Bolesław Bogdan Piasecki, alias Leon Całka, Wojciech z Królewca, Sablewski (18 February 1915 – 1 January 1979) was a Polish writer, politician and political theorist.
This organisation advocated "Catholic totalitarianism" and is considered by many to have been a fascist movement with ideological influences from anti-Semitism, Spanish Falangism, and Italian Fascism.
[1] During the Second World War he was a member of the Polish resistance, leading the grouping Confederation of the Nation (merged into the Armia Krajowa in 1943) and taking part in the fighting around Vilnius.
After being interrogated by Marshal Ivan Serov, in a drastic conversion from his previous stance began to cooperate with the Communist Polish People's Republic.
[1][2] After the war, in 1945, he co-founded and directed a so-called social progressive movement of lay Catholics, grouped around the weekly publication Dziś i Jutro.
[1] In 1955 several important members of Pax, including Janusz Zabłocki and future Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki, revolted and quit their posts at the party and newspapers.
Piasecki was born in Łódź, but when he was two years old, his parents moved to Warsaw, where his father took a position as the manager of estates and forests of the Prison Department.
In 1932, a brochure published by the Academic Branch of the PLO appeared: Guidelines on issues: Jewish, Slavic minorities, German, principles of economic policy.
The brochure advocated depriving Jews of most of their civil rights, giving them the status of " belongers," as well as the universalization of property, and limiting the influence of big capital.
After the assassination of Interior Minister Bronisław Pieracki by Ukrainian nationalists, 600 ONR activists ended up in the Bereza Kartuska camp.
[21] Piasecki sought to expand the group's influence and, in 1936, established the Youth Press Committee, which was tasked with the cooperation of all right-wing, anti-communist magazines.
[22] Contributing to Koc's downfall were rumors that, at the behest of Gen. Edward Rydz-Śmigły, he was preparing, in cooperation with Piasecki, an assassination attempt on the Śmigły's political opponents in the Sanation camp.
Several attempts to re-establish cooperation with the Sanation were unsuccessful, and Piasecki's organization was losing ground, with more collaborators leaving him.
The brigade fought until 20 September, when, faced with the impossibility of further fighting, its commander Colonel Stefan Rowecki ordered the destruction of equipment.
[26] The beginnings of conspiratorial activity were interrupted by the arrival of Stanisław Brochowicz, who, released from prison, sought revenge on the people who had led to his imprisonment.
Piasecki's program remained strongly anti-communist, anti-Semitic, anti-German, anti-Russian, anti-liberal, and elitist, but anti-Ukrainian aspects appeared.
The KN, meanwhile, continued to take a position that was hostile to the Polish government in exile and its representatives in the country, while respecting their legality, causing other affiliated organizations to leave.
[35] From this point on, Piasecki focused on carrying out the ambitious plan of the Strike (Polish: Uderzenie), that is, to take military action that would eventually lead to the realization of the idea of a Slavic Empire.
In Piasecki's mind, the German-Soviet struggle will not end in victory for either side, and into the resulting vacuum will step the troops he is creating, whose bold strike will impress the masses who will follow in their footsteps.
[36] Piasecki's group was small in number, but supported but one of the most important cultural periodicals of the Polish Underground Sztuka i Naród (lit.
[37] The march of the 1st Striking Cadre Battalion (UBK) began on 18 and 19 October 1942, with the fighters heading for the Sterdyń forests in the Sokołów Podlaski area.
He sent a patrol beyond the Bug River in January 1943, under the command of Ryszard Reiff "Jacek", which turned into a detachment of the 8th Striking Cadre Battalion.
A death sentence was issued, which was suspended but Świda was forced to leave the district area, he was replaced by Maciej Kalenkiewicz "Kotwicz".
[45] In March, Piasecki's unit, then numbering between 480 and 700 men, became part of the Group East, commanded by Stanislaw Dedelis "Pal," and undertook a series of combat actions: six against Soviet partisans and thirteen against Germans.
To this end, he attempted to pull the Litauische Sonderverbände (also called Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force), formed by the Germans and commanded by Povilas Plechavičius, over to his side.
[48] The grouping concentrated on 4 July in the area of the Sajliuki [be] village and was to attack the city from the east towards Subocz Street (today Subačiaus gatvė).
[51] As a result of the betrayal of UBK soldier Ryszard Romanowski "Babinicz", Bolesław Piasecki was arrested on the night of 11-12 November 1944 in Józefów.
[52] After the war, in 1945, he co-founded and directed a so-called social progressive movement of lay Catholics, grouped around the weekly publication Dziś i Jutro (Polish: Today and Tomorrow).
[1] In 1955 several important members of Pax, including Janusz Zabłocki and future Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki, revolted and quit their posts at the party and newspapers.
In 1957 Piasecki's teenage son Bohdan was abducted and later found murdered, possibly by agents of the Polish Ministry of Public Security.