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Security Service officers, disciplinary and criminal liability for the committed crimes and offences between 1945-1956. Outline of issues based on the selected investigative materials of the District Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation in Poznań
Aparat Represji w Polsce Ludowej 1944-1989, No. 1(17) (2019), pages: 131-142
Publication date: 2023-03-28
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Abstract
According to the partially preserved materials at the Voivodship Office of Public Security (Wojewódzki Urząd Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego, or WUBP) in Poznań it can be estimated that between 1945–1955 this unit ran over 4000 criminal and disciplinary proceedings. In this article two types of crimes committed by the Department of Security (Urząd Bezpieczeństwa, or UB) have been analysed. The first crime is concerned with the 1945 murder of four prisoners in the WUBP detention centre in Poznań. The second case concerns the 1952 conviction of four district officers of Public Security (Powiatowy Urząd Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego, or PUBP) in Kościan. The officers were accused of drinking at work, sexual abuses (also against minors), theft, torture of detainees and causing the death of a prisoner. The punishments imposed on the officers in these cases were inadequate to the committed offences. After a short period of detention, they could still count on the help and leniency from the authorities. Without any problems they continued their careers outside UB.
Keywords
Ministry of Public Security • Department of Officers • security service officers • Poznań • Kościan • criminal liability of UB officers Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego • Wydział ds. Funkcjonariuszy • przestępstwa funkcjonariuszy organów bezpieczeństwa • Poznań • Kościan • odpowiedzialność karna funkcjonariuszy UB
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