Overview
- Description
- This collection consists of files of the Special Court in Łódź, as well as the files of the Landgericht (District Court) and Amtsgericht. Along with the court files there are also reference files of the prosecutor. The collection consists of selected files: all cases related to the resistance movement have been copied, as well as those related to political activity, religious activity and, widely considered Jewish matters. Other cases were illustrated as examples in some dozen cases. Thus, for example,. illegal trade, illegal slaughter, illegal manufacture of vodka and other crimes of economic character represented by Polish or German defendants, as well as individual Jews (if they participated in those cases). The selection of cases in various categories is of a typical character.
- Alternate Title
- Sondergericht Litzmannstadt
Special Court Litzmannstadt - Date
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inclusive:
1939-1945
- 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 Specjalny w ?odzi.
- Biography
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The Special Court (Sondergericht) was established on Sept. 22 1939, when the first group of judges arrived in Łódź, headed by the Director of the national court, Dr. Artur Welz. The Sondergericht judged economic cases, political cases (e.g. possession of a weapon, criticism of the Nazi regime, radio monitoring, contacts with P.O.W.s, assistance to the persecuted), as well as crimes against good morals. The Sondergericht covered the area of Łódź and neighboring counties. Its main objective was to adjudicate in cases concerning crimes against the state and regime. There was no appeal against the verdicts.
- Reference
- J. Waszczyński. Z działalności hitlerowskiego Sądu Specjalnego w Łodzi w Łodzi (1939-1945). „Biuletyn Głównej Komisji Badania Zbrodni Hitlerowskich w Polsce”, t. XXIV, 1972)
Prasa hitlerowska o wyrokach Sondergerichtu (Sądu Specjalnego) w Łodzi. „Rocznik Łódzki”, t. XVI, 1972.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Indictments. Registers.
- Extent
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96,232 digital images : JPEG ; 1.92 TB .
- System of Arrangement
- The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved on the microfilm reels. Arranged in three series: 1. Cases related to resistant movement; 2. Jewish matters; 3. Selection of various cases related to Poles, Jews, Germans and other nationalities. Records are selected from the original record group as representation of the whole original collection.
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
- World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Investigations. Polish people--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Łódź--History--20th century--Registers. Germans--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Łódź--History--20th century--Registers. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Łódź--History--20th century--Registers. Criminal justice, Administration of--Poland--Łódź. War victims--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Łódź. Prisoners of war--Poland--Łódź. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Łódź. Courts War crime trials
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- After the liberation, the archives were protected by the Polish authorities, and in 1945-1953 were kept by the archives of the District Court in Łódź, then by the Provincial Court. Finally after initial arrangement archives were transferred to the State Archive in Łódź (Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi). Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi, Poland, Sygn.196. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2014.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-27 08:48:16
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