Działalność kół naukowych prawników zorganizowanych przez polskich oficerów w niewoli niemieckiej w latach 1939–1945
The activity of scientific circles of lawyers organized by the Polish officers in German captivity in 1939–1945

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the activity of scientific circles of lawyers organized by the Polish officers in German POW camps during the Second World War. Scientific circles of lawyers existed in virtually every camp, comprising reserve officers, who before the war had performed all kinds of legal professions. Initially, they did not have a formalized character, but over time their activity grew to a considerable dimension, as far as the camp conditions allowed. The aim was to integrate the POWs’ legal community through organizing lectures, readings, which raised all sorts of legal issues. However, the most important task was to conduct educational activities. Law courses were launched for apprentices, law students, who had to stop studying law because of the war, and for people who wanted to start studying law. At the end of each annual course, students passed examinations. The camp library, equipped with appropriate literature on law and legal matters, served as an invaluable source of specialist knowledge in those conditions. After leaving the captivity, many of the participants of the camp courses began working in the legal profession.

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