Historical story

Dark pages of the history of the Home Army. How many soldiers turned out to be ordinary bandits?

They are responsible for the black legend of the Polish underground. Some of them started before 1939, and some degenerated only before the war. They were indifferent to everything, they only looked for their own profit. They murdered. They grabbed. They blackmailed. Time to recall their crimes.

They were supposed to defend Poland. And they defended their interests. Learn the true story of those who misunderstood the word Motherland.

The truth is not always convenient. The Home Army has written a great page in the history of Poland. But as in life - there were also black sheep in the Home Army. Antisemites. Traitors. Murderers. Degenerates. Thieves. Big boys who wanted to play war. Kill and earn.

The article is an excerpt from Wojciech Lady's book "Bandyci z Armii Krajowej" , which was published by the Znak Horyzont publishing house.

But the bandits did not go unpunished. Even when the State did not exist, there were underground courts. Sentences were carried out. Confidants were liquidated. The Home Army was clearing its ranks of traitors. Sometimes it meant the death of innocent people.

But where does patriotism end and ordinary banditry begin?

Wojciech Lada - journalist, author of the best-selling Polish terrorists once again takes up the controversial topic and follows the footsteps of banditry in the Home Army. In documents and eyewitness accounts, he looks for an answer to the question of how much truth is in the black legend about the Polish underground.