In the Shadow of the Holocaust Poland, the United Nations War Crimes Commission, and the Search for Justice
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
8 - Poland, the UNWCC, and the Cold War
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 December 2021
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
Summary
This chapter focuses on the activities of the Polish War Crimes Office from 1947 to the closure of the UNWCC in March 1948. The War Crimes Office is discussed with reference to the political situation in Poland following the rigged January 1947 election. The scale and substance of Charge File submissions are examined, and the ways in which the head of the office, Marian Muszkat, sought to influence debates within the UNWCC are explored. The chapter highlights the growing East/West tensions over the issues of extradition and alleged traitors/collaborators in the early period of the Cold War.
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- In the Shadow of the HolocaustPoland, the United Nations War Crimes Commission, and the Search for Justice, pp. 231 - 267Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022