Urząd Bezpieczeństwa
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Urząd Bezpieczeństwa was the communist-era Polish secret police and intelligence service notorious for political repression and surveillance in the early years of the Polish People's Republic.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Polish secret police
ⓘ
intelligence agency ⓘ security service ⓘ |
| activeDuring |
1950s
ⓘ
late 1940s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Resort Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego
ⓘ
surface form:
Bezpieka
|
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| governedBy | communist party leadership in Poland ⓘ |
| hadHeadquartersIn | Warsaw ⓘ |
| historicalAssessment |
associated with human rights abuses
ⓘ
widely regarded as an instrument of terror ⓘ |
| ideology | communism ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Polish ⓘ |
| mainFunction |
counterintelligence
ⓘ
domestic surveillance ⓘ monitoring of society ⓘ political repression ⓘ suppression of political opposition ⓘ |
| nativeLabel | Urząd Bezpieczeństwa self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaboration with Soviet NKVD
ⓘ
persecution of anti-communist underground ⓘ repression of Home Army veterans ⓘ show trials of political opponents ⓘ use of torture during interrogations ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Polish People’s Republic
ⓘ
surface form:
Polish People's Republic
|
| opposedBy |
Catholic Church in Poland
ⓘ
Polish anti-communist resistance ⓘ |
| partOf | communist security apparatus in Eastern Bloc ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | pro-Soviet ⓘ |
| regionServed | entire territory of Poland ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Służba Bezpieczeństwa ⓘ |
| shortName | UB ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego
ⓘ
surface form:
Ministry of Public Security of Poland
Polish Workers' Party ⓘ |
| targetedGroup |
clergy and religious activists
ⓘ
former Home Army soldiers ⓘ intellectuals critical of the regime ⓘ members of non-communist parties ⓘ political dissidents ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early years of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
arbitrary arrests
ⓘ
censorship support ⓘ informant networks ⓘ physical coercion ⓘ psychological pressure ⓘ secret detention ⓘ wiretapping ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Urząd Bezpieczeństwa