ARCHIVES OF THE HOLOCAUST: AN INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION OF SELECTED DOCUMENTS. VOLUME 22 ONLY: ZENTRALE STELLE DER LANDESJUSTIZVERWALTUNGEN, LUDWIGSBURG.
New York: Garland, 1993. Item #39974
1st edition, original cloth, 4to. Xxxxix+ 515 pages. Contains 5155 pages of facsimiles of documents, each with a small description. This volume stands on its own for the Zentrale Stelle Der Landesjustizverwaltungen ("Central Office of the State Justice Administrations") in Ludwigsburg.
“The Central Office of the State Justice Administrations for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes (commonly referred to as the 'Central Office of the State Justice Administrations' or simply the 'Central Office' in official dealings) was founded on November 6, 1958, and began its operations on December 1, 1958. Initially, it was responsible only for crimes committed outside of the Federal Republic of Germany against the civilian population in connection with the events of the war, and in particular for crimes committed in concentration camps.
The immediate impetus for the creation of the Central Office was the 'Ulm Einsatzkommando Trial' against ten former members of the 'Einsatzkommando Tilsit,' who had been sentenced to long prison terms in August 1958 for mass shootings, primarily of Jews. These proceedings revealed evidence of other similar crimes in the countries occupied by the former 'German Reich,' which had not been or had not been sufficiently investigated, as well as of extermination measures in concentration camps. It had become clear that the jurisdictional structure of public prosecutors' offices and criminal courts, which primarily focuses on crimes committed within their districts or perpetrators living there, was unable to capture the complexity of Nazi crimes.
Especially for mass crimes outside of Germany, until the Central Office was established, it was mostly a matter of chance whether a Nazi crime was prosecuted by German judicial authorities. As a result, the jurisdiction of the Central Office was expanded to include the federal territory in 1964, allowing preliminary investigations to be initiated against members of the highest Reich authorities. Only with the establishment of the Central Office did systematic prosecution of Nazi crimes begin.
The Central Office's task is to collect, review, and evaluate all available investigative material on National Socialist crimes worldwide. The primary goal is to identify specific crime complexes, limited by location, time, and perpetrator group, and to identify suspects who can still be prosecuted. After the preliminary investigations are completed, the case is forwarded to the responsible public prosecutor's office.
Since September 18, 2004, the Federal Archives have presented the permanent exhibition 'The Investigators of Ludwigsburg' on the legal investigation of Nazi crimes in Germany in the historic Schorndorf Gatehouse adjacent to the official building. The exhibition illustrates the phases of the investigation, showing the challenges and difficulties, but also the achievements, in the prosecution of Nazi crimes” (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung).
SUBJECT (S) : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Sources. World War, -- Jews – Rescue. Jewish refugees -- History -- 20th century. Germany. This is one of 22 volumes, each volume or group of volumes covers one repository. OCLC: 20013875. "S. Milton" (Editor's name) written in pen on title page, may have been her own copy, small tear at spine, else Very Good Condition. (B)(HOLO2-140-6-XCCGG-'e).
Price: $150.00