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Gen. Spychalski of PWP
What is PWP?
 * Now I understand, it's the Polish Workers' Party.

However even a Communist general didn't decide, party leadership decided with Soviet approval or the Soviets decided and Poles executed orders.Xx236 (talk) 11:07, 10 November 2016 (UTC)


 * The above quote originates from the Radio Free Europe expose by Jozef Swiatlo. Spychalski spent the war years in occupied Poland as member of underground Polish Workers' Party. In May 1945 he became member of the secret PWP Central Committee. I don't think he was following anyone's orders. However, this entire episode needs to be thoroughly researched. If the original document is found, we can at least confirm who else signed it.  Poeticbent  talk 16:23, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The party followed Soviet orders, when it obtained them (there was a period when all communication lines were broken 1943/1944). Xx236 (talk) 07:25, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Unlikely source (same date): "uchwała Prezydium Krajowej Rady Narodowej z 30 lipca 1946 roku w związku z zakończeniem repatriacji podstawowej masy wychodźstwa polskiego w ZSRR (s. 144); Dokumenty i materiały do historii stosunków Polsko-Radzieckich. Vol. 8 & 9, Warsaw 1974." (page 7 in PDF)  Poeticbent  talk 17:26, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * According to research by Tamara Włodarczyk, the decision originated from the military circles (and not the party leadership) as far as Jewish Berihah without visas or exit permits out of Poland. Beriḥah organization was requested to keep the involvement of MSZ and MON a secret. (page 24, and 45, in PDF)  Poeticbent  talk 18:33, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * You mean probably page 44, not 24. The quoted text is about Lower Silesia, not about Soviet control over Poland. Xx236 (talk) 07:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅.  Poeticbent  talk 20:54, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The MON was supervised directly by the Red Army/Smersh rather than by the Polish party. There were also many Soviet officers in the Polish army.Xx236 (talk) 07:28, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but this is all I was able to establish so far with regard to decision making process leading to Berihah. Marian Spychalski from 1945 to 1948 was both Deputy Minister of Defense and a member of the Politburo. Smersh might have known exactly what Spychalski was up to, but what significance does it have? Please look around for some sources.  Poeticbent  talk 15:14, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The Polish Army was supervised by the Main Directorate of Information of the Polish Army, Soviet at the beginning, later partially Polish but again since 1950 commanded by a Soviet officer.Xx236 (talk) 07:41, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The MON was supervised directly by the Red Army/Smersh rather than by the Polish party. There were also many Soviet officers in the Polish army.Xx236 (talk) 07:28, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but this is all I was able to establish so far with regard to decision making process leading to Berihah. Marian Spychalski from 1945 to 1948 was both Deputy Minister of Defense and a member of the Politburo. Smersh might have known exactly what Spychalski was up to, but what significance does it have? Please look around for some sources.  Poeticbent  talk 15:14, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The Polish Army was supervised by the Main Directorate of Information of the Polish Army, Soviet at the beginning, later partially Polish but again since 1950 commanded by a Soviet officer.Xx236 (talk) 07:41, 15 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Please work with me here, because I don't understand what you're trying to say. The significance of Lower Silesia is obvious, because Polish Jews were leaving the country through Lower Silesia rather than by the sea. Everything you say so far is WP:ORIGINAL RESEARCH. If you want to put into question the role of Spychalski, Icchak Cukierman, and the WOP border guard (pl) in Lower Silesia, you need to start looking around for citations, and stop speculating.  Poeticbent  talk 15:22, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Using 'Article blamer'
Regarding the most recent wp:tag bombing attempt which resulted in a flurry of reverts. The Holocaust in Poland is a 'High importance' article with an average of 237 'pageviews' daily (latest 90), and 85 'page watchers'. It is listed as number 311 among the most popular pages about Poland (at this time) with 9,374 views last month, therefore the 'tag bombing' is not going to 'work' here! This does not mean that the article cannot be improved in a reasonable manner. All queries will be answered. You can use 'Article blamer' from Wikimedia tools.wmflabs.org to search and find the addition of any specific text in this article. The 'blamer' will provide you with the name of the user who added the text in question and the date including summary. User:Poeticbent is responsible for 77.9 % of the added text (as of now); or +273,626 bytes (overall, including formatting). Among the 'top four' editors are:, , and , according to wmflabs.org; you can address them as well. But most importantly, please use the article talk page next time, where you can substitute doubt for question. Thank you,  Poeticbent  talk 17:03, 4 September 2017 (UTC)