Overview
- Description
- Contains investigation materials, evidence, and court documents relating to the trial of Albert Forster. Includes preliminary hearings and presentation of evidence against Albert Forster, trial protocols, testimonies of Polish legal and medical expert witnesses, German documents on restrictions on use of the Polish language, on Polish citizens, and informatoin about the germanization of Polish children; personal documents and speeches of Albert Forster, names lists of Poles killed by Germans, names lists of Poles enrolled in the "Volksliste," census of 1939 of Gdansk and West Prussia, press clippings, and the actual trial and sentencing of Albert Forster.
- Alternate Title
- Trial against Albert Forster
- Date
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inclusive:
1946-1948
- 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. Najwy?szy Trybuna? Narodowy
- Biography
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The Supreme National Tribunal (Najwyższy Trybunał Narodowy, NTN) was a war crimes tribunal active in Poland from 1946 to 1948. The Tribunal's aims and purpose were defined by the State National Council in the Decrees of 22 January and 17 October 1946 and 11 April 1947. The new law was based on the earlier Decree of 31 August 1944 (Sierpniówka) issued by the new Polish pro-Soviet government, with jurisdiction over Nazi criminals and traitors to the Polish nation. The tribunal presided over seven high-profile cases (Total of 49 individuals).
Physical Details
- Extent
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14,099 digital images : PDF ; 2.34 GB .
14 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in two series: Series 1, Preliminary hearings and presentation of evidence against Albert Forster (Reel 1-11, NTN evidence books 176 - 232/ volumes 1-17); Series 2, Trial and sentencing of Albert Forster (Reel 12-14, NTN evidence books 233- 238/ volumes1-10).
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--Atrocities--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Investigations. War crime trials--Poland--History--20th century. Crimes against humanity--Poland. War criminals--Poland--Trials, litigation, etc. Germanization--Poland--History--20th century. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Gdańsk.
- Geographic Name
- Bydgoszcz (Poland) Gdańsk (Poland) Grudziądz (Poland) Lipno (Poland) Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Poland--History--World War, 1939-1945--Trials, litigation, etc. Prussia, West (Poland) Ryjewo (Poland) Solec (Poland) Tczew (Poland) Toruń (Poland) Tuchola (Województwo Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland)
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 the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej – Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, Sygn. GK 196 (NTN File 176-238).The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Programs in December 1998, and accretion of digital images in 2014. The digitized collection contains the same files as sent on microfilms in 1998.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:06:11
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