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Offenses committed by officers of the Poviat Office for Public Security in Krasnystaw – contribution to research
Aparat Represji w Polsce Ludowej 1944-1989, No. 1(16) (2018), pages: 153-176
Publication date: 2023-03-28
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Abstract
In the first years of the formation of the so-called People’s democracy came to numerous crimes committed by officers of public security offices. People – for whom the communistic propaganda was portraying them as guardians of social order – they were largely an absolute criminal group, which tortured and often murdered political opponents of the new authorities. The sense of impunity meant that officers often exceeded their official powers and in an in-depth manner settled their personal fines. It is impossible to accurately and precisely estimated the scale of the crimes committed by Security Office, because of careful covering up the internal disciplinary proceedings and criminals were very rarely responsible for their actions against the judicial system. If there was a conviction, the judgments that were made were scandalously low compare to the act committed.
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