District Court in Łódź Sąd Okręgowy w Łodzi (SOŁdz), Sygn. 261
Extent and Medium
22,904 digital images, JPEG
20 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
Creator(s)
- Poland. S?d Okr?gowy w ?odzi
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 is the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, Sygn. 261. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Dec. 2013.
Scope and Content
Contains selected files of the Sąd Okręgowy w Łodzi (District Court in Łódź) during the years 1945-1956. These trials refer to the Decree of August 31, 1944 ("Sierpniówka"), issued by the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN), concerning the punishment of war criminals guilty of murders and persecution of civilians and prisoners of war, and the punishment of traitors to the Polish nation. The "Sierpniówka" was one of the world's first legislation on liability for war crimes committed during World War II. This decree also applied to soldiers of the Home Army (Armia Krajowa) whom the Communist propaganda in the 40s and 50s attempted to portray as German collaborators. Microfilmed files refer to crimes committed against Jews and Poles by Germans and their collaborators during the German occupation.
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically by the defendant surnames, and court case numbers. 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
- Biebow, Hans, 1902-1947--Trials, litigation, etc.
Corporate Bodies
- Gablonz (Concentration camp)
- Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego
Subjects
- Polish people--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--History.
- War victims--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Łódź.
- World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Poland.
- Communism--Poland--History--20th century.
- War crime trials--Poland--Łódź.
- War criminals--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Łódź.
- Courts
- War crimes trials
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Investigations.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Poland--Łódź.
- World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--Poland.
- Prisoners of war--Poland--Łódź.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
- Jews--Crimes against--Poland--Łódź--Registers.
- (Łódź, Poland)
- War criminals--Government policy--Poland.
- Łódź (Poland)--Politics and government--1945-1980--Sources.
Genre
- Protocols.
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu