Selected records of the General Prosecutor of the Republic of Poland in Warsaw Prokuratura Generalna RPL w Warszawie (Sygn. 842)
Extent and Medium
9,676 digital images, PDF
Creator(s)
- Poland. Prokuratura Generalna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej.
Archival History
Archiwum Akt Nowych
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych, Poland, Sygn.842. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Jan. 2020. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.
Scope and Content
Files against German generals, doctors. other Nazi criminals and collaborators, many of whom were sentenced to death. The documents collected in this collection are hand-held files of the prosecutor who were used it to prepare the indictments. Amongst others, includes files of investigations against Erich Koch and Albert Forster, and files of investigations against some Polish underground organizations [e.g. the Armia Krajowa (AK), Narodowe Siły Zbrojne (NSZ), Bataliony Chlopskie (BCh), Polska Partia Robotnicza (PPR), Armia Ludowa (AL) and others], prepared based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (“Sierpniówka”), issued by the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN).
System of Arrangement
Arranged in one group: 1. Files of the Prosecutor General's Office in Warsaw 1950-1999. Files organized by the names of criminals.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
People
- Forster, Albert, 1902-1952--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Koch, Hans--Trials, litigation, etc.
Corporate Bodies
- Commission For the Prosecution of Crimes Against the Polish Nation
Subjects
- Warsaw (Poland)--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Poland--Politics and government, 1945-1980.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945 .
- War crime trials--Poland--History--20th century.
- Crimes against humanity--Poland.
- Crime and criminals--Poland--History--20th century.
- Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)
- Collaborationists--Poland--History--20th century.
- Kraków (Poland)---History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Poland
- World War 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--Investigations.
- Courts
- Justice, Administration of--Poland--History--20th century.
- War crime trials
- World War, 1939 -1945--Confiscations and contributions--Poland.
- Communism--Poland--History--20th century.
- Executive departments.
- Kraków (Poland)
Genre
- Document
- Notes.
- Testimonies.
- Protocols.
- Correspondence.
- Registers.
- Reports.
- Statistics.
- Maps.