District Court in Częstochowa Sąd Okręgowy w Częstochowie (Sygn. 300)
Extent and Medium
8,018 digital images, JPEG
Creator(s)
- Poland. S?d Okr?gowy w Cz?stochowie.
Archival History
Archiwum Państwowe w Częstochowie
Acquisition
Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Częstochowie, Poland, Sygn. 300. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2014.
Scope and Content
This collection comprises selected materials concerning civil cases and criminal cases. The largest group of records concern litigations, including cases relating to mortgages, property, estates, indemnities, and related subjects, and cases not in litigation, including sales of estates, death certificates, rectification of registry acts, and adoption of a child. Additional files relate to criminal activity, mostly concerning theft. Selected files refer only to Jews, and contain records with personal data (apart from merits of the case).
System of Arrangement
The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved on the microfilm reels. Arranged in three series: 1. Civil Division; 2. Criminal Division; 3. General Correspondence.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Subjects
- Jews--Poland--Cze̜stochowa--History--20th century.
- Poland--Politics and government--20th century.
- War crime trials
- Courts
- Częstochowa--History--20th century.
- Jewish property--Poland--Częstochowa--History--20th century--Trials.
- Częstochowa (Poland)
Genre
- Document
- Registers.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archiwum Państwowe w Częstochowie