Jerzy Czeszejko-Sochacki (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ t͡ʂɛˈʂɛjkɔ sɔˈxat͡skʲi]; 29 November 1892, in Nizhyn – 4 September 1933, in Moscow) was a Polish socialist, later communist politician, publicist and an early victim of Stalinist repression.
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He joined the Polish Socialist Party in 1914, and the Communist Party of Poland (KPP) in 1921. From 1921 to 1933 he was a member and alternate member of the KPP Central Committee, and from 1929 to 1933 sat on its politburo. A member of the Polish Parliament (Sejm). KPP representative to the Communist International executive from 1930 and a deputy member of its Presidium from 1931. He was arrested in Moscow on 15 August 1933. He committed suicide on 4 September 1933, according to one version by jumping from a bridge over the prison courtyard, and according to another by jumping from the window of the room where he was being interrogated and tortured. He left a note, written in his own blood, proclaiming his innocence and undying loyalty to the communist party.
Sources. Recommended literature. External links
edit- William J. Chase, Enemies within the Gates? The Comintern and the Stalinist Repression, 1934-1939 Yale University Press] 2001, ISBN 0-300-08242-8; Chapter 5. The Victims of Vigilance in the web - Yale Annals of Communism Project
- Marian Kamil Dziewanowski, The Communist Party of Poland. An outline of history. Second edition. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., and London, England, 1976,
- Gabriele Simoncini, The Communist Party of Poland: 1918-1929. A Study in Political Ideology. Mellen Press. Lewiston, New York; Queenston, Canada; Lampeter, United Kingdom, 1993. ISBN 0-7734-9414-6