Działalność drużyn egzekucyjnych w Polsce Ludowej
Operation of execution squads in the People’s Republic of Poland
Author(s): Jan MelerSubject(s): History of Law, Criminal Law, Penology, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: execution teams; administration of death penalty; executioners; death penalty instruction;
Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to an analysis of the organisation and operation of the system of death penalty execution in post-second-world-war Poland, and the dependence of the solutions applied by the NKVD. The investigation moves from the questions of legal grounds, via the organisation of execution squads, their equipment and uniforms, to the technical questions of the actual administration of death penalty.
Journal: Studia z Dziejów Państwa i Prawa
- Issue Year: XVII/2014
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 233-246
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Polish