Roman Romkowski

Roman Romkowski
Roman Romkowski
Born
Menasche Grünspan

(1907-02-16)February 16, 1907
Kraków, Austria-Hungary
DiedJuly 1, 1968(1968-07-01) (aged 61)
Warsaw, Poland
Other namesNasiek (Natan) Grinszpan-Kikiel
CitizenshipPolish
Occupation(s)Vice-minister, security agent
Known forState Security Services (Urząd Bezpieczeństwa)

Roman Romkowski born Menasche Grünspan[1] also known as Nasiek (Natan) Grinszpan-Kikiel,[2] (February 16, 1907 – July 12, 1968)[3] was a Polish communist official trained by Comintern in Moscow.[4] After the Soviet takeover of Poland Romkowski settled in Warsaw[5] and became second in command (the deputy minister)[2] in the Ministry of Public Security (MBP or colloquially UB) during the late 1940s and early 1950s.[2] Along with several other high functionaries including Stanisław Radkiewicz, Anatol Fejgin, Józef Różański, Julia Brystiger and the chief supervisor of Polish State Security Services, Minister Jakub Berman from the Politburo, Romkowski came to symbolize communist terror in postwar Poland.[6] He was responsible for the work of departments: Counter-espionage (1st), Espionage (7th), Security in the PPR–PZPR (10th Dept. run by Fejgin), and others.[4][7]

  1. ^ Kurek, Radosław. "Roman Romkowski – kim był komunistyczny zbrodniarz?". Histmag.org (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  2. ^ a b c Tadeusz Piotrowski, Poland's holocaust. p. 60 McFarland, 1998. ISBN 0-7864-0371-3. 437 pp.
  3. ^ "Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej". katalog.bip.ipn.gov.pl. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  4. ^ a b Roman Romkowski biography Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, "Niewinnie straceni w latach 1945–56". OptimusNet. (in Polish)
  5. ^ Piotrowski 1998, ibid, p. 64.
  6. ^ ""Zmarl Anatol Fejgin, ostatni z kierownictwa UB,"". Archived from the original on August 11, 2011. Retrieved 2013-06-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Gazeta Wyborcza, 11 Sept. 2002, Warsaw. Retrieved from Internet Archive, June 21, 2013.
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