Collection of materials regarding Nazi crimes in Poland Zbiór materiałów dotyczących zbrodni hitlerowskich w Polsce (Sygn. 1348)
Extent and Medium
1,530 digital images, PDF
Archival History
Archiwum Akt Nowych
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych, Poland, Sygn.1348. 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
Selected records of Polish courts and commissions researching Nazi crimes. Consists of protocols and reports examining the area of the former Chełmno concentration camp (Kulmhof am Nehr); investigative files of crimes in Siedlce and the surrounding area; witness testimonies; materials about Nazi perpetrators from the Krosno county; the case file against K. Heinemeyer; sentences for persons cooperating with the German authorities; testimonies of Nazi criminals regarding the Warsaw Uprising of 1944; prosecution files of Nazi criminals at Żyrardów area, and correspondence.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in two groups: 1. Files of Polish commissions and courts investigating Nazi crimes. 2. Testimonies and correspondence.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Poland
- Lublin (Poland)
- Katowice (Poland)
- War crime trials
- Poland--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- Siedlce (Poland : Powiat)
- War crimes investigation--Poland--History--20th century.
- Krosno (Województwo Podkarpackie, Poland)
- Wadowice (Poland)
- Żyrardów (Poland)
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Poland--History--Occupation--1939-1945.
- Uprising (Warsaw, Poland : 1944)
- World War 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--Investigations.
- Kraków (Poland)
- Chełmno (Koło, Poland)
- Courts
- War criminals--Poland--History--20th century.
Genre
- Document
- Reports.
- Protocols.
- Registers.
- Correspondence.
- Testimonies.