Trial against Jürgen Stroop Proces Jürgena Stroopa (Sygn. GK 196)

Identifier
irn502110
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.A.0255
  • RG-15.173M
Dates
1 Jan 1951 - 31 Dec 1955
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502110

Extent and Medium

140 digital images, PDF

3 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 (IPN), Warsaw, Poland, Sygn. GK 196 (NTN File SWMW 874). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Programs in December 1998.

Scope and Content

Contains investigation files, evidence, and court documents relating to the war crimes trial of Jürgen Stroop, the SS and police chief who crushed the Warsaw ghetto uprising and ordered the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto. Also includes materials on crimes committed by his assistants, Franz Konrad and Herman Hoefle. Jürgen Stroop was tried by American military authorities in Dachau in January 1947, then extradited to Poland. In July 1951 Stroop was tried at the Warsaw District Court and executed by hanging that September.

System of Arrangement

Microfilmed records arranged chronologically in three series; 1. Statements of charges; 2. Evidence and testimonies; 3. Summary of charges. Files organized in the following order: Reel 1, vol. 1 - vol. III; Reel 2, vol. IV - vol. VIII; Reel 3, vol. XI - vol. XII. The accretion of digital records arranged in two series: 1. Correspondence regarding Jűrgen Stroop. and others (File #550 k. 23); 2. The case file from prosecution of Jűrgen Stroop, Franza Konrada, Hermana Hoefle (File #551 k. 117). 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

  • Stroop, Jürgen, 1895-1952--Trials, litigation, etc.
  • Konrad, Franz, 1906-1952--Trials, litigation, etc.
  • Hoefle, Herman, 1911-1962--Trials, litigation, etc.

Subjects

  • War criminals--Government policy--Poland.
  • Polish people--Persecutions--Poland--History--20th century.
  • War criminals--Europe--Trials, litigation, etc.
  • Warsaw (Poland)--History--Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Investigations.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939--1945.
  • War crime trials--Poland--Records and correspondence.

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