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At the Margin of the Functioning of Polish Courts in the General Government. Case of Majer Wolberg
Ewa Wiatr
ewa.wiatr@wp.pl Biopracownik powstałego w 2005 r. Centrum Badań Żydowskich Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, doktorantka w Instytucie Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Zakładzie Systemów Totalitarnych i Dziejów II Wojny Światowej. In- teresuje się historią Żydów i mniejszości narodowych w Łodzi i regionie. Czło- nek zespołu redaktorów i wydawców pięciotomowej Kroniki getta łódzkiego/Litzmannstadt Getto (2009). Ostatnio opracowała (wspólnie z Adamem Sitar- kiem i Michałem Trębaczem) tom studiów Zagłada Żydów na polskiej prowincji (2012) oraz (wspólnie z Barbarą Engelking i Aliną Skibińską) Archiwum Ringel- bluma. Konspiracyjne Archiwum Getta Warszawy, t. 13: Ostatnim etapem przesie- dlenia jest śmierć. Pomiechówek, Chełmno nad Nerem, Treblinka (2013).
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2675-0726
Center for Jewish Studies, University of Lodz
Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały, No. 11 (2015), pages: 494-502
Publication date: 2015-12-01
Abstract
During the German occupation, a two-tier justice system was introduced in the General Government: Polish courts, with their pre-war structures, operated alongside German courts. The paper, based on records preserved in the State Archives in Piotrkow, is devoted to a trial before the Polish Municipal Court in Pławno near Radom. Karol Kuban was sued by Meir Wolberg, and the subject of the dispute was money owed for a horse. The most interesting part of the trial was the decision of the court ordering Kuban to take an oath in the parish church, as a result of which Wolberg was supposed to withdraw his claim. Kuban failed to appear in the church, and instead filed an appeal to a higher court, which overturned the previous verdict and ordered a retrial. Further legal actions were suspended due to the absence of Majer Wolberg, who was deported to an extermination camp at that time.
Keywords
court system during the occupation, Polish courts in the General Government, court trials with participation of Jews
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