Zbrodnie komunistycznego aparatu bezpieczeństwa. Sprawa śmierci Zbigniewa Simoniuka (1981-1983)

• Authors: Bożena Koszel-Pleskaczuk

Title variants

EN

Crimes of the communist security apparatus. The case of death of Zbigniew Simoniuk (1981-1983)

Abstracts

EN

Bożena Koszel-Pleskaczuk in the paper Crimes of the communist security apparatus. The case of death of Zbigniew Simoniuk (1981-1983) propose to analyze the neglected issue concerning the methods used by the apparatus of repression to provoke or pretend self-aggression of the victim. In the vast literature on the subject relating to the security apparatus there is a lack of studies in which the theme of the criminal activity of these services towards the opposition has been analyzed, treating of the „self-aggression”; of the victim. The aim of the article is an attempt to complement the oversimplified view of the past relating to the communist special services and to determine the methods and means which the security apparatus used to eliminate the threat to the authorities of the People’s Republic of Poland. To that end, the author analyses source material concerning Simoniuk’s death, as well as the documentation of the Provincial Office of Internal Affairs in Białystok, the Provincial Public Prosecutor’s Office in Białystok, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Warsaw and the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. The 20th century was characterized by the formation of strong social movements. This phenomenon occurred in different forms and with different intensity in different decades. Social movements, in turn, aroused the reaction of the ruling elite. A particular intensity could be observed in the 1980s. The tools used by the repressive apparatus often came down to discrediting the opposition and its individual representatives. Today there is talk about the victims of communism, but the crimes that accompanied the brutal policy of the communist authorities remain in many cases unexplained. The phenomenon of violence is immanent to the functioning of society, it occurs in all radical social transformations. Its forms and intensity remain an open question. One of them is the case of Simoniuk’s death in 1983. The official cause of death was suicide by hanging. An in-depth analysis of source materials will enable us to reconstruct the reality in which the victim was subjected to repression. The paper’s compositional structure will be accompanied by an introduction, six subtitles, and a conclusion.

Keywords

EN

security apparatus; repression; opposition; crime; communism

• Publisher: Ośrodek Badawczy Facta Ficta
• Journal: Facta Ficta. Journal of Theory, Narrative & Media
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 191-210

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Bożena Koszel-Pleskaczuk

• Instytut Pamięci Narodowej Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu Oddział w Białymstoku

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2011097