Selected records from the collection Court of the First Instance in Częstochowa Sąd Grodzki w Częstochowie (Sygn. 45)

Identifier
irn86063
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.227
  • RG-15.308
Dates
1 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

17,524 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

Archival History

Archiwum Państwowe w Częstochowie

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 Częstochowie, Poland, Sygn. 45. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2014.

Scope and Content

Contains selected records of the Civil and Criminal Departments of the Sąd Grodzki w Częstochowie. The records relate to various cases: estates (e.g. cases concerning portioning out family property), payments of rent and expulsion from apartments, cases concerning dues of different kinds, drafts, and the like. There are files of writ cases and tutelary cases in the Civil Department (e.g. applications for guardianship of a minor). In the Criminal Department, there are files concerning theft, assault and battery, defamation, ignoring regulations concerning health, evasion of paying alimonies, and others. Files of criminal cases survived only from 1929 and 1937-1939.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in digital images. Arranged in two series: 1. Records of the Civil Department (Files 1-732); 2 Records of the Criminal Department (Files 733-1007). Series one is arranged in three sub-series: 1. General cases (File 1-665); 2. Warrant cases (File 666-703); 3. Tutelary (File 704-732).

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

Subjects

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.