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

Date(s) 1993

Extent and medium 1 Archival boxes, 0.13 linear meters

Name of creator(s) Supreme Court of Canada

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

DeLloyd J. Guth, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg

Scope and content

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

System of arrangement

• HU OSA 329-0-1 Court Documents, 1993-1994

Conditions governing access Open for research

Language/scripts of material English

Finding aids

• Related OSA Reference Information Paper available. (RIP 9: Human Rights)

Date(s) of descriptions

Described by Csaba Szilagyi in April 2011.
Online version updated 19 April 2012