Aparat bezpieczeństwa wobec środowiska akademickiego Wyższej Szkoły Pedagogicznej w Kielcach w latach siedemdziesiątych XX w.

Throughout the entire period of the Polish People’s Republic, academic circles attracted particular attention of state authorities and security services. International contacts of scientists or the influence of academic teachers on young people were seen as a potential threat. Authorities feared that universities may become centers of anti-state initiatives. The activities undertaken by Security Services against the Higher Pedagogical School in Kielce in the 1970s focused mostly on assuming control on the situation at the School. The best way to achieve this was to influence the choice of academics who worked for the School. Security Services made it difficult to employ people who were described as those of “improper” conduct while working in other academic centers. Those employees of the School, who were not submissive enough, such as Konrad Bieliński, were dismissed. The same kinds of actions were undertaken towards students. Frequently, even the slightest involvement in the actions of opposition led to the students’ removal from the School. Control of the situation in he academic circles was possible thanks to a network of secret agents. Communist Security Services recruited both academic teachers and students and their main task was to inform the Services about all irregularities at the School. At the beginning of the 1980s, thanks to a systematic recruitment of collaborators, Secret Services had 22 agents (including 5 academic teachers) and 11 operational contacts.