Wyroki sądów specjalnych Polskiego Państwa Podziemnego na żołnierzach ZWZ-AK i kolaborantach z terenu Obszaru Lwowskiego w latach 1940-1943

JUDGMENTS OF THE SPECIAL COURTS OF THE POLISH UNDERGROUND STATE REGARDING SOLDIERS OF THE UNION OF ARMED STRUGGLE – THE HOME ARMY (ZWZ-AK) AND COLLABORATIONISTS FROM THE LVIV AREA IN 1940-1943 The present article aims to analyse the functioning of the underground judiciary during World War II, primarily in relation to people associated with the Lviv area of the ZWZ-AK in 1940-1943. First, the article presents the development of Special Courts of the ZWZ, and then as Special Military Courts. In addition, legal regulations in the field of court proceedings and adjudication of criminal sanctions are discussed. The main part of the work, based on the Files of Military Special Courts from the collections of the Archives of Modern Records in Warsaw, describes exemplary court proceedings against members of the armed underground from Area No. 3 of the ZWZ-AK in Lviv, against whom the death penalty was imposed. Moreover, based on one of the underground publications, “Information Bulletin of the Czerwieński Region”, the decisions of the Judging Commissions for Civil Combat in the matter of minor offenses and crimes committed by civilians are discussed.