Officers of the Security Apparatus and the Obligation of Military Service 1944–1956 Cover Image

Funkcjonariusze aparatu bezpieczeństwa a obowiązek służby wojskowej w latach 1944–1956
Officers of the Security Apparatus and the Obligation of Military Service 1944–1956

Author(s): Justyna Dudek
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, History, Military history, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Wojskowe Biuro Historyczne im. gen. broni Kazimierza Sosnkowskiego
Keywords: officers of the security apparatus;military service;military conscription

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the issue of the fulfillment of compulsory military service by officers of the security apparatus. The author analyzes documents issued by both the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Public Security and points out that exemption from military service may have encouraged some officers to join the security services in the 1940s.

  • Issue Year: XXIV/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 134-162
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Polish