The Policy of Party Leaders and State Authorities, and the Security Service of the Polish People’s Republic towards Bishop Herbert Bednorz as Illustrated by the Example of Operational Unraveling
of the Code Names “Krzyżak” and “Rodzina” Cover Image

Polityka władz partyjno-państwowych i aparatu bezpieczeństwa Polski Ludowej wobec biskupa Herberta Bednorza na przykładzie spraw operacyjnego rozpracowania krypt. „Krzyżak ” i krypt. „Rodzina”
The Policy of Party Leaders and State Authorities, and the Security Service of the Polish People’s Republic towards Bishop Herbert Bednorz as Illustrated by the Example of Operational Unraveling of the Code Names “Krzyżak” and “Rodzina”

Author(s): Henryk Olszar
Subject(s): Theology and Religion
Published by: Księgarnia Świętego Jacka
Keywords: Church; bishop; Polish People’s Republic; security organs; operational issues

Summary/Abstract: The task of uncovering and paralysing the activity of the Church people was a challenge for the Security Service (SB), which demanded carefulness and scrupulousness. Henryk Bednorz, Bishop of Katowice, was kept under surveillance by the operational forces code-named „Rodzina” and „Krzyżak”. Their aim was to prove that the bishop corrupts civil servants, gathers information from the state institutions and creates the atmosphere of fight, resistance and disloyalty towards the communist state.

  • Issue Year: 48/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 30-38
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish