The trial of three young Germans accused of insulting the Polish Nation will take place before the Jelenia Góra Regional Court. This decision was made by the Court of Appeal in Wrocław.
The Regional Court in Jelenia Góra, although unwilling to do so, will have to deal with the German citizens who, last summer, put up anti-Polish posters at bus stops and on noticeboards in the Jelenia Góra Valley.
The decision was made by the Court of Appeal in Wrocław, which considered the Jelenia Góra prosecutor’s office’s complaint against the Regional Court’s previous decision.
The prosecution determined that the Germans had committed a crime: they had insulted the Polish nation and incited hatred on the grounds of national differences.
However, the Jelenia Góra Regional Court decided, without examining the substance of the case, that the Germans’ act was not a crime but an offence, because, in the court’s view, their wrongdoing consisted of putting up posters without permission. The regional court does not deal with such cases.
According to the Court of Appeal, the judges in Jelenia Góra could not, before the trial began, determine that the case concerned an offence rather than a crime and refer it to the municipal court division.