Przestępstwa popełnione przez żołnierzy Armii Czerwonej na Środkowym Nadodrzu po zakończeniu II wojny światowej (1945–1946) w świetle repertoriów Prokuratury Sądu Okręgowego w Zielonej Górze
Crimes Committed by Soldiers of the Red Army in the Middle Odra Region After the End of World War II (1945–1946) in the Light of the Indexes of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Regional Court in Zielona Góra

Summary/Abstract: The western and northern territories of Poland (former German territory) were a troubled area in the few months after the end of the war. In the first post-war period, there were no stable power structures, including organs of justice and public order. The prevailing state of anarchy in this territory was the reason for an increase in crime. The perpetrators of crimes were not only civilian settlers but also Red Army soldiers stationed in the area. It should be emphasized that they often treated the territories of the western and northern territories as a conquered territory, and not as part of an allied state. The author presents the issue of post-war criminality in the Lubuskie Region (the so-called recovered territory), where the perpetrators were soldiers of the Red Army. This article was developed on the basis of the indexes of Prosecutor’s Office of the Regional Court in Zielona Góra from 1945-1946. The prosecutor’s office of the Regional Court in Zielona Góra, like the Regional Court in Zielona Góra, started its operation in the early autumn of 1945. Initially, the judiciary and public order authorities in the Lubuskie Region were struggling with personnel and organizational problems typical of the post-war period, therefore their effectiveness in prosecuting and preventing crime was relatively low. Moreover, it should be remembered that the Red Army soldiers were not subject to the jurisdiction of Polish courts and the prosecutor’s office. Cases concerning crimes committed by Soviet soldiers, registered by the prosecutor’s office in Zielona Góra, were transferred to the Military Prosecutor’s Office of the Red Army in Poznań.

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