Piotr Śmietański
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Piotr Śmietański was a Polish non-commissioned officer and communist functionary in the Ministry of Public Security and executioner at Mokotów Prison.
Śmietański's grave in the Bródno Cemetery, Warsaw
Certificate of Pilecki's execution signed by Śmietański (bottom, illegible), 25 May 1948 at the Mokotów Prison
August Emil Fieldorf
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August Emil Fieldorf was a Polish brigadier general who served as deputy commander-in-chief of the Home Army after the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising.
Piotr Śmietański
…of the notorious 1 March, 1951 Mokotów Prison execution, who were given five consecutive death sentences each. As a humiliation, Brigadier General August Emil Fieldorf was hanged rather than shot. The head of the Mokotów Prison, Alojzy Grabicki, was sometimes present at the executions. The victims' dead bodies—often…
Generał August Emil Fieldorf
Mugshot of Emil Fieldorf after being arrested in 1950
Fieldorf's cenotaph at Warsaw's Powązki Cemetery
Fieldorf statue, Cracow