Files of Jews, from the Amtsgericht Tiergarten in Berlin The Amtsgericht Tiergarten was the Central Criminal Court (Zentrale Strafgericht) for all of Berlin - a unique phenomenon in Germany. At the Amtsgericht Tiergarten in Berlin, deliberations were held regarding files that arrived from all parts of the city. The files in this collection are therefore not files of the Court of Law in Tiergarten itself, but rather, files that arrived from the Amtsgerichte (Magistrate Courts) in Berlin, in most part from the Court of Law in Charlottenburg, and other files from the Berlin-Lichterfelde and Berlin-Mitte Courts of Law. Included in the files are documents related to trials of Jews, most of them young people and including those who were foreign citizens; the files include the verdicts or sentences (Strafbefehl). The main charges were for staying in Germany without the required documents (Passvergehen), or for theft (Diebstahl).