A Misappropriated Excerpt from Wiktor Woroszylski’s Diary in the Eyes of a Consultant under the Alias “Olcha” Cover Image

Przywłaszczony fragment dziennika Wiktora Woroszylskiego w oczach konsultanta ps. „Olcha”
A Misappropriated Excerpt from Wiktor Woroszylski’s Diary in the Eyes of a Consultant under the Alias “Olcha”

Author(s): Marta Marcinkiewicz
Subject(s): Cultural history, Political history, Social history, Polish Literature, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Sociology of Literature
Published by: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej
Keywords: Wiktor Woroszylski; Wacław Sadkowski; “Olcha” consultant; internment; detention centre in Jaworze; martial law; diary; writers; opposition;

Summary/Abstract: Wiktor Woroszylski was one of the longest interned writers. From 13 December 1981 to 18 October 1982, he was held in detention centres in Warsaw Białołęka, Jaworze and Darłówek. On 20 February 1982, during a search, guards seized from him a 99-page fragment of a diary written in solitary confinement. An extensive fragment of the manuscript seized from the poet was handed over to Wacław Sadkowski, alias “Olcha”, a writer working in the Security Service, for analysis. The published analysis is the only trace of Woroszylski’s notes from this period. The original fragment of the diary has not been found to this day.

  • Issue Year: 40/2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 548-564
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish