Polish-German Relations and the Effects of the Second World War

05.09.2006

Publikacja w języku angielskim stanowi wybór artykułów z dwóch książek poświęconych trudnym problemom w stosunkach polsko-niemieckich po II wojnie światowej: <EM>Problem reparacji, odszkodowań i świadczeń w stosunkach polsko-niemieckich 1944-2004 oraz Transfer - obywatelstwo - majątek. Trudne problemy stosunków polsko-niemieckich. Studia i dokumenty.

 

Table of Contents

 

In Consideration of Our Common Future (p. 7)

 

I. DAMAGES INFLICTED UPON POLAND DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

 

Mateusz Gniazdowski
Damages Inflicted on Poland by the Germans During the Second World War: an Outline of Research and Estimates (p. 13)

 

Wojciech W. Kowalski
An Appraisal of the Losses to Polish Cultural Heritage Resulting from German Aggression during the Second World War (p. 45)

 

Wojciech W. Kowalski
Restitution and Reparations in the Area of Polish Cultural Heritage,

the Legal Regulations and The Activities of the Polish Authorities (p. 69)

 

II. INTERNATIONAL LAW BASES FOR PAYING REPARATIONS TOWARDS POLAND

 

Mariusz Muszyński
The Basis in International Law for German Reparation Obligations Towards the Victorious Coalition and Towards Poland in Particular (p. 97)

 

Witold M. Góralski

The Legal Bases and Aims of the Programme of Alienating German Property, Pursuant to The Potsdam Agreement, in the Western and Northern Territories (p. 129)

 

Janusz Dołęga, Łukasz Kulesa, Rafał Tarnogórski

The USSR’s Implementation of the Provisions of the Potsdam Agreement with Regard to Poland (p. 159)

 

III. REPATRIATION AND EMIGRATION FROM POLAND OF PERSONS DECLARING GERMAN DESCENT AND THE PROBLEM OF RENOUNCING POLISH CITIZENSHIP

 

Stanisław Jankowiak, Mateusz Sora

Polish Policy with Regard to Persons Applying for Permission to Emigrate to Germany in the Years 1950–1984 (p. 189)

 

Mariusz Muszyński

International Law and the Citizenship of Germans Resettled or Repatriated from Poland (p. 225)

 

IV.POST-GERMAN PROPERTY AND GERMAN RESTITUTION AND PROPERTY CLAIMS AGAINST POLAND

 

Jan Barcz

Loss of Polish Citizenship by Emigrants from Poland to the Federal Republic of Germany Under Council of State Resolution No. 37/56 (p. 257)

 

Witold M. Góralski

The Significance for Polish-German Relations of the Barcz-Frowein Report on Claims from Germany Against Poland in Connection with the Second World War (p. 291)

 

Jacek Górecki

The Legal Status of Real Estate Abandoned by Persons Leaving Poland for the Federal Republic of Germany in the Years 1956–1989 (p. 327)

 

Magda Krzyżanowska-Mierzewska

The Problem of Claims Arising Out of Expropriations of Property from German Owners in the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights (p. 343)

 

V. VARIA

 

Maria Frankowska

The Declaration of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, Made on 1 August 2004 in Warsaw, in Light of International Law (p. 367)

 

Appendix - Territorial changes of Poland after the Second World War (p. 393)