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SS DR. JOSEF WITISKA-HERMANN HOFLE DOCUMENT/
- Dr. Witiska (1894-1946). SS-Standartenführer, leader of the staff / BdS. Slovakia.
- Höfle (1911-1962). SS-Sturmbannführer and head of the main department “Aktion Reinhardt”, Higher SS and Police Leader Slovakia.
Cover sheet of the list of proposals for the award of the EK2, issued November 19, 1944, SIGNED Dr. Witiska / Preßburg, 11/27/44,SIGNED Höfle
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Höfle did not officially join the Nazi Party until May 1937 (membership number: 3,924,970) and joined the SS in July 1943 after a request from Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler (membership number: 463,093). From September 1943 to October 1944 he served as HSSPF “Mitte” from a base in Braunschweig. From late September 1944 to the end of World War II, he filled a similar role in Slovakia. In this position he played a leading role in the suppression of the Slovak National Uprising. Arrested by the Czechoslovakian authorities, he was tried along with Hanns Ludin. Both were sentenced to death and executed on 9 December 1947.However, some sources claim that he died in custody on 3 December

From September 10, 1944 Witiska was deployed as head of Einsatzgruppe H in Slovakia . Following the impetus of the Einsatzgruppen and cooperating with it Hlinka Guard incipient persecution of Jews alone almost 9,000 Jews from Slovakia over camp in which were concentration camp Auschwitz , Sachsenhausen , and the Theresienstadt ghetto deported. In addition to the Jews transferred to the concentration camps, there were thousands more victims, including Jewish ones. Witiska held the post of Commander of the Security Police (BdS) in Slovakia from mid-November 1944.[2]

After the war he was arrested and interned in the American zone of occupation. Before being extradited to Czechoslovakia , he committed suicide . The Graz Regional Court declared Witiska officially dead on November 6, 1947