Metadata: Prosecutor's office in Braunschweig
Collection
- Country:
- Germany
- Holding institution:
- State Archives of Lower Saxony – Wolfenbüttel branch
- Holding institution (official language):
- Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv - Standort Wolfenbüttel
- Postal address:
- Forstweg 2, 38302 Wolfenbüttel
- Phone number:
- +49 5331 935 0
- Reference number:
- 62 Nds
- Title:
- Prosecutor's office in Braunschweig
- Title (official language):
- Staatsanwaltschaft Braunschweig
- Creator/accumulator:
- Prosecutor's office in Braunschweig
- Date(s):
- 1939/2000
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 130.25 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collection contains records of the trials at the district court of Braunschweig for crimes against humanity during the Third Reich as well as the reopening of proceedings against Jews for foreign exchange trading.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- As part of the Reich Judiciary Reform of 1879, independent unified authorities without collegial constitution were created by the court, which were called prosecutor’s office. They were to act as law enforcement and prosecution authorities in criminal proceedings, i.e, take up their duties if criminal and prosecutable acts were involved. They were also entitled to execute the sentence and, at times, supervise the prison system.
- Access points: locations:
- Braunschweig
- System of arrangement:
- There is no system of arrangement. The material is in order of accession.
- Access, restrictions:
- The collection is partially closed.
- Finding aids:
- An online catalogue (Arcinsys) is available.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://www.arcinsys.niedersachsen.de/arcinsys/start.action?oldNodeid=
- Yerusha Network member:
- Institute for the History of German Jews
- Author of the description:
- Meike Buck
