Court of the First Instance in Janów Sąd Grodzki w Janowie (Sygn.312)
Extent and Medium
224 digital images, JPEG
Creator(s)
- Poland. S?d Grodzki w Janowie.
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. 312. 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
This collection contains three civil cases concerning Jews, which were selected out of 29 civil cases judged by the Court of the 1st Instance in Janów. The Court had the following communes in its jurisdiction: Olsztyn, Przyrów and Złoty Potok. The files of criminal cases did not survive.
System of Arrangement
The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved on the microfilm reels. Arranged in three series: 1. Civil trial of Abram Orbach against Fajgl Orbach, 1926-1931; 2. Civil trial of Dawid Eksztajn against Herszlik Eksztejn, 1929-1931; 3. Trial of the campany "Saturnia" against Josek Altman, 1930.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
People
- Orbach, Fajgli.
- Orbach, Abram.
- Altman, Josek.
- Eksztajn, Herszlik.
- Eksztajn, Dawid.
Subjects
- Courts
- Złoty Potok (Poland)
- Jews--Poland--Cze̜stochowa--History--20th century.
- Jewish property--Poland--Częstochowa--History--20th century--Trials.
- Janów Lubelski (Poland)
- War crime tirals
- Przyrów (Poland)
- Częstochowa--History--20th century.
- Olsztyn (Gmina Wyznaniowa : Poland)
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archiwum Państwowe w Częstochowie