Trial against Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss Proces Rudolfa Hoessa (Sygn. GK 196)
Extent and Medium
7,772 digital images, PDF
7 microfilm reels, 35 mm
Creator(s)
- Poland. Najwy?szy Trybuna? Narodowy
Biographical History
The Supreme National Tribunal (Najwyższy Trybunał Narodowy, NTN) was a war crimes tribunal active in Poland from 1946 to 1948. The Tribunal's aims and purpose were defined by the State National Council in the Decrees of 22 January and 17 October 1946 and 11 April 1947. The new law was based on the earlier Decree of 31 August 1944 (Sierpniówka) issued by the new Polish pro-Soviet government, with jurisdiction over Nazi criminals and traitors to the Polish nation. The tribunal presided over seven high-profile cases (Total of 49 individuals).
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, Sygn. GK 196 (NTN File 82-115 and File 542-547). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Programs in December 1998, and accretion of digital images in 2014. The digitized collection contains the same files as sent on microfilms in 1998, except new files 542-547.
Scope and Content
Contains investigation materials, evidence, and court documents relating to the trial of Rudolf Hoess (Höss), chiefly for crimes committed while he was commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Includes Nazi guidebook for camp personnel on how to handle prisoners, medical histories of Polish prisoners, photographs, charts, maps and plans of Auschwitz concentration camp, SS personnel documents, testimonies by French and Hungarian physicians, Polish poetry from camp, memoirs written by Polish survivors, copies of Polish and German books on the camp and German war crimes, and statements by Hoess and Adolph Eichmann.
System of Arrangement
Arranged by a court case numbers and subjects. 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
People
- Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1962--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Höss, Rudolf, 1900-1947--Trials, litigation, etc.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Poland--History--World War, 1939-1945--Trials, litigation, etc.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Investigations.
- Crimes against humanity--Poland--History--20th century.
- War victims--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland.
- War crime trials--Poland--History--20th century.
- War criminals--Poland--Trials, litigation, etc.
- World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Poland.
Genre
- Document
- Testimonies.
- Poems.
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