A metal ammunition box crammed with documents unearthed by farmers plowing their field held an extraordinary collection from Poland's underground WWII justice system. The material was presented to the local priest in Korzeniste, a village in north east Poland who passed it on to the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), a state-backed body charged with investigating historical crimes against Polish citizens.
Following careful restoration many of the documents are now legible. Preliminary studies indicate that the materials cover the period 1942-1944, and were probably hidden so as not to fall into the hands of the retreating Nazi Germans, and the advancing Red Army.
The documents include sentences meted out in the region by the underground courts of Poland's Home Army (AK). The Home Army, Poland's principal underground force, was empowered by the Polish government-in-exile in London to mete out sentences – including death sentences – on the terrain of occupied Poland.
Is there any additional information? Who discovered the item and what is the ultimate destination of the found items? My family (Charubin) comes from this village and many remain to this day. Any history of this area interests me greratly
ReplyDeleteI have no idea. My post was from a short newspaper article I found on the Internet.
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