Provincial Court in Lublin. Trial of Teodor Dak. Sąd Wojewódzki w Lublinie. Proces Teodora Dak (Sygn. 309)

Identifier
irn60734
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.105
  • RG-15.261
Dates
1 Jan 1963 - 31 Dec 1974
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
  • Ukrainian
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn60734

Extent and Medium

2,929 digital images, PDF

1 DVD-ROM, 4 3/4 in..

Creator(s)

  • Poland. S?d Wojewódzki w Lublinie

Archival History

Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu (Institute of National Remembrance-Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation) (IPN) Warsaw, Poland, Sygn. 309. Records created by the Provincial Court in Lublin during the trials conducted from 1945 to 1960. The court proceedings later became a part of the court’s archives. Records were transferred to the IPN and eventually became a part of the Sygn. 309.The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in July 2013.

Scope and Content

Files of the Provincial Court in Lublin, trial of Teodor Dak ("Krakus," d. 1974), for participation in "pacification" of Polish civilians 1943‒1944 while in the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) near Tudorkowice, Sztychorów (now Ukraine), Hunistyń (Hrubieszów county), and Chłaniów (Krasnystaw county). Dak charged under Decree of August 31, 1944 (“Sierpniówka,” issued by Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego regarding Nazi criminals guilty of murders and persecution of civilians and prisoners of war, and punishment of traitors to the Polish nation). Dak sentenced in 1972 under Article IV of the Penal Code (31/70) to 25-years, loss of citizenship rights, and confiscation of property; after appeal, Supreme Court Warsaw upheld (1972) verdict. He died in 1974.

System of Arrangement

Arranged by the case file numbers: File 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, and 295. File 294 is missing in this collection. 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

  • Dak, Teodor.

Subjects

  • Huniatyn (Poland)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Poland.
  • Poland--Politics and government--1933-1945.
  • Poland--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
  • Courts
  • Chłaniów (Poland)
  • Sztychtory (Ukraine)
  • Tuderkowice (Ukraine)
  • Justice, Administration of--Poland.
  • Szarbia.
  • War crime trials--Poland--Warsaw.
  • Starogard (Poland)
  • War crime trials
  • War criminals--Legal status, laws, etc.
  • Lublin (Poland)
  • Województwo Lubelskie (Poland)--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.

Genre

  • Protocols.
  • Document
  • Reports.
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