Zeznanie Ewarysta Zwierzewicza – pierwszego komendanta Okręgu IX Łódź Narodowych Sił Zbrojnych jako źródło do badań nad historią konspiracji związanej z ruchem narodowym
The Testimony of Ewaryst Zwierzewicz – the First Commander of District IX Łódź of the National Armed Forces – as a Source for Research into the History of the Underground connected with the National Movement

Summary/Abstract: After the end of World War II, the security apparatus took action against the soldiers of the Polish independence underground. From 1947, Ewaryst Zwierzewicz, who during the German occupation carried out the duties of the commander of District IX Łódź of the National Armed Forces, was subjected to investigation by the Voivodeship Office of Public Security in Łódź. Communist repressions against the hero of the above article culminated in his arrest and conviction by the Voivodeship Court in Zielona Góra in 1954. The aim of this article is to analyse Zwierzewicz’s testimony, which was written during the investigation conducted against him by officers of the Voivodeship Office of Public Security in Zielona Góra. The testimony constitutes noteworthy archival material, as the hero of the article played a special role in both the pre-war and wartime history of Łódź. The source reveals a lot of hitherto unknown information about the soldiers of the national underground, which opens up a wide range of new research possibilities. Apart from the analysis of the testimony’s structure, the subject of this article was also the comparison of its content with other archival materials and with the literature on the subject. As a result of the research carried out, on the basis of Zwierzewicz’s testimony it was possible to reconstruct the life of the hero of the article, as well as three selected stories from his life.

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