District Court in Wrocław Sąd Okręgowy we Wrocławiu (SOWr), Sygn. GK 298
Extent and Medium
6,668 digital images, JPEG
7 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
Creator(s)
- Poland. S?d Okr?gowy we Wroc?awiu.
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, Warsaw, Poland, Sygn. GK 298 (SOWr), created by the District Court in Wrocław. 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 conducted in the District Court in Wrocław during the years 1947-1949. 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
- War crime trials
- Courts
- Wrocław Trials, Wrocław, Poland, 1945-1949.
- War criminals--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Województwo Wrocławskie (Poland)--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
- War victims--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland.
- Wrocław (Poland)
- War crime trials--Poland--Wrocław.
- Wrocław (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