Z działalności sądów specjalnych
w Chełmie i Zamościu (1940–1944)
On the Activities of the Special Courts in Chełm and Zamość (1940–1944)
Author(s): Konrad GraczykSubject(s): Political history, Social history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: special court; General Government; criminal law; German occupation; death penalty;
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the activities of the German special courts in Chełm andZamość between 1940 and 1944. It discusses their system, organisation, and their staff.Based on archival material and the occupation press in the General Government, the articlepresents the court rulings, preserved in small numbers. Next, basic statistics are offered,and the number of persons sentenced to death is calculated. The fi nal section describes theevacuation of the German judiciary from Chełm. The text is descriptive and based on sourcesthat historians have not used so far.
Journal: Dzieje Najnowsze
- Issue Year: 56/2024
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 79-103
- Page Count: 25
- Language: Polish
