Measures taken by the Polish People’s Republic Secret Police (UB) in case of Piotr Kosobudzki, the soldier of the National Armed Forces (NSZ) and Emergency Task Force (PAS) Cover Image

Działania łódzkiego Urzędu Bezpieczeństwa wobec Piotra Kosobudzkiego, żołnierza Narodowych Sił Zbrojnych i Pogotowia Akcji Specjalnej
Measures taken by the Polish People’s Republic Secret Police (UB) in case of Piotr Kosobudzki, the soldier of the National Armed Forces (NSZ) and Emergency Task Force (PAS)

Author(s): Andrzej Szymański
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminology, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: National Armed Forces (NSZ); Emergency Task Force (PAS); Cursed Soldiers; repression;

Summary/Abstract: The paper describes the legal procedure against Piotr Kosobudzki, one of the Cursed Soldiers, the distinguished commander, the member of the National Armed Forces and of the Emergency Task Forces. Kosobudzki after the Soviets entered Poland in 1944 was arrested and then handcuffed jumped out of the driving train and was hiding for almost three years, then he was again arrested by the Secret Police. Illegally imprisoned Kosobudzki was eventually released because the family of his wife paid to the Polish Secret Police a bribe in the amount of 50 thousand zlotys. In the paper, the contents of some archive documents concerning this case were presented and an attempt to evaluate it legally was made.

  • Issue Year: XXII/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 281-298
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish