Selected records of the District Court in Łódź Amtsgericht in Litzmannstadt Sąd Obwodowy w Łodzi (Syg. 899)

Identifier
irn530993
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.4.1
  • RG-15.423
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn530993

Extent and Medium

30,337 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

  • Amtsgericht in Litzmannstadt.

Archival History

Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi

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 is the Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi, Poland, Sygn. 899. Digitization of selected records was completed as a cooperative project of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) and Yad Vashem. The USHMM Archives received the digital collection via the USHMM International Archival Programs Division in Jan. 2016.

Scope and Content

German court cases of the District Court in Łódź, Civil Department, relating to the confiscation of Polish and Jewish property, Germanization of Polish children, sending youth to the Reich for forced labor, as well as personal data of the Nazi officials, which was useful for the investigation of the Main Commission for Investigation of Nazi Crimes, especially the Commission of Łódź. Majority of records relete to Germanization of Polish children in Łódź. The collection is incomplete and lack of general files, as well as repertories and indexes of cases, it consists only records of one of five departments of the District Courts in Łódź: the Civil Department.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in two series: 1. Court cases of the District Court in Łódź, Civil Department related to confiscation of properties; 2. Court cases of the District Court in Łódź, Civil Department related to Germanization of Polish children.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

Subjects

  • Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Łódź--History.
  • Jews--Poland--Łódź--History--20th century--Registers.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Economic conditions--Poland--Łódź.
  • Germanization--Poland--Łódź--History--20th century.
  • Łódź (Poland)--1939-1945.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--Łódź.
  • Polish people--Poland--Łódź--History--20th century--Registers.
  • Courts
  • Forced labor--Poland--Łódź--History--20th century.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Jewish property--Poland--Łódź--Registers.
  • Orphans--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Łódź--History--20th century.
  • Łódź (Poland)
  • Polish children in the Holocaust--Poland--Łódź--History--20th century.

Genre

  • Legal notices.
  • Certificates.
  • Registers.
  • Questionnaires.
  • 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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