TY - JOUR TI - The case of the “Hel” ship in Polish-Belgian relations in 1955 AU - Pasztor, Maria TI - The case of the “Hel” ship in Polish-Belgian relations in 1955 AB - The article deals with the Polish-Belgian legal dispute (1955) over the legality of the arrest imposed on the Polish “Hel” ship in Antwerp. The detention of the ship resulted from previous rulings of the courts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain made enforceable by the Belgian judiciary. The Polish authorities tried to transfer the legal dispute to the political and diplomatic level. This led to a Polish-Belgian “war of notes” and the degradation of relations between Warsaw and Brussels. VL - 2022 IS - Issue 149 (1) PY - 2022 SN - 0083-4351 C1 - 2084-4069 SP - 195 EP - 206 DO - 10.4467/20844069PH.22.010.14623 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/prace-historyczne/article/sprawa-statku-hel-w-relacjach-polsko-belgijskich-w-1955-roku KW - Polish-Belgian relations KW - Polish seamen-emigrants KW - arrest (sequestration) of the “Hel” ship KW - Polish-Belgian “war of notes” KW - Cold War