Citation

Szleszkowski Ł. Arch. Med. Sadowej Kryminol. 2012; 62(1): 14-20, 7-13.

Affiliation

Zakładu Medycyny Sadowej Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu. lukasz.szleszkowski@am.wroc.pl

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Polish Forensic Medicine Society)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

23424936

Abstract

In the period between October and December 2011, a series of exhumation research of the so-called prison quarters dating back to 1949-1954 was conducted in Osobowicki Cemetery in Wrocław. Among the buried there were political prisoners executed by shooting--genuine or alleged members of post-war independence organizations. It was a unique opportunity to determine the method of execution of the death penalty in that period because, according to historical data and the results of two test exhumations, this method considerably differed from instructions on the use of a firing squad during execution of the death penalty.

Language: pl