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	Śmietański was stationed at the ] in the ] borough of ] ({{lang-pl\|Więzienie mokotowskie}}) known also as ''Rakowiecka Prison'' located at 37 Rakowiecka Street. From ] until the collapse of the ] in 1989, Mokotów Prison – where Śmietański conducted his deeds – was a place of detention, torture and execution of the Polish ] opposition.<ref name="T-P-1">Tadeusz M. Płużański, {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511075317/http://www.asme.pl/108568087951913.shtml \|date=2012-05-11 }} Publicystyka Antysocjalistycznego Mazowsza. 2010.</ref>		Śmietański was stationed at the ] in the ] borough of ] ({{lang-pl\|Więzienie mokotowskie}}) known also as ''Rakowiecka Prison'' located at 37 Rakowiecka Street. From ] until the collapse of the ] in 1989, Mokotów Prison – where Śmietański conducted his deeds – was a place of detention, torture and execution of the Polish ] opposition.<ref name="T-P-1">Tadeusz M. Płużański, {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511075317/http://www.asme.pl/108568087951913.shtml \|date=2012-05-11 }} Publicystyka Antysocjalistycznego Mazowsza. 2010.</ref>

			==Biography==
	==Life as executioner==
			Śmietański joined the ] in 1923, using the pseudoname Mojżesz (Moses).{{sfn\|Hermański\|Wróblewski\|2012\|loc=''Kat z Mokotowa'', p. 512 (3 in PDF)}}

	Śmietański – nicknamed by the inmates as the "Butcher of the Mokotow Prison" – executed personally and supervised the executions of hundreds of opponents of the Stalinist regime in ]. Among them were prominent politicians, social activists and ] fighters, including ]s Jerzy Miatkowski, Tadeusz Pelak, Edmund Tudruj, Arkadiusz Wasilewski, Roman Gronski, {{nowrap\|] Stanislaw}} Lukasik, ] ] (killed by Śmietański in one day, on March 7, 1949),<ref name=J-H /> Adam Doboszyński {{nowrap\|(August 29)}}, ] ], Lieutenants Henryk Borowski, Antoni Olechnowicz, Lucjan Minkiewicz (February 8, 1951), ] ], {{nowrap\|Lt. Antoni}} Wodyński from ], and countless others,<ref name="volunteer"> Polish Underground Soldiers 1944-1963 - The Untold Story. DoomedSoldiers.com</ref> including victims of the notorious March 1, ], who were given five consecutive death sentences each.<ref name=D-S> Polish Underground Soldiers 1944-1963. The Untold Story. DoomedSoldiers.com {{en icon}} {{pl icon}}</ref> ] ] was hanged rather than shot as a {{nowrap\|humiliation.<ref name=J-H>Józefa Huchlowa, , Zarzad Główny WiN, 2000, 420 pages. {{ISBN\|83-902803-7-X}}. Page 407. {{pl icon}}</ref><ref name="T-P-2" /><ref name=M-S>Małgorzata Szejnert, , Aneks Publishers, London, 1990, 261 pages. {{ISBN\|0-906601-81-9}}. Page 63. {{pl icon}}</ref>}}		Śmietański – nicknamed by the inmates as the "Butcher of the Mokotow Prison" – executed personally and supervised the executions of hundreds of opponents of the Stalinist regime in ]. Among them were prominent politicians, social activists and ] fighters, including ]s Jerzy Miatkowski, Tadeusz Pelak, Edmund Tudruj, Arkadiusz Wasilewski, Roman Gronski, {{nowrap\|] Stanislaw}} Lukasik, ] ] (killed by Śmietański in one day, on March 7, 1949),<ref name=J-H /> Adam Doboszyński {{nowrap\|(August 29)}}, ] ], Lieutenants Henryk Borowski, Antoni Olechnowicz, Lucjan Minkiewicz (February 8, 1951), ] ], {{nowrap\|Lt. Antoni}} Wodyński from ], and countless others,<ref name="volunteer"> Polish Underground Soldiers 1944-1963 - The Untold Story. DoomedSoldiers.com</ref> including victims of the notorious March 1, ], who were given five consecutive death sentences each.<ref name=D-S> Polish Underground Soldiers 1944-1963. The Untold Story. DoomedSoldiers.com {{en icon}} {{pl icon}}</ref> ] ] was hanged rather than shot as a {{nowrap\|humiliation.<ref name=J-H>Józefa Huchlowa, , Zarzad Główny WiN, 2000, 420 pages. {{ISBN\|83-902803-7-X}}. Page 407. {{pl icon}}</ref><ref name="T-P-2" /><ref name=M-S>Małgorzata Szejnert, , Aneks Publishers, London, 1990, 261 pages. {{ISBN\|0-906601-81-9}}. Page 63. {{pl icon}}</ref>}}
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	On May 25, 1948,<ref name="T-P-1" /><ref name=K-P>Kon Piekarski, , Dundurn Press, 1989, 254 pages. {{ISBN\|1-55002-071-4}}. Page 249. Google Books.</ref> Śmietański personally executed ],<ref name=SC-MK>Stéphane Courtois, Mark Kramer, The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression, '']'', 1999, 858 pages. {{ISBN\|0-674-07608-7}}. Page 379.</ref> the founder of the ] and prominent member of the ], famous for his daring mission to the ].<ref name="eh">{{harvnb\|Piekarski\|1990\|p=249}}</ref><ref name="w1">{{harvnb\|Wyman\|1976\|p=1148}}</ref> Śmietański is believed to have been paid 1,000 ] for each execution he carried out, a substantial amount of money under ].		On May 25, 1948,<ref name="T-P-1" /><ref name=K-P>Kon Piekarski, , Dundurn Press, 1989, 254 pages. {{ISBN\|1-55002-071-4}}. Page 249. Google Books.</ref> Śmietański personally executed ],<ref name=SC-MK>Stéphane Courtois, Mark Kramer, The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression, '']'', 1999, 858 pages. {{ISBN\|0-674-07608-7}}. Page 379.</ref> the founder of the ] and prominent member of the ], famous for his daring mission to the ].<ref name="eh">{{harvnb\|Piekarski\|1990\|p=249}}</ref><ref name="w1">{{harvnb\|Wyman\|1976\|p=1148}}</ref> Śmietański is believed to have been paid 1,000 ] for each execution he carried out, a substantial amount of money under ].

			According to historians Szymon Hermański and Tomasz Wróblewski some pieces in ] and ] claimed he had ], however he died from tuberculosis in the Korczak sanatorium on 23 February 1950 and was buried in ] 4 days later.{{sfn\|Hermański\|Wróblewski\|2012\|loc=''Kat z Mokotowa'', p. 522 (13 in PDF)}}
	According to ], he emigrated from Poland in 1968 to Israel, but other historians disagree.<ref name=MJC>], ''Salon 24''. Niezależne forum publicystów. 21 March 2008.</ref> For instance, Siergiejczyk mentions a different Śmietański, named Józef, who left Poland in 1968 as a result of the ] conducted by the ].<ref name="P-S">Paweł Siergiejczyk, {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306002337/http://www.medianet.pl/~naszapol/0811/0811siei.php \|date=2010-03-06 }} Tygodnik Nasza Polska, {{ISSN\|1425-1914}}, Indeks 332453, NR 11 (632) 12 March 2008, Wydawnictwo Szaniec</ref> The confusion might have come from the fact that in 1923 Śmietański (as an unskilled construction worker) facing economic problems, joined the ] (KPRP) with pseudonym "Mojżesz" (] in English) according to his own bio scribbled in 1945. The specifics of his membership claims have been shown by historians Szymon Hermański and Tomasz Wróblewski to be patently false, and the authors state, based on official primary documents, that Smietanski died of tuberculosis in 1950.{{sfn\|Hermański\|Wróblewski\|2012\|loc=''Kat z Mokotowa'', p. 512, 515 (3, 6 / 13 in PDF)}}

	In 2003 the ] (IPN) launched an investigation in order to establish the whereabouts of Piotr Śmietański, with the intention of interviewing him about the remains of Pilecki. They found out that all personal data pertaining to Śmietański was earlier removed from official government records, including from archives of the Ministry of Defence, and the Prison Services. The investigation was halted in 2004.<ref name="Austyn">Marcin Austyn, {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818165749/http://iskry.pl/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=4267 \|date=2011-08-18 }} ''Nasz Dziennik'', 14 January 2009. Source: </ref> Historian Jacek Pawłowicz from IPN in his 2008 book about Pilecki claimed that Śmietański died of tuberculosis at the age of 50 in the year of his last known Mokotów executions.<ref name="BIP-IPN" />{{clear left}}		In 2003 the ] (IPN) launched an investigation in order to establish the whereabouts of Piotr Śmietański, with the intention of interviewing him about the remains of Pilecki. They found out that all personal data pertaining to Śmietański was earlier removed from official government records, including from archives of the Ministry of Defence, and the Prison Services. The investigation was halted in 2004.<ref name="Austyn">Marcin Austyn, {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818165749/http://iskry.pl/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=4267 \|date=2011-08-18 }} ''Nasz Dziennik'', 14 January 2009. Source: </ref> Historian Jacek Pawłowicz from IPN in his 2008 book about Pilecki claimed that Śmietański died of tuberculosis at the age of 50 in the year of his last known Mokotów executions.<ref name="BIP-IPN" />{{clear left}}

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Piotr Śmietański
Piotr Śmietański
Born	(1899-06-27)June 27, 1899 Zawady village, modern Poland, son of Anna and Władysław
Died	(1950-02-23)February 23, 1950
Citizenship	Polish
Occupation	Executioner
Known for	State Security Services (Urząd Bezpieczeństwa)

Staff Sergeant Piotr Śmietański (born 27 June 1899 in Zawady village son of Anna and Władysław– died probably on 23 February 1950), was a non-commissioned officer of the communist secret police Urząd Bezpieczeństwa and one of the main executioners in Stalinist Poland.

Śmietański was stationed at the Mokotów Prison in the Warsaw borough of Mokotów (Template:Lang-pl) known also as Rakowiecka Prison located at 37 Rakowiecka Street. From World War II until the collapse of the Eastern Bloc in 1989, Mokotów Prison – where Śmietański conducted his deeds – was a place of detention, torture and execution of the Polish anti-communist opposition.

Biography

Śmietański joined the Communist Party of Poland in 1923, using the pseudoname Mojżesz (Moses).

Śmietański – nicknamed by the inmates as the "Butcher of the Mokotow Prison" – executed personally and supervised the executions of hundreds of opponents of the Stalinist regime in PRL. Among them were prominent politicians, social activists and Polish underground fighters, including Lieutenants Jerzy Miatkowski, Tadeusz Pelak, Edmund Tudruj, Arkadiusz Wasilewski, Roman Gronski, Capt. Stanislaw Lukasik, Comdt. Hieronim Dekutowski (killed by Śmietański in one day, on March 7, 1949), Adam Doboszyński (August 29), Major Zygmunt Szendzielarz, Lieutenants Henryk Borowski, Antoni Olechnowicz, Lucjan Minkiewicz (February 8, 1951), Capt. Stanisław Sojczyński, Lt. Antoni Wodyński from AK, and countless others, including victims of the notorious March 1, 1951 Mokotów Prison execution, who were given five consecutive death sentences each. Brig. General Emil August Fieldorf was hanged rather than shot as a humiliation.

The head of the Mokotów Prison, Alojzy Grabicki, was sometimes present at the executions. The victims' dead bodies – often undressed and placed in empty cement bags – were wheeled out at night and buried in unmarked graves, leveled out afterwards in the vicinity of different Warsaw cemeteries: in Służew (till mid 1948), the Mokotów and the Powązki cemeteries, or in open fields, in around Pola Mokotowskie, Kabacki forest and Okęcie.

On May 25, 1948, Śmietański personally executed Witold Pilecki, the founder of the Secret Polish Army and prominent member of the Armia Krajowa, famous for his daring mission to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Śmietański is believed to have been paid 1,000 Polish złoty for each execution he carried out, a substantial amount of money under Stalinism.

According to historians Szymon Hermański and Tomasz Wróblewski some pieces in Nasz Dziennik and Najwyższy Czas! claimed he had emigrated to Israel in 1968, however he died from tuberculosis in the Korczak sanatorium on 23 February 1950 and was buried in Bródno Cemetery 4 days later.

In 2003 the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) launched an investigation in order to establish the whereabouts of Piotr Śmietański, with the intention of interviewing him about the remains of Pilecki. They found out that all personal data pertaining to Śmietański was earlier removed from official government records, including from archives of the Ministry of Defence, and the Prison Services. The investigation was halted in 2004. Historian Jacek Pawłowicz from IPN in his 2008 book about Pilecki claimed that Śmietański died of tuberculosis at the age of 50 in the year of his last known Mokotów executions.

Notes and references

Photograph of Piotr Śmietański was first published in photo anthology by Jacek Pawłowicz, Rotmistrz Witold Pilecki 1901–1948, published by Instytut Pamięci Narodowej, 2008–2009, Warsaw, ISBN 978-83-60464-97-7. Press release. Template:Pl icon
Polish Office of Births and Deaths (2011). "Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej". katalog.bip.ipn.gov.pl. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
^ Piotr Śmietański: Dane osoby z katalogu funkcjonariuszy aparatu bezpieczeństwa. Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej, 2007 Instytut Pamięci Narodowej, Komisja Scigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu. Source: J. Pawłowicz, Rotmistrz Witold Pilecki 1901-1948, Warsaw 2008, p. 26, 265. Template:Pl icon
^ Tadeusz M. Płużański, "Strzał w tył głowy." Archived 2012-05-11 at the Wayback Machine Publicystyka Antysocjalistycznego Mazowsza. 2010.
Hermański & Wróblewski 2012, Kat z Mokotowa, p. 512 (3 in PDF).
^ Józefa Huchlowa, Zrzeszenie "Wolność i Niezawisłość" w dokumentach, Zarzad Główny WiN, 2000, 420 pages. ISBN 83-902803-7-X. Page 407. Template:Pl icon
The Doomed Soldiers. Polish Underground Soldiers 1944-1963 - The Untold Story. DoomedSoldiers.com
The Doomed Soldiers. An Account of interrogation methods. Polish Underground Soldiers 1944-1963. The Untold Story. DoomedSoldiers.com Template:En icon Template:Pl icon
^ Płużański, 2010. "Strzał w tył głowy." Archived 2012-05-11 at the Wayback Machine Available also via the Internet Archive at: Tadeusz M. Płużański, ""Strzał w tył głowy"". Archived from the original on December 18, 2007. Retrieved 2012-05-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help), Publicystyka Antysocjalistycznego Mazowsza, 27 May 2004. Quote: "Pluton egzekucyjny to był jeden funkcjonariusz UB ." Posted by Krzysztof Pawlak.
^ Małgorzata Szejnert, Śród żywych duchów, Aneks Publishers, London, 1990, 261 pages. ISBN 0-906601-81-9. Page 63. Template:Pl icon
Kon Piekarski, Escaping Hell: The Story of a Polish Underground Officer, Dundurn Press, 1989, 254 pages. ISBN 1-55002-071-4. Page 249. Google Books.
Stéphane Courtois, Mark Kramer, Livre noir du Communisme: crimes, terreur, répression. The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression, Harvard University Press, 1999, 858 pages. ISBN 0-674-07608-7. Page 379.
Piekarski 1990, p. 249
Wyman 1976, p. 1148 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFWyman1976 (help)
Hermański & Wróblewski 2012, Kat z Mokotowa, p. 522 (13 in PDF).
Marcin Austyn, "Oprawca rotmistrza Pileckiego "zniknał" z ewidencji" (PDF), Archived 2011-08-18 at the Wayback Machine Nasz Dziennik, 14 January 2009. Source: Niezależny Serwis Informacyjny

Revision as of 06:35, 9 May 2018 view sourceXx236 (talk \| contribs)Extended confirmed users, New page reviewers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers55,481 edits Zawady, Warsaw West County← Previous edit		Revision as of 15:17, 9 May 2018 view source Icewhiz (talk \| contribs)Extended confirmed users38,036 edits →Life as executioner: needs to be expanded beyond just post-1945, I am adding the pseudoname Mojżesz. Removing OR, removing claim attributed to Chodakiewicz - that Chodakiewicz did not make. Retaining the debunking of the fringe theory he went to Israel in 1968. Hermański and Wróblewski don't even write he's Jewish (and his WWII bio does not suggest he was). per their footnote, one of the authors making the claim made a half-retraction admitting 1950.Next edit →
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	Śmietański was stationed at the ] in the ] borough of ] ({{lang-pl\|Więzienie mokotowskie}}) known also as ''Rakowiecka Prison'' located at 37 Rakowiecka Street. From ] until the collapse of the ] in 1989, Mokotów Prison – where Śmietański conducted his deeds – was a place of detention, torture and execution of the Polish ] opposition.<ref name="T-P-1">Tadeusz M. Płużański, {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511075317/http://www.asme.pl/108568087951913.shtml \|date=2012-05-11 }} Publicystyka Antysocjalistycznego Mazowsza. 2010.</ref>		Śmietański was stationed at the ] in the ] borough of ] ({{lang-pl\|Więzienie mokotowskie}}) known also as ''Rakowiecka Prison'' located at 37 Rakowiecka Street. From ] until the collapse of the ] in 1989, Mokotów Prison – where Śmietański conducted his deeds – was a place of detention, torture and execution of the Polish ] opposition.<ref name="T-P-1">Tadeusz M. Płużański, {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511075317/http://www.asme.pl/108568087951913.shtml \|date=2012-05-11 }} Publicystyka Antysocjalistycznego Mazowsza. 2010.</ref>

			==Biography==
	==Life as executioner==
			Śmietański joined the ] in 1923, using the pseudoname Mojżesz (Moses).{{sfn\|Hermański\|Wróblewski\|2012\|loc=''Kat z Mokotowa'', p. 512 (3 in PDF)}}

	Śmietański – nicknamed by the inmates as the "Butcher of the Mokotow Prison" – executed personally and supervised the executions of hundreds of opponents of the Stalinist regime in ]. Among them were prominent politicians, social activists and ] fighters, including ]s Jerzy Miatkowski, Tadeusz Pelak, Edmund Tudruj, Arkadiusz Wasilewski, Roman Gronski, {{nowrap\|] Stanislaw}} Lukasik, ] ] (killed by Śmietański in one day, on March 7, 1949),<ref name=J-H /> Adam Doboszyński {{nowrap\|(August 29)}}, ] ], Lieutenants Henryk Borowski, Antoni Olechnowicz, Lucjan Minkiewicz (February 8, 1951), ] ], {{nowrap\|Lt. Antoni}} Wodyński from ], and countless others,<ref name="volunteer"> Polish Underground Soldiers 1944-1963 - The Untold Story. DoomedSoldiers.com</ref> including victims of the notorious March 1, ], who were given five consecutive death sentences each.<ref name=D-S> Polish Underground Soldiers 1944-1963. The Untold Story. DoomedSoldiers.com {{en icon}} {{pl icon}}</ref> ] ] was hanged rather than shot as a {{nowrap\|humiliation.<ref name=J-H>Józefa Huchlowa, , Zarzad Główny WiN, 2000, 420 pages. {{ISBN\|83-902803-7-X}}. Page 407. {{pl icon}}</ref><ref name="T-P-2" /><ref name=M-S>Małgorzata Szejnert, , Aneks Publishers, London, 1990, 261 pages. {{ISBN\|0-906601-81-9}}. Page 63. {{pl icon}}</ref>}}		Śmietański – nicknamed by the inmates as the "Butcher of the Mokotow Prison" – executed personally and supervised the executions of hundreds of opponents of the Stalinist regime in ]. Among them were prominent politicians, social activists and ] fighters, including ]s Jerzy Miatkowski, Tadeusz Pelak, Edmund Tudruj, Arkadiusz Wasilewski, Roman Gronski, {{nowrap\|] Stanislaw}} Lukasik, ] ] (killed by Śmietański in one day, on March 7, 1949),<ref name=J-H /> Adam Doboszyński {{nowrap\|(August 29)}}, ] ], Lieutenants Henryk Borowski, Antoni Olechnowicz, Lucjan Minkiewicz (February 8, 1951), ] ], {{nowrap\|Lt. Antoni}} Wodyński from ], and countless others,<ref name="volunteer"> Polish Underground Soldiers 1944-1963 - The Untold Story. DoomedSoldiers.com</ref> including victims of the notorious March 1, ], who were given five consecutive death sentences each.<ref name=D-S> Polish Underground Soldiers 1944-1963. The Untold Story. DoomedSoldiers.com {{en icon}} {{pl icon}}</ref> ] ] was hanged rather than shot as a {{nowrap\|humiliation.<ref name=J-H>Józefa Huchlowa, , Zarzad Główny WiN, 2000, 420 pages. {{ISBN\|83-902803-7-X}}. Page 407. {{pl icon}}</ref><ref name="T-P-2" /><ref name=M-S>Małgorzata Szejnert, , Aneks Publishers, London, 1990, 261 pages. {{ISBN\|0-906601-81-9}}. Page 63. {{pl icon}}</ref>}}
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	On May 25, 1948,<ref name="T-P-1" /><ref name=K-P>Kon Piekarski, , Dundurn Press, 1989, 254 pages. {{ISBN\|1-55002-071-4}}. Page 249. Google Books.</ref> Śmietański personally executed ],<ref name=SC-MK>Stéphane Courtois, Mark Kramer, The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression, '']'', 1999, 858 pages. {{ISBN\|0-674-07608-7}}. Page 379.</ref> the founder of the ] and prominent member of the ], famous for his daring mission to the ].<ref name="eh">{{harvnb\|Piekarski\|1990\|p=249}}</ref><ref name="w1">{{harvnb\|Wyman\|1976\|p=1148}}</ref> Śmietański is believed to have been paid 1,000 ] for each execution he carried out, a substantial amount of money under ].		On May 25, 1948,<ref name="T-P-1" /><ref name=K-P>Kon Piekarski, , Dundurn Press, 1989, 254 pages. {{ISBN\|1-55002-071-4}}. Page 249. Google Books.</ref> Śmietański personally executed ],<ref name=SC-MK>Stéphane Courtois, Mark Kramer, The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression, '']'', 1999, 858 pages. {{ISBN\|0-674-07608-7}}. Page 379.</ref> the founder of the ] and prominent member of the ], famous for his daring mission to the ].<ref name="eh">{{harvnb\|Piekarski\|1990\|p=249}}</ref><ref name="w1">{{harvnb\|Wyman\|1976\|p=1148}}</ref> Śmietański is believed to have been paid 1,000 ] for each execution he carried out, a substantial amount of money under ].

			According to historians Szymon Hermański and Tomasz Wróblewski some pieces in ] and ] claimed he had ], however he died from tuberculosis in the Korczak sanatorium on 23 February 1950 and was buried in ] 4 days later.{{sfn\|Hermański\|Wróblewski\|2012\|loc=''Kat z Mokotowa'', p. 522 (13 in PDF)}}
	According to ], he emigrated from Poland in 1968 to Israel, but other historians disagree.<ref name=MJC>], ''Salon 24''. Niezależne forum publicystów. 21 March 2008.</ref> For instance, Siergiejczyk mentions a different Śmietański, named Józef, who left Poland in 1968 as a result of the ] conducted by the ].<ref name="P-S">Paweł Siergiejczyk, {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306002337/http://www.medianet.pl/~naszapol/0811/0811siei.php \|date=2010-03-06 }} Tygodnik Nasza Polska, {{ISSN\|1425-1914}}, Indeks 332453, NR 11 (632) 12 March 2008, Wydawnictwo Szaniec</ref> The confusion might have come from the fact that in 1923 Śmietański (as an unskilled construction worker) facing economic problems, joined the ] (KPRP) with pseudonym "Mojżesz" (] in English) according to his own bio scribbled in 1945. The specifics of his membership claims have been shown by historians Szymon Hermański and Tomasz Wróblewski to be patently false, and the authors state, based on official primary documents, that Smietanski died of tuberculosis in 1950.{{sfn\|Hermański\|Wróblewski\|2012\|loc=''Kat z Mokotowa'', p. 512, 515 (3, 6 / 13 in PDF)}}

	In 2003 the ] (IPN) launched an investigation in order to establish the whereabouts of Piotr Śmietański, with the intention of interviewing him about the remains of Pilecki. They found out that all personal data pertaining to Śmietański was earlier removed from official government records, including from archives of the Ministry of Defence, and the Prison Services. The investigation was halted in 2004.<ref name="Austyn">Marcin Austyn, {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818165749/http://iskry.pl/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=4267 \|date=2011-08-18 }} ''Nasz Dziennik'', 14 January 2009. Source: </ref> Historian Jacek Pawłowicz from IPN in his 2008 book about Pilecki claimed that Śmietański died of tuberculosis at the age of 50 in the year of his last known Mokotów executions.<ref name="BIP-IPN" />{{clear left}}		In 2003 the ] (IPN) launched an investigation in order to establish the whereabouts of Piotr Śmietański, with the intention of interviewing him about the remains of Pilecki. They found out that all personal data pertaining to Śmietański was earlier removed from official government records, including from archives of the Ministry of Defence, and the Prison Services. The investigation was halted in 2004.<ref name="Austyn">Marcin Austyn, {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818165749/http://iskry.pl/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=4267 \|date=2011-08-18 }} ''Nasz Dziennik'', 14 January 2009. Source: </ref> Historian Jacek Pawłowicz from IPN in his 2008 book about Pilecki claimed that Śmietański died of tuberculosis at the age of 50 in the year of his last known Mokotów executions.<ref name="BIP-IPN" />{{clear left}}

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