Kodeks drogowy jako instrument amnestii zbrodniarzy hitlerowskich
The Rules of the Road as the Amnesty Instrument of Nazi Criminals
Author(s): Sebastian FikusSubject(s): History, Political history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Bundestag; statute of limitations for prosecutions of national socialist crimes; rules of the road
Summary/Abstract: The punishment of national socialist criminals met in the Federal Republic of Germany with great reluctance. It also caused political controversies. Due to a successful legislative action, on 10 May 1968 all functionaries of the terror apparatus who were issuing criminal orders from behind the desk, were granted amnesty. The fact was not noticed either by the Polish press or in the Polish scholarly literature on the subject, while tremendous excitement was mounted by discussions about no statute of limitations for prosecutions of the offenses of Nazi genocide, which degenerated into farce played for the international audience.
Journal: Dzieje Najnowsze
- Issue Year: 50/2018
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 119-132
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Polish