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Recolections of Capt. Stefan Paluszkiewicz, direcor of the Poviat Public Security Office in Włocławek (1945–1946), deputy head at the Province Publice Security Office in Bydgoszcz (1946–1947) and Wrocław (1947–1950)
Aparat Represji w Polsce Ludowej 1944-1989, No. 1(13) (2015), pages: 531-595
Publication date: 2023-03-28
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Abstract
The set of memoirs by Stefan Paluszkiewicz constitute an interesting historical source for several reasons, written as they were in the late 1970s for agitation and popularisation purposes for the needs of the Historical Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Paluszkiewicz begins with a presentation of his youth and mature life first in interwar Poland and then during the period of German occupation, which by the author’s assumption was to provide an explicit justification of his attitude towards the post-war reality. The events of 1945–1950 (and mainly of 1945) were described by someone who performed managerial functions in the public security apparatus at the district (Włocławek) and provincial (Bydgoszcz, Wrocław) levels. The document enables us to understand the motives, circumstances and conditions accompanying the decisions concerning the operational actions of the political police, which are otherwise impossible to reconstruct on the basis of the preserved reports and operational-investigative documentation of the UB (Security Office) units ran by Paluszkiewicz. The presented relation allows an understanding of the mechanisms and criteria behind staff recruitment for the UB operating in Poland in the first years after the war (the significance of mutual connections and acquaintances, the pre-war communist activity), the role of Soviet counsellors in educating the first UB employees, the process of PPR cell formation (Polish Labour Party), cooperation with the MO (Civic Militia) and the already visible influence of the UB on the militia. The author of the memoirs also brought up issues connected with the implementation of rural reform and amnesty as well as the relationship with Catholic clergy, PSL (Polish People’s Party) representatives and the civilian population. An important advantage of the presented text consists of the fact that it enables the readers to evaluate the author’s mentality, his political beliefs, opinions and attitudes.
Keywords
Stefan Paluszkiewicz • PUBP Włocławek • WUBP Bydgoszcz • WUBP Wrocław • Jerzy Gadzinowski • Ryszard Buczkowski • Stanisław Solecki alias Gałęzowski • bp Karol Radoński • Leopold Jan Kronenberg • Yvonne Bassaler • rural reform • Home Army Kuyavian Territory Regiment Stefan Paluszkiewicz • PUBP Włocławek • WUBP Bydgoszcz • WUBP Wrocław • Stanisław Solecki vel Gałęzowski • Ryszard Buczkowski • Jerzy Gadzinowski • bp Karol Radoński • Leopold Jan Kronenberg • Yvonne Bassaler • reforma rolna • Pułk Ziemi Kujawskiej AK
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