Overview
- Description
- Selected records of the Public Prosecutor at the District Court of Berlin relating to criminal cases concerning crimes against humanity, war crimes trials, and Nazi crimes against Jews, homosexuals, Sinti and Roma, the disabled, political prisoners, Jehovah’s witnesses, forced laborers, as well as documents regarding euthanasia facilities, ghettos, concentration camps and prisons. Includes interrogations, testimonies, judicial examinations of war criminals and witnesses; reports of the International Tracing Service Arolsen about concentration camps, documents on deportation of Berlin Jews to Riga, Reval, Kowno, Trawniki and Izbica; correspondence with the Attorney Dr. Robert M.W. Kempner and dr. Carl Brinitzer; the verdict of the District Court of Jerusalem against Adolf Eichmann; "Chronicle of Auschwitz" by Dr. Otto Wolkenand; and other supporting documents relating to matters of war crimes.
- Alternate Title
- Public Prosecutor Office District Court of Berlin
- Date
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inclusive:
1933-1946
bulk: 1950-1979
- Collection Creator
- Staatsanwaltschaft beim Landgericht Berlin
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Protocols. Reports. Testimonies.
- Extent
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155 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged by names of criminals, case titles, and names of witnesses. Partially organized in alphabetical order.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. Users are required to complete and sign a User Declaration in order to gain access to the collection.
- Conditions on Use
- These files may contain personal, partly intimate information on various persons. If these persons were born less than 90 years ago or died less than ten years ago, their personal data need to be protected. Users are obliged to treat these data confidentially and to refrain from sharing copies they might produce with third parties. If used in publications, personal information is to be anonymized. The copies of published books or articles based on these records should be sent to the State Archive Berlin (Landesarchiv Berlin). No reproduction of microfilms for third parties, or publication of documents without written consent by Landesarchiv Berlin.
- Copyright Holder
- Landesarchiv Berlin
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Europe. World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Europe. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Europe. War criminals--Germany--History--20th century. War crimes investigation--Germany--History--20th century. Crime and criminals--Europe--History--20th century. Crimes against humanity--Europe--History--20th century. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Geographic Name
- Germany--Politics and government--1945-1990. Germany--History--1933-1945. Europe--History--German occupation, 1939-1945.
- Corporate Name
- International Tracing Service
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Landesarchiv Berlin
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Landesarchiv Berlin, Germany. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Aug. 2018.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 09:53:50
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