Supreme National Tribunal and International Criminal Law

This book examines the establishment, operation, and legacy of Poland's special post-war court created to prosecute leading German war criminals. Between 1946 and 1948, it conducted seven seminal landmark trials involving 49 defendants, including notorious figures such as Arthur Greiser, Amon Goeth, Rudolf Hoess, and members of the Auschwitz staff. The Tribunal aimed to foreground the Polish exper...