1. Number of cases completed in the period from January 1, 2001 to March 31, 2002.
On March 14, 2001 the Departmental Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation in Poznań issued an indictment to the District Court in Poznań against Henryk Mania for the deed consisting in the co-operation with the German state from December 8, 1941 to April 7, 1943 in the concentration camp in Chełmno upon Nerem (currently the Wielkopolskie province) where in the co-operation with other people he took part in genocide on Polish citizens of Jewish nationality, which qualifies as a crime according to Art. 1, Par. 1 of a decree of August 31, 1944 on crimes and punishments for Nazi criminals guilty of murders and tortures inflicted upon civilians and prisoners and for traitors of the Polish Nation (Official Journal of the Republic of Poland, No. 69 of 1946, position 377).
On June 7, 2001 the District Court in Poznań, delegation in Konin - found the defendant guilty of the crime and sentenced him for 8 years of imprisonment (the sentence: XVI K 3/01).
On February 2, 2002, the Court of Appeal in Poznań, amining the appeal of the defendant submitted by his attorney Jarosław L., sustained the sentence of the District Court in Poznań. The sentence is legally valid.
2. Number of cases filed or currently in litigation.
So far no other person has been charged with committing a crime and no further indictments have been issued.
3. Number of cases launched in 2001 and before the end of March 2002.
48 investigations have been initiated in the Institute of National Remembrance - Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation in Poland, out of which:
A. Departmental Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation in Biaωystok initiated 5 investigations in the cases of:
B. Departmental Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation in Gdańsk initiated 3 investigations, in the cases of: