State Court Graz: Nazi-related court cases Landesgericht Graz : NS-Verfahren

Identifier
irn61127
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.73
  • RG-17.047
Dates
1 Jan 1954 - 31 Dec 1992
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn61127

Extent and Medium

51,406 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

  • Landesgericht für Strafsachen Graz

Archival History

Landesgericht für Strafsachen Graz

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Landesgericht für Strafsachen Graz (State Court Graz), Austria. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in September 2013, and accretion in May 2017.

Scope and Content

Postwar court and investigative records of Nazi-related cases in Styria, Austria for the years 1954 to 1992. The collection includes court case against Franz Murer, the deputy of the SS commandant of the Vilna (Vilnius) ghetto ("Stellvertreter und/oder Adjutant des Gebietskommissars der Stadt Wilna und Referent für Jüdische Angelegenheiten"); includes both cases that did and did not reach verdicts.

System of Arrangement

Arranged chronologically and by court cases. The cover sheet precedes each case file. Files include the name and personal data of each defendant, a summary of the case including the criminal charges, a description of the crime(s), as well as the judicial history of each case. These cover sheets were digitized at the beginning of each file.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Landesgericht für Strafsachen Graz

People

  • Murer, Franz, 1912-1994.

Subjects

  • Trials (Crimes against humanity)--Austria.
  • Styria (Austria)
  • War crime trials--Austria.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Europe.
  • War victims--Legal status, laws, etc.--Austria.
  • War criminals--Austria.
  • Austria--Politics and government--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--Austria.
  • Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--History.

Genre

  • Court records.
  • Document
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