Stefan Szczęsny
Stefan Szczęsny (born September 5, 1891 in Plock, died January 15, 1963) is a Communist activist.
He completed three classes of Russian primary school, was a carpenter, took part in the first day marches and in the strikes of 1908 and 1909. During these strikes he joined the SDKPiL, which he then joined. In 1914 he was drafted into the Russian army, participated in war activities in Prussia, Poland and Romania, twice wounded and sent to the hospital in Rostov-on-Don, where in 1917 he was found in the October Revolution and in this city he established cooperation with the representatives of the Labor Delegates Council and soldiers. In December 1917 he returned to Poland and from December 1918 he was active in the CPP. He participated in organizing demonstrations and workers' strikes, in 1923 he was arrested on suspicion of intention to blow up the Warsaw Citadel, after a few months he was released from lack of evidence. In 1924 he was again arrested and sentenced to 5 years in prison. After his release, he remained under police supervision, during the occupation he was a carpenter in various German companies. In 1944 he was arrested by the Gestapo for an anti-German speech among Polish workers, undergoing a heavy investigation. After the war he became the secretary of the Municipal Committee (PPR) in Płock. From 1946 he was an officer of the UB, 1950-1951 deputy head of the PUBP in Siedlce, 1951-1952 deputy head of the PUBP in Płock, in 1953 dismissed for health reasons. Later he worked in a construction company in Płock. Awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. Bibliography
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