Rekwizycja czy rabunek? Studium przypadku przywłaszczenia mienia przez Armię Czerwoną na przykładzie powiatu wrzesińskiego w 1945 r.

The text revolves around the Red Army’s activity in Greater Poland since the liberation to the dismantling of the Soviet administration in Poznan province. This text deals with requisitions and robberies committed by the Red Army around Września. This article is dedicated to the phenomena of requisitions and robberies committed by the soldiers of the Red Army in Września county (Poznań province) in 1945–1946. It is a case study which refers to a broader issue of Soviet troops stationing in the province. Their im¬pact on the economic conditions and the financial situation of the civilians was significant. While in the definition context, the difference between requisition and robbery in unambig¬uous, it was in fact blurred in the reality of 1945–1946. Cooperation between the military administration of the Red Army with the war commandants representing it and the Polish administration was in fact very difficult. Frequently, the “right of power” was the determina¬tive factor in the relations between civilians and the Red Army soldiers.