Tadeusz Cyprian: Polish war crimes prosecutor and photographer

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Law and Humanities Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI:10.1080/17521483.2021.1875602

A. Fijalkowski

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ABSTRACT This article centres on an unconventional figure. Tadeusz Cyprian (1898–1979) was not only an outstanding lawyer but also a talented photographer. He contributed to the documentation of nazi crimes during WW2. Cyprian was a prosecutor before the Supreme National Tribunal (Najwyższy Trybunał Narodowy), and one of the four Polish delegates at the Nuremberg Trials. My investigation concerns the issue of responsibility for crimes committed by the Germans during WW2 from the perspective of Cyprian as prosecutor and as photographer. Illustrations loom large in the article, and still more so in the whole study, given the aims of the research. The research method that is presented here is not often used by lawyers for methodological reasons. Yet law is not a system detached from external reality. Legal research and the interpretation of the law should be conducted in an interdisciplinary way. My article is divided into four parts: (1) the theoretical and contextual framework; (2) key episodes in Cyprian's biography; (3) the dispensing of justice in Poland; and (4) the individual behind the legal principle of the punishment and prevention of genocide. The value of the first part consists, inter alia, in its highlighting of the importance of interdisciplinary research. This is especially relevant for legal biographical studies, for examining the functioning of a specific court, for its judges and for the specific category of trials.

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Tadeusz Cyprian:波兰战争罪检察官和摄影师

这篇文章以一个非传统的人物为中心。Tadeusz Cyprian(1898-1979)不仅是一位杰出的律师，也是一位才华横溢的摄影师。他为二战期间纳粹罪行的记录做出了贡献。塞浦路斯是最高国家法庭(Najwyższy trybunazov Narodowy)的一名检察官，也是纽伦堡审判的四名波兰代表之一。我的调查涉及从塞浦路斯作为检察官和摄影师的角度对德国在二战期间所犯罪行的责任问题。考虑到研究的目的，文章中插图大量出现，在整个研究中更是如此。由于方法学上的原因，这里提出的研究方法并不经常被律师使用。然而，法律并不是一个脱离外部现实的体系。法律研究和法律解释应该以跨学科的方式进行。本文共分为四个部分:(1)理论与语境框架;(2)塞浦路安传记中的关键情节;(3)在波兰执行司法;(4)惩罚和防止种族灭绝的法律原则背后的个人。第一部分的价值在于强调跨学科研究的重要性。这对于法律传记研究、审查特定法院的运作、法官和特定类别的审判尤其重要。

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