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Józef Światło (born Izaak Fleischfarb) (Medyn, 1 January 1915 – 2 September 1994, USA) was a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Public Security of Poland (deputy director of the 10th Department run by Anatol Fejgin). He was nicknamed "Butcher" – the torture master – by the MBP prisoners. After the death of Stalin and the arrest of Lavrentiy Beria in 1953, Światło travelled on the Berlin subway with Fejgin through the West Berlin sector where he "slipped away" and defected to the West.

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  • Józef Światło
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  • Józef Światło (born Izaak Fleischfarb) (Medyn, 1 January 1915 – 2 September 1994, USA) was a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Public Security of Poland (deputy director of the 10th Department run by Anatol Fejgin). He was nicknamed "Butcher" – the torture master – by the MBP prisoners. After the death of Stalin and the arrest of Lavrentiy Beria in 1953, Światło travelled on the Berlin subway with Fejgin through the West Berlin sector where he "slipped away" and defected to the West.
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Birth Date
  • 1915-01-01(xsd:date)
death place
  • United States
Name
  • (born Izaak Fleischfarb)
  • Józef Światło
Ethnicity
  • Jewish
Other Names
  • Izaak Lichtstein Izak Fleischfarb
Birth Place
  • Medyn village, Russian Empire
death date
  • 1994-08-02(xsd:date)
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  • 180(xsd:integer)
Citizenship
  • Polish
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  • Józef Światło
Occupation
  • Interrogator, Deputy director
Known For
  • State Security Services
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  • Józef Światło (born Izaak Fleischfarb) (Medyn, 1 January 1915 – 2 September 1994, USA) was a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Public Security of Poland (deputy director of the 10th Department run by Anatol Fejgin). He was nicknamed "Butcher" – the torture master – by the MBP prisoners. After the death of Stalin and the arrest of Lavrentiy Beria in 1953, Światło travelled on the Berlin subway with Fejgin through the West Berlin sector where he "slipped away" and defected to the West. After his defection on 5 December in Berlin, he worked for the CIA and the Radio Free Europe (RFE). Światło's written and broadcast incriminations shook the Polish United Workers' Party, and ultimately contributed to the reform of the Polish security apparatus at the end of the Stalinist period, as one of the factors leading to the political liberalisation of the socialist Polish October revolution.
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