Notarial deeds of Warsaw notaries operating during the second world war, and their use in the contemporary conduct of legal transactions Cover Image

Akty notarialne notariuszy warszawskich działających w czasie II wojny światowej i ich zastosowanie we współczesnym obrocie prawnym
Notarial deeds of Warsaw notaries operating during the second world war, and their use in the contemporary conduct of legal transactions

Author(s): Anna Marciniak-Sikora
Subject(s): History of Law
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: Nazi occupation; General Government; notarial deed; notary public; Warsaw; validity and consequence of a notarial deed; notarial practice

Summary/Abstract: During the second world war, the occupying power allowed Polish notaries to run individual notary public offices and perform notarial deeds therein under the supervision of occupying authorities, on the grounds of prewar Polish legislation, on the Polish territory in corporated into the General Government. Moreover, the notaries were obliged to draft deeds coherent with the legislation introduced by the occupant in the General Government. The number of the normative acts that made a brunt on the contemporary notary practice certainly includes the decision of the General Governor of 27 March 1940 on transactions in real estate in the General Government. Cases of deeds by notaries from the Warsaw Notary Chamber were used to portray the strategies of coping with the requirements imposed by the occupant.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 193-207
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish