District Court in Łomża Sąd Okręgowy w Łomży (Sygn. SOŁ)
Extent and Medium
12,880 digital images, JPEG
13 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
Creator(s)
- Justin Kulikowska-Melion
Archival History
Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu
Acquisition
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.
Source of acquisition is the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu (IPN), Warsaw, Poland, Sygn. SOŁ. Records created by the District Court Łomża during the trials held from 1945 to 1960. The court proceedings later became a part of the court’s archives. Records were transferred to the IPN and eventually became a part of the Syg. SOŁ.The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in February 2010.
Scope and Content
Contains selected files of trials that took place in the District Court in Łomża, 1945–1969. These trials pertain to crimes committed against Jews and Poles by Germans and their collaborators during the German occupation. Most of investigation were discontinued. Trials were based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (“Sierpniówka”), issued by the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN), concerning the punishment of German 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.
System of Arrangement
Organized by the last name of defendants and the court case numbers. Records are arranged in the original order of their acquisition from the source archive. The museum has acquired only selected records from Institute of National Remembrance (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, or IPN). More information about this collection and other materials in the possession of the Institute of National Remembrance, including archival finding aids from the Archives of the Institute of National Remembrance, is available at the website: https://ipn.gov.pl
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu
Corporate Bodies
- Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego
Subjects
- Jews--Crimes against--Poland--History--20th century.
- War crimes--Poland--Województwo Podlaskie.
- War crime trials--Poland--Łomża.
- World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Poland--Województwo Podlaskie.
- War crimes trials
- War criminals--Poland--Województwo Podlaskie.
- Łomża Trials, Łomża, Poland, 1945-1969.
- Województwo Podlaskie (Poland)--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
- Justice, Administration of--Poland--Województwo Podlaskie.
- Łomża (Poland)
- Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--History.
- Courts
- War victims--Poland--Województwo Podlaskie.
- Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--History--20th century.
Genre
- Protocols.
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu