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508: 156: 107:. One reason for the repressive actions was the foreign contacts maintained by the leaders of these churches and the reception of foreign aid. Although Baptists also had foreign contacts, they were a legalized group, and their foreign aid was more transparent, thus arousing less suspicion. As part of the surveillance, incoming and outgoing correspondence from Poland was monitored. Letters sent by co-religionists to the members of the governing bodies of the surveilled churches were also controlled. 488:, especially Piotr Deyneka. Maksymowicz was sentenced to two years in a labor camp. Sacewicz was accused of dollar trading and sentenced to 2 years in a labor camp on 21 February 1952. On 12 March 1952, Korniluk was sentenced to 4 years in prison, and Winnik to 5 years. Sergiusz Waszkiewicz was sentenced to 18 months in prison, Kazimiera Nawrocka to 15 months, Stefan Osadca to 18 months, Józef Mrózek (junior) to 2 years in a labor camp on espionage charges, and Paweł Bakałarz (a 76: 432: 629:, a longtime president of the Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith, who was against joining the United Evangelical Church before the arrests, encouraged the Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith congregations to join the United Evangelical Church after his release. In 1952 and 1953, two Coordinating Conferences were held with the aim of expanding the United Evangelical Church. 569:, who studies the history of Polish Evangelicalism in the 20th century, the arrests halted the functioning of the churches for several months, and it was not until the spring of 1951 that religious life began to return to the repressed "sects". Ultimately, the authorities allowed the existence of Evangelical churches affected by the arrests but decided to control them. The 468:, everyone signed a declaration stating they had no grievances against the Office of Public Security before being released from detention. 16 individuals were sentenced to prison. Paweł Lindner and Henryk Jarząbski were sentenced to several months in prison (9 and 6 months, respectively) for possessing the brochure 605:
Krakiewicz, influenced by his experiences in prison (from 1950 to 1952), adopted a loyalist position towards the communist authorities and became a guarantor of the proper political course of the church from the authorities' point of view. The religious authorities obliged some of those released from
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The Office of Public Security modeled their actions on the 1949 Bulgarian trial and intended to prepare a show trial. However, despite the use of torture and intimidation in prisons, the clergy did not confess to the charges against them. The investigation was conducted incompetently, and in a report
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As a result of the security services' actions, a certain number of informants were recruited. However, the information they provided later had little operational value. This network of informants was almost entirely deregistered by the end of 1956. The Ministry of Public Security never admitted that
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On the night between September 19 and 20, 1950, church leaders were arrested by the Ministry of Public Security, and all church properties were closed. A total of 199 individuals from Evangelical-Baptist type churches (namely, the United Evangelical Church, the Church of Christians of Evangelical
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87 of the arrested individuals were released before 1 October 1950. Some were released after a few months. By January 1951, 65 individuals remained in detention, half of whom were released in March. "Evidence" was being gathered against the most suspicious individuals, including Jerzy Sacewicz,
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The authorities assumed that the arrests would weaken or even lead to the liquidation of the religious communities affected by the repressions. However, these communities did not cease their activities, partly due to the principle of "universal priesthood", meaning the laity took over church
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Faith, and the Union of Christ Churches) were arrested, including not only clergy but also particularly active believers. Additionally, around 200 people were detained for questioning, and approximately 600 searches were conducted. The highest number of arrests occurred in
598:, Beniamin Piotr Domaradzki) in their cells. The imprisonment brought them closer ecumenically. It also brought Evangelical churches closer together (Teodor Lewczuk from the Union of Christ’s Churches assured Jakub Kozak from the Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith, 67:. 87 clergymen were released a few days after their arrest, while others were released after several months. 16 were sentenced to prison. Some of them were included in the amnesty of 1952. These arrests influenced the expansion of the United Evangelical Church in 1953. 763:
it cannot be ruled out that the Baptists avoided the fate of other evangelical communities due to – among other possible reasons – the protection of Stalinist Minister of Justice Henryk Świątkowski, who owed his release from the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp to Waldemar
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The Union of Christ’s Churches suffered the most from the arrests. In January 1950, this church had 43 congregations, but by March 1952, it had only 24. Some members transferred to churches that were not affected by the arrests. For example, the Christ Church in
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underwent a similar transformation as Krakiewicz. During Jerzy Sacewicz's imprisonment (an opponent of joining the United Evangelical Church), he managed to bring the Union of Christ’s Churches into the structures of the United Evangelical Church. Similarly,
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on the leadership of the United Evangelical Church. On June 7, the Fifth Department of the Ministry of Public Security drafted an "information" report regarding the Union of Christ Churches and the United Evangelical Church. It concluded that these churches
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The scale of this operation surpassed the repressions against other Christian churches. For comparison, throughout 1950, the Ministry of Public Security arrested 132 Catholic priests. The only religious group more persecuted at the time were the
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in 1949, where 15 pastors were convicted, the Fifth Department of the Ministry of Public Security decided to arrest leading activists of the Union of Christ Churches and the United Evangelical Church. They prepared a
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was released in January 1951 due to his age and health condition. Clergy members were accused of conducting a broad anti-Soviet campaign, criticizing the people's government and production cooperatives.
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of 18 October 2006 and the ideologization of social life, referenced the persecution of minority churches during the Polish People's Republic era. This included the imprisonment and death of Bishop
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Sławiński, Wojciech (2012). "Cele, taktyka i działania wobec chrześcijańskich mniejszości wyznaniowych w latach 1945-1956 w Polsce". In Kłaczkow, Jarosław; Rozynkowski, W. (eds.).
175:(64 searches). Chapels, literature, hymnals, and church equipment were confiscated, most of which never returned to their owners. According to a memo prepared on October 2 for the 415:
prepared guidelines for conducting the investigation. It was necessary to obtain information about political cooperation with the Sanation regime, as well as cooperation with the
718:, used it as an argument that the United Evangelical Church was monitored by the security services, as the arrested were offered cooperation. On 27 March 2007, the Senate of the 782:, 9 people were arrested and 18 were questioned from a congregation of 31 members. Even the postman, who delivered brochures sent to the pastor as part of his job, was arrested. 570: 694:. In the Pentecostal community, it became a widespread belief that the Christian Pentecostal Fellowship joined the United Evangelical Church as a result of these arrests. 375: 676: 57: 319: 303:, leaders of two Evangelical churches, of betraying the Gospel, engaging in anti-Soviet activities, and collaborating with Anglo-American intelligence. Reports from 638: 342: 176: 110:
In November 1946, the Ministry of Public Security started to investigate the leadership of the Union of Christ Churches, opening an agent case under the code name
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Libiszowska-Żółtkowska, Maria (2002). "Chrześcijańska Wspólnota Zielonoświątkowa". In Baliński, Aleksander; Drozdowicz, Zbigniew; Stachowski, Zbigniew (eds.).
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The arrested individuals were presented with an extensive list of charges. The pre-war Ministry of Internal Affairs allegedly established these "sects" to
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Jańczuk, Leszek. "Represje wobec Kościołów mniejszościowych w latach powojennych na przykładzie Akcji "B"". In Śliwa, M.; Chodźko, E. (eds.).
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by eliminating churches that did not have a regulated legal status with the state. The arrested individuals belonged to three churches: the
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the Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith and Union of Christ’s Churches to work towards expanding the United Evangelical Church.
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responsibilities. The security services made incorrect assessments regarding the impact of the arrests. For example, in the
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199 clergymen of the United Evangelical Church, the Church of Christ, and the Church of Christians of the Evangelical Faith
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Between 1950 and 1953, the authorities conducted a series of actions targeting religious institutions, including the
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Wyznania typu ewangeliczno-baptystycznego wchodzące w skład Zjednoczonego Kościoła Ewangelicznego w latach 1945-1956
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In 1947, the Ministry of Public Security began gathering information on Evangelical church activists, excluding the
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and conducted extensive anti-Soviet activities. In the post-war period, activists from these sects, described as
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and aiding in the Polonization of these lands. During the German occupation, these sects allegedly
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decided in July 1952 to permit these churches to function, provided they merged into one church.
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constitute a base of American imperialist influence and serve as a channel for American espionage
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Ilustrowana encyklopedia religii świata: kościoły, wyznania, kulty, sekty, nowe ruchy religijne
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distanced itself from the Evangelical Christians and transformed into a separate denomination.
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Czajko, Mieczysław (2013). "Prezbiter Aleksander Rapanowicz – droga cierpienia. Część I".
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Szczepański, Tomasz (2009). "Ruch zadrużny i rodzimowierczy w PRL w latach 1956-1989".
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Polityka wyznaniowa państwa polskiego wobec mniejszości religijnych w latach 1945–1989
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to narrow the base of US influence and the operations of foreign intelligence networks
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Kościół Zielonoświątkowy w Polsce w latach 1988–2008: Studium historyczno-ustrojowe
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Polityka państwa wobec Zjednoczonego Kościoła Ewangelicznego w Polsce (1947-1989)
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Some of the arrested, including Sacewicz and Korniluk, met with Catholic clergy (
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Mikołaj Korniluk, Bolesław Winnik, Teodor Maksymowicz, Aleksander Rapanowicz,
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from 1948 to 1950, joined the Methodists after his release in 1953.
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of the Polish National Catholic Church, the arrest of Metropolitan
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was used for the first time in this context, in a publication by
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Some of the arrested individuals were sent to the investigative
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not a single fundamental issue was clarified with the suspects
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Memory of the event and its impact on subsequent generations
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After 2005, this event was referenced in discussions about
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conduct intelligence and subversive activities against the
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were identified as the most involved in these activities.
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refers to the arrest of 199 Evangelical clergymen by the
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Terlikowski, Tomasz (2006-03-19). "Wyznawcy agentury".
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Index

Ministry of Public Security
Poland
Evangelical
Protestantism
Poland
United Evangelical Church
Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith
pl
Union of Christ Churches
pl

Teodor Maksymowicz
pl
Catholic Church
Jehovah's Witnesses
Baptist Christian Church
Bulgaria
Warsaw

detention center in Mokotów
Katowice Voivodeship
Bydgoszcz Voivodeship
Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party
Leszek Jańczuk
pl
Methodists
Pentecostals
Soviet Union
Eastern Borderlands
Gehlen Organization

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