Kurt Schrimm

Kurt Schrimm (born 29 June 1949 in Stuttgart) is a German prosecutor and since September 2000 he headed the Central Office of the State Justice Administrations for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes in Ludwigsburg.[1]

Life

Schrimm joined after studying law on 1 August 1979 in the higher judicial service of the State of Baden-Württemberg. He was a Gerichtsassessor at the Landgericht and the Stuttgart public prosecutor operates since 1982 as a prosecutor. 1986, the task of the public prosecutor for investigation of murder in connection with Nazi crimes of violence for the entire Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart was given to him. He was investigating the 1987 detainees and 1992 to life imprisonment sentenced oberscharführer Josef Schwammberger[2] and 1988 also against the international media as the "butcher of Genoa" designated Friedrich Engel[3] 1998th Schrimm was appointed attorney General and had by the end of September 2000 to the end of September 2015 for the successor Willi Dressen provide leadership of the Central office of the State Justice administration for the Investigation of national socialist crimes in Ludwigsburg. Schrimms successor in October 2015 Jens Rommel.[4] On 6 April 2013 Schrimm was as head of the Central Office announced that its authority preliminary investigations against 50 former overseer of | will initiate extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. The accusation loud on accessory to murder.[5] He considered it since the judgment against John Demjanjuk, the security guard at the Sobibor was, for promising to KZ- overseer to litigate. This also applies to the case when no testimony for a direct complicity available würden.[6]

Awards

2016 Schremm was awarded the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg.

Personal life

Kurt Schrimm is married and has two children.

Literature
  • Annette Weinke: A company is investigating itself, the history of the Central Office Ludwigsburg 1958-2008. (Research Centre Ludwigsburg; 13), Scientific book company, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-534-21950-6

References
  1. http://rt.com/news/germany-nazi-commander-us-189/
  2. Oberstaatsanwalt Jens Rommel wird neuer "Nazi-Jäger" auf http://www.merkur.de (13. Oktober 2015)
  3. Annette Weinke: Eine Gesellschaft ermittelt gegen sich selbst. Die Geschichte der Zentralen Stelle Ludwigsburg 1958-2008, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2008, S. 161 f.
  4. Oberstaatsanwalt Jens Rommel wird neuer "Nazi-Jäger" auf http://www.merkur.de (13. Oktober 2015)
  5. Fahnder sind 50 KZ-Aufsehern auf der Spur. In: tagesschau.de, 6. April 2013.
  6. Hunt for Nazi criminals: Investigators are 50 concentration camp guards on the trail. Investigators are 50 concentration camp overseers on the track . In: Spiegel Online, April 6, 2013
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