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Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie (Sygn. SOW)

Document | Accession Number: 2010.12 | RG Number: RG-15.156M

Contains selected files of criminal trials conducted at the District Court in Warsaw during the years 1945-1969. These trials pertain to crimes committed against Jews and Poles during the German occupation. Trials were based on 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. "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 40’s and 50’s attempted to portray as German collaborators.

Collection Subtitle
District Court in Warsaw
Date
1945-1960  (inclusive)
Language
Polish
Genre/Form
Reports.
Protocols.
Extent
20,346 digital images : JPEG ; 93.7 GB.
21 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
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.
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About This Document

Document Creator
Poland. Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie
System of Arrangement
Organized in alphabetical order by the last name of defendants and court case numbers.
Special Collection
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Source of acquisition is the Institute of National Remembrance - Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation (IPN) Warsaw, Poland, Sygn. SOW. Records created by the District Court in Warsaw 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 Syg. SOW.The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in February 2010.

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright Holder
Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu
Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
Restrictions on use. Publication or copying of documents for a third party requires written permission from Instytut Pamięci Narodowej – Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu (IPN in Warsaw, Poland.
 
Record last modified: 2017-08-08 12:18:51
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