Overview
- Description
- Contain approximately 600 files (30,000 pages) of the chief prosecutor at the German supreme court during the Reichstag Fire prosecutions; over 300 additional files on the ensuing repression of the Social Democratic and Communist Parties. The Reichstag fire trial held before the Supreme court of the German Reich began September 21, 1933; the accused being Marinus van der Lubbe, Ernst Torgler, Georgi Dimitrov, Blagoi Popov and Vasil Tanev. The concluding day of the trial, December 23, 1933, presiding Justice Wilhelm Bünger pronounced the verdict guilty against van der Lubbe for high treason, insurrectionary arson and attempted common arson. The other defendants were acquitted. On January 19,1934 the condemned was sentenced to death.
- Date
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inclusive:
1933-1945
- Reference
- The Reichstag fire trial : the second Brown book of the Hitler terror based on material collected by the World Committee for the Relief of the Victims of German Fascism. An introductory chapter specially written for the book by Georgi Dimitrov ; a
foreword by D. N. Pritt, K.C. ; an appendix on murder in Hitler-Germany introduced by Lion Feuchtwanger. London : John Lane, 1934.
Physical Details
- Extent
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55,470 digital images : JPEG ; 350 GB.
51 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
2 CD-ROM.
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is thematic.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. To access Bundesarchiv collections researchers must fill out a "Request for Access to Bundesarchiv Documents." German and English-language copies of the "Law on the Preservation and Use of Federal Archival Documents" are available at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives reference desk. The requirement was stipulated by the Bundesarchiv in the cooperative agreement signed with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- Conditions on Use
- Requests for reproduction must be directed to the Bundesarchiv. A copy of all publications based on its material must be provided to the Bundesarchiv. Researchers may not publish any Bundesarchiv material on the Internet, the World Wide Web, or any other publicly accessible on-line network without permission from the Bundesarchiv.
- Copyright Holder
- Bundesarchiv (Germany)
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Reichstag Fire Trial, Leipzig, Germany, 1933. Communists--Germany. National socialism. Trials (Arson)--Germany. Communist parties.
- Geographic Name
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945. Germany
- Personal Name
- Lubbe, Marinus van der, 1909-1934. Torgler, Ernst, 1893-1963. Dimitrov, Georgi, 1882-1949. Popov, Blagoĭ, 1902- Tanev, Vasil. Bünger, Wilhelm, 1870-1937. Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
- Corporate Name
- Nazi Party Social Democratic Party of Germany
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Bundesarchiv (Germany)
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Bundesarchiv; Record Group R 3003. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in Jan 2011. The entire collection was digitized in 2012.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 13:10:02
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