Profesor Wacław Komarnicki, poseł na sejm RP, jeniec obozu w Kozielsku, ocalony
Professor Wacław Komarnicki, MP of the Second Polish Republic, Prisoner of Kozelsk POW Camp, Survivor
Author(s): Michał Tadeusz GórasSubject(s): History, Military history, Oral history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Wacław Komarnicki; political activity; Polish Second Republic
Summary/Abstract: The article presents the biography of Wacław Komarnicki, MP of the Second Polish Republic, one of the most outstanding Polish lawyers. The article discusses his youth, the period of scientific and didactic work in Vilnius and Warsaw and his political engagement before the outbreak of World War II. Particular emphasis is put on the period of captivity in the Soviet POW camps from September 1939 to August 1941; this period is characterised and enriched by Wacław Komarnicki’s report of the time he spent in POW camps at Kozelsk and Gryazovets. His public activity in Great Britain is presented as Minister of Justice in two Polish governments-in-exile in 1942–1944.
Journal: Dzieje Najnowsze
- Issue Year: 51/2019
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 265-286
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Polish