War-time and post WW II trial records of soldiers and civilians, accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity during WW II

Selected trials of members of the Gestapo and the SD, soldiers, people who collaborated with Germans, high-ranking members of the French armed forces, and civilians accused of war crimes against humanity during WWII. The trials took place at the Military Tribunals in several places, e.g. Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Metz, Paris,Tunis, and others, and consider following subjects: Camps, Criminales de Guerre (Individuals tried for war crimes); Gestap-SD; Massacres. The trials did not necessarily took place in the geographical region where the crimes were committed. On the contrary, the trials are often deliberately held at a distance from that place; Contains also a “Série 52”, the systematic search for war criminals over all of French territory (It is also called the SRCGE). Note: The tribunals were not under normal military jurisdiction for court martials, judging members of the military, but were called “extra-ordinary” and went by several names: “Tribunal militaire”-TM; “Tribunal militaire permanent”-TMP; “Tribunal permanent des forces alliés à Paris” (Permanent Tribunal of Allied Forces)-TFAP. Other helpful abbreviations: jgt- judgment, NL-non lieu (an affair was never brought to trial because the perpetrator died or the military tribunal declared itself not competent to judge the affair) or ONL (ordonnances de non lieu).

Arranged in two groups: 1. Procedures (Trials); 2. "Series 52" (SRCGE collection). Files are organized by subjects and a location of the trials. Under each tribunal, the trials are arranged chronologically. "Series 52" is arranged numerically according to the numbers attributed to selected files. Note: Names of the files can be misleading. For example, a file entitled “Rivesaltes” may not relate to the internment camp of this name, but instead refers to a private château situated in this commune. The place was wrecked and pillaged after the occupation of German soldiers. They were obliged to leave rapidly and head north after the Allied landing in Normandy.