UB

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UB was the common abbreviation for the Urząd Bezpieczeństwa, the communist-era Polish secret police and security service notorious for political repression after World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish secret police agency
state security service
activity counterintelligence
interrogation of detainees
political policing
surveillance of citizens
commonAbbreviation UB self-linksurface differs
controlledBy Polish communist authorities
country Poland
historicalReputation notorious for human rights abuses
repressive
ideologicalAlignment communist
influencedBy Soviet state security organs
surface form: Soviet security services
jurisdiction territory of postwar Poland
languageOfName Polish
notableFor persecution of political opponents
political repression
suppression of anti-communist resistance
operatedInPeriod post-World War II era
partOf Polish security forces
surface form: Polish security apparatus
politicalSystemContext Polish People’s Republic
surface form: People's Republic of Poland
refersTo Urząd Bezpieczeństwa
region Central and Eastern Europe
targetedGroup anti-communist underground
independent activists
political opposition
translatedName Security Office
usedMethods arbitrary arrests
secret informant networks
show trials
torture during interrogations

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UB commonAbbreviation UB self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Urząd Bezpieczeństwa
subject surface form: Urząd Bezpieczeństwa