Ślązacy w niemieckiej i radzieckiej niewoli w czasie II wojny światowej
Silesians in the German and the Soviet Captivity during the Second World War

Summary/Abstract: As a result of warfare in 1939, several thousand Polish soldiers of Silesian ancestry (by the place of residence or place of service), found themselves in the German or Soviet captivity. The Polish soldiers stayed much longer in the German captivity, furthermore, the international law was not fully respected against them, which facilitated a conrol of the camps by the International Red Cross, as well as diverse activities, including the cultural one. The vast majority of the prisoners in the German camps survived the war.The vast majority of officers and representatives of the uniformed services, who were in the Soviet captivity, was murdered in the spring of 1940. The rest of the soldiers were taken mainly to the Anders Army. The Soviet Union did not respect the Genevan Convention, thus the prisoners were used for slave labor and were deprived of any rights

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