Stefan Staszewski
Stefan Staszewski (born November 13, 1906 in Warsaw ; † November 2, 1989 there ) was a Polish politician and Communist Party official .
Life
Staszewski was the son of a Jewish merchant. He took up a law degree during which he joined the communist movement. After several years of cadre training in Moscow , he was active as a party functionary in the underground in Poland. He was arrested there, but fled and settled in the Soviet Union in 1934 . There he was arrested during the Great Terror and sentenced to eight years in a labor camp, which he spent at the Kolyma . One of Staszewski's brothers died in Soviet custody during World War II . His mother was murdered in the Treblinka extermination camp . In 1948 he was appointed general secretary of the country's state press agency .
In 1958 he was replaced and continued to serve in the party apparatus. During the Polish October he supported the party leader-to-be Władysław Gomułka . Nevertheless, he fell out of favor and was expelled from the party in 1968.
Individual evidence
- ^ Norman Stone: The Atlantic and its Enemies - A History of the Cold War. London, 2010, p. 28
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Staszewski, Stefan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2nd 1989 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |