How many Doomed Soldiers died at the hands of Polish and Soviet communist regimes in Poland?
While we are unable to provide an exact number of the Doomed Soldiers who had perished at the hands of the UB, SB, Informacja, KBW, NKVD, SMERSH and other repressive organs of Polish and Soviet communist regimes occupying Poland between 1944-1963, it has been established that over 5,000 death sentences against individual soldiers of the Democratic Underground were carried out. An estimated 21,000 others perished in communist jails and concentration camps. At least 10,000 others died during direct combat engagements against communist forces. Unaccounted for are thousands others who died at the hands of communists during pacification operations conducted by the so-called “Szwadrony Smierci” (Eng., “Death Squads”) or agent-provocateur units created by and directed by the communist PPR, AL, GL, or communist secret services. Thousands others died of “natural causes” after being released from the secret police torture houses, i.e. as a result of internal injuries suffered during interrogatio