Amtsgericht (District Court) of Sokolov

Identifier
COLLECTION.SURV.SOkA_Sokolov/1260
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 1949
Level of Description
Fonds
Languages
  • German
  • Czech
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

20,78 linear meters

Acquisition

After 1945, the files were moved from the District Court to the building of the Regional Court in Cheb. In 1963, the files were taken over by the State Archives in Kadaň where the fonds was arranged and inventoried. In 1981, the fonds was handed over to the District Archives in Sokolov.

Scope and Content

The fonds includes documents of the Amtsgericht (District Court) in Sokolov from the period of the Nazi German occupation. Relevant information related to Jews can be found in the agendas of inheritance estates, litigations and seizures of property, land books and criminal proceedings.

System of Arrangement

The fonds of the Amtsgericht Sokolov includes books, registry finding aids and files (administrative matters, civil disputes, criminal matters and other undisputed matters, files of the inheritance court and files of the youth prison).

Finding Aids

  • ŠEVČÍKOVÁ L., Úřední soud Sokolov (1933) 1938-1945 (1949). Inventář, 1964, 17 s., ev. j. 14.

Process Info

  • This archival description was created by the Jewish Museum in Prague in the framework of the cooperation between EHRI and the Yerusha project.

Places

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