Trial against Albert Forster Proces Alberta Forstera (Sygn. GK 196)

Identifier
irn502101
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.A.0246
  • RG-15.168M
Dates
1 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1948
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502101

Extent and Medium

14,099 digital images, PDF

14 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 176-238).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.

Scope and Content

Contains investigation materials, evidence, and court documents relating to the trial of Albert Forster. Includes preliminary hearings and presentation of evidence against Albert Forster, trial protocols, testimonies of Polish legal and medical expert witnesses, German documents on restrictions on use of the Polish language, on Polish citizens, and informatoin about the germanization of Polish children; personal documents and speeches of Albert Forster, names lists of Poles killed by Germans, names lists of Poles enrolled in the "Volksliste," census of 1939 of Gdansk and West Prussia, press clippings, and the actual trial and sentencing of Albert Forster.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in two series: Series 1, Preliminary hearings and presentation of evidence against Albert Forster (Reel 1-11, NTN evidence books 176 - 232/ volumes 1-17); Series 2, Trial and sentencing of Albert Forster (Reel 12-14, NTN evidence books 233- 238/ volumes1-10). 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

  • Forster, Albert, 1902-1952--Trials, litigation, etc.
  • Hirschfeld, Otto--Trials, litigation, etc.
  • Jahnz, Hans--Trials, litigation, etc.

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Gdańsk.
  • Germanization--Poland--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Investigations.
  • Gdańsk (Poland)
  • Solec (Poland)
  • Grudziądz (Poland)
  • Lipno (Poland)
  • Tuchola (Województwo Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland)
  • War criminals--Poland--Trials, litigation, etc.
  • War crime trials--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Crimes against humanity--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
  • Poland--History--World War, 1939-1945--Trials, litigation, etc.
  • Toruń (Poland)
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Prussia, West (Poland)
  • Tczew (Poland)
  • Ryjewo (Poland)
  • Bydgoszcz (Poland)

Genre

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.

Copies

  • Archiwum Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu