Bronisław Wilhelm Pieracki (1895-1934) was a Polish military officer and politician.
As member of Polish Legions in World War I, Pieracki took part in the 1918-1919 Polish-Ukrainian War and later supported the 1926 May Coup of Józef Piłsudski. Pieracki was a deputy to Polish Sejm from Non-partisan Block of Collaboration with the Government in 1928 and afterwards deputy of Chief of Staff.
He was a minister of internal affairs from 27th May 1931[1] to the time of his death in 1934 and posthumously awarded Poland's highest civilian and military decoration, the Order of the White Eagle.
On 15 June 1934 Pieracki was assassinated by a Ukrainian nationalist. His death gave impetus to the creation of the Detention Camp Bereza Kartuska with the first detainees being 6 members of the National Radical Camp arrested on July 6-7, 1934 in connection with the murder of such prominent politician. Among them: Zygmunt Dziarmaga, Tadeusz Chackiewicz, Jan Jodziewicz, Bolesław Piasecki, Henryk Rossman and Bolesław Świderski, all suspected of taking part in the assassination attempt. Eventually, a total of 176 members of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) were detained at the camp. Not a single death was reported among them in spite of draconian living conditions.[2]
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References
- ^ Robin L. Bidwell, "Bidwell's Guide to Government Ministers Vol.1, The major powers and western Europe, 1900-1971", Frank Cass & Co Ltd, 1973, ISBN-0-7146-2977-4, p. 191.
- ^ (Polish) Dr Andrzej Misiuk, president of Polish Police Special Investigations Institute (Polish: Instytut Badań nad Policją), Białym żelazem, Gazeta Wyborcza, 12/07/1994 (reprint)
- (Polish) Andrzej Misiuk Białym żelazem, Gazeta Wyborcza, 12/07/1994.
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