Post-War Dutch Judicial Index Card – Rijksrechercheur (born in Opsterland)

Original post-war Dutch judicial registration card (justitiële / vonnissenkaart), accompanied by a typed judicial case summary, issued by the Dutch Special Court of Justice / Amsterdam Court of Appeal, dated 31 December 1949, sentencing a national police investigator to 2 years imprisonment for collaboration-era abuses.

This historically significant artifact documents misconduct by a Rijksrechercheur (national police investigator) who was operating while seconded to a Central National Police Investigation Special Department under German command during WWII. The typed record outlines:

• Illegal interrogations leading to the arrest of civilians

• Acceptance of substantial bribes (200 guilders, 20 kg of fat, food staples)

• Participation in and facilitation of clandestine/black-market meat trade

• Abuse of office to influence detentions, releases, and prisoner transfers

• Systematic failure to submit legally required wartime distribution permits

The document contains both official typed case findings and handwritten personal registry information, including birth year 1893 and address in Amsterdam and was born in Opsterland.

Key Attributes:

• Genuine 1949 Dutch judiciary record

• Direct insight into wartime police collaboration and corruption cases

• Mentions multiple named civilian victims and bribe amounts

• Ideal for collectors of WWII legal history, occupation-era policing, or Dutch resistance-era documentation

• Excellent condition for age, visible folds and period-accurate typeface

A rare and powerful piece of Dutch WWII judicial and policing history with clear relevance to occupation-era abuse of authority and post-war accountability.