Prosecutor's Office of Provincial Court in Kielce Selected records from the Prokurator Sądu Wojewódzkiego w Kielcach (Sygn. GK 461)

Selected files of investigations conducted by the Prosecutor’s Office of the District Court in Kielce during the years 1945-1950, for crimes by Germans and their collaborators. Prosecutions based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (Sierpniówka) of the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN, Polish Committee of National Liberation), one of the world's first laws on liability for crimes of World War II. Decree also applied against former partisans of the anti-Communist Armia Krajowa, or Home Army, whom Stalinist propaganda portrayed as collaborators. Copyright Holder: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu