Stein Prison massacre

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The Stein Prison massacre and the subsequent Krems 'hare hunt' (collectively referred to as the Krems prisoner murders) were crimes committed in Nazi Austria in and around Krems an der Donau, in which between 400 and 500 inmates (many of them political prisoners) of Stein Prison, as well as several judicial officers and civilians, were summarily executed or disappeared between 6 April 1945 and the following days. At the direction of Nazi Party officials, the murders were primarily carried-out by Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS troops, assisted by prison guards, police personnel and militiamen of the Volkssturm. In the post-war period, the Austrian and West German judicial systems categorized criminal acts committed during the final stages of the Second World War as 'end-phase crimes' (Endphaseverbrechen), a classification that was frequently regarded as a mitigating factor in legal proceedings. Fifteen individuals were ultimately criminally charged concerning the massacre; Five were sentenced to death, five were sentenced to life imprisonment, one was sentenced to a three-year prison sentence, and four were acquitted. Several others evaded criminal charges by committing suicide.