In the Shadow of the Holocaust Book contents
- In the Shadow of the Holocaust
- In the Shadow of the Holocaust
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Invasion and Occupation
- 2 Seeking a Response
- 3 Polish Soft Diplomacy
- 4 War Crimes and the Path towards the UNWCC
- 5 The UNWCC, Law, and Inter-Allied Politics
- 6 The Polish Government in Exile’s War Crimes Office
- 7 Pursuing Justice across the Iron Curtain
- 8 Poland, the UNWCC, and the Cold War
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - Pursuing Justice across the Iron Curtain
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 December 2021
- In the Shadow of the Holocaust
- In the Shadow of the Holocaust
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Invasion and Occupation
- 2 Seeking a Response
- 3 Polish Soft Diplomacy
- 4 War Crimes and the Path towards the UNWCC
- 5 The UNWCC, Law, and Inter-Allied Politics
- 6 The Polish Government in Exile’s War Crimes Office
- 7 Pursuing Justice across the Iron Curtain
- 8 Poland, the UNWCC, and the Cold War
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter considers the activities of Polish War Crimes Office under the authority of the Provisional Government of National Unity (Warsaw) and the contribution various jurists associated with the War Crimes Office made to the work of the Polish delegation at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. It is argued that Polish jurists, through the submission of an indictment and liaison with prosecutors at Nuremberg, sought to ensure that Polish concerns were given due consideration. The final part of the chapter analyses Polish Charge Files submitted to the UNWCC during 1946 and discusses reasons for the relatively low rate of Charge File submissions in that year.
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- In the Shadow of the HolocaustPoland, the United Nations War Crimes Commission, and the Search for Justice, pp. 201 - 230Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022