Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński

After the outbreak of World War II, Boy-Żeleński moved to Soviet-occupied [[Lwów]], where he stayed with his wife's brother-in-law. Boy joined the Soviet-led [[University of Lviv|University]] as the head of the Department of French Literature. Criticized by many for his public and frequent collaboration with the Soviet occupation forces, he maintained contacts with many prominent professors and artists, who found themselves in the city after the [[Invasion of Poland (1939)|Polish Defensive War]]. He also took part in creating the [[Communism|Communist]] propaganda newspaper ''[[Czerwony Sztandar (Lviv newspaper)|Czerwony Sztandar]]'' ("Red Banner") and became one of the prominent members of the Society of Polish Writers.

After the outbreak of World War II, Boy-Żeleński moved to Soviet-occupied [[Lwów]], where he stayed with his wife's brother-in-law. Boy joined the Soviet-led [[University of Lviv|University]] as the head of the Department of French Literature. Criticized by many for his public and frequent collaboration with the Soviet occupation forces, he maintained contacts with many prominent professors and artists, who found themselves in the city after the [[Invasion of Poland (1939)|Polish Defensive War]]. He also took part in creating the [[Communism|Communist]] propaganda newspaper ''[[Czerwony Sztandar (Lviv newspaper)|Czerwony Sztandar]]'' ("Red Banner") and became one of the prominent members of the Society of Polish Writers.

After Nazi Germany broke the [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact|German–Soviet treaty]] and attacked the [[Soviet Union]] and the Soviet-held Polish [[Kresy]], Boy remained in Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine). The city was captured on the night of 4 July 1941. He was arrested and taken to the Wulka Hills, where he was murdered. He was falsely accused by Germans for being "a Soviet spy". He was killed together with 45 other Polish professors, artists and intelligentsia in what became known as the [[massacre of Lwów professors]].

After Nazi Germany broke the [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact|German–Soviet treaty]] and attacked the [[Soviet Union]] and the Soviet-held Polish [[Kresy]], Boy remained in Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine). The city was captured on the night of 4 July 1941. He was arrested and taken to the [[Wulka Hills]], where he was murdered. He was falsely accused by Germans for being "a Soviet spy". He was killed together with 45 other Polish professors, artists and intelligentsia in what became known as the [[massacre of Lwów professors]].

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