Wolnosc i Sprawiedliwosc
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Wolnosc i Sprawiedliwosc (Freedom and Justice, WiS) was a secret Polish
oppositional, anti-Communist organization, founded in early 1950s in Warsaw
and Kraków
. Its creators were former activists of Wolnosc i Niezawislosc
(WiN), who wanted to distance themselves from late WiN structures, which were filled with Urząd Bezpieczeństwa agents.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
oppositional, anti-Communist organization, founded in early 1950s in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
and Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
. Its creators were former activists of Wolnosc i Niezawislosc
Wolnosc i Niezawislosc
Zrzeszenie Wolność i Niezawisłość WiN was a Polish underground anti-communist organisation founded on September 2, 1945 and active to 1952....
(WiN), who wanted to distance themselves from late WiN structures, which were filled with Urząd Bezpieczeństwa agents.
See also
- Cursed soldiersCursed soldiersThe cursed soldiers is a name applied to a variety of Polish resistance movements formed in the later stages of World War II and afterwards. Created by some members of the Polish Secret State, these clandestine organizations continued their armed struggle against the Stalinist government of Poland...
- 1951 Mokotów Prison execution1951 Mokotów Prison executionOn March 1, 1951, the Soviet-controlled communist Polish secret police, Urząd Bezpieczeństwa , carried out an execution of seven members of the 4th Headquarters of anti-Communist organization Wolność i Niezawisłość in the Mokotów Prison in Warsaw...