Problem legalności działań Państwowego Banku Rolnego Generalnej Guberni na przykładzie transakcji sprzedaży obszaru leśnego Laski – Borków z dóbr wilanowskich w 1940 r.
- Year of publication: 2011
- Source: Show
- Pages: 289-315
- DOI Address: http://dx.doi.org/10.15804/ksm201219
- PDF: ksm/17/ksm201219.pdf
Problem of legal activities of the National Bank of Agriculture in General Government on the basis of sale transaction of the forest area Laski-Borków from Wilanów’s property in 1940
In this press article we are trying to estimate an activity of bank institution in General Gouvernment which used pre-war apparatus of The National Bank of Agriculture. That bank was one of the largest bank that achieved aims showed to it by the government of Polish Republic II which was to service activity of agricultural reform in the mid-war period. As it is known, the German occupant authorities used assets of the same bank for other various aims. During World War II the bank was working on the basis of out of border laws in Great Britain. There has not been any straight estimation of legality of The National Bank of Agriculture in General Gouvernment. The political reasons made impossible to take back the major part of its assets in the post-war period. Finally, the National Bank of Economy took control of the rest part of The National Bank of Agriculture’s property which was not liquidated. In order to analyze our question we have used as an example the transaction which was possible using an apparatus of The National Bank of Agriculture in 1940. The transaction was between the bank and earl Adam Branicki from Wilanow – one of the most powerful pre-war debter of the bank ( according to the amount of debt). The transaction included selling of the forest area Laski – Borki which was a part of earl Adam Branicki’s terrestrial estate to The National Bank of Agriculture in General Gouvernment and summing up sale price (2 000 000 polish zlotych) with the part of Braniecki’s debt. I have chosen the transaction to analyze not only because of its large value ( taking into account relations of The National Bank of Agriculture which was in charge of breaking up minor farmers’ properties) but also its relatively good documentary and last but not least, the variety of aspects appearing on the background of this one transaction.