Overview
- Description
- Postwar court records of Nazi-related cases in the state court in Feldkirch, Austria. Contains a court case against August Kűng, a member of the Stryj gendarmerie, Ukraine (Stryj district: Zawadow [Zavadiv], Mykolaiv [Mykolaiv] and Rozvadov) from the end of August 1941 to the beginning of January 1943 (one file). Kűng was involved in German violent crimes against Jews.
- Date
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inclusive:
1973-1978
- Collection Creator
- Landesgericht Feldkirch
Physical Details
- Extent
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861 digital images : JPEG.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in one group: 1. LG Feldkirch Vr 730/73 gg. August Kűng (Beteiligung an NS-Gewaltverbrechen an Jüdinnen und Juden als Angehöriger der Gendarmeriedienststelle Stryj, Ukraine (Kreis Stryj: Zawadow [Zavadiv], Mykolajiw [Mykolajiw] und Rozvadov) von Ende August 1941 bis Anfang Jänner 1943) [one file].
Organized chronologically and by the court case. 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 and are also available as a separate finding aid.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. These court cases are closed for 50 years after the last year of a given case. Researchers may access the reproductions if they have written permission from the source archive (Landesgericht Feldkirch).
- Conditions on Use
- Publication or use of documents for commercial purposes requires written permission. Users should contact the Landesgericht Feldkirch.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- War crimes investigation--Austria. War crime trials--Austria--History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Russia. War crime trials--Austria--History--20th century. War criminals--Austria--History--20th century. Jews--Persecutions--Europe--History--20th century. War victims--Legal status, laws, etc.--Austria. Trials (Crimes against humanity)--Austria. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe--History. Executive departments.
- Geographic Name
- Austria--Politics and government--20th century. Mykolaïv (Mykolaïvsʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine) Stryĭ (Ukraine) Austria.
- Personal Name
- Küng, August.
- Corporate Name
- Ministry of Justice (Austria)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Landesgericht Feldkirch
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Landesgericht Feldkirch (State Court in Feldkirch), Vorarlberg, Austria. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in June 2020.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-07-06 14:22:48
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn720335
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