Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Note on Polish Pronunciation ix
4. Introduction: The Country without a Quisling? 1
5. 1. “There Are Many Cains among Us” 15
6. 2. Crowdsourcing Genocide 37
7. 3. Hearts Grown Brutal 78
8. 4. The Special Courts 105
9. 5. Rewriting the Narrative of the Past 132
10. 6. Between Politics and Retribution 160
11. 7. The District Courts 199
12. 8. Cold War Considerations 226
13. 9. The Principles of Socialist Humanism 248
14. 10. The Math of Amnesty 259
15. Conclusion: The Conspiracy of Memory 269
16. Archival Abbreviations 283
17. Notes 285
18. Acknowledgments 319
19. Index 321