Prison letter of Mieczysław Zajewski vel “Turbacz” (1918-1988) Cover Image

Listy więzienne Mieczysława Zajewskiego pseudonim „Turbacz” (1918-1988)
Prison letter of Mieczysław Zajewski vel “Turbacz” (1918-1988)

Author(s): Władysław Zajewski
Subject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego Jana Pawła II
Keywords: operation “Ostra Brama”; communist persecution in Poland

Summary/Abstract: The article contains a collection of letters from 1949-1951 written in the arrest in Łódź and the prison in Rawicz by Mieczysław Zajewski vel “Turbacz”, a Home Army soldier and a participant of operation “Ostra Brama”. His fate was typical for a Home Army officer. After the so-called liberation, he went from Lithuania to the central Poland, where he was accused by communists of anti-state activity and sentenced to prison in Rawicz. The collection of his letters is prefaced by a remembrance essay about the elder brother Professor Władysław Zajewski. The preface tells the life story of Mieczysław Zajewski and his family.

  • Issue Year: 16/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 123-152
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Polish