UB (Polish secret police)
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UB (Urząd Bezpieczeństwa) was the communist-era Polish secret police notorious for its political repression, surveillance, and persecution of opposition in the early years of the Eastern Bloc.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Urząd Bezpieczeństwa | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
secret police agency
ⓘ
state security service ⓘ |
| activeDuring |
Stalinist period in Poland
ⓘ
early Cold War ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Polish Committee of National Liberation
ⓘ
Polish People’s Republic ⓘ |
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1956 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
counterintelligence departments
ⓘ
investigative departments ⓘ prison and detention facilities ⓘ regional security offices ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Warsaw ⓘ |
| historicalAssessment | widely condemned for human rights abuses ⓘ |
| historicalRole | consolidation of communist rule in Poland ⓘ |
| ideology | communism ⓘ |
| inception | 1944 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
NKVD
ⓘ
NKVD ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet security services
|
| jurisdiction | Polish People’s Republic ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Polish ⓘ |
| mainTask |
counterintelligence
ⓘ
internal security ⓘ persecution of political opposition ⓘ political repression ⓘ surveillance of society ⓘ |
| nativeLabel |
Resort Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego
ⓘ
Urząd Bezpieczeństwa ⓘ |
| notableFor |
censorship and control of information
ⓘ
repression of anti-communist underground ⓘ show trials of political opponents ⓘ use of torture during interrogations ⓘ |
| operatedIn | Poland ⓘ |
| opposed |
Catholic Church activists
ⓘ
Home Army veterans ⓘ Polish anti-communist resistance ⓘ independent political parties ⓘ |
| partOf | Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Służba Bezpieczeństwa ⓘ |
| shortName | UB ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Polish United Workers' Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Polish United Workers’ Party
Polish Workers' Party ⓘ
surface form:
Polish Workers’ Party
|
| supportedBy | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
forced confessions
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informant networks ⓘ labor camps and prisons ⓘ mass arrests ⓘ surveillance and wiretapping ⓘ |
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