Subtitle:

Polska 1944/45-1989 : studia i materiały 12 (2014)

Contributor:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Publisher:

Instytut Historii PAN

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Description:

p. 349-381 ; Table included. ; Eng. summary

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Abstract:

In the article I present the backside facts and course of three most characteristic trials of editors and journalists working for gutter rags of the war period (that is the dailies and periodicals published by Germans in the Polish language in 1939–1945) which were held in 1946–1949. The first presented trial is the trial of Stanisław Wasylewski, one of the editors of the Gazeta Lwowska (Lvov Gazette), in which the accused was acquitted. The second trial was that of Helena Wielgomasowa, the author of 230 short stories and articles published in 1940–1945, mainly in the dailies: Nowy Kurier Warszawski (New Courier of Warsaw), Fala (Wave) and 7 Dni (Seven Days). The court sentenced the accused to six years of imprisonment. The last trial I described was characterised by the absence of the main accused: Jan Emil Skiwski and Feliks Burdecki, who fled abroad. Their absence undoubtedly influenced the severity of the sentences for other accused (from four to ten years in prison). All in all, in 1946–1949 41 editors and journalists were brought up before the court. One person was sentenced to death and three to life imprisonment; five accused were acquitted.

Relation:

Polska 1944/45-1989 : studia i materiały

Volume:

12

Start page:

349

End page:

381

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:59750 ; 2450-8357

Source:

IH PAN, sygn. B.155/12 Podr. ; IH PAN, sygn. B.156/12 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

pol

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-ND 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of History PAS

Access:

Open