Register of Henryk Piecuch papers, 1920-2012
Finding aid prepared by Justyna K. Szulc
Hoover Institution Archives
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Stanford University
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© 2014
Title: Henryk Piecuch papers
Date (inclusive): 1920-2012
Date (bulk): 1954-2000
Collection Number: 96009
Contributing Institution:
Hoover Institution Archives
Language of Material:
Polish
Physical Description:
19 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 card file box
(10.5 linear feet)
Abstract: The collection is largely composed of Henryk Piecuch's research materials for his various books as well as his published and
unpublished writings. The research materials in the collection span from 1920 to 2012 and focus on Polish Communist intelligence
and counterintelligence efforts. Includes photocopies of internal documents of Polish intelligence and security agencies.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Creator:
Piecuch, Henryk
Access
Collection is open for research.
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Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Henryk Piecuch papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1996.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Documents in boxes 15 to 23 form an accrual of the collection donated by Henryk Piecuch in 1996. The accrual has been introduced
to the entire collection in September of 2014 under the series title Incremental Materials. The materials represented in the
accrual are composed of, correspondence, individual files, Radio Free Europe, research files, Solidarność, writings and related
materials, and sound and video recordings. Materials in the accrual are divided into sub-categories mentioned earlier and
are an extension of sub-categories created earlier in the year when the collection was initially described and arranged in
April of 2014.
Biographical Note
Henryk Piecuch was born December 4th, 1939, in Bielsko-Biała, Poland. After obtaining his military education, for 35 years
he served as an officer in the Wojska Ochrony Pogranicza (WOP)(Border Guard) in Poland. Towards the end of the 1960s his military
career took a different turn and he started writing articles for the WOP weekly,
Granica. Though he started as a field reporter, shortly after 1978 he was promoted to assistant executive editor and later executive
editor. Piecuch achieved the rank of colonel and continued in his military duties until 1994, when he retired from both his
military and journalist careers. He is a prominent author of 66 books, various articles, stories, and poems. Piecuch's work
is primarily focused on Polish Communist intelligence, counterintelligence, and internal security.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection is largely composed of Henryk Piecuch's research materials for his various books as well as his published and
unpublished writings. The research materials in the collection span from 1920 to 2012 and focus on Polish Communist intelligence
and counterintelligence efforts. The collection is divided into two series.
The first series is composed of personal files: correspondence, legal materials from cases filed against Piecuch and cases
he participated in, memorabilia, as well as his writings and writings of others Piecuch edited. The second series is composed
of various research materials that Piecuch used for his publications: intelligence and counterintelligence materials, background
files on various individuals associated with or affected by secret service activities in Communist Poland, materials on Radio
Wolna Europa (Radio Free Europe), and Solidarność (Solidarity).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Espionage, Polish.
Internal security--Poland.
Secret service--Poland.
Personal Files,
1954-2012
Scope and Contents
Composed of various materials that closely relate to Piecuch on a personal and professional level, the bulk of the documents
in this series consist of correspondence, legal materials from court proceedings in which Piecuch was involved, memorabilia,
and his various writings and publications.
Correspondence
1973-2002
Scope and Contents
Composed of correspondence in the form of letters and e-mails that Piecuch received between 1973-2002. Most letters and e-mails
are of professional nature.
Box 1, Folder 2
Letters received
1993-1999
Box 1, Folder 3
Letters received
2000-2002
Legal Materials
1996-2000
Scope and Contents
Documents legal proceedings for the Adam Rosenbusch, Piotr i Paweł, and the 1 Samodzielny Batalion Kobiecy im. Emilii Plater
cases.
Box 1, Folder 5
Rosenbusch, Adam
1999-2000
Box 1, Folder 6
Samodzielny Batalion Kobiecy im. Emilii Plater
1996-2000
Box 1, Folder 7
Samodzielny Batalion Kobiecy im. Emilii Plater
2000
Memorabilia
1982-1992
Scope and Contents
Composed of various memorabilia related to Piecuch writings. The subseries includes a dedicated and autographed copy of Mieczysław
Rakowski book titled,
Jak to Się Stało. Additionally, the subseries includes a facsimile of the Martial Law announcement autographed and dedicated to Piecuch by
Wojciech Jaruzelski.
Writings and Related Materials
1954-2012
Scope and Contents
Composed of manuscripts, working papers, and various published and unpublished works. Also includes writing by other individuals.
Box 1, Folder 9
Byłem Gorylem Jaruzelskiego
1993
Box 4, Folder 1
Spotkanie z Fejginem
1990
Box 4, Folder 2-3
Superagenci XX Wieku
2003
Box 4, Folder 4-5
Tajna historia mojego życia. Wałęsa i... Kryptonim "Bolek" Wersja 1
circa 2012
Box 4, Folder 6-7
Tajna historia mojego życia. Wałęsa i... Kryptonim "Bolek"
circa 2012
Box 5, Folder 1
Writings by Others
1988-2009
Box 5, Folder 2-3
Writings by Others "Goleniowski," by Marceli Wieczorek
circa 2009
Research Materials,
1920-2010
Scope and Contents
Composed of research materials that reflect the author's field of interest. Divided into four groups that focus on the Polish
Communist intelligence and counterintelligence efforts, interviews and background information on various individuals important
to the period, and structure and organization information for Radio Wolna Europa (Radio Free Europe) and Solidarność (Solidarity).
Intelligence and Counterintelligence
1920-2007
Scope and Contents
Comprised of various materials focused around the activities of the Polish Communist intelligence and counterintelligence
organizations, specifically Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych (MSW) and Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego (MBP).
Box 5, Folder 4
Afera Alkoholowa
circa 1990
Box 6, Folder 3
Materiały Współczesne
1990-2007
Box 6, Folder 4
Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego - Analiza Gry - USA i Wielka Brytania
1948-1952
Box 6, Folder 5
Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego - Poznański Czerwiec
1956
Box 6, Folder 6
Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych - Dokumenty Wewnętrzne
1926-1990
Box 7, Folder 1
Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych - Poakowskie Podziemie Zbrojne
1994
Box 7, Folder 2-3
Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych - Z Dziejów Kontrwywiadu
1982-1988
Box 7, Folder 4
Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza
1954
Box 7, Folder 5
Ukraińskie Podziemie Nacjonalistyczne
1920-1939
Box 7, Folder 6
Wojska Ochrony Pogranicza
1949-1992
Box 7, Folder 7
Wojska Ochrony Pogranicza
circa 1992
Box 8, Folder 1
Wolność i Niezawisłość
1954
Box 8, Folder 2
Zewnętrzne Uwarunkowanie Rozwoju Wydarzeń
circa 1980
Individual Files
1947-2010
Scope and Contents
Files are composed of background information, interviews, and research files of various individuals associated with the time
period. A number of the individuals were the subjects of Piecuch's writings: Wojciech Jaruzelski, Czesław Kiszczak, Zdzisław
Najder, Władysław Pożoga, Józef Światło, and Józef Teliga among others.
Box 8, Folder 4
Gomułka, Władysław
1956-1965
Box 8, Folder 5-8
Gotówko, Artur - CD 1-17
2010
Box 9, Folder 1-2
Gotówko, Artur - CD 18-27
2010
Box 9, Folder 4
Humer, Adam - cz. I-IV
1988-1989
Box 9, Folder 5
Janiszewski i Siwicki
circa 1980
Box 10, Folder 1-2
Jaruzelski, Wojciech
1985-1997
Box 10, Folder 4
Krysiuk, Edmund
1947-1997
Box 10, Folder 5
Kukliński i Bauer
1956-1988
Box 10, Folder 6
Malinowski, Helena i Władysław
1995
Box 10, Folder 8
Pożoga, Władysław
circa 1980
Box 11, Folder 1
Pożoga, Władysław
circa 1980 (contd.)
Box 11, Folder 2
Rydz-Śmigły, Edward
1994-2001
Box 11, Folder 5
Wieczorek, Marceli
1967-1977
Radio Wolna Europa (Radio Free Europe)
1969-1988
Scope and Contents
Documents are largely composed of correspondence, manuals, memoranda and broadcast information regarding Radio Free Europe.
Additionally, the subseries includes information regarding Zdzisław Najder, and his activities as chief of the Polish language
section of Radio Free Europe.
Box 11, Folder 9
Najder, Zdzisław
1959-1988
Solidarność (Solidarity)
1980-1994
Scope and Contents
Documents the activities of the Solidarity movement through its efforts abroad, international support, financial endowment,
and the effects Martial Law in Poland had on the Solidarity efforts.
Box 12, Folder 8
Financial Endowment
1980-1989
Box 13, Folder 1-2
International Support
1980-1994
Box 13, Folder 4
Martial Law, Błyskawice
circa 1983
Incremental Materials,
1940-2007
Scope and Contents
Documents in boxes 15 to 23 form an accrual of the collection donated by Henryk Piecuch in 1996. The accrual has been introduced
to the entire collection in September of 2014 under the series title Incremental Materials. The materials represented in the
accrual are composed of, correspondence, individual files, Radio Free Europe, research files, Solidarność, writings and related
materials, and sound and video recordings. Materials in the accrual are divided into sub-categories mentioned earlier and
are an extension of sub-categories created earlier in the year when the collection was initially described and arranged in
April of 2014.
Correspondence,
1980-2004
Box-folder: 15 : 1
Letters by Others,
1980-2004
Box-folder: 15 : 2
Letters Recevied,
1993-2002
Individual Files,
1990-2002
Box-folder: 15 : 6
Bujak, Zbigniew,
crica 1990
Box-folder: 15 : 7
Charyton, Bogdan and Mull, Stephen,
circa 2000
Box-folder: 15 : 8
Charyton, Bogdan and Mull, Stephen,
crica 2000
Box-folder: 15 : 9
Fejgin, Anatol,
circa 1990
Box-folder: 15 : 15
Wieczorek, Marceli,
circa 1990
Radio Wolna Europa (Radio Free Europe),
1970-1988
Box-folder: 16 : 1
Administrative Files,
1970-1981
Box-folder: 16 : 2
Photographs: Munich Bombing,
February 21st, 1981
Box-folder: 16 : 3
Radiowy Tygodnik Monachijski,
circa 1980
Research Files,
1950-1995
Box-folder: 16 : 5
Archival Research,
crica 1980
Box-folder: 16 : 6
Jaruzelski, Wojciech,
circa 1980
Box-folder: 16 : 7
Jaruzelski, Wojciech,
circa 1980
Box-folder: 16 : 8
Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych, Dokumenty Wewnętrzne,
1980-1987
Box-folder: 16 : 9
Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych, Dokumenty Wewnętrzne - Copies of Originals,
1950-1956
Solidarność (Solidarity),
1982-1996
Box-folder: 17 : 4
Administrative Files,
1987-1996
Writings and Printed Matter,
1940-2007
Box-folder: 17 : 10
Chaciński, Michael,
circa 1980
Box-folder: 17 : 11
Czechowicz, Konstanty,
circa 1980
Box-folder: 17 : 13
"Do czynu, do uderzenia,"
circa 1940
Box-folder: 17 : 14
"Ekzpertyza" - Zgórniak, Marian,
circa 1990
Box-folder: 17 : 15
Gaworski, Janusz
circa 1990
Box-folder: 17 : 16
Gontarczyk, Piotr,
circa 1990
Box-folder: 17 : 17
GRU - służba tajna Sztabu Generalnego Federacji Rosyjskiej,
circa 1990
Box-folder: 17 : 18
Grudzień, 1970 - Przebieg wydarzeń na Wybrzeżu Gdańskim,
1970
Box-folder: 17 : 19
Holzer, Jerzy,
circa 1990
Box-folder: 17 : 20
Iranek-Osmecki, Kazimierz,
circa 1990
Box-folder: 17 : 21
Kersten, Krystyna,
circa 1990
Box-folder: 17 : 22
Krupski, Janusz,
circa 1990
Box-folder: 17 : 23
Kryptologia w służbie wywiadu, wojska i dyplomacji,
1970
Box-folder: 18 : 4
Maciszewski, Jarema,
circa 1990
Box-folder: 18 : 5
Marszałek Józef Piłsudski - życie i wzór,
circa 1990
Box-folder: 18 : 6
Martinowa, Halina,
circa 1990
Box-folder: 18 : 7
Mądry, Janusz,
circa 1980
Box-folder: 18 : 8
Michałowski - Notatka Biograficzna,
circa 1990
Box-folder: 18 : 9
Michniewicz, Władysław,
1963
Box-folder: 18 : 10
Miliony dolarów dla zagranicznych partii komunistycznych,
circa 1990
Box-folder: 18 : 11
Mitkiewicz, Leon,
circa 1990
Box-folder: 18 : 12
Naród Polski Gospodarzem Państwa Polskiego,
circa 1980
Box-folder: 18 : 13
Niepodległość - miesięcznik polityczny Liberlano-Demokratycznej Partii "Nipodległość",
1987
Box-folder: 18 : 16
Ocena Bazy Pohitlerowskiej,
1986
Box-folder: 18 : 17
"Ochrona Bezpieczeństwa Państwa i Porządku Publicznego w Polsce,"
1944-1988
Box-folder: 18 : 18
Oficerowie Drugiej Kategorii,
2007
Box-folder: 18 : 22
Paczkowski, Andrzej,
circa 1990
Box-folder: 18 : 26
Płk A. Aftyka,
circa 1990
Box-folder: 18 : 27
Pobóg-Malinowski, Władysław,
circa 1980
Box-folder: 19 : 3
Rękopis Dzienników dot. Wydarzeń Grudniowych,
circa 1990
Box-folder: 19 : 4
Rosenbusch, Adam,
circa 1990
Box-folder: 19 : 5
Rosoh, X. "Dywersja Ideologiczna Przeciwko Polsce w 1984 roku"
circa 1980
Box-folder: 19 : 6
Rosyjskie służby na starych ścieżkach?
1992
Box-folder: 19 : 7
Samodzielny Batalion Kobiecy im. Emili Platter,
circa 1990
Box-folder: 19 : 8
Schaff, Adam, "Kopiec Kuklińskiego,"
1997
Box-folder: 19 : 9
Skoruszewski, Olgierd,
crica 1980
Box-folder: 19 : 10
Słowikowski, M.,
circa 1980
Box-folder: 19 : 11
"Służby specjalne i struktury bezpieczeństwa w Polsce, Czechach i na Węgrzech. Wysiłki na rzecz reform i braki u nowych członków
NATO,"
circa 1990
Box-folder: 19 : 12
Solidarność Walcząca,
1994
Box-folder: 19 : 13
Sowiński, Ignacy Loga "Nie ma dymu bez ognia,"
1979
Box-folder: 19 : 14
Sprawa Alfreda Jaroszewicza,
circa 1990
Box-folder: 19 : 15
Szczyty, nie szczeble,
2004
Box-folder: 19 : 16
Szlachcic, Franciszek,
1988
Box-folder: 19 : 17
Szymański, A.,
circa 1980
Box-folder: 19 : 18
"Technologia otrzymywania paliw płynnych, koksu, i lepiszczy elektrodowych oraz sorbentów węglowych z półproduktów uwodornienia
węgla,"
1993
Box-folder: 19 : 19
"Tezy do Analizy Działań Służb Specjalnych III RP,"
circa 1990
Box-folder: 19 : 20
"To ja zabiłem ci ojca,"
1999
Box-folder: 20 : 1
Werblan, Andrzej,
circa 1990
Box-folder: 20 : 2
Węzłowe Problemy bezpieczeństwa państwa,
1984
Box-folder: 20 : 5
Wstępna Instrukcja w Sprawie Tymczasowej Organizacji Obozów Pracy,
1977
Box-folder: 20 : 7
Zbigniew Brzeziński, nazwisko Utrwalone w Historii - Praca licencjacka,
2006
Box-folder: 20 : 8
Złośliwa Dyskredytacja Wojskowych Służb Informacyjnych,
2007
Sound and Video Recordings,
1980-2000
Box-folder: 20 : 10
Charyton - VHS
crica 1990
Box: 21-22
Interviews, Lectures, and Radio Broadcasts,
1980-1995
Scope and Contents
Recordings include interviews with: Fejgin, Jaruzelski, Światło, Najder, Rosenbusch, Charyton, Wieczorek, Kukliński, Staniszewski,
Bochański, Bień, and Pożoga.
Incremental Materials,
2015
Box 23
Electronic file,
Scope and Contents
Comprised of electornic media such as 3.5 floppy disks, CD-Rs, and a hard drive.
