Krzysztof Szwagrzyk (born 15 February 1964 in Strzegom) is a Polish historian, publicist and writer, since 1979 living and working in WrocÃ
Âaw, Poland. Szwagrzyk received his doctoral degree in 20th-century history from the University of WrocÃ
Âaw in 1996. He serves as president of the Public Information Bureau of the Institute of National Remembrance regional chapter in WrocÃ
Âaw, and is the author of numerous scientific papers and several monographs about contemporary Polish history, with special focus on the system of political repressions during the period of Stalinism in Poland, and the anti-communist structures in Lower Silesia in the years of 1945âÂÂ1956. He's the author of screenplay Golgota WrocÃ
Âawska.
Murders in the majesty of the law
In his monograph Zbrodnie w majestacie prawa 1944-1955 (Murders in the majesty of the law 1944-1955) Szwagrzyk focuses on the lesser known aspects of the entry into Poland by the advancing Soviet forces in 1944, resulting in the violent takeover of power by the communists. The presence of the vast number of officers and soldiers of the Red Army across Poland allowed for the creation of state apparatus the likes of which have never been seen before. A number of laws and regulations were introduced between 1944 and 1946 mirroring the Soviet model, which allowed for the arrest and persecution of military and civilian representatives of the Polish Underground State with indiscriminate use of death penalty. In the following decade over 5 thousand civilian Poles received death sentence from the army in the majesty of the law. In total, some 50,000 people perished in Poland during the communist takeover.
Works
- Krzysztof Szwagrzyk, Zbrodnie w majestacie prawa 1944-1955, Wydawn. ABC, Warszawa, 2000; 389 pages, .
- Krzysztof Szwagrzyk, Jaworzno: historia wiÃÂzienia dla mÃ
Âodocianych wiÃÂÃ
ºniów politycznych 1951-1955, Wydawn. "Klio", 1999; 431 pages. .
- Krzysztof Szwagrzyk, Winni? â niewinni? DolnoÃ
ÂlÃÂ
skie podziemie niepodlegÃ
ÂoÃ
Âciowe (1945-1956) w Ã
Âwietle dokumentów sÃÂ
dowych, , 1999; 430 pages. .
- Krzysztof Szwagrzyk, Prawnicy czasu bezprawia: sÃÂdziowie i prokuratorzy wojskowi w Polsce, 1944-1956, "Societas Vistulana", 2005 - Instytut PamiÃÂci Narodowej Komisja Ã
Âcigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu - 2005 - 551 pages. .
- Krzysztof Szwagrzyk, Golgota WrocÃ
Âawska: 1945-1956, - 1996 - Klio
- Krzysztof Szwagrzyk, Straceni na Dolnym Ã
ÂlÃÂ
sku 1945-1956, Instytut Europejskich Studiów SpoÃ
Âecznych, 2002; 193 pages. .
- Krzysztof Szwagrzyk with R. CzapliÃ
Âska Z archiwum pamiÃÂci...: 3653 wiÃÂzienne dni, - 2003
- Krzysztof Szwagrzyk, Historia przygotowaÃ
 do amerykaÃ
Âskiego desantu pod WrocÃ
Âawiem (1949-1952), - PamiÃÂÃÂ i SprawiedliwoÃ
ÂÃÂ, 2003
- Krzysztof Szwagrzyk, Listy do Bieruta: proÃ
Âby o uÃ
Âaskawienie z lat 1946-1956, - 1995 - Wydawn. "Klio"
- Krzysztof Szwagrzyk, Aparat bezpieczeÃ
Âstwa w Polsce: 1944-1956, Volume 1, Instytut PamiÃÂci Narodowej, 2005; 603 pages. .
- Krzysztof Szwagrzyk, Skazani na karÃÂ Ã
Âmierci przez Wojskowy SÃÂ
d Rejonowy we WrocÃ
Âawiu, 1946-1955, - 2002 - Instytut PamiÃÂci Narodowej
- Krzysztof Szwagrzyk, SÃÂdzia-Ã
ÂmierÃÂ. DziaÃ
ÂalnoÃ
ÂÃÂ sÃÂdziego WÃ
Âodzimierza Ostapowicza na BiaÃ
ÂostocczyÃ
ºnie (1946âÂÂ1947), - Biuletyn Instytutu PamiÃÂci Narodowej, 2005
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