„Litwinów zlikwidować, Łotyszów wypuścić”. Wileńszczyzna 1944
„Eliminate the Lithuanians, Release the Latvians.” Vilnius Region 1944
Author(s): Tomasz BalbusSubject(s): Civil Society, Security and defense, Military policy, Criminology, Nationalism Studies, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Penal Policy, Politics of History/Memory, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Dolnośląskiej Szkoły Wyższej
Keywords: German occupation of Poland; Polish Home Army; Vilnius region; Lithuania; prisoners of war; executions;
Summary/Abstract: The study shows the executions of prisoners of war carried out by the Polish Home Army (AK) brigade of Lieutenant Gracjan Frog, alias “Szczerbiec” near Vilnius, in 1944. The motives, cases, and course of these dramatic events are presented. They took place during the occupation of Poland by the German army. The text was based on the accounts and memories of Polish veterans as well as reports from the Lithuanian and German police.
Journal: Rocznik Bezpieczeństwa Międzynarodowego
- Issue Year: 17/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 81-111
- Page Count: 31
- Language: Polish