Selected records of the District Court in Warsaw Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie (Sygn.639)
Extent and Medium
45,077 digital images, PDF
Creator(s)
- Beata Waś
Archival History
Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie
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 Warszawie, Poland, Sygn. 639. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in December 2017.
Scope and Content
Court files in civil cases related to: inheritance, appointment of guardian to the property of an absent person, refunds of money, divorce, recognition of marriage, death and other. Most cases concern property issues. Also included are criminal cases related to: appropriation, extortion, forgery and others. Court proceedings were suspended in many cases due to the "deportation" of a given person, which in fact meant deportation to the Treblinka extermination camp.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in two series: 1. Court files in civil cases; 2. Court files in criminal cases. Note. Missing Files: : 38, 1734, 1880, 2223, 2344, 2556, 4085, 4154, 5375
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Subjects
- Warsaw (Poland)--History--20th century.
- Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Warsaw--History.
- World War, 1939 -1945--Confiscations and contributions--Poland.
- Courts
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Criminals--Poland--Warsaw--History--20th century.
- Jewish property--Poland--Warsaw.
- Justice, Administration of--Poland--Warsaw--History.
Genre
- Document
- Court records.