HU OSA 329 Records of the Canadian Court Relating to the Case of Her Majesty The Queen (Appellant) v. Imre Finta (Respondent) and the Canadian Holocaust Remembrance Association (Intervener)

Identity Statement

Reference Code
HU OSA 329
Title
Records of the Canadian Court Relating to the Case of Her Majesty The Queen (Appellant) v. Imre Finta (Respondent) and the Canadian Holocaust Remembrance Association (Intervener)
Date(s)
1993
Description Level
Fonds
Extent and medium (processed)
1 Archival boxes, 0.12 linear meters

Context

Name of creator(s)
Supreme Court of Canada

Content and Structure

Scope and Content (Abstract)
Appeals Court documents relating the the case of Imre Finta, a Canadian citizen of Ontario and a former commander of an investigative unit of the Gendarmerie in Szeged, who was accused of committing manslaughter, kidnapping and unlawful confinement during the deportation of over 8,000 Jews in Szeged. Finta, who was the first person to be prosecuted under Canada's war crimes legislation, was charged in 1987 and acquitted in 1990. The Ontario Court of Appeal (1992) and the Supreme Court of Canada (1994) upheld the acquittal.
Accruals

Not Expected

Conditions of Access and Use

Conditions governing access
Open for research
Languages
English

Description Control

Archivist's note
Processed by Csaba Szilagyi, April, 2011.