Piotr Śmietański
Piotr Śmietański | |
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Piotr Śmietański | |
| Born | 27 June 1899 Zawady, Poland |
| Died | 23 February 1950 (aged 50) |
| Citizenship | Polish |
| Occupation | Executioner |
| Known for | service in Ministry of Public Security |
Piotr Śmietański (27 June 1899 – 23 February 1950) was a Polish non-commissioned officer and communist functionary in the Ministry of Public Security and executioner at Mokotów Prison.
Śmietański was stationed at the Mokotów Prison in the Warsaw borough of Mokotów (Polish: Więzienie mokotowskie) known also as Rakowiecka Prison located at 37 Rakowiecka Street. From World War II until the collapse of the Eastern Bloc in 1989, it was a place of detention, torture and execution of the Polish anti-communist opposition.