Overview
- Description
- The collection consists of 390 file volumes with documents from defence lawyers from trials against German defendants in court in Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Yugoslavia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Soviet Union, and Czechoslovakia. The largest proportion of the documents is from trials in France and Luxembourg.
The trials took place between 1946 and 1960. About 90 % of the files come from law firms of the following lawyers: Dr. Kurt Behling, Berlin (148 volumes), P. H. Gordan, Gießen (8 volumes), Prof. Dr. Carl Haensel, Freiburg (11 volumes), Dr. Kurt Heim, Trier (82 volumes), Prof. Dr. Erich Schwinge, Marburg (5 volumes), Dr. Robert Servatius, Cologne (103 volumes). In addition to the defence counsel documents, this collection also contains copies of documents from various other collections of the German Federal Archives, from public prosecutors as well as from other archives. Includs minutes of meetings, final speeches of the defence and of the prosecution, first of all there are legal protection documents, in particular correspondence with the defendants, their relatives and also with state-run and church-based legal protection offices and the legal protection office of the German Red Cross, furthermore interrogation protocols of defence witnesses, declarations in lieu of oath, transcripts and photocopies from prosecution files as well as personal documents of defendants. - Date
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inclusive:
1919-1945
bulk: 1946-1960
Physical Details
- Extent
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62,453 digital images : JPEG ; 229 GB.
62 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
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
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. World War, 1939-1945--Trials, litigation, etc. War crime trials--Austria. War crime trials--Belgium. War crime trials--Czech Republic. War crime trials--Denmark. War crime trials--France. War crime trials--Greece. War crime trials--Italy. War crime trials--Luxembourg. War crime trials--Netherlands. War crime trials--Norway. War crime trials--Poland. War crime trials--Soviet Union. War crime trials--Switzerland. War crime trials--Yugoslavia. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe--History.
- Geographic Name
- Austria--History--German occupation, 1940-1945. Belgium--History--German occupation, 1940-1945. Denmark--History--German occupation, 1940-1945. France--German occupation, 1940-1945. Greece--History--Occupation, 1941-1944. Italy--History--German occupation, 1943-1945. Luxembourg--History--German occupation, 1940-1944. Netherlands--History--German occuopation, 1940-1945. Norway--History--German occupation, 1940-1945. Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945 . Soviet Union--History--German occupation, 1941-1944. Switzerland--History--20th century. Yugoslavia--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Bundesarchiv (Germany)
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Bundesarchiv Berlin, Germany (Federal Archive). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in August 2018, and accretion in March 2019.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:19:35
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