Polish secret police

GPTKB entity

Statements (66)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:security_services
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Stasi
gptkbp:collaborated_with gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:costume_design gptkb:Public_service
gptkbp:country gptkb:Poland
gptkbp:created_by gptkb:People's_Republic_of_Poland
gptkbp:disbanded gptkb:1990
after fall of communism
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:1989
gptkbp:employs gptkb:Agent
gptkbp:formed 1945
gptkbp:founded_in suppress opposition
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Warsaw
gptkbp:historical_significance gptkb:Cold_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Polish secret police
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:involved_in gptkb:censorship
gptkb:political_repression
state security
gptkbp:is_active_in gptkb:Solidarity_movement
gptkbp:is_criticized_for gptkb:human_rights_organizations
human rights violations
lack of transparency
gptkbp:is_documented_in Institute of National Remembrance
gptkbp:is_linked_to state-sponsored violence
gptkbp:is_targeted_at gptkb:activists
gptkbp:known_for surveillance
gptkbp:maintained_files_on gptkb:activists
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:1989
secrecy
gptkbp:operates_under Communist regime
gptkbp:operations surveillance of citizens
gptkbp:primary_function gptkb:intelligence_gathering
gptkbp:reports_to gptkb:Ministry_of_Interior
gptkbp:responsible_for internal security
gptkbp:succeeded_by gptkb:Internal_Security_Agency
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Urząd_Ochrony_Państwa
gptkbp:technique interrogation
gptkbp:used_informants to gather intelligence
gptkbp:uses_technology wiretapping
gptkbp:was_involved_in disinformation campaigns
intimidation tactics
political manipulation
the collection of intelligence
the suppression of protests
the control of information
monitoring religious groups
the arrest of dissidents
the monitoring of opposition parties
the surveillance of intellectuals
surveillance of the church
gptkbp:was_known_for gptkb:covert_operations
its secretive nature
manipulate public opinion
secretive operations
political espionage
coercive tactics
its extensive network of informants
its role in state security.
use torture
spying on citizens
gptkbp:was_part_of gptkb:state_government
Cold War espionage
the security apparatus
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Father_Jerzy_Popiełuszko
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8