Krzysztof Szwagrzyk

Krzysztof Szwagrzyk

Cover of Zbrodnie w majestacie prawa 1944-1955 by Krzysztof Szwagrzyk
Born 15 February 1964
Strzegom
Occupation Historian, author
ISBN 83-86788-46-1

Krzysztof Szwagrzyk (born 15 February 1964 in Strzegom)[1] is a Polish historian, publicist and writer, since 1979 living and working in Wrocław, Poland. Szwagrzyk received his Doctoral degree in 20th Century History from the University of Wrocław in 1996. He serves as President of the Public Information Bureau of the Institute of National Remembrance regional Chapter in Wrocław, and is the author of numerous scientific papers and several monographs about contemporary Polish history, with special focus on the system of political repressions during the period of Stalinism in Poland,[2] and the anti-communist structures in Lower Silesia in the years of 1945–1956. He's the author of screenplay Golgota Wrocławska.[3][4][5]

Murders in the majesty of the law

In his monograph Zbrodnie w majestacie prawa 1944-1955 (Murders in the majesty of the law 1944-1955) Szwagrzyk focuses on the lesser known aspects of the entry into Poland by the advancing Soviet forces in 1944, resulting in the violent takeover of power by the communists. The presence of the vast number of officers and soldiers of the Red Army across Poland allowed for the creation of state apparatus the likes of which have never been seen before. A number of laws and regulations were introduced between 1944 and 1946 mirroring the Soviet model, which allowed for the arrest and persecution of military and civilian representatives of the Polish Underground State with indiscriminate use of death penalty. In the following decade over 5 thousand civilian Poles received death sentence from the army in the majesty of the law. In total, some 50,000 people perished in Poland during the communist takeover.[6]

Works

References

  1. ↑ Antoni Lenkiewicz, Polacy na przełomie XX i XXI wieku, Volume 2. Wydawn. Biuro Tłumaczeń, 1999. ISBN 83-909052-7-2.
  2. ↑ Krzysztof Szwagrzyk in translation: "Stereotype or Reality?" OBEP Wrocław (including footnotes). Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  3. ↑ Krzysztof Szwagrzyk - Google Scholar. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  4. ↑ Krzysztof Szwagrzyk - Google Books. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  5. ↑ Dr. hab. Krzysztof Szwagrzyk in Ludzie nauki scientific database. Nauka Polska (OPI). (Polish)
  6. ↑ Krzysztof Szwagrzyk, Łukasz Szleszkowski, Andrzej Ossowski, Agata Thannhäuser, Milena Bykowska, Marta Kuś (2013). "Badania historyczne i medyczne w procesie identyfikacji ofiar komunizmu" [Forensic examinations and research in the process of naming the victims of communism] (PDF). Wprowadzenie. Muzeum Historii Polski.
  7. ↑ Krzysztof Szwagrzyk (2013). "Prawnicy czasów bezprawia. Sędziowie i prokuratorzy wojskowi w Polsce 1944–1956" [The lawyers in the time of lawlessness in Poland 1944–1956]. Instytut Pamięci Narodowej. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  8. ↑ Szwagrzyk, Krzysztof (2005). "Aparat Bezpieczenstwa w Polsce. Kadra kierownicza. Tom I: 1944–1956 (The Security Service in Poland. Directorate. Volume One: 1944–1956)" (PDF). Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), Warsaw. pp. 25, 59, 62, 535. ISBN 83-89078-94-5. Archived from the original (PDF direct download: 3.63 MB) on January 4, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2013. Szwagrzyk used existing records declassified after the collapse of the Soviet empire to uncover the workings of the Ministry of Public Security before the end of Stalinism in Poland.
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