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St Sigismund parish
05-507 Słomczyn
85 Wiślana Str.
Konstancin deanery
Warsaw archdiocese, Poland

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Martyrology of the clergy — Poland

XX century (1914 – 1989)

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surname

KWAŚNIEWSKI

forename(s)

Sigismund (pl. Zygmunt)

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function

diocesan priest

creed

Latin (Roman Catholic) Church RCmore on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2014.09.21]

diocese / province

Kamianets diocesemore on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2013.05.23]

Lutsk‐Zhytomyr diocese (aeque principaliter)more on
www.catholic-hierarchy.org
[access: 2021.12.19]

date and place
of death

25.09.1937

Kievtoday: Kiev city rai., Kiev city, Ukraine
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[access: 2023.03.02]

details of death

Expelled by the Russian Tsarist authorities from the University in Kiev where studied medicine for participation in „illegal student organisation”.

Arrested by Russians in 1920 in Proskuriv — prob. during Polish–Russian war of 1919‐1920 (prob. after return — on his parishioners' request — from a short stay in Poland).

Released.

For the second time arrested in 1924 and again released.

For the third time arrested on 29.12.1926 (11.04.1927).

Accused of helping Poles cross the border with Poland illegaly, hiding them and supporting espionage for Poland.

Prosecutor demanded 5 years of slave labour but after a probable compromise released on 08.10.1927 (21.10.1928) — forced to collaborate with Russians against the Catholics.

Member of „Catholic priests initiative group in Podolya”, under total control of Russian murderous OGPU, aiming at collaboration with Russian Soviet authorities.

On 02.03.1930 (06.01.1930) in Proskuriv arrested for the fourth time.

On 12.03.1930 moved to Kharkiv prison and in a 27–30.06.1930 process of Polish priests in Ukraine sentenced to 5 years of slave labour, commuted (thanks possibly to a speech in support of Russian–Soviet system) to 3 years of exile — a suspended sentence.

Forbidden though to move back to Proskuriv and in Ukraine — moved to Rostov–on–Don instead where took a parish priest post.

From there a few times travelled to Proskuriv to celebrate Holy Masses until Russians forbid it. In 12.1936 moved, thanks to his parishioners, as priest to Kiev but on 03.06.1937 arrested again by the Russians.

Accused of „carrying out counter–revolutionary, nationalistic and espionage activity at the behest of the Polish consulate in Kiev”.

Broken collaborated with Russians and subsequently most of the people named were arrested and executed.

Despite this on 22.09.1937 sentenced by the Russian genocidal kangaroo court «NKVD Troika» (part of Special Council of NKVD) to death and murdered — possibly on electric chair.

cause of death

murder

perpetrators

Russians

sites and events

11.08.1937 Russian genocideClick to display the description, Great Purge 1937Click to display the description, Kiev (Lyukyanivska)Click to display the description, Forced exileClick to display the description, 1839 Kharkiv trialsClick to display the description, Kharkiv (prison)Click to display the description, Polish‐Russian war of 1919‐1921Click to display the description

date and place
of birth

20.03.1877

Tarashchatoday: Tarashcha urban hrom., Bila Tserkva rai., Kiev, Ukraine
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alt. dates and places
of birth

Kievtoday: Kiev city rai., Kiev city, Ukraine
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[access: 2023.03.02]

presbyter (holy orders)
ordination

1909

positions held

from 12.1936

priest — Kievtoday: Kiev city rai., Kiev city, Ukraine
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en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2023.03.02]
— in the churches of St Nicholas and pw. St Aleksandra (only on Sundays and public holidays)

1930 – 1936

priest — Rostov‐on‐Dontoday: Rostov‐on‐Don city reg., Rostov oblast, Russia
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[access: 2024.03.15]

from 1928

administrator — Kievtoday: Kiev city rai., Kiev city, Ukraine
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[access: 2023.03.02]
⋄ St Alexander the Pope and Martyr RC parish ⋄ Kievtoday: Kiev city rai., Kiev city, Ukraine
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2023.03.02]
RC deanery

from 1920

administrator — Proskurivtoday: Khmelnytskyi, Proskuriv/Khmelnytskyi urban hrom., Proskuriv/Khmelnytskyi rai., Proskuriv/Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.11.27]
⋄ Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC parish ⋄ Proskurivtoday: Khmelnytskyi, Proskuriv/Khmelnytskyi urban hrom., Proskuriv/Khmelnytskyi rai., Proskuriv/Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.11.27]
RC deanery

c. 1913 – c. 1918

administrator — Bratslavtoday: Bratslav hrom., Tulchyn rai., Vinnytsia, Ukraine
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.09.17]
⋄ Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC parish ⋄ Bratslavtoday: Bratslav hrom., Tulchyn rai., Vinnytsia, Ukraine
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en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.09.17]
RC deanery — the prefect of religion in the local gymnasiums

c. 1913 – c. 1916

administrator — Samchyntsitoday: Raihorod hrom., Haisyn rai., Vinnytsia, Ukraine
more on
uk.wikipedia.org
[access: 2023.03.02]
⋄ St Mary Magdalene RC parish ⋄ Bratslavtoday: Bratslav hrom., Tulchyn rai., Vinnytsia, Ukraine
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.09.17]
RC deanery — acting („ad interim”)

c. 1910

vicar — Kievtoday: Kiev city rai., Kiev city, Ukraine
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en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2023.03.02]
⋄ St Alexander the Pope and Martyr RC parish ⋄ Kievtoday: Kiev city rai., Kiev city, Ukraine
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2023.03.02]
RC deanery

till 1909

student — Zhytomyrtoday: Zhytomyr urban hrom., Zhytomyr rai., Zhytomyr, Ukraine
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en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.09.17]
⋄ philosophy and theology, Theological Seminary

student — Kievtoday: Kiev city rai., Kiev city, Ukraine
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2023.03.02]
⋄ Department of Medicine, University

sites and events
descriptions

11.08.1937 Russian genocide: On 11.08.1937 Russian leader Stalin decided and NKVD head, Nicholas Jeżow, signed a «Polish operation» executive order no 00485. 139,835 Poles living in Russia were thus sentenced summarily to death. According to the records of the „Memorial” International Association for Historical, Educational, Charitable and Defense of Human Rights (Rus. Международное историко‐просветительское, правозащитное и благотворительное общество „Мемориал”), specialising with historical research and promoting knowledge about the victims of Russian repressions — 111,091 were murdered. 28,744 were sentenced to deportation to concentration camps in Gulag. Altogether however more than 100,000 Poles were deported, mainly to Kazakhstan, Siberia, Kharkov and Dniepropetrovsk. According to some historians, the number of victims should be multiplied by at least two, because not only the named persons were murdered, but entire Polish families (the mere suspicion of Polish nationality was sufficient). Taking into account the fact that the given number does not include the genocide in eastern Russia (Siberia), the number of victims may be as high as 500,000 Poles. (more on: en.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2016.03.14]
)

Great Purge 1937: „Great Terror” (also «Great Purge», also called „Yezhovshchyna” after the name of the then head of the NKVD) — a Russian state action of political terror, planned and directed against millions of innocent victims — national minorities, wealthier peasants (kulaks), people considered opponents political, army officers, the greatest intensity of which took place from 09.1936 to 08.1938. It reached its peak starting in the summer of 1937, when Art. 58‐14 of the Penal Code about „counter‐revolutionary sabotage” was passed , which became the basis for the „legalization” of murders, and on 02.07.1937 when the highest authorities of Russia, under the leadership of Joseph Stalin, issued a decree on the initiation of action against the kulaks. Next a number of executive orders of the NKVD followed, including No. 00439 of 25.07.1937, starting the liquidation of 25,000‐42,000 Germans living in Russia (mainly the so‐called Volga Germans); No. 00447 of 30.07.1937, beginning the liquidation of „anti‐Russian elements”, and No. 00485[2] of 11.08.1937, ordering the murder of 139,835 people of Polish nationality (the latter was the largest operation of this type — encompassed 12.5% of all those murdered during the «Great Purge», while Poles constituted 0.4% of the population). In the summer of 1937 Polish Catholic priests held in Solovetsky Islands, Anzer Island and ITL BelbaltLag were locked in prison cells (some in Sankt Petersburg). Next in a few kangaroo, murderous Russian trials (on 09.10.1937, 25.11.1937, among others) run by so‐called «NKVD Troika» all were sentenced to death. They were subsequently executed by a single shot to the back of the head. The murders took place either in Sankt Petersburg prison or directly in places of mass murder, e.g. Sandarmokh or Levashov Wilderness, where their bodies were dumped into the ditches. Other priests were arrested in the places they still ministered in and next murdered in local NKVD headquarters (e.g. in Minsk in Belarus), after equally genocidal trials run by aforementioned «NKVD Troika» kangaroo courts.

Kiev (Lyukyanivska): Russian political prison in Kiev, in the first half of 20th century run by the genocidal NKVD, informally referred to as prison No 1, formally as Investigative Prison No 13 (SIZO#13). It was founded in the early 19th century. In the 20th century, during the Soviet times, the prison church was transformed into another block of cells. During the reign of J. Stalin in Russia, more than 25,000 prisoners passed through it. (more on: en.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2014.09.21]
)

Forced exile: One of the standard Russian forms of repression. The prisoners were usually taken to a small village in the middle of nowhere — somewhere in Siberia, in far north or far east — dropped out of the train carriage or a cart, left out without means of subsistence or place to live. (more on: en.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2014.12.20]
)

1839 Kharkiv trials: Series of group trials of Polish Catholic priests ministering in Ukraine, by a so‐called «NKVD Troika», a Russian murderous kangaroo court that took place in 1930 in Kharkov (among others on 17.05.1930 and 27‐30.06.1930). Most of the priest were sentences to years of slave labour in concentration camps and subsequently sent first to Yaroslav on Volga river prison and next to Solovetsky Island concentration camp.

Kharkiv (prison): Russian criminal prison where in the 1930s a number of Catholic priests were held prior to being sent to Russian concentration camps.

Polish‐Russian war of 1919‐1921: War for independence of Poland and its borders. Poland regained independence in 1918 but had to fight for its borders with former imperial powers, in particular Russia. Russia planned to incite Bolshevik‐like revolutions in the Western Europe and thus invaded Poland. Russian invaders were defeated in 08.1920 in a battle called Warsaw battle („Vistula river miracle”, one of the 10 most important battles in history, according to some historians). Thanks to this victory Poland recaptured part of the lands lost during partitions of Poland in XVIII century, and Europe was saved from the genocidal Communism. (more on: en.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2014.12.20]
)

sources

personal:
christking.infoClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2018.09.02]
, biographies.library.nd.eduClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2014.12.20]
, www.pwin.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2014.12.20]
, www.pan-ol.lublin.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2021.12.19]

bibliographical:
Fate of the Catholic clergy in USSR 1917‐1939. Martyrology”, Roman Dzwonkowski, SAC, ed. Science Society KUL, 2003, Lublin
Parish priest of Lutsk–Żhytomyr 1801‐1920 and Kamyanets–Podilskyi 1869‐1919 dioceses”, Fr Waldemar Witold Żurek SDB, Lublin 2023
original images:
www.russiacristiana.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
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, ipn.gov.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2019.02.02]

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