Overview
- Description
- Postwar court and investigative records of Nazi-related cases in Styria, Austria for the years 1954 to 1992. The collection includes court case against Franz Murer, the deputy of the SS commandant of the Vilna (Vilnius) ghetto ("Stellvertreter und/oder Adjutant des Gebietskommissars der Stadt Wilna und Referent für Jüdische Angelegenheiten"); includes both cases that did and did not reach verdicts.
- Alternate Title
- State Court Graz: Nazi-related court cases
- Date
-
inclusive:
1954-1992
- Collection Creator
- Landesgericht für Strafsachen Graz
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Court records.
- Extent
-
51,406 digital images : JPEG ; 564 GB .
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged chronologically and by court cases. The cover sheet precedes each case file. Files include the name and personal data of each defendant, a summary of the case including the criminal charges, a description of the crime(s), as well as the judicial history of each case. These cover sheets were digitized at the beginning of each file.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. Court cases from the State Court Graz are closed for 50 years after the starting year of a given case (the year used for the file and on the electronic folders). Therefore, all cases from 1953 to 1971 are publicly accessible under fair use restrictions as of January 1, 2021. Research access to cases that still fall under the 50-year restriction require written permission from the State Court Graz.
- Conditions on Use
- Publication or use of documents for commercial purposes requires written permission. Users should contact the Research Agency for Austrian Post-War Justice (Forschungsstelle österreichische Nachkriegsjustiz) for further guidance.
- Copyright Holder
- Landesgericht für Strafsachen Graz
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Europe. World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--Austria. War criminals--Austria. War crime trials--Austria. War victims--Legal status, laws, etc.--Austria. Trials (Crimes against humanity)--Austria. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--History.
- Geographic Name
- Austria--Politics and government--20th century. Styria (Austria)
- Personal Name
- Murer, Franz, 1912-1994.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Landesgericht für Strafsachen Graz
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Landesgericht für Strafsachen Graz (State Court Graz), Austria. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in September 2013, and accretion in May 2017.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:53:51
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn61127
Download & Licensing
- See Rights and Restrictions
- Terms of Use
- This record is digitized but cannot be downloaded online.
In-Person Research
- Requires Research Visit
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-
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