Overview
- Description
- Contains selected files of the Sąd Okręgowy w Łodzi (District Court in Łódź) during the years 1945-1956. These trials refer to the Decree of August 31, 1944 ("Sierpniówka"), issued by the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN), concerning the punishment of war criminals guilty of murders and persecution of civilians and prisoners of war, and the punishment of traitors to the Polish nation. The "Sierpniówka" was one of the world's first legislation on liability for war crimes committed during World War II. This decree also applied to soldiers of the Home Army (Armia Krajowa) whom the Communist propaganda in the 40s and 50s attempted to portray as German collaborators. Microfilmed files refer to crimes committed against Jews and Poles by Germans and their collaborators during the German occupation.
- Alternate Title
- District Court in Łódź
- Date
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inclusive:
1945-1956
- Credit Line
- Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Collection Creator
- Poland. S?d Okr?gowy w ?odzi
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Protocols.
- Extent
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22,904 digital images : JPEG ; 51.7 GB.
20 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- This collection is arranged alphabetically by the defendant surnames, and court case numbers.
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
- World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Investigations. World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--Poland. Jews--Crimes against--Poland--Łódź--Registers. Polish people--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--History. War crime trials--Poland--Łódź. War criminals--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Łódź. War victims--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Łódź. War criminals--Government policy--Poland. Prisoners of war--Poland--Łódź. Criminal justice, Administration of--Poland--Łódź. Communism--Poland--History--20th century. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland. Courts War crimes trials
- Personal Name
- Biebow, Hans, 1902-1947--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Corporate Name
- Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego Gablonz (Concentration camp)
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, Sygn. 261. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Dec. 2013.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 12:52:24
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