title: Reconstruction of methods of execution of the death penalty by shooting in the years 1949-1954 based on exhumation research of "prison fields" in Osobowicki Cemetery in Wroclaw. Part I--Historical outline and results of research conducted prior to exhumations performed in 2011.
abstract: In the period between October and December 2011, a series of exhumation research of the so-called prison quarters dating back to 1949-1954 was conducted in Osobowicki Cemetery in Wrocław. Among the buried there were political prisoners executed by shooting--genuine or alleged members of post-war independence organizations. It was a unique opportunity to determine the method of execution of the death penalty in that period because, according to historical data and the results of two test exhumations, this method considerably differed from instructions on the use of a firing squad during execution of the death penalty.
authors: Zakładu Medycyny Sadowej Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu. lukasz.szleszkowski@am.wroc.pl
authors: Łukasz
authors: Ł
authors: Szleszkowski
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy / Q000266:history; D002203:Capital Punishment / Q000266:history*; D055699:Cemeteries; D049249:Exhumation / Q000266:history*; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010338:Pathology, Clinical / Q000266:history; D011044:Poland; D011329:Prisoners / Q000266:history*; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology