Dr Heinz Peter Longerich

expert witness

1,727 turns
3 sitting days
Longerich (i) — Hitler’s role in the persecution of the Jews

Dr Heinz Peter Longerich, professor of modern German history at Royal Holloway. Defence expert. Two reports: Hitler’s role in the persecution of the Jews and The systematic character of the National Socialist policy of extermination.

Where they spoke

Each cell = one of the 32 sitting days. Bar height = share of that day's turns spoken.

Day	Date	Turns	First line	Chapters spoken in
Day 24	23 Feb	651	L0044	Peter Longerich sworn — defence's third historian witnessTranslation of 'Vernichtung' and 'Ausrotten''Ausrottung' in Hitler's speechesLongerich's glossary — Nazi euphemisms for murderProscription of 'liquidierung'; 'Umsiedlung' as deportation'Vernichtung' in Clausewitz + Robert LeyHitler's and Nazi leaders' antisemitism + MadagascarAfternoon — was the German attack on the Soviets preventive?Reliability of the Ordnungspolizei decodes
Day 25	24 Feb	589	L0020	Longerich recalled — IfZ manuscripts + Karl WolffCrematoria for disease vs exterminationSecondary sources + Bach-Zelewski war crimesEyewitness accounts + Hitler's knowledgeMüller letter — Hitler's awareness, 'Frühjahr' translationAfternoon — Wolff document administrative detailHistorical knowledge of the Final SolutionRosenberg press conference + 'Ausmerzung'Timing of the Final Solution
Day 26	28 Feb	487	L0009	Procedural opening + Longerich's corrections from previous dayLongerich: prior-day correction on Himmler 30 November 1941 phone call'Vernichtung durch Arbeit'Rampton cross-examines LongerichAltemeyer/Bruns correspondenceIrving's submissions + concerns