@misc{Wolsza_Tadeusz_(1956–_)_‘A_2020, author={Wolsza, Tadeusz (1956– )}, editor={Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences}, editor={Polish Historical Society}, copyright={Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license}, address={Warsaw}, howpublished={online}, year={2020}, language={eng}, abstract={The article provides readers with figures and information about the Prison Guard and Service in various detention facilities in post-war Poland until 1956. The author analyses several detailed topics, like preparation for the job, staff shortages in the various penal institutions as well as prison officers’ (quite often sadistic) attitudes towards political prisoners.}, type={Text}, title={‘A Fighter for Security to Isolate the Class Enemy’: The Prison Guard and Political Prisoners in 1944/45–1956}, URL={http://www.rcin.org.pl/Content/154104/PDF/WA303_188285_A52-KH-127-EE-4_Wolsza.pdf}, volume={127}, number={Eng.-Lang. Ed. 4}, journal={Kwartalnik Historyczny}, publisher={Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk}, keywords={repressions, prison service and guard, harassment, physical and psychological terror, penal institution, prisons - Poland - 1945-1970, prison violence - Poland - history - 1945-1970, prison administration - Poland - history - 1945-1970, prisons - Poland - officials and employees - 1945-1970, prison wardens - Poland - 1945-1970}, }