Investigations of Defamation Offences of Marshal Józef Piłsudski’s Honour and Memory, 1935–1939 (Selected Cases) Cover Image

Dochodzenia w sprawach o obrazę czci i pamięci Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego z lat 1935–1939 (wybrane przypadki)
Investigations of Defamation Offences of Marshal Józef Piłsudski’s Honour and Memory, 1935–1939 (Selected Cases)

Author(s): Łukasz Gołaszewski
Subject(s): Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: 1938 Act on Protection of Józef Piłsudski’s Name; defamation of political leaders; posthumous defamation; protec- tion of honour and memory; freedom of expression; public prosecutor’s offices;

Summary/Abstract: This article, on the history of criminal law, discusses cases of defamation and slander against the legally protected name of Marshal Józef Piłsudski. Based on prosecution files from Białystok and Lublin, the author presents selected prosecutions of the perpetrators of this type of crime from the perspective of microhistory.

  • Issue Year: 130/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 287-322
  • Page Count: 36
  • Language: Polish
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