Jerzy Niezbrzycki (Ryszard Wraga) and the Polish Intelligence in the Soviet Union in the 1930s
Jerzy Niezbrzycki (Ryszard Wraga) and the Polish Intelligence in the Soviet Union in the 1930s
Author(s): Hiroaki KuromiyaSubject(s): History, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, Military history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), History of Communism
Published by: Wojskowe Biuro Historyczne im. gen. broni Kazimierza Sosnkowskiego
Keywords: Jerzy Niezbrzycki (Ryszard Wraga); intelligence; disinformation; Poland, the Soviet Union; Latvia
Summary/Abstract: Jerzy Niezbrzycki (born 1901/2 – died 1968) was a key figure in Polish intelligence during the Polish Second Republic. After WWII, he lived abroad where heengaged widely in the analysis of Soviet affairs and published under the pen nameof Ryszard Wraga. His unfinished memoirs written in English not only illuminatethe battle between Polish and Soviet intelligence before WWII but also suggest thateven the most experienced foreign intelligence operatives like Niezbrzycki weremisled by elaborate Soviet disinformation.
Journal: Przegląd Historyczno-Wojskowy
- Issue Year: XXII/2021
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 190-207
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English