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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Urząd Bezpieczeństwa | 0 |
Statements (31)
| 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
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secret informant networks ⓘ show trials ⓘ torture during interrogations ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Urząd Bezpieczeństwa
subject surface form:
Urząd Bezpieczeństwa