The reactions to the murder of priest Jerzy Popieluszko based on selected documents of the Krakow PZPR Committee (Polish United Workers' Party) and .. Cover Image

Reakcje na zabojstwo ks. Jerzego Popieluszki. Na podstawie wybranych dokumentow Komitetu Krakowskiego PZPR i tekstow "Gazety Krakowskiej" (1984-1985)
The reactions to the murder of priest Jerzy Popieluszko based on selected documents of the Krakow PZPR Committee (Polish United Workers' Party) and ..

Author(s): Rafał Łatka
Subject(s): History
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: Jerzy Popieluszko (1947-1984); priest; murder; social assessment; provocation; political activity; "Gazeta Krakowska"; the communist party; Polish United Workers' Party

Summary/Abstract: The murder of priest Jerzy Popieluszko, perpetrated by teh officers of the Security Service (Sluzba Bezpieczenstwa), had far-reaching social and political consequences in the People's Republic of Poland. The perpetrator's trial was of equal importance. The trial was staged by the communist authorities in such a way that those who commissioned the murder could not be traced. The article aims at analysing, on a few examples, how the priest Popieluszko's murder was received and what the far-reaching repercussions were, from the perspective of opinions by selected people from the Krakow region.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 43
  • Page Range: 103-116
  • Page Count: 14