Leonard Zub-Zdanowicz’s case in the documentation of the 14th Field Court of the Command of the 2nd Polish Corps and the 12th Field Court of the Polish Resettlement Corps in 1945–1947 Cover Image

Sprawa Leonarda Zub-Zdanowicza w dokumentacji 14 Sądu Polowego Dowództwa 2 Korpusu Polskiego i 12 Sądu Polowego Polskiego Korpusu Przysposobienia i Rozmieszczenia w latach 1945–1947
Leonard Zub-Zdanowicz’s case in the documentation of the 14th Field Court of the Command of the 2nd Polish Corps and the 12th Field Court of the Polish Resettlement Corps in 1945–1947

Author(s): Ewa Rzeczkowska
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, History, Military history, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Wojskowe Biuro Historyczne im. gen. broni Kazimierza Sosnkowskiego
Keywords: court-martial;investigation;desertion;National Armed Forces;The Home Army;The Second World War

Summary/Abstract: In the years 1945–1947 the 14th Court-Martial of the Command of the 2nd Polish Corps and the 12th Court-Martial of the Polish Resettlement Corps conducted an investigation into the case of an officer of the Home Army and the National Armed Forces, the „silent unseen” Leonard Zub-Zdanowicz, aka „Ząb”, „Dor”, „Szprung”. It was started as a result of a report by the Chairman of the Home Army Verification Commission, which was based on testimonies of Home Army soldiers from the Kielce District and Kedyw (Directorate of Diversion) officers from Warsaw. The accusations concerned, among others, desertion, collaboration with the Germans during World War II and working against the Home Army units. During the investigation several dozen witnesses were questioned, and ZubZdanowicz himself gave testimony as well. He was not proved to have committed the acts he was accused of. The proceedings did not end with the discontinuance of the case, nor did they end up in the courtroom. The files were submitted to the Archives of the Polish Armed Forces. Zub-Zdanowicz was verified in the rank of lieutenant, in the following years he was promoted to the rank of captain, and in 1957 General Władysław Anders appointed him major.

  • Issue Year: XX/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 157-191
  • Page Count: 35
  • Language: Polish