Public Prosecutor Office District Court of Berlin Staatsanwaltschaft beim Landgericht Berlin (B Rep. 058)

Identifier
irn622553
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.348.1
  • RG-14.118M
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 1946, 1 Jan 1950 - 31 Dec 1979
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn622553

Extent and Medium

155 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Staatsanwaltschaft beim Landgericht Berlin

Archival History

Landesarchiv Berlin

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Landesarchiv Berlin, Germany. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Aug. 2018.

Scope and Content

Selected records of the Public Prosecutor at the District Court of Berlin relating to criminal cases concerning crimes against humanity, war crimes trials, and Nazi crimes against Jews, homosexuals, Sinti and Roma, the disabled, political prisoners, Jehovah’s witnesses, forced laborers, as well as documents regarding euthanasia facilities, ghettos, concentration camps and prisons. Includes interrogations, testimonies, judicial examinations of war criminals and witnesses; reports of the International Tracing Service Arolsen about concentration camps, documents on deportation of Berlin Jews to Riga, Reval, Kowno, Trawniki and Izbica; correspondence with the Attorney Dr. Robert M.W. Kempner and dr. Carl Brinitzer; the verdict of the District Court of Jerusalem against Adolf Eichmann; "Chronicle of Auschwitz" by Dr. Otto Wolkenand; and other supporting documents relating to matters of war crimes.

System of Arrangement

Arranged by names of criminals, case titles, and names of witnesses. Partially organized in alphabetical order.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Landesarchiv Berlin

People

  • Kempner, Robert M. W. (Robert Max Wasilii), 1899-1993.
  • Brinitzer, Carl.

Corporate Bodies

  • International Tracing Service

Subjects

  • Europe--History--German occupation, 1939-1945.
  • War crimes investigation--Germany--History--20th century.
  • Germany--Politics and government--1945-1990.
  • Crime and criminals--Europe--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Europe.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Germany--History--1933-1945.
  • Crimes against humanity--Europe--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Europe.
  • War criminals--Germany--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Europe.

Genre

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