okładka

No. 1(12) (2014)

ISSN:
1733-6996

Section: Biographies

Jerzy Szerszeń (1919–1973), Colonel, Officer of the Red Army, Head of District Board of Information No. 8, Superintendent of Investigations Conducted by the Military Information concerning the „Commanders’ Conspiracy”

Aparat Represji w Polsce Ludowej 1944-1989, No. 1(12) (2014), pages: 329-340

Publication date: 2023-03-28

Abstract

The Main Directorate of Information of the Polish Army was created on 15 May 1943 under the strict supervision of the Soviet SMERSH military counterintelligence organisation. Despite proving the obviously criminal activities of this institution, no investigator or officer of Military Information has ever been convicted by the Polish judiciary. The article presents the life and work of one of the most dangerous investigators, who was for many years the Head of Regional Directorate of Information No. 8 of Naval Information. He took an active part in uncovering and questioning naval officers in relation to the famous „Commanders’ Conspiracy”. Jerzy Szerszeń was born on 1 November 1919 in Brody in the Lviv province, as a son of Łukasz, a Polish State Railways employee, and Katarzyna. He was an officer of the Red Army (1941–1943), and, while serving in the Tadeusz Kościuszko 1st Infantry Division of the Polish Army, he took part in the battles for Berlin. He served in Military Information from 1947 to 1956. As a long-time head of  several of its agencies, he oversaw investigations into the most important issues of the Communist terror apparatus, including the Tatar-Utnik-Nowicki case. After leaving the service, he was recognised by the Soviet Union. In 1964 he graduated from the Higher Academic Course of the Military Academy of Logistics and Transport in Leningrad. He never faced justice, including from Communist judges, although „Mazur’s report” of 1957 was crushing for him. He died in 1973, without being harassed by anyone.


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Dziadziuszko, K. (2023). Jerzy Szerszeń (1919–1973), Colonel, Officer of the Red Army, Head of District Board of Information No. 8, Superintendent of Investigations Conducted by the Military Information concerning the „Commanders’ Conspiracy”. Aparat Represji W Polsce Ludowej 1944-1989, (1(12), 329–340. Retrieved from https://czasopisma.ipn.gov.pl/index.php/arpl/article/view/1507

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okładka

No. 1(12) (2014)

ISSN:
1733-6996

Data publikacji:
2014-11-04

Dział: Biographies