Boleslaw Bierut

Bolesław Bierut (18 April 1892 – 12 March 1956) was a Polish Communist leader, NKVD agent, and a hard-line ist who became the leader of Poland after the Soviet takeover of the country in the aftermath of World War II.

Bierut proved loyal to the Soviet Union for nearly his adult life, even though that loyalty came at the expense of his own country. He was incarcerated for his anti-state activities in Poland from 1933 to 1938, which, ironically probably saved him from being purged by Stalin, who wiped out a number Polish communists residing in the USSR. With the outbreak of World War II, Bierut again made himself available to Stalin, and was soon placed to participate in the establishment of a communist state in Poland beginning in 1944. Bierut remained in power until 1956, when he died abruptly after attending 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during which Nikita Khrushchev delivered his "Secret Speech", denouncing Stalin's cult of personality.

Boleslaw Bierut in The Hot War
Boleslaw Bierut was the leader of Poland during and after World War III. He survived the Polish uprising against communist rule that broke out in the last months of the war with the help of the Soviet Union. By October, 1952, his hold on the country was once again secure, so long as he complied with the demands of Soviet ruler, Vyacheslav Molotov.