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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
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The Robin Hood of Podlasie: Józef Korycki's Private War with Communism

The Robin Hood of Podlasie: Józef Korycki's Private War with Communism

Kaminski, Marek M.
Szum, Ernest

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Biographies GeneralPolish HistorySocial Movements

ISBN10: 094096211X
ISBN13: 9780940962118
Publisher: Piasa Books
Published: Jun 7 2021
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.51 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

In 1982, during Martial Law, the communist authorities named as Public Enemy No. 1 not Lech Walęsa or any other Solidarity activist but rather Józef Korycki, a Robin Hood-like figure who was beloved by the locals in his home region of Podlasie. They compared him to Janosik, a Slovak bandit who robbed from the rich to give to the poor. Marek Kaminski and Ernest Szum describe Korycki's adventures, from his desertion from mandatory military service (when he kidnapped a Russian military officer!), to his days of robbing village mayors and distributing the proceeds among the local farmers, to his dramatic capture and imprisonment in Rakowiecka Prison, where he was admired by his fellow prisoners and eventually died.

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