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The Botwin case: communists, nationalists and informers

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A secret agent is killed in a political assassination in Lviv in 1925. The investigation leads into other major cases of the period, including the Warsaw Citadel bombing and an attempt on the life of Polish president Stanisław Wojciechowski.

0:00 Murder on Shevska Street
13:30 The Warsaw Citadel bombing
30:56 The attempt on President Wojciechowski’s life
48:39 Conclusion

Background music: Scott Buckley — “I Walk With Ghosts”.

Sources
Mariusz Gadomski. Jak zabijać, to tylko we Lwowie.
Андрій Козицький. Львівські замахи.
Gazeta Poranna, R. 16; 1925, numery: 7494, 7495, 7496, 7501, 7502, 7503
Ilustrowany Kuryer Codzienny, R. 15; 1924, nr 245

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