Workers' Militia PPS-WRN

Workers' Militia PPS-WRN was an underground organization of the Polish Socialist Party - Freedom, Equality, Independence that existed in between 1939 - 1945. It was created amongst the labour circles for self—protection and to keep order. It was supposed to help re—create the Polish pre—war police and counter—intelligence services.

For simplicity, the organization was divided and subdivided into the units of five.

In 1944 the number of the underground police officers and agents was 27000.

Antoni Pajdak ps. Traugutt was the commander of the Workers'Militia PPS-WRN, his second in command were: Stanisław Sobolewski pseudonim Krystian (Christian) , Jan Władysław Wilczyński pseudonim Gnat (Cow's bone).

The status report for the police as of 1944 would have looked as follows ^[1]

1. ^ data from Andrzej Czystowski, "Wolność, Równość, Niepodległość (22 October 1939-11 February 1945)," in: "Z pola walki" Number 3 published in 1988 pg. 117

Underground Police of PPS in Silesia and in Zagłębie

According to fragmentary data in Sosnowiec in 1944, the Militia of PPS counted 475 members in five districts. In Będzin County, it was around 200 persons strong or 15 platoons. In Silesia, the Militia counted around 3.000, and in the Cieszyn Silesia around 960.^[1] In addition, PPS tried to created industrial militia in Zagłębie, under the command of Stefan Kura-Granicki "Gromek", "Gołąb", "Oset", and later, under Henryk Żmijewski "Kuba". The Industrial Militia operated within the military factories gathering the intelligence and committing acts of sabotage as well as, later on, tried to prevent demolition of factories by the withdrawing Germans.

See also

• Blue Police
• Jewish Ghetto Police
• Lithuanian Security Police
• National Security Corps (Państwowy Korpus Bezpieczeństwa)
• Polnisches Schutzmannschaftsbataillon 202

Notes

1. ^ Jan Kantyka, "Polska Partia Socjalistyczna na Śląsku i w Zagłębiu Dąbrowskim w latach 1939-1948," published in Katowice in 1975, pp. 85-86.

Bibliography

• Andrzej Czystowski, "Wolność, Równość, Niepodległość (22 October 1939-11 February 1945)," in: "Z pola walki" # 3 from 1988 .
• Jan Kantyka, Polska Partia Socjalistyczna na Śląsku i w Zagłębiu Dąbrowskim w latach 1939-1948 published in Katowice 1975