NSG trials collection

The collection Nationalsozialistische Gewaltverbrechen (NSG)-Verfahren (Nazi violent crimes trials) has continuously been assembled, extended and maintained since the establishment of the Fritz Bauer Institute in 1995. It contains records of various investigation and penal proceedings regarding Nazi violent crimes (NSG-Verfahren) in the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic and the Peoples' Republic of Poland. The documents come from diverse holdings, including the private property of former judges and prosecutors, defense attorneys and representatives of the accessory prosecution (Nebenklage). The collection comprises gathered expert testimonies (Gutachten) of various proceedings regarding Nazi violent crimes (NSG-Verfahren), as well as rare scholarly literature. The material is complemented by files given to the Fritz Bauer Institute's archive by Werner Hummerich. He was an associate judge at the first Frankfurt Auschwitz trial and chief judge at the Krumey Hunsche trial. The files contain documents of the First and Third Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial, the Krumey Hunsche trial, as well as files regarding the mutual assistance requests of the prosecution Frankfurt (Main) to foreign countries. The material was collected at the Fritz Bauer Institute and compiled into a heterogeneous record group. The collection Nationalsozialistische Gewaltverbrechen (NSG)-Verfahren (Nazi violent crimes trial) contains after description, demetallization and filing 96 archival units with a total extent of 5.5 running meters. At the time of indexing in December 2020 and January 2021, the record group had only a loose structure and a cursory, incomplete finding aid. Therefore, the processor Johannes Beermann-Schön created a proper structure during the description.