Citation

Szleszkowski Ł, Thannhäuser A, Kawecki J, Szwagrzyk K, Swiatek B. Arch. Med. Sadowej Kryminol. 2012; 62(2): 87-97, 75-86.

Affiliation

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

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Polish Forensic Medicine Society)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

23424941

Abstract

The analysis of gunshot injuries in prisoners who were executed in Wroclaw penitentiary in the years 1949-1954 shows divergences from legal regulations describing the method of execution. This observation leads to the conclusion that the predominant method of execution of the death penalty was a gunshot or gunshots to the back of the head, which is analogous to the results of exhumation works on collective graves of war prisoners executed during World War II in the territory of the former Soviet Union.

Language: pl