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'''Józef Różański''' (b. Józef Goldberg) (1907-1981) was a ] communist activist, and member of ] ] and Polish communist ]. Involved in torturing opponents of the state (from anti-communist activists to more liberal communists), he gained notoriety as one of the most infamous secret police operatives of the Polish communist security apparatus. He was finally arrested in 1953, and in 1957 sentenced to 15 years in prison, and released in 1964.
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'''Józef Różański''' ({{IPA|pl|ˈjuzɛf ruˈʐaj̃skʲi}}; born '''Josef Goldberg'''; 13 July 1907 – 21 August 1981)<ref name=dict>{{Cite book |title=Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945-1996 |last=Wróbel |first=Piotr |publisher=Routledge |year=2014 |isbn=978-1135926946 |pages=269}}</ref> was an officer in the ] ] and later, a ] in the Polish ], the communist secret police. Born into a ] family in ], Różański became very active in the ] before ].<ref name=dict/> He joined the ] following the ]<ref>{{Cite book |title=Miecz i Tarcza Komunizmu. Historia aparatu bezpieczestwa w Polse 1944-1990 (The Sword and Shield of Communism. History of security organs in Poland 1944-1990) |last=Terlecki |first=Ryszard |publisher=Wydawnictwo Literackie |year=2007 |isbn=9788308041055 |location=Krakow |publication-date=2007 |pages=54–5 |language=Polish}}</ref> and after the war, adopting the name Różański, served as an agent with the Polish Communist Security apparatus (]).<ref>{{Cite book |title="Di Haynt-mishpokhe": Study for a Group Picture |last=Nalewajko-Kulikow |first=Joanna |work=Warsaw. The Jewish Metropolis: Essays in Honor of the 75th Birthday of Professor Antony Polonsky |publisher=BRILL |year=2015 |editor-last=Dynner |editor-first=Glenn|editor2-last=Guesnet|editor2-first=Francois|isbn=978-9004291812|pages=261}}</ref>


Różański was personally involved in torturing dozens of opponents of the ] (''PRL''), including ] and "]".<ref name="B-F">Barbara Fijałkowska, {{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, 15 December 2002, Fundacja Orientacja "abcnet"; see also: B. Fijałkowska, ''Borejsza i Różański. Przyczynek do dziejów stalinizmu w Polsce'', {{ISBN|83-85513-49-3}}</ref> He gained notoriety as one of the most brutal secret police Officers in Warsaw.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wprost.pl/historia/10063078/bezwzgledny-cyniczny-i-brutalny-zwykly-cham-czyli-jozef-rozanski-pierwszy-sledczy-ub.html|title = Bezwzględny, cyniczny i brutalny "zwykły cham", czyli Józef Różański - pierwszy śledczy UB|date = July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9SJKCAAAQBAJ&dq=Jozef+Rozanski+biografia&pg=PA261|title = Warsaw. The Jewish Metropolis (Paperback): Essays in Honor of the 75th Birthday of Professor Antony Polonsky|isbn = 9789004291812|last1 = Dynner|first1 = Glenn|last2 = Guesnet|first2 = François|date = 14 April 2015| publisher=BRILL }}</ref> Różański personally administered torture to ], one of the most famous "Cursed soldiers" and the only individual who willingly went to ]. Pilecki revealed no sensitive information and was executed on May 25, 1948 at ] by Sergeant ], the "Butcher".<ref name="eh">Piekarski, Konstanty R. (1990), ''Escaping Hell: The Story of a Polish Underground Officer in Auschwitz and Buchenwald'', ] Ltd., {{ISBN|1-55002-071-4}}, p. 249</ref><ref name="IPNweb">Lidia Świerczek, ]. Last accessed on 14 March 2009.</ref>
Brother of ] (b. Beniamin Goldberg).


Józef Różański was arrested in 1953 – at the end of the Stalinist period in Poland – and charged with torturing innocent prisoners, including ] members. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison on 23 December 1955.<ref name=B-F /> In July 1956, the Supreme Court reopened his case due to improprieties discovered in the original investigation. On 11 November 1957 (charged along with co-defendant ]), he was sentenced by the lower court to 15 years in prison, which was reduced to 14 years on appeal.<ref name=B-F /> Różański was released from prison in October 1964, having served 11 years. He died of cancer on 21 August 1981, and was buried at the Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw.<ref name=B-F />
==Further reading==
⚫ * Barbara Fijałkowska, Borejsza i Różański. Przyczynek do dziejów stalinizmu w Polsce, Olsztyn 1995. ISBN 83-85513-49-3


Różański was a brother of ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wyborcza.pl/alehistoria/7,121681,24060120,jerzy-borejsza-w-kazdej-rodzinie-znajdzie-sie-potwor.html|title=Wyborcza.pl}}</ref>


==Awards and decorations==
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* ] ], 2nd Class (13 December 1945)<ref>{{in lang|pl}} („In recognition of service in maintaining order and security in Democratic Poland”).</ref>
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* ] ], 3rd Class (10 October 1945)<ref>{{in lang|pl}} („For activities in the underground, participation in partisan fights and for services in organizing the Security Service and the Citizens' Militia”).</ref>
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* ] Officer's Cross of the ]
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* ] Knight's Cross of the ]
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* ] Golden ]
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==Notes and references==
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⚫ * Barbara Fijałkowska, ''Borejsza i Różański. Przyczynek do dziejów stalinizmu w Polsce'', ] 1995. {{ISBN|83-85513-49-3}}, pp.&nbsp;260, 203, 210, 216-223.
* AIPN, 0193/7094, Akta osobowe Józefa Różańskiego, k. 5.
* Zdzisław Uniszewski. Józef Różański. "]". 31 (2000).
* Stanisław Marat, Józef Snopkiewicz: Ludzie bezpieki: Dokumentacja czasu bezprawia. Warszawa: Alfa, 1990. {{ISBN|978-83-7001-361-5}}.
* {{in lang|pl}} written by Józef Różański himself on 7 September 1944, for the Ministry of Public Security of Poland
* Aldona Zaorska, ''Sąsiedzi. Najbardziej okrutni oprawcy polskich patriotów'', Warszawa 2012, {{ISBN|978-83-932704-4-6}}.


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Józef Różański
Lieutenant colonel Józef Różański
Nickname(s)Józef Goldberg
Born(1907-07-13)13 July 1907
Warsaw, Russian Empire
Died21 August 1981(1981-08-21) (aged 74)
Warsaw, Polish People's Republic
AllegiancePolish People's Republic
Service / branchMinistry of Public Security
Years of service1944–1954
Rank Pułkownik (Colonel)
CommandsDirector of the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Public Security
Battles / warsWorld War II
Awards(see See below)
Other workMember of Parliament

Józef Różański (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjuzɛf ruˈʐaj̃skʲi]; born Josef Goldberg; 13 July 1907 – 21 August 1981) was an officer in the Soviet NKVD and later, a Colonel in the Polish Ministry of Public Security (UB), the communist secret police. Born into a Polish-Jewish family in Warsaw, Różański became very active in the Communist Party of Poland before World War II. He joined the NKVD following the Soviet invasion of Poland and after the war, adopting the name Różański, served as an agent with the Polish Communist Security apparatus (Urząd Bezpieczeństwa).

Różański was personally involved in torturing dozens of opponents of the Polish People's Republic (PRL), including anti-communists and "Cursed soldiers". He gained notoriety as one of the most brutal secret police Officers in Warsaw. Różański personally administered torture to Witold Pilecki, one of the most famous "Cursed soldiers" and the only individual who willingly went to Auschwitz Camp. Pilecki revealed no sensitive information and was executed on May 25, 1948 at Mokotów Prison by Sergeant Piotr Śmietański, the "Butcher".

Józef Różański was arrested in 1953 – at the end of the Stalinist period in Poland – and charged with torturing innocent prisoners, including Polish United Workers' Party members. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison on 23 December 1955. In July 1956, the Supreme Court reopened his case due to improprieties discovered in the original investigation. On 11 November 1957 (charged along with co-defendant Anatol Fejgin), he was sentenced by the lower court to 15 years in prison, which was reduced to 14 years on appeal. Różański was released from prison in October 1964, having served 11 years. He died of cancer on 21 August 1981, and was buried at the Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw.

Różański was a brother of Jerzy Borejsza.

Awards and decorations

Notes and references

  1. ^ Wróbel, Piotr (2014). Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945-1996. Routledge. p. 269. ISBN 978-1135926946.
  2. Terlecki, Ryszard (2007). Miecz i Tarcza Komunizmu. Historia aparatu bezpieczestwa w Polse 1944-1990 (The Sword and Shield of Communism. History of security organs in Poland 1944-1990) (in Polish). Krakow: Wydawnictwo Literackie. pp. 54–5. ISBN 9788308041055.
  3. Nalewajko-Kulikow, Joanna (2015). Dynner, Glenn; Guesnet, Francois (eds.). "Di Haynt-mishpokhe": Study for a Group Picture. BRILL. p. 261. ISBN 978-9004291812. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Barbara Fijałkowska, RÓŻAŃSKI "LIBERAŁEM", 15 December 2002, Fundacja Orientacja "abcnet"; see also: B. Fijałkowska, Borejsza i Różański. Przyczynek do dziejów stalinizmu w Polsce, ISBN 83-85513-49-3
  5. "Bezwzględny, cyniczny i brutalny "zwykły cham", czyli Józef Różański - pierwszy śledczy UB". July 2017.
  6. Dynner, Glenn; Guesnet, François (14 April 2015). Warsaw. The Jewish Metropolis (Paperback): Essays in Honor of the 75th Birthday of Professor Antony Polonsky. BRILL. ISBN 9789004291812.
  7. Piekarski, Konstanty R. (1990), Escaping Hell: The Story of a Polish Underground Officer in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, Dundurn Press Ltd., ISBN 1-55002-071-4, p. 249
  8. Lidia Świerczek, Pilecki`s life Institute of National Remembrance. Last accessed on 14 March 2009.
  9. "Wyborcza.pl".
  10. (in Polish)M.P. z 1946 r. nr 16, poz. 28 („In recognition of service in maintaining order and security in Democratic Poland”).
  11. (in Polish)M.P. z 1945 r. nr 44, poz. 109 („For activities in the underground, participation in partisan fights and for services in organizing the Security Service and the Citizens' Militia”).
  • Barbara Fijałkowska, Borejsza i Różański. Przyczynek do dziejów stalinizmu w Polsce, Olsztyn 1995. ISBN 83-85513-49-3, pp. 260, 203, 210, 216-223.
  • AIPN, 0193/7094, Akta osobowe Józefa Różańskiego, k. 5.
  • Zdzisław Uniszewski. Józef Różański. "Karta". 31 (2000).
  • Stanisław Marat, Józef Snopkiewicz: Ludzie bezpieki: Dokumentacja czasu bezprawia. Warszawa: Alfa, 1990. ISBN 978-83-7001-361-5.
  • (in Polish) "Curriculum vitae" written by Józef Różański himself on 7 September 1944, for the Ministry of Public Security of Poland
  • Aldona Zaorska, Sąsiedzi. Najbardziej okrutni oprawcy polskich patriotów, Warszawa 2012, ISBN 978-83-932704-4-6.
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