Places of activity and struggles of the Cursed Soldiers units
Welcome dear Infographic enthusiasts!
On March 1, 2024, for the 13th time, the National Day of Remembrance of Cursed Soldiers is celebrated.
This marks the anniversary of the murder by communists of members of the last, IV Command of the "Freedom and Independence" Association, the post-war main heir of the Home Army in the fight for independence. It was on this day in 1951 in the prison at Rakowiecka Street in Warsaw that Lukasz Cieplinski, Adam Lazarowicz, Mieczyslaw Kawalec, Jozef Rzepka, Franciszek Blazej, Jozef Batory and Karol Chmiel were murdered with a shot to the back of the head. The bodies were buried by the communists in a place that remains unknown to this day. The search is still ongoing...
It is also worth mentioning the tens of thousands of civilian supporters of the anti-communist armed underground, who often gave their lives for it, such as Stefania Zarzycka, who was pregnant and with her husband provided shelter to, among others, Hieronim Dekutowski alias "Zapora" or Zdzislaw Broński alias "Uskok."
The Cursed Soldiers were soldiers of the Polish post-war underground of independence and anti-communism, who resisted the Sovietization of Poland and its subordination to the USSR. Fighting against the forces of the new aggressor, they had to face the enormous propaganda directed against them by the People's Republic of Poland, which called them "bands of the reactionary underground." In turn, individuals involved in anti-communist organizations and armed units, which were included in the files of the security apparatus, were designated as "enemies of the people."
The mobilization and struggle of the Cursed Soldiers was the first reflex of self-defense of the Polish society against Soviet aggression and the authorities of the communist regime imposed by force, but also an example of the largest anti-communist armed conspiracy on a European scale, covering the entire territory of Poland, including the Eastern Borderlands of the Second Polish Republic, lost to the Soviet Union.
The number of members of all underground organizations and groups is estimated at 120-180 thousand. Most of the actions of the anti-communist underground units were directed against the armed units of the UB, KBW or MO. The independence underground also actively operated in the Eastern Borderlands, especially in the territories of Grodno, Nowogródek, and Vilnius.
The last member of the resistance movement was Jozef Franczak, alias "Lalek," who was killed in a raid in Majdan Kozic Górnych near Piaski (Lublin Voivodeship) eighteen years after the war - on October 21, 1963.
The Cursed Soldiers suffered immense persecution. In the underground battles against the authorities, around 9,000 conspirators were killed. Several thousand more were murdered based on communist court judgments or died in prisons.
The phenomenon of post-war independence conspiracy lies in the fact that it was - until the emergence of Solidarity - the most numerous form of organized resistance of the Polish society against the imposed authority. The Cursed Soldiers, through their activities, contributed to delaying the further stages of the consolidation of the communist system, remaining a model of civic behavior for many communities.
I warmly encourage you to view the infographic and reflect on the history of Poland and Europe...
Source: Dzieje.pl, Polska.pl
Welcome dear Infographic enthusiasts!
On March 1, 2024, for the 13th time, the National Day of Remembrance of Cursed Soldiers is celebrated.
This marks the anniversary of the murder by communists of members of the last, IV Command of the "Freedom and Independence" Association, the post-war main heir of the Home Army in the fight for independence. It was on this day in 1951 in the prison at Rakowiecka Street in Warsaw that Lukasz Cieplinski, Adam Lazarowicz, Mieczyslaw Kawalec, Jozef Rzepka, Franciszek Blazej, Jozef Batory and Karol Chmiel were murdered with a shot to the back of the head. The bodies were buried by the communists in a place that remains unknown to this day. The search is still ongoing...
It is also worth mentioning the tens of thousands of civilian supporters of the anti-communist armed underground, who often gave their lives for it, such as Stefania Zarzycka, who was pregnant and with her husband provided shelter to, among others, Hieronim Dekutowski alias "Zapora" or Zdzislaw Broński alias "Uskok."
The Cursed Soldiers were soldiers of the Polish post-war underground of independence and anti-communism, who resisted the Sovietization of Poland and its subordination to the USSR. Fighting against the forces of the new aggressor, they had to face the enormous propaganda directed against them by the People's Republic of Poland, which called them "bands of the reactionary underground." In turn, individuals involved in anti-communist organizations and armed units, which were included in the files of the security apparatus, were designated as "enemies of the people."
The mobilization and struggle of the Cursed Soldiers was the first reflex of self-defense of the Polish society against Soviet aggression and the authorities of the communist regime imposed by force, but also an example of the largest anti-communist armed conspiracy on a European scale, covering the entire territory of Poland, including the Eastern Borderlands of the Second Polish Republic, lost to the Soviet Union.
The number of members of all underground organizations and groups is estimated at 120-180 thousand. Most of the actions of the anti-communist underground units were directed against the armed units of the UB, KBW or MO. The independence underground also actively operated in the Eastern Borderlands, especially in the territories of Grodno, Nowogródek, and Vilnius.
The last member of the resistance movement was Jozef Franczak, alias "Lalek," who was killed in a raid in Majdan Kozic Górnych near Piaski (Lublin Voivodeship) eighteen years after the war - on October 21, 1963.
The Cursed Soldiers suffered immense persecution. In the underground battles against the authorities, around 9,000 conspirators were killed. Several thousand more were murdered based on communist court judgments or died in prisons.
The phenomenon of post-war independence conspiracy lies in the fact that it was - until the emergence of Solidarity - the most numerous form of organized resistance of the Polish society against the imposed authority. The Cursed Soldiers, through their activities, contributed to delaying the further stages of the consolidation of the communist system, remaining a model of civic behavior for many communities.
I warmly encourage you to view the infographic and reflect on the history of Poland and Europe...
Source: Dzieje.pl, Polska.pl
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