Józef Różański

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Józef Różański
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Józef Różański (Polish pronunciation:

Urząd Bezpieczeństwa).[3]

Różański was personally involved in torturing dozens of opponents of the

anti-communists and "Cursed soldiers".[4] He gained notoriety as one of the most brutal secret police Officers in Warsaw.[5][6] Różański personally administered torture to Witold Pilecki, one of the most famous "Cursed soldiers" and the only individual who willingly went to Auschwitz Camp. Pilecki revealed no sensitive information and was executed on May 25, 1948 at Mokotów Prison by Sergeant Piotr Śmietański, the "Butcher".[7][8]

Józef Różański was arrested in 1953 – at the end of the Stalinist period in Poland – and charged with torturing innocent prisoners, including Polish United Workers' Party members. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison on 23 December 1955.[4] In July 1956, the Supreme Court reopened his case due to improprieties discovered in the original investigation. On 11 November 1957 (charged along with co-defendant Anatol Fejgin), he was sentenced by the lower court to 15 years in prison, which was reduced to 14 years on appeal.[4] Różański was released from prison in October 1964, having served 11 years. He died of cancer on 21 August 1981, and was buried at the Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw.[4]

Różański was a brother of Jerzy Borejsza.[9]

Notes and references

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    ISBN 83-85513-49-3
  5. ^ "Bezwzględny, cyniczny i brutalny "zwykły cham", czyli Józef Różański - pierwszy śledczy UB". July 2017.
  6. ISBN 9789004291812
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  7. ISBN 1-55002-071-4
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  8. ^ Lidia Świerczek, Pilecki`s life Institute of National Remembrance. Last accessed on 14 March 2009.
  9. ^ "Wyborcza.pl".
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