Internal Security Corps

Medal Commemorative of the 20th Anniversary of the KBW Units.

"KBW Officer School" Emblem.

The Internal Security Corps (Polish: Korpus Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego, KBW) was a special-purpose military unit established in 1945 by the Communist regime in Poland to combat and suppress activities of democratic underground (the remnants of the Polish Home Army), Narodowe Sily Zbrojne, Wolność i Niezawisłość, and others, as well as the Ukrainian armed organizations (the Ukrainian Insurgent Army). Between 1945-1954, the KBW was subordinated to the Ministry of Public Security, later to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Between March 1945 and April 1947 alone, units of the KBW killed over 1,500 members of the Democratic Underground known as the Cursed Soldiers, wounded 301, and apprehended 12,200 others. In 1965, it was included in the framework of National Defense.

In 1962, the Silesian Unit of the Engineering Army nr KBW-4 built roads in Bieszczady.

Commanding officers

March 1945 – May 1945: Col. Henryk Toruńczyk

Jun 1945 – September 1946: Gen. Bolesław Kieniewicz

1946-1948: Brigadier General Konrad Świetlik

1948-1951: Brigadier General Juliusz Hibner [Real Name Dawid Szwarc]

1 March 1951 – 12 March 1965: Brigadier General Włodzimierz Muś

12 March 1965 – 1 Jul 1965: Brigadier General Bronisław Kuriata

See also

• Internal Troops - Soviet model for the Internal Security Corps.
• Ministry of Public Security of Poland
• Operation Vistula (1947)

External links

• Narodowe Siły Zbrojne
• Template:En icon The Doomed soldiers - Polish Underground Soldiers 1944-1963 - The Untold Story
• Template:Pl icon Antykomunistyczne Podziemie Zbrojne po 1944 roku
• National Armed Forces Historical Brief