Prosecutorial and court files of the case against Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, born on March 1, 1906. Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, was accused of abusing prisoners in the Radogoszcz prison as a guard in 1940-1943. He was also accused of being a member of the criminal SS (Schutzstaffel) organisation. On December 15, 1945, the Special Criminal Court for the Appellate Court District in Warsaw with its seat in Łódź sentenced him to death; he was executed on February 22, 1946.
TRIAL FILES: ADOLF ORŁOWSKI, AKA ADLER
The title page of the court and prosecutorial files of Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, former guard in the Radogoszcz prison. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1162
A letter from Józef Namysłowski, prosecutor of the Special Criminal Court for the Appellate Court District in Warsaw with its seat in Łódź, to the Special Criminal Court in Łódź, informing about the sending of the indictment and the case file of Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, former guard in the Radogoszcz prison, September 29, 1945. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1162, p. 3
Indictment of Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, former guard in the Radogoszcz prison, September 27, 1945. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1162, pp. 4
Indictment of Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, former guard in the Radogoszcz prison, September 27, 1945. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1162, pp. 5
Order of the President of the Special Criminal Court for the Appellate Court District in Warsaw with its seat in Łódź, setting the date of the trial of Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, former guard in the Radogoszcz prison, and appointing judges, jurors, and a defence lawyer, October 1, 1945. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1162, p. 6
A letter from the warden of the prison at 29 Kopernika Street in Łódź to the Special Criminal Court in Łódź, informing about the sending of an application to the court from Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, former guard in the Radogoszcz prison, November 2, 1945. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1162, p. 50
An application of defendant Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, former guard in the Radogoszcz prison, to the Special Criminal Court in Łódź, asking it to call Józef Pietrzak as a witness at the trial on December 15, 1945, October 30, 1945. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1162, p. 51
An excerpt from the records of a closed hearing of the Special Criminal Court in Łódź, deciding to admit Józef Pietrzak as a witness at the main trial of Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, former guard in the Radogoszcz prison, November 6, 1945. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1162, p. 52
A letter, substitute power of attorney, from lawyer Marian Dąbrowski, appointing Janusz Weiss as the defence lawyer of Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, former guard in the Radogoszcz prison, November 4, 1945. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1162, p. 57
Minutes of the main trial of the Special Criminal Court for the Appellate Court District in Warsaw with its seat in Łódź in the case of Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, former guard in the Radogoszcz prison, December 15, 1945. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1162, p. 58
Minutes of the main trial of the Special Criminal Court for the Appellate Court District in Warsaw with its seat in Łódź in the case of Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, former guard in the Radogoszcz prison, December 15, 1945. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1162, p. 59
Minutes of the main trial of the Special Criminal Court for the Appellate Court District in Warsaw with its seat in Łódź in the case of Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, former guard in the Radogoszcz prison, December 15, 1945. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1162, p. 60
Minutes of the main trial of the Special Criminal Court for the Appellate Court District in Warsaw with its seat in Łódź in the case of Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, former guard in the Radogoszcz prison, December 15, 1945. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1162, p. 61
Minutes of the main trial of the Special Criminal Court for the Appellate Court District in Warsaw with its seat in Łódź in the case of Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, former guard in the Radogoszcz prison, December 15, 1945. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1162, p. 62
Minutes of the main trial of the Special Criminal Court for the Appellate Court District in Warsaw with its seat in Łódź in the case of Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, former guard in the Radogoszcz prison, December 15, 1945. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1162, p. 63
Minutes of the main trial of the Special Criminal Court for the Appellate Court District in Warsaw with its seat in Łódź in the case of Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, former guard in the Radogoszcz prison, December 15, 1945. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1162, p. 64
Minutes of the main trial of the Special Criminal Court for the Appellate Court District in Warsaw with its seat in Łódź in the case of Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, former guard in the Radogoszcz prison, December 15, 1945. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1162, p. 65
A clemency petition from convicted Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, former guard in the Radogoszcz prison, to President of the State National Council Bolesław Bierut, December 15, 1945. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1162, p. 69
An opinion on the pardon of Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, former guard in the Radogoszcz prison, issued by the Special Criminal Court, 1945. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1162, p. 73
A letter from the Ministry of Justice to the Special Criminal Court in Łodź informing that President of the State National Council Bolesław Bierut did not pardon Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, former guard in the Radogoszcz prison, sentenced to death, January 17, 1946. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1162, p. 76
A letter from prosecutor of the 7th Criminal Department of the District Court in Łódź, informing that on February 22, 1946, Adolf Orłowski, aka Adler, former guard in the Radogoszcz prison, was executed, January 13, 1947. Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, ref. no. GK 209/1162, p. 117
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