Teodor Bujnicki

Teodor Bujnicki (1907-1944) was a Polish poet, writing for "Żagary" magazine.

During the World War II he has been accused of collaborating with Soviet occupants in Vilnius during the first Soviet occupation of the city (1940 - 1941), when he was an editor of the Soviet newspaper in Polish and published several articles critical about Polish pre-war authorities. Bujnicki was sentenced to death in December 1942 for treason by the Polish Secret State during the German occupation of Vilnius, but he avoided execution living far from the city.

Member of Union of Polish Patriots in 1944, Bujnicki continued working as the editor of the pro-Soviet journal in Polish, after the city was taken by the Red Army. As the sentence from 1942 was never changed nor appealed, he was shot and mortally wounded by a soldier of the Polish Home Army on November 27, 1944 in Vilnius.

References

Szarota, Tomasz. Problem kolaboracji w Wilnie pod okupacją sowiecką. Sprawa Teodora Bujnickiego (in Polish).

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