Where did the death of Witold Pilecki begin? There were many traitors. But a key function in the Ubek provocation against the captain's net was played by the captain of communist security, a long-standing russian agent, during the German business issuing soldiers of the National Army in Novgorod. His name was Wacław Alchimovich.
Who was Wacław Alchimovich? Pilecki's group was contacted by another UB officer: Leszek Kuchciński, who was his junior advanced school colleague. Before the war, they both belonged to the National-Radical Camp. In 1947, Kuchciński besides belonged to WiN, and Alchimowicz was a prominent ubek: Chief of Division III of the Department of the Ministry of Public Security. Pilecki's group did not know that Kuchciński works for safety and gives information to Alchimovich, and he is inactive his Ubek superior (Kuchciński legendized Alchimovich as an underground man in security).
The liquidation of leading safety officers (including Romkowski, Czaplicki, Rozański, Brystigerowa) was predicted by the alleged study by Brzeszczot (one of Kuchciński's nicknames, through him the study was sent to Pilecki, most likely Alchimowicz, and surely the information came from him): "Their removal will halt the action of panic and partially prevent it – these people are irreplaceable. We must number on the psyche of Asians who will be helpless erstwhile they deficiency >head< and only hands remain”. To destruct the name, usage the weapon that Witold hid after the Warsaw Uprising erstwhile he fought in the Chromium II Battalion.
Historian Adam Cyra: “The “Brzeszczot” study was submitted to the Second Corps (...). However, no responses to this study were received, while Pilecki did not intend to carry out any terrorist action, or even had no funds to implement it. It is crucial in this case that Pilecki wrote from a letter he wrote in the prison in Mokotów to Różański: >After experiences in Oświęcim, I could not execution anyone<"
Brzeszczot's study was a clear provocation. It was then utilized against Pilecki and co-workers during the investigation and trial. safety besides did not spare its worker and agent Wacław Alchimovich. He was arrested on 5 May 1947 and detained at the disposal of Department II of Department III MBP. He was then interrogated by Lieutenant Joseph the Soul, but – what is crucial – he was excluded from the Witold Group process. He was tried in a “kiblowy” trial before the Military territory Court in Warsaw on 19 January 1948 for “ entering into an agreement with Kuchciński on the assassination of Colonel Czaplicki in the form of a violent assassination by members of an illegal WiN organization”. He received the death punishment 3 times, and Beirut did not exercise the right of grace. The conviction was delivered on 11 February 1948. Historian Wiesław Jan Wysocki writes that “he knew besides much about the company he worked in...”.
Sigismund Boradyn in his book Niemen. The river of disagreement" (2000) wrote about the situation in Novogródczyz in 1943-44: "Soviet agents were both in the field and in the Akowski troops. According to Bojomir Składański's memoirs, the agent was Mayor and Commandant of the Vasiliszka Wencesław Alchimowicz >Kazik<".
In early 1943, Alchimovich fled to the Lenin Komsomol Brigade, where he became a branch commander. It was intelligence-propagandic and was a NKGB cell. A year later (in March 1944), by decision of the Radunsk Underground organization Committee, Alchimovich became the head of the Inter-regional Committee of the Union of Polish Patriots. Alchimovich branch members continued to work for the Lenin Komsomol peculiar Branch. "The main task was to conduct intelligence and propaganda in Polish against the AK". On 29 June 1944, Alchimovich's group, numbering 22 people, was converted into a guerrilla ward named Wanda Wasilewska.
The “Alchimovichists” claimed to be an independent structure of the ZPP, wore WP uniforms, which “bred many local Poles into error, including the underground members [the Pilecki group was later fooled by Alchimovich]. Even Lt. Grim did not immediately announcement the real intentions and objectives of the “Alchimovich” group and met with its members on 21 April in Dejnarowszczyń (...). The Soviets drew up a detailed study from this meeting. It did not contain information about the VIIth Battalion 77 pp AK, but presented Lieutenant Jan Piwnik's views on the attitude towards the russian partisan and Germans."
According to Sigismund Boradyn, Wacław Alchimovich “has given tremendous services to russian intelligence... Thanks to his help, Vasiliszka's conspiracy company was thoroughly developed. The precision of the information obtained by the Soviets is frightening.” Alchimowicz, for example, was the author of an extended service memo entitled “About the organisation of the Bielopolska region in Lidzki territory (probably April-May 1944), which is, as Boradyn writes, the best known russian intelligence papers concerning the conspiracy and guerrilla troops of the National Army in Nowogrodczyń”. In the Note, he presented the past of the creation of the Novogródzki territory of the AK, giving aliases and names of members of the territory Command and soldiers of the 4 battalions of 77 pp AK. He informed about the relations of AK-Germany, the armament of Polish units, the diversional-intelligence organization “Wachlar”.
Finally, the White Poles worked out Alchimovich (why did not Witold Pilecki have this information?) who sent an ultimatum to the ZPP group, in which they demanded the cessation of hostile propaganda and the transition to their side, otherwise threatening to liquidate. "But it did not happen," Boradyn writes.
What was the propaganda? Alchimovich edited flyers, published in Polish. In 1 of them “To the brothers of Poles” he wrote: “Innocently, the red guerrilla does not kill. We beat Germans, German spies, traitors and bandits robbing the population. We do not destruct guerrilla groups not cooperating with us. We'll defend ourselves. The borders of Poland are not dependent on localists and fascists. If they kill all russian guerrillas, the border between Poland and the USSR will establish a conference of the USSR, England and the USA. Poles, do not be afraid of russian guerrillas, guerrillas are your friends.”
The propaganda, however, was not effective due to the fact that the Polish population did not believe the Soviets. This does not change the fact that Alchimovich's activities served the interests of a abroad power, whose intent was to destruct Poland. As he captivated the soldiers of the National Army in Novgorod, so he captivated the group of captain Witold Pilecki.
