Sprawy karne SS-manów z załogi KL Auschwitz przed sądami powszechnymi w Polsce w latach 1946–1955. Artykuł koncepcyjny
Criminal cases of SS men from the KL Auschwitz garrison before common courts in Poland in 1946–1955. Concept article

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to present the concept of research on the trials of the members of the SS garrison of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau before common courts in Poland in the years 1946–1955. It presents selected issues related to the analyzed subject, along with an exemplary literature, and shows incomplete statistical data. Information about 8502 SS men can be found in the database The SS KL Auschwitz Garrison available on the Internet. On the basis of the collected materials, it can be concluded that in the period, the number of people for whom any documents of the judiciary have survived is 722. On the other hand, the number of SS men from the KL Auschwitz garrison, against whom court proceedings ended with a verdict in Poland, is 695. The next step towards characterizing the trials of SS-men from the KL Auschwitz garrison pending before Polish courts should be a complete description of the state of research and literature on the subject.

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