Edward Kotowski

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Edward Kotowski (born August 3, 1941 in Pięciowłóki ) is a Polish art historian and was resident of the Intelligence Service of the People's Republic of Poland in the Vatican .

Life

Before joining the intelligence service of the People's Republic of Poland, Kotowski worked as the head of the castle museum in Heilsberg, Warmia . As such, he was responsible for finding valuable polychrome figures from the 18th century in 1969 . In the course of its preservation , conflicts arose with representatives of the voivodeship in Allenstein and he was finally released in 1971. As a result, his work as an art historian was made difficult. Kotowski therefore saw the state service as the only perspective.

As early as 1973 he was working in the headquarters of the State Security Service . In 1975 he finally began to learn Italian and on October 14, 1978, just two days before Karol Wojtyłas was elected as the new Pope , he became a delegate of the People's Republic of Poland in the Vatican . In 1979 he moved from the Ministry of the Interior to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was responsible for maintaining relations between the two countries. In the same year he became second secretary of the Polish embassy in Rome , which he remained until 1983. During the entire time, Kotowski was resident of the State Security Service under the pseudonym Pietro and was responsible for monitoring Polish clergymen and other high-ranking people in the Vatican. He was heard as a witness in 2008 as part of the investigation into the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. In 2009 he had to indulge in an extensive lustration with media sympathy .