the investigation into the persecution of Jews in Hungary. The text also describes the path Viehmann took in his efforts to regain the social standing he had previously held in the Third Reich, including, among other things, the restoration of his status as a civil servant. These issues are framed within the legal and socio-political context of denazification and the accountability for Nazi crimes in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Keywords
Emil Viehmann • Gestapo • III Rzesza • denazyfikacja • polscy uchodźcy na Węgrzech • okupacja Węgier • prześladowania Żydów • zbrodnie nazistowskie Emil Viehmann • Gestapo • Third Reich • denazification • Polish refugees in Hungary • occupation of Hungary • persecution of the Jews • Nazi crimes
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