022: Kraus. Kraus Karl Gottliebovich (1905-1944). Personal file of a prisoner

Cover of personal file No. 3898 of prisoner Kraus Karl Gotlipovich.
Created on June 15, 1943. Contains notes on the death of a prisoner in 1944.

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Secret

Prisoner's personal file

Kraus Karl Gotlipovich

Started 15.06.1943 (?)

Finished ---

Arch. No. 3898

Handwritten inscriptions:

In the upper left corner (in purple pencil): "Died 3.4.44."

Below (in red pencil): "Died 1944"

Below (in ink): "from 3/4-44"

Resolution on the selection of a preventive measure for Kraus Karl Gottliebovich from May 29, 1943 in the village of Petropavlovskoye. Reason: escape from the place of settlement.

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APPROVED: Head of Tugansk ROM NKVD signature

ORDER on the selection of a preventive measure

s. Petropavlovskoye May 29, 1943

I, the operative of the Tugansk RO NKVD, lieutenant of police Ilyenchenko, having examined the case against Kraus Karl Gotlibovich, in which Kraus is convicted of having been exiled by decision of the government and settled in the Kozhevnikovsky district of the Narym district of the Novosibirsk region, from where Kraus Karl Gotlibovich fled without permission.

that is, in the crime provided for in Article 82 of the Criminal Code.

and, taking into account that Kraus Karl Gottliebovich escaped from a place of exile and does not have a fixed place of residence, he will be able to hide from the investigation and trial.

Based on Articles 147 and 158 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the RSFSR, it was decreed:

Measure of suppression of methods of evading investigation and trial Kraus Karl Gottliebovich, born in 1905, native of the Volga German ASSR, Markshtadt district, village of Orlovskoye, no permanent place of work, residing. [inaudible], has passport No. 648331 Ser. NAP [inaudible] issued on August 7, 1938, previously, according to his words, no convictions.

choose detention at the temporary detention facility of the Tugansk ROM NKVD with transfer via Tomsk prison to the disposal of the Chief of the Kozhevnikovskaya ROM NKVD of the Narym District.

AGREE: operative authorized officer of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Tugansk Regional Department of the NKVD signature

Captions:

In the upper right corner there is an inscription: I authorize the arrest [illegible] 30/V - 1943 and a round seal: Prosecutor of the Tugansky District of the Novosibirsk Region.

On the left is the second seal, illegible

Cover letter to the head of the Kozhevnikovsky ROM NKVD about sending materials on Kraus K. G., who was arrested for escape, and about the fact that he is being transported through Tomsk Prison No. 3.

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Stamp:

People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs

NKVD DEPARTMENT for the N-Siberian region, TUGANSKOE district department of the RK police.

June 10, 1943

No. —

To the Chief of the Kozhevnikovsky District Police Department, Kozhevnikovo village

Copy of the head of Tomsk prison No. 3 of the city of Tomsk

At the same time, the material on the detained by us Kraus Karl Gotlinovich is being sent to bring to justice at the place of his escape from the place of settlement... At the same time, we inform you that the detained Kraus Karl Gotlinovich is being transported with the first stage through Tomsk prison No. 3 to your disposal, who is then transferred to you for further detention.

Appendix: The following materials are on page 5 (?) and Kraus’ documents according to the search protocol.

For the head of Tugansky ROM NKVD Operative. Upol. UR

Senior lieutenant of police signature [Or???]

Questionnaire of the arrested Kraus Karl Gotlinovich. Contains basic biographical data, filled in from his words.

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ARRESTED PERSON'S QUESTIONNAIRE

Last name: Kraus

Name and patronymic: Karl Gotlinovich

Year and place of birth: Born in 1905, Orlovskoye village, Markshtadt district, Volga Germans

Permanent residence before arrest: none

Profession and specialty: none

Last place of work or occupation before arrest: none.

Nationality: German

Citizenship: USSR, passport: no

Party affiliation: no party affiliation (non-partisan)

Education: Illiterate

Social origin: peasant

Criminal record: no convictions

Drives: no

FAMILY COMPOSITION

Father: no

Mother: no

Wife (husband): Kraus Olga, 1915, [place of birth illegible], Samusky backwater

Children: no

Brothers, sisters: no

Right hand index finger print

Certificate for the personal file of prisoner Kraus K.G. for Tomsk Prison No. 3. Indicates that he is to be placed at the disposal of the prison as a defendant under Article 82 of the Criminal Code.

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Prison name: Tomsk No. 3

Certificate on personal file No. __ for prisoner Kraus Karl Gotlinovich.

Year of birth: 1905

Destination: mountains. Tomsk

To whose disposal: Head of Tomsk Prison No. 3

Investigative convict or exile: Investigative under Article 82 of the Criminal Code

Doctor's notes:

about health condition of prisoner: healthy

about passing sanitary treatment: passed

about the epidemiological well-being of the prison: epidemic diseases: no

Deputy Head of the Tugansk Regional Department of the NKVD

Senior lieutenant of police signature /Kozin/

Seals and stamps:

Left: round seal: "Tugansk RO NKVD USSR for Novosibirsk region".

Right: round seal, text illegible

Letter to the head of the prison department of the NKVD NSO comrade Bozhok in Novosibirsk about the fact that prisoner Kraus K.G. is being held in Tomsk prison No. 3, but no response has been received from the Kozhevnikovsky RO NKVD on his case.

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TO THE CHIEF OF THE PRISON DEPARTMENT OF THE NKVD OF THE NSO, CAPTAIN OF STATE SECURITY, COMRADE BOZHOK. City of Novosibirsk.

Prison No. 3 in Tomsk holds the following prisoner: KRAUS Karl Gotlibovich, arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department of the Tugansk RO NKVD on 29/V-43 under Art. 82 of the Criminal Code, and on 10/VI-43 the above-mentioned prisoner was transferred by the Tugansk RO NKVD to the head of the Kozhevnikovsky RO NKVD. On 17/VI-43 we sent a reminder under No. 3898(?) to the head of the Kozhevnikovsky RO NKVD, but the prison did not receive a response, and the prisoner continues to be held in violation of all norms of the Criminal Procedure Code. We ask for your intervention in this matter.

CHIEF OF PRISON #3 NKVD NSO STATE SECURITY CAPTAIN (VASILIEV)

Secretary (KRAVTSOVA)

Handwritten inscriptions:

In the upper left corner: "???start / ???? /№ 3898".

Persons mentioned:

• Bozhok is a captain of state security, head of the prison department of the NKVD NSO.
• Kraus Karl Gottliebovich - prisoner.
• Vasiliev is a captain of state security, head of prison No. 3.
• Kravtsova - secretary.

Cover letter to Tomsk Prison No. 3 from the Tugansk RO NKVD, stating that the investigation file on the accused Kraus K.G. under Article 82, Part 1 of the Criminal Code has been sent to the Kozhevnikovsky RO NKVD.

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Stamp:

USSR. NKVD.

NKVD Directorate for the Nizhny Novgorod-Siberian Region

Tugansky district department of the Republic of Kazakhstan police

February 5(?) 1944

No. 144

s. Tugan

Head of Tomsk Prison No. 3, city of Tomsk.

The Tugansk RO NKVD reports that the investigation case against Kraus Karl Gotlinovich, accused under Article 82, Part 1 of the Criminal Code, was sent by us on June 10, 1943 to the Chief of the Kasheven RO NKVD, and the accused Kraus Karl was transferred by us, as of June 10, 1943, to the Kasheven RO NKVD, which at the present time is listed under the Tugansk RO NKVD ... He is listed under the Kozhevnitskaya RO NKVD.

Senior Police Lieutenant [signature]

O/U UR Tugansky RONKVD Senior Police Lieutenant [signature]

Demand to the head of Tomsk Prison No. 3 from the Kozhevnikovsky RO NKVD to hand over to the convoy the pre-trial prisoner Kraus K.G. for further investigation.

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Stamp:
USSR. NKVD. UNKVD for the Novosibirsk region.
Kozhevnikovsky district department.

January 24, 1944

No. 79

s. Kozhevnikovo

To the Head of Tomsk Prison No. 3, Tomsk.

Please hand over to our convoy the prisoner of the KRAUS, Karl Gottliebovich, born in 1905, accused under Article 82, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR. For further investigation.

Deputy Chief of the Kozhevnikovsky RO NKVD Junior Technician Lieutenant signature / KROTOV/

Round seal: "NKVD. NKVD Directorate for Novosibirsk Region. Kozhevnikovsky District Department."

Persons mentioned:

• Kraus Karl Gottliebovich - a prisoner of pretrial detention.
• Krotov is a junior technician lieutenant, deputy head of the Kozhevnikovsky RO NKVD.

Resolution on the release of Kraus K.G. from custody for transfer to the disposal of the Kozhevnikovsky RO NKVD.

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Stamp:

USSR. NKVD. UNKVD for the Novosibirsk region.

Kozhevnikovsky district department.

January 31(?) 1944

No. 067(?)

s. Kozhevnikovo

Head of Tomsk Prison No. 3, Captain of State Security, Comrade VASILIEV. Tomsk, Novosibirsk Region.

I am sending you a resolution on the release from custody of the pre-trial detention facility held in prison No. 3 KRAUS, entrusted to you, Karl Gotlipovich.

I ask that KRAUS K. G. be released from custody, having taken from him a written undertaking to appear at the disposal of the Kozhevnikovsky RO NKVD.

Deputy Chief of the Kozhevnikovsky RO NKVD Junior Technician Lieutenant signature (KROTOV)

Inscription in the upper left corner: "in/x 57 31/I-44."

Persons mentioned:

• Vasiliev is a captain of state security, head of Tomsk Prison No. 3.
• Kraus Karl Gotlipovich - a prisoner of pretrial detention.
• Krotov is a junior technician lieutenant, deputy head of the Kozhevnikovsky RO NKVD.

Arrest order for Kraus K.G. from February 1944 on a new charge. While in prison No. 3, he is accused of counterrevolutionary pro-fascist agitation among cellmates (Article 58-10 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR), praising Hitler and the German army.

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I APPROVE:

DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE NKVD DEPARTMENT OF THE NSO STATE SECURITY MAJOR /KORNILEV/

I AUTHORIZE ARREST:

PROSECUTOR OF NOVOSIBIRSK REGION STATE COUNSELLOR OF JUSTICE III CLASS [signature]

DECREE / For arrest /

City. Tomsk Novosibirsk region "__" February 1944

I, Deputy Head of Prison No. 3 of the NKVD of the Novosibirsk Region, Junior Lieutenant of State Security BASHLYKOV, having reviewed the material on criminal activity:

KRAUSS Karl Gottliebovich, born in 1905, native of the village of Orlovskoye, Markshtatsky District, Volga German ASSR, German by nationality, citizen of the USSR, no permanent residence, illiterate, from the middle peasants, without a permanent place of residence or work, was exiled to the Kozhevnikovsky District of the Novosibirsk Region, from where he fled. For which he was arrested on 23.V.43 by the Tugansky ROM NKVD and charged under Art. 82, Part II of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR, and is currently being held in Prison No. 3 in Tomsk.

FOUND:

That KRAUSS, while under arrest in prison No. 3 of the NKVD NSO during November–December 1943, systematically carried out counter-revolutionary [pro-fascist] agitation among his cellmates, aimed at undermining the power of the Soviet state, for example:

In mid-November 1943, KRAUSS denigrated the Soviet government and the leaders of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), and made various insults against the leaders of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). Here he also praised the cannibal Hitler and his “order.”

In the last days of November 1943, KRAUSS slandered the Red Army and, on the contrary, praised the German army and its equipment, proving to his cellmates the inevitable defeat of the USSR in the modern war with Nazi Germany.

In the first days of December 1943, KRAUSS made slanderous statements about the Soviet government and the Red Army. At the same time, he praised the German army and the bandit Hitler.

In the last days of December 1943, KRAUSS expressed similar counter-intelligence fabrications, and simultaneously slandered the Soviet press.

The pro-fascist activities of KRAUSS are confirmed by the testimony of witnesses VYKHREST P.E., FEDOSEYEV A.K., RYABKOV T.P. and MAKARENKO A.I.

Based on the above

RESOLVED:

KRAUSS Karl Gottliebovich is to be arrested and searched.

Deputy Head of Prison No. 3 NKVD NSO Junior Lieutenant of State Security /Bashlykov/

AGREE: Head of Prison No. 3 NKVD NSO Captain of State Security /VASILIEV/

Head of the Prison Department of the NKVD of the Novosibirsk Region Major of State Security /BOZHOK/

Persons mentioned:

• Kraus Karl Gottliebovich - accused.
• Korniliev is a major of state security, deputy head of the NKVD NSO.
• Bashlykov is a junior lieutenant of state security, deputy head of prison No. 3.
• Vykhrest P.E., Fedoseeva A.K., Ryabkova T.P., Makarenko A.I. - witnesses.
• Vasiliev is a captain of state security, head of the prison.
• Bozhok is a major in state security, head of the prison department.

Resolution on the selection of a preventive measure from February 1944, duplicating the arrest resolution (Doc. 10). The basis is suspicion of crimes under Art. 58-10 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR and the possibility of hiding from the investigation.

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The text largely repeats the content of Sheet 14 and Sheet 15, including the names of Korniliev, Bashlykov, Vasiliev and Bozhok.

...

FOUND:

That KRAUSS Karl Gottliebovich is suspected of crimes under Article 58-10, Part II of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR and taking into account that KRAUSS, being in custody in prison on general grounds, may be transferred from prison and thereby hide from the investigation and trial...

RESOLVED:

The measure to prevent the methods of evading investigation and trial in relation to KRAUSS Karl Gottliebovich is to be held in custody in prison No. 3 of the NKVD NSO...

Persons mentioned:

• Kraus Karl Gottliebovich - accused.
• Korniliev is a major of state security, deputy head of the NKVD NSO.
• Bashlykov is a junior lieutenant of state security, deputy head of prison No. 3.
• Vasiliev is a captain of state security, head of prison No. 3.
• Bozhok is a major in state security, head of the prison department.

Registration and questionnaire card of prisoner Kraus K.G. Duplicates the main information from the questionnaire. Contains notes on movement between cells. The date and reason for departure are indicated - death.

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REGISTRATION CARD

Last name: Kraus

Name, patronymic: Karl Gotlipovich

Year of birth: 1905, 4. Place of birth: Orlovskoye village, German Volga region.

Nationality: German, 6. Citizenship: USSR

Social origin: peasant, 8. Education: m. literate
Profession, specialty: no.

Place of residence before arrest: no

Place of service before arrest: not employed

Marital status: single

When and where did you arrive: 15/VI-43 Tugan. RO

Admitted to prison on the basis of: decree.

Who is registered to: Kozhev. ROM NKVD

Placed in cell no: [movement notes]

TRANSFER NOTE

11/3-44 1 Next. Dept. UNKVD

concluded on 29/VI 1943 under Article 82 of the Criminal Code

On leaving prison: 3/IV-44 died

Head of the Prison Chancellery____

Medical examination report of the body of prisoner Karl Gottliebovich Kraus. The cause of death has been established.

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I approve the Head of Prison No. 3 of the NKVD Directorate for the Novosibirsk Region

Captain of State Security Comrade Vasiliev signature

ACT of medical examination of the corpse of a prisoner

Based on order No. 0457 and the order of the head of prison No. 3 of the NKVD Directorate for the Novosibirsk Region, state security captain comrade Vasiliev, I, as a doctor,

Yakimova, in the presence of DPNT Z comrade Katuntsev, examined the body of prisoner Kraus Karl Gatlipovich, born in 1905.

The corpse is male, of normal build. Tall, with severe emaciation. The scalp and face are pale, the mucous membrane of the lips is pale. The eyes and mouth are closed. The tongue is behind the teeth, the neck is intact. The chest is cylindrical. The ribs are sharply drawn inward. The intercostal spaces are also. The abdomen is sharply drawn in. The openings of the nose, ears and anus are without extraneous damage. The coverings of the upper and lower extremities are pale. The muscles of the entire corpse are atrophied. No other changes were found during external examination.

Based on the above and case history No. 165/23 , the death of prisoner Karl Gatlipovich Kraus was natural and occurred from Pellagra and exhaustion.

Acting Yakimova

DPNT Z Katuntsev

Persons mentioned:

• Vasiliev is a captain of state security, head of the prison.
• Yakimova is a doctor.
• Katuntsev - DPNT Z (on-duty assistant to the prison warden).
• Kraus Karl Gottliebovich - deceased prisoner.