Security of Post-German Movable Property in the First Years after the End of World War II in the Light of Selected Cases Considered by the Regional Co
Security of Post-German Movable Property in the First Years after the End of World War II in the Light of Selected Cases Considered by the Regional Co

Summary/Abstract: The end of the World War II meant change of the borders of Polish state. Under the Treaty on Polish – Soviet state border of 16th August 1945 Poland lost to Soviet Union the area between a line marked by the Treaty of Riga and so called the Curzon Line. By virtue of winning nations' decision in return for territorial loss in the East, Poland obtained eastern parts of Germany with Opole, Wrocław and Szczecin. A major problem after joining the Polish former German territories was the economic degradation of these lands. The article was devoted to the norms of criminal law concerning protection of the post-German property on the so -called Recovered Territories. The author based on selected judgments of the Regional Court in Gorzow Wielkopolski present the practice of judicial courts of general jurisdiction relating to the crimes from so-clled looting art. 43 Little Penal Code and misappropriation of movable property from the post- German lands art. 44 Little Penal Code.

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