The Mysterious Death of Jan “Anoda” Rodowicz
©2023
Monographs
278 Pages
Series:
Studies in History, Memory and Politics, Volume 47
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, especially in the investigation following his arrest by the Communist security service and the mystery shrouding his death while under interrogation, turned him into a symbol for the young people of Poland in those times. His generation was forced to fight for its freedom against two criminal totalitarian systems, the Nazi Germans and the Soviets, paying with their life or health for the ideals they did not want to give up.
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Table Of Contents
- Cover
- Titel
- Copyright
- Autorenangaben
- Über das Buch
- Zitierfähigkeit des eBooks
- 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
- Bibliography
- Index of Persons
- Illustrations
Glossary of special terms and list of abbreviations
Phrases in the text of this book marked with asterisks denote special terms explained in this glossary
Details
- Pages
- 278
- Year
- 2023
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9783631909188
- ISBN (ePUB)
- 9783631909195
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9783631908549
- DOI
- 10.3726/b21222
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2024 (March)
- Keywords
- Home Army Warsaw Rising Communist Crimes Collevcitve memory Stalinism Empires Totalitarian states The Second World War The Mysterious Death of Jan “Anoda” Rodowicz Przemysław Benken Political repressions
- Published
- Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, 2023. 278 pp., 5 fig. col.
