Overview
- Description
- Files of the Provincial Court in Lublin, trial of Teodor Dak ("Krakus," d. 1974), for participation in "pacification" of Polish civilians 1943‒1944 while in the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) near Tudorkowice, Sztychorów (now Ukraine), Hunistyń (Hrubieszów county), and Chłaniów (Krasnystaw county). Dak charged under Decree of August 31, 1944 (“Sierpniówka,” issued by Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego regarding Nazi criminals guilty of murders and persecution of civilians and prisoners of war, and punishment of traitors to the Polish nation). Dak sentenced in 1972 under Article IV of the Penal Code (31/70) to 25-years, loss of citizenship rights, and confiscation of property; after appeal, Supreme Court Warsaw upheld (1972) verdict. He died in 1974.
- Alternate Title
- Provincial Court in Lublin. Trial of Teodor Dak.
- Date
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inclusive:
1963-1974
- Collection Creator
- Poland. S?d Wojewódzki w Lublinie
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Protocols. Reports.
- Extent
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2,929 digital images : PDF ; 1.37 GB .
1 DVD-ROM ; 4 3/4 in...
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged by the case file numbers: File 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, and 295. File 294 is missing in this collection.
Records are arranged in the original order of their acquisition from the source archive. The museum has acquired only selected records from Institute of National Remembrance (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, or IPN). More information about this collection and other materials in the possession of the Institute of National Remembrance, including archival finding aids from the Archives of the Institute of National Remembrance, is available at the website: https://ipn.gov.pl
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. Researchers must complete and sign a User Declaration form before access is granted to materials from the Institute of National Remembrance (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej).
- Conditions on Use
- 1. Each researcher using the materials obtained from the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) or materials whose originals belong to the IPN must complete the registration procedure required by USHMM.
2. Publication or reproduction of documents (in the original language, in facsimile form or in the form of a translation of an excerpt or of the entire document) or making them available to a third party in any form requires the written consent of the Institute of National Remembrance (archiwumipn@ipn.gov.pl). The use of an excerpt defined as the fair use right to quote does not require obtaining consent.
3. Researchers assume all responsibility for the use of materials that belong to the Institute of National Remembrance.
4. References to documents that belong to the Institute of National Remembrance must cite the Institute of National Remembrance as the owner of the original documents and include the full reference citation of the Institute of National Remembrance in the citations. - Copyright Holder
- Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Justice, Administration of--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Poland. War crime trials--Poland--Warsaw. War criminals--Legal status, laws, etc. Courts War crime trials
- Geographic Name
- Poland--History--German occupation, 1941-1944. Poland--Politics and government--1933-1945. Województwo Lubelskie (Poland)--History--German occupation, 1941-1944. Tuderkowice (Ukraine) Sztychtory (Ukraine) Starogard (Poland) Huniatyn (Poland) Chłaniów (Poland) Szarbia. Lublin (Poland)
- Personal Name
- Dak, Teodor.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu (Institute of National Remembrance-Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation) (IPN) Warsaw, Poland, Sygn. 309. Records created by the Provincial Court in Lublin during the trials conducted from 1945 to 1960. The court proceedings later became a part of the court’s archives. Records were transferred to the IPN and eventually became a part of the Sygn. 309.The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in July 2013.
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- 2023-06-27 08:54:47
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