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The Mysterious Death of Jan Anoda Rodowicz / Barbara Klich-Kluczewska and Przemyslaw Benken.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Klich-Kluczewska, Barbara, 1974- author.
- Benken, Przemysław, author.
- Series:
- Studies in history, planning, and the environment ; Volume 47.
- Studies in History, Memory and Politics Series ; Volume 47
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland--Warsaw.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Scout leaders--Poland--Biography.
- Scout leaders.
- Guerrillas--Poland--Biography.
- Guerrillas.
- Political prisoners--Poland--Biography.
- Political prisoners.
- Rodowicz, Jan, 1923-1949.
- Rodowicz, Jan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (280 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Kraków, Poland : The Janusz Kurtyka Foundation, [2016]
- Summary:
- Dr. Benken's book is a case study of the life and death of Jan Rodowicz, nom-de-guerre Anoda, who served as a combatant in the Polish pro-independence underground resistance movement during the Second World War. The operations in which Anoda was involved, his conduct during and after the War.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Series Information
- Copyright Information
- Contents
- Glossary of special terms
- List of Abbreviations
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter One. Against two totalitarianisms: the road to destiny
- "Anoda"
- Wiktor Herer
- "Górnik," "Odwet," "Zaręba," and others
- The Zośka Case
- Chapter Two. Murder, failed escape attempt, or suicide?
- The arrest, investigation and death of Anoda: the version presented by the security officers
- Shot dead
- Intentional aggravated battery occasioning death
- Battery and inadvertent manslaughter
- Assault with fatal injury following a failed escape attempt
- Self-defenestration caused by developments during the investigation
- Conclusion
- Chapter Three. The later lives of the security men and snitches who sleuthed Radosław veterans
- The MBP officers
- The informers
- Closing remarks
- Appendix
- No. 1 [W. Herer,] Jan Rodowicz's Suicide
- No. 2 Information Jan Rodowicz passed on under investigation on Battalions Miotła and Parasol
- No. 3 Minutes of the interrogation of Jan Rodowicz, December 24, 1948
- No. 4 Minutes of the interrogation of Jan Rodowicz, December 29, 1948
- No. 5 Minutes of the interrogation of Jan Rodowicz, January 4, 1949
- No. 6 Minutes of the first interrogation of Jan Rodowicz held on January 7, 1949
- No. 7 Minutes of the second interrogation of Jan Rodowicz held on January 7, 1949
- No. 8 Minutes of the disinterment of the weapons buried by Jan Rodowicz, carried out on January 4, 1949
- No. 9 Technical Report on the weapons kept by Jan Rodowicz and disinterred on January 4, 1949
- No. 10 Minutes of the hearing of Bronisław Kleina, held on October 21, 1992
- No. 11 Minutes of the hearing of Wiktor Herer, held on October 13, 1992
- Bibliography
- Index of Persons
- Illustrations
- Series Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 3-631-90918-7
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