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Behind the scenes of agent "Zaręba's" (Donat Czerewacz) activities aimed at the Home Army Group "Radosław" in 1947–1949
Aparat Represji w Polsce Ludowej 1944-1989, No. 1(13) (2015), pages: 325-349
Publication date: 2023-03-28
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Abstract
The article presents the activity of a secret collaborator of the 4th Department of the 5th Ministry of Public Security, Donat Czerewacz („Zaręba”), who played a significant role in the exposure of the veteran community of the „Radosław” Home Army Concentration. The materials obtained by him proved particularly useful for the officers of the security apparatus because in the late 1940s they commenced a widespread repression against the veterans of the Warsaw Uprising, known as the „Zośka” case. The author’s intention was to present a detailed fragment of Zaręba’s activity for the security apparatus in the years 1947–1949 on the basis of documents, thus far unused in a broader context, from the archives of the IPN (Institute of National Remembrance). In order to facilitate understanding of the role of Czerewacz it was required to evoke basic information from his biography, including his activity within the anti-German conspiracy, which enabled „Zaręba’s” credibility to be maintained in the circle of the people he kept under his surveillance once he became a secret collaborator of the Ministry of Public Security (MBP). It was thanks to his merits from the period of World War Two that he managed to avoid being exposed as an informant despite arising suspicions regarding his objectives and intentions.
References
AIPN, 2386/6229, Koperta z pokwitowaniami podpisanymi przez TW „Zaręba”, k. 257
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