District Court in Lublin (SOL) Sąd Okręgowy w Lublinie (SOL), Sygn. GK 259
Extent and Medium
17,666 digital images, JPEG
17 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
Creator(s)
- Poland. S?d Okr?gowy w Lublinie.
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 the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, Warsaw, Poland, Sygn. GK 259 (SOL), created by the District Court in Lublin. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Programs in September 2010.
Scope and Content
Contains selected files of criminal trials created by the District Court in Lublin during the years 1945-1969. These trials pertain to crimes committed against Jews and Poles in Poland during the German occupation. 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
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
- Lublin Trials, Lublin, Poland, 1945-1950.
- War victims--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland.
- Courts
- War crime trials--Poland--Lublin--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Województwo Lubelskie (Poland)--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Investigations.
- Lublin (Poland)--History--20th century.
- War crimes trials
- War criminals--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Crimes against humanity--Poland--History--20th century.
- Lublin (Poland)
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939--1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
Genre
- Document
- Protocols.
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