Selected records of the Special Criminal Court at the Warsaw Appeal District located in Łódź Specjalny Sąd Karny na Okręg Apelacyjny Warszawski z siedzibą w Łodzi (GK 209)
Extent and Medium
4,351 digital images, PDF
Archival History
Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Jan. 2020. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.
Scope and Content
Contains selected files of criminal trials conducted in the Special Penalty Court in Warsaw, seat in Łódź during the years 1944-1946. These trials pertain to crimes committed against Jews and Poles in Poland during the German occupation. Most of investigation were discontinued. Trials were based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (“Sierpniówka”), issued by the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN), concerning the punishment of German criminals guilty of murders and persecution of civilians and prisoners of war, and the punishment of traitors to the Polish Nation. "Sierpniówka" was one of the world's first legislation on liability for war crimes committed during World War II. This decree also applied to soldiers of the Home Army (Armia Krajowa) whom the Communist propaganda in the 40’s and 50’s attempted to portray as German collaborators.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in one subject group: 1. Investigative files against Germans and their collaborators.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu
Corporate Bodies
- Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
- Prisoners of war--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
- Świder (Poland)
- War crime trials--Poland--Warsaw.
- War crimes investigation--Poland--History--20th century.
- War victims--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945 .
- War crime trials--Poland--Łódź.
- Łódź (Poland)--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- War criminals--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland.
- Courts
- Collaborationists--Poland--History--20th century.
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Warsaw (Poland : Voivodeship)--History--20th century.
- War crime trials
Genre
- Correspondence.
- Document