Published: 2017-06-30

The activity of scientific circles of lawyers organized by the Polish officers in German captivity in 1939–1945

Bartosz Janczak
The Opole Studies in Administration and Law
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.25167/osap.1278

Abstract

Albert Hesse was one of the most eminent German professors of economic law and statistics. He was educated at the University Hale-Wittenberg, but spent most of his life, as a researcher in Wroclaw (1921–1945). In the period of Weimar Republic, he became one of the most prominent specialists, in his fields of research. He was engaged in various activities, connect ed with international organisations and on the forum of the League of Nations. What is more, he was also, initially, a worker, and then the co-director of East Europe Institute in Wroclaw, though in 1933, after the Nazis had taken over the power, he lost this position. The time of the Third Reich, was the beginning of Hesse’s end as a researcher as threads of the national socialist ideology appeared more and more often in his academic work, which contributed to a decline in his prestige. Nonetheless, there was no solid evidence of his possible harmfulness to anybody, which allowed him to continue teaching in the postwar Germany.

Keywords:

pow camps, German captivity, Polish officers, academic circle of lawyers

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Janczak, B. (2017). The activity of scientific circles of lawyers organized by the Polish officers in German captivity in 1939–1945. The Opole Studies in Administration and Law, 15(2), 161–174. https://doi.org/10.25167/osap.1278

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