Kazimierz Koźniewski on the trail of "Zapis"

The communist authorities tried to destroy "Zapis", independent literary magazine issued without censorship in "samidat" since January 1977, in various ways. Police methods: surveillance, revisions, seizures. Administrative harassment: publication ban, deprivation of work or a passport for editorial team. And propaganda action: mockery and defamation. Kazimierz Koźniewski, writer, communist activist and agent of the Ministry of Interior (consultant "33"), in action against "Zapis" was active in all three fields. His denunciations published here show the variety of services provided by him to secret police (SB). He wrote reviews, in which he gave to the ideas of propaganda against "Zapis". He gave tactical advice. He recounted the author's meeting. Reported on conversations with "Zapis". It was not effective; to December 1981 21 issues of independent literary magazines were published in the underground.

The communist authorities tried to destroy "Zapis", independent literary magazine issued without censorship in "samidat" since January 1977, in various ways. Police methods: surveillance, revisions, seizures. Administrative harassment: publication ban, deprivation of work or a passport for editorial team. And propaganda action: mockery and defamation. Kazimierz Koźniewski, writer, communist activist and agent of the Ministry of Interior (consultant "33"), in action against "Zapis" was active in all three fields. His denunciations published here show the variety of services provided by him to secret police (SB). He wrote reviews, in which he gave to the ideas of propaganda against "Zapis". He gave tactical advice. He recounted the author's meeting. Reported on conversations with "Zapis". It was not effective; to December 1981 21 issues of independent literary magazines were published in the underground.