Talk:Bolesław Bierut

message: The article needs an expanded bibliography that includes more historical scholarship; historiographical depth is particularly lacking and the article relies too heavily (more than half of its references section) on Jerzy Eisler, Siedmiu wspaniałych. Poczet pierwszych sekretarzy KC PZPR [The Magnificent Seven: first secretaries of the PZPR], a fairly recent book (2014) which has been well received but more is needed for such an expansive article. Anyone willing to contribute is welcome! Ppt91 (talk) 22:56, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Limited literature 

message: During his time in office hundreds Polish military officers and soldiers (most of whom had fought against the Nazi's in WW2 on all fronts) were executed after secret trials for being allegedly "western spies". Thousands more were imprisoned. That is the stark reality of Bierut's stalinist policies. Sure, they weren't the show trials, but don't suggest it was hunky dory in Bierut's Poland...
Pkmink, 9 april 2004
A "show trial" is a trial held in public, like the Moscow Trials, the Rudolf Slansky trial in Czechoslovakia or the Laszlo Rajk trial in Hungary. There were no show trials in Poland. A secret trial is by definition not a show trial. Research should precede indignation. Adam 12:12, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bierut didn't allow show trials? 

message: Can someone be so simply characterized as a soviet puppet? What would yo say if nearly all American presidents were named as US puppets?
- Maybe not american presidents, but '60s and '70s south american dictators certainly were. 216.221.32.116 (talk) 20:48, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Soviet puppet 

message: The trial was organized by the Soviets in Moscow. 
Xx236 13:45, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trial of the Sixteen 

message: Bierut was not a Jew.--Alexvonf 13:17, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Jewish?

message: I remember my late father telling me that Bierut committed suicide, could you confirm or deny that? --Vladko 03:51, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Killed himself?

message: There is an RfC on the question of using "Religion: None" vs. "Religion: None (atheist)" in the infobox on this and other similar pages. 
The RfC is at Template talk:Infobox person#RfC: Religion infobox entries for individuals that have no religion. 
Please help us determine consensus on this issue. --Guy Macon (talk) 10:23, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Template talk:Infobox person#RfC: Religion infobox entries for individuals that have no religion|Request for Comments]]

message: He was listed as taking office of the General Secretary of the PZPR on September 3rd 1948 however the party did not exist. The Party was founded on December 1948 in a unification congress. September is in fact before December therefore this date was wrong. I consulted with the page of the PZPR and they list him taking office on the 22nd of December. I changed it to that date. If this date is wrong please feel free to change it but it cannot be before December 1948 since the PZPR literally did not exist.   
Note: I did not change the main body at all. The main body is extremely vague about when he actually took the post therefore there is no need to actually modify the main body. Chefs-kiss (talk) 15:53, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox detail - PZPR General Secretary Date