Overview
- Description
- Contains selected files of criminal trials conducted at the District Court in Warsaw during the years 1946-1956. These trials pertain to crimes committed against Jews and Poles during the German occupation in Poland. Trials were based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (“Sierpniówka”), issued by the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN), concerning the punishment of war criminals guilty of murders and persecution of civilians and prisoners of war, and the punishment of traitors to the Polish Nation. "Sierpniówka" was one of the world's first legislation on liability for war crimes committed during World War II. This decree also applied to soldiers of the Home Army (Armia Krajowa) whom the Communist propaganda in the 40’s and 50’s attempted to portray as German collaborators.
- Alternate Title
- District Court in Warsaw
- Date
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inclusive:
1946-1956
- 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. S?d Okr?gowy w Warszawie
Physical Details
- Language
- Polish
- Genre/Form
- Reports. Protocols.
- Extent
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86,908 digital images.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in alphabetical order by the last name of defendants and court case numbers.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Reproduction of more than 100 pages of copies of documents for researchers or other institutions requires a written permission of the General Director of the State Archives of the Republic of Poland. Publication of more than 10 complete documents in an individual work requires the written authorization of the General Director. The Museum may not publish any archival material obtained from the General Director, including specific archives under his control, on the Internet, the World Wide Web, or any other publicly accessible on-line network without the written permission of the General Director. Citation of the materials in any publication must refer to the Museum and the Polish State Archives and must include the name of the archival group and catalogue number of the originals.
- Copyright Holder
- Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Justice, Administration of--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Poland. War crime trials--Poland--Warsaw. War crimes--Poland. War criminals--Poland. War victims--Poland. Poles--Poland--History--1933-1945. Jews--Poland--History--1933-1945. Courts War crime trials
- Geographic Name
- Poland--History--German occupation, 1941-1944. Poland--Politics and government--1933-1945. Warsaw (Poland)
- Corporate Name
- Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe m. st. Warszawy, Sygn. 654/III. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Dec. 2013.
- Special Collection
-
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 12:52:24
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