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Selected records from the Sąd Okręgowy w Zamościu (Sygn. GK 299)

Document | Accession Number: 2012.127 | RG Number: RG-15.224M

Records from trials at the District Court in Zamość, 1945‒1966, for crimes committed by the Germans and their collaborators. Prosecutions based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (Sierpniówka) of the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN, Polish Committee of National Liberation), one of the world's first laws on liability for crimes of World War II. Decree also applied against former partisans of the anti-Communist Armia Krajowa, or Home Army, whom Stalinist propaganda portrayed as collaborators.

Collection Subtitle
District Court in Zamość
Date
1945-1956  (inclusive)
Language
Polish
Russian
Genre/Form
Reports.
Protocols.
Extent
13,811 digital images : JPEG ; 32.5 GB .
13 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 Zamościu
System of Arrangement
The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. Arrangement is numerical by the court files, and mainly alphabetical by names of defendants.
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 Instytut Pamięci Narodowej, IPN (Institute of National Remembrance), Poland, Sygn. GK 299. Records created by the District Court in Zamość, Poland, and later transferred by the court’s archives to the IPN. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the IPN via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in July 2012.

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: 2017-09-26 19:07:01
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