After serving in the Wehrmacht, the two convicted men joined the fascist police in 1937. Their battalion was deployed in the territories occupied by the Nazi regime. While stationed in Lodz (Litzmannstadt) between 1939 and 1940, the two men participated in several execution squads, during which they each personally shot and killed several Polish citizens. In total, they participated in the murder of over 100 people. They were convicted of multiple counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Their appeal was denied.

Art. 6 lit. b, lit. c of the Charter of the International Military Tribunal, Art. 8, 91 VerfDDR, §§ 91 I, 93 II StGB, § 1 VI EGStGBuZPO, Convention of the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity