Sąd Specjalny w Stanisławowie (Sondergericht Stanislau) i jego przewodniczący (1941–1944). Pod znakiem eksterminacji
The Special Court in Stanisławów (Sondergericht Stanislau) and its chairman (1941–1944). Under the Sign of Extermination

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns the activity of the Special Court in Stanisławów(Sondergericht Stanislau) in the years 1941–1944, i.e. one of the German special courtsfunctioning in the General Government areain the Galicia district. Taking up this topic is justified by the lack ofeven fragmentary findings. Therefore, the aim of the researchwas to determine: what types of cases were considered by theSondergericht; what nationality of the accused prevailed; to what penaltiesthey were sentenced; whether and in which cases the death penalty was imposed; whodirected the work of the Sondergericht, which judges were its members and whichprosecutors took part in the hearings before the Sondergericht; wherethe lawyers involved in its work came from and whether the court's decisions wereoverturned by taking extraordinary legal measures. The source basis for the considerations are archives, literature and the pressfrom that period. On this basis, original, previously unknown findings were made regarding the Special Court in Stanisławów.In addition, the case of Erwin Wester, the chairman of the special court,who was extradited to Poland after the war for trial,which did not happen due to his death, was described.The article was developed as part of a research project financedby the National Science Centre (2020/39/B/HS5/02111).

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