The Peoples' Court in Linz (court cases with a verdict and court cases without a verdict) Volksgericht Linz (Verfahren mit Urteil and Verfahren ohne Urteil)

Identifier
irn42373
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.75
  • RG-17.034
Dates
1 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1955
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42373

Extent and Medium

32,450 digital files, JPEG

Archival History

Oberösterreichisches Landesarchiv

Acquisition

Records created by the People's Court in Linz, Austria, 1946-1955. The digitization of the post-war Linz court case files was done as a research and digitization project by the Zentrale österreichische Forschungsstelle Nachkriegsjustiz (Austrian Research Agency for Post-War Trials, FStN) with the financial support of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The Museum acquired the collection from the Oberösterreichisches Landesarchiv (State Archives of Upper Austria). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Dec. 2010.

Scope and Content

Contains 322 post-war trials of defendants accused of Nazi war crimes. The trials took place in the Volksgericht Linz (People's Court in Linz), Austria from 1946 to 1955. These cases mostly relate to Jewish victims. Includes cases from Salzburg over which the Volksgericht Linz also had jurisdiction.

System of Arrangement

The files are organized in the following order: Case number of the Court ("Aktenzahl Gericht"); Case number of the Prosecutor ("Aktenzahl Staatsanwaltschaft"); Archival signature in the State Archives of Upper Austria and carton number; Volume of the case file; Analysis of the court case.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Oberösterreichisches Landesarchiv

Subjects

  • War victims--Legal status, laws, etc.--Austria.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Law and legislation--Austria.
  • Linz (Austria)
  • War criminals--Austria.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Austria.
  • Trials (Crimes against humanity)--Austria--Linz.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria.

Genre

  • Document
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