Rozpracowywanie przez aparat bezpieczeństwa PRL ks. prymasa Stefana Wyszyńskiego i o. Mariana Pirożyńskiego na przykładzie działalności tajnego współpracownika o pseudonimie „Ptaszyńska”
After 1944 a network of secret collaborators was one of the primary methodsof operation communist security apparatus. In Poland, were replicatedmethods of the Soviet Union. Executives of Security Ministry were trainedby the soviet political police NKVD. Well-located agents played an importantrole in the suppression of anti-communist sentiment. It served also tocombating ideological enemies, including the Catholic Church. The Churchenvironment were development of videomonitoring by the security apparatussince the beginning of communist rule in Poland. As early as in 1946.it was established secret instructions about the acquisition of agents amongthe clergy. The Stalinist Safety Authority also recruited collaborators amongthe prisoners. Such a person was Sister Maria Graczyk of the Congregationof the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary. Since 1951. she stayedin prison. In July of 1953 she was recruited by the secret police, she was giventhe pseudonym “Ptaszyńska”. Her first denunciations concerned the FatherMarian Pirożyński. He was arrested on 28 September 1953. For two years, shereported on the interned Polish Primate Stefan Wyszyński. For this reason, itplayed an important role in the communist system the fight with the CatholicChurch. Maria Graczyk after release from prison in 1956. continued collaborationwith the SB, she walked away of the Order. Her fate is an example ofa person who from the victim persecuted by the secret police has evolved intoa passive and effective instrument of repression apparatus.
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