Records of the Oberreichsanwalt beim Reichsgericht Leipzig (R 3003)
Extent and Medium
55,470 digital images, JPEG
51 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
2 CD-ROM,
Archival History
Bundesarchiv (Germany)
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Bundesarchiv; Record Group R 3003. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in Jan 2011. The entire collection was digitized in 2012.
Scope and Content
Contain approximately 600 files (30,000 pages) of the chief prosecutor at the German supreme court during the Reichstag Fire prosecutions; over 300 additional files on the ensuing repression of the Social Democratic and Communist Parties. The Reichstag fire trial held before the Supreme court of the German Reich began September 21, 1933; the accused being Marinus van der Lubbe, Ernst Torgler, Georgi Dimitrov, Blagoi Popov and Vasil Tanev. The concluding day of the trial, December 23, 1933, presiding Justice Wilhelm Bünger pronounced the verdict guilty against van der Lubbe for high treason, insurrectionary arson and attempted common arson. The other defendants were acquitted. On January 19,1934 the condemned was sentenced to death.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Bundesarchiv (Germany)
People
- Tanev, Vasil.
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
- Dimitrov, Georgi, 1882-1949.
- Lubbe, Marinus van der, 1909-1934.
- Torgler, Ernst, 1893-1963.
- Popov, Blagoĭ, 1902-
- Bünger, Wilhelm, 1870-1937.
Corporate Bodies
- Social Democratic Party of Germany
- Nazi Party
Subjects
- National socialism.
- Communist parties.
- Germany
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- Communists--Germany.
- Trials (Arson)--Germany.
- Reichstag Fire Trial, Leipzig, Germany, 1933.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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