Amtsgericht (District Court) of Vrchlabí

Identifier
COLLECTION.SURV.SOkA_Trutnov/2299
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 1897 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Fonds
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

25,93 linear meters

Acquisition

There is a finding aid for the fonds from 1971, but the current state of the fonds no longer corresponds to it. This is why a new arrangement was set up for the fonds and a new finding aid was produced in 2011–2012. There was no appraisal processing of archival material.

Scope and Content

The archival fonds of the Amtsgericht (district court) in Vrchlabí contains judicial administration records and includes the following relevant sources: the confiscation of Jewish property – general matters from 1939–1944, appendices from 1939–1943 (Box 1); a list of forced administrators in the jurisdiction of the Amtsgericht in Vrchlabí (Box 5), Jewish legal advisers, 1939–1943 (Box 25), care of property in absentia (Box 116), instructions for working meetings, circulars (including instructions for the handling of Jewish bank accounts, a list of Jews from 1941, instructions for the handling of property owned by enemies of the state), 1939–1944 (Box 151), the recording of the property of Czechs and Jews (a list only for Benecko), 1941 (Box 175), and the securing of Jewish property – specifically for the years 1941–1942 (Box 175).

System of Arrangement

The archival fonds of the Amtsgericht (district court) in Vrchlabí is arranged as follows: A) Registry aids – a) Civil court, b) Criminal court, c) Labour court. B) Files - a) Presidium files, b) Civil files, c) Criminal files, d) Debt relief office for homesteads, e) Court for handling inheritance estate matters, f) Labour court, g) Land book matters.

Finding Aids

  • VAŇKOVÁ V., Úřední soud Vrchlabí (1897) 1938 – 1945(1946). Prozatímní inventární seznam, 2012, 51 s., ev. č. 459.

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

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.