Sekcja Hotelowa szczecińskiej Służby Bezpieczeństwa i jej działalność na terenie miasta w latach 1973–1990
Hotel section of the Szczecin Security Service and its activity in the town area in 1973–1990

Summary/Abstract: Many people have heard of the Security Service activity in the Polish hotels. How did it look like in Szczecin? In search for answer to this question the author investigated the operational activity conducted in the hotels “Arkona”, “Continental”, “Neptun”, and “Reda”, managed by the company “Orbis”, and the municipal hotels “Gryf” and “Piast” run by the Voivodship Enterprise of Tourism Services “Pomerania”. The purpose of this article is an attempt to explain the principles of functioning of the Szczecin Security Service hotel section and to “delve” into the subject matter of hotels operating at the time of Polish People’s Republic in Szczecin. Based on the collected source material and the information provided by the former staff of the hotel section of the Security Service the author seeks to answer the questions concerning the scope of the tasks performed by the Security Service and to explore the methods used by the officers, the scale of invigilation of the society, and influence of the Security Service on the operation of hotels. A significant element is also material proof of the unit’s existence and operation, i.e. the documents produced in the time past, which today can be referred to as archival.

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