Records of the Oberreichsanwalt beim Reichsgericht Leipzig (R 3003)

Identifier
irn42721
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.44
  • RG-14.099M
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Dutch
  • Bulgarian
  • French
  • Russian
  • Norwegian
  • English
  • Greek
  • Swedish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42721

Extent and Medium

55,470 digital images, JPEG

51 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

2 CD-ROM,

Archival History

Bundesarchiv (Germany)

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Bundesarchiv; Record Group R 3003. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in Jan 2011. The entire collection was digitized in 2012.

Scope and Content

Contain approximately 600 files (30,000 pages) of the chief prosecutor at the German supreme court during the Reichstag Fire prosecutions; over 300 additional files on the ensuing repression of the Social Democratic and Communist Parties. The Reichstag fire trial held before the Supreme court of the German Reich began September 21, 1933; the accused being Marinus van der Lubbe, Ernst Torgler, Georgi Dimitrov, Blagoi Popov and Vasil Tanev. The concluding day of the trial, December 23, 1933, presiding Justice Wilhelm Bünger pronounced the verdict guilty against van der Lubbe for high treason, insurrectionary arson and attempted common arson. The other defendants were acquitted. On January 19,1934 the condemned was sentenced to death.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Bundesarchiv (Germany)

People

  • Dimitrov, Georgi, 1882-1949.
  • Torgler, Ernst, 1893-1963.
  • Bünger, Wilhelm, 1870-1937.
  • Tanev, Vasil.
  • Lubbe, Marinus van der, 1909-1934.
  • Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
  • Popov, Blagoĭ, 1902-

Corporate Bodies

  • Nazi Party
  • Social Democratic Party of Germany

Subjects

  • Germany
  • Reichstag Fire Trial, Leipzig, Germany, 1933.
  • Trials (Arson)--Germany.
  • Communist parties.
  • Communists--Germany.
  • Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.
  • National socialism.

Genre

  • Document
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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