Historia biogramu Feliksa Dzierżyńskiego w Polskim słowniku biograficznym w latach 1939–1949
The History of Felix Dzerzhinsky’s Biographical Entry
in the Polish Biographical Dictionary between 1939 and 1949
Author(s): Elżbieta Orman Subject(s): Political history, Social history
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Polish Biographical Dictionary; Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences; censor- ship; Felix Dzerzhinsky; Władysław Konopczyński; Władysław Pobóg-Malinowski; Helena Wereszycka; Stanisław Skrzeszewski;
Summary/Abstract: The biographical entry on FelixDzerzhinsky (Polish: Feliks Dzierżyński),commissioned by the editors of the Pol-ish Biographical Dictionary from WładysławPobóg-Malinowski and delivered by theauthor in the summer of 1939, was writ-ten in accordance with the rules in forceat the time. The war and the subsequentchange in the political system delayed pub-lication. In 1947 the text became subject tocensorship by the communist authoritiesof the People’s Republic of Poland (andimposed self-censorship). A biography ofDzerzhinsky, reworked by Helena Waniczek(Wereszycka) and approved by members ofthe Editorial Committee, was rejected by thecensors. The history of this article, writtenfor a scholarly publication, illustrates therapid decisions made regarding the intro-duction of Stalinist principles that restrictedacademic freedom and their consequencesbetween 1947 and 1949.
Journal: Kwartalnik Historyczny
- Issue Year: 132/2025
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 481-523
- Page Count: 43
- Language: Polish
