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unusual facts about Stalinism in Poland



Leopold Tyrmand

In 1950, during the years of Stalinism in Poland, Tyrmand was removed from the editorial board of popular Przekrój magazine for his report about a boxing tournament, in which he criticized the Russian judges for their pro-Soviet bias (their unfair decisions spurred protests among the boxing fans leading to police intervention).

Stefan Michnik

First lieutenant Stefan Michnik born 28 September 1929 in Drogobycz (Drogobych, now Ukraine), is a former Stalinist judge operating in postwar Poland; implicated in the arrest, internment and staged execution of a number of Polish resistance fighters.


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