Józef Światło (born Izak Fleischfarb) (1915-1975) was a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Public Security of Poland (deputy director of 10th Department). After the death of Stalin and the arrest of Lavrentiy Beria in 1953, by accident he was travelling on Berlin subway and ended up in West Berlin sector. He was working for western special services (MI6 and later the forerunner of CIA) since 1948 and later defected to the West on 5 December of that year in Berlin.

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  • Józef Światło (born Izak Fleischfarb) (1915-1975) was a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Public Security of Poland (deputy director of 10th Department). After the death of Stalin and the arrest of Lavrentiy Beria in 1953, by accident he was travelling on Berlin subway and ended up in West Berlin sector. He was working for western special services (MI6 and later the forerunner of CIA) since 1948 and later defected to the West on 5 December of that year in Berlin. He was taken by CIA and used for propaganda purposes. This event shook the Polish United Workers' Party, contributed to the reform of the Polish security apparatus and was one of the factors leading to the liberalization of the Polish October.
  • Józef Światło war ein polnischer Geheimdienstoffizier des Ministeriums für Öffentliche Sicherheit (MBP), zuletzt im Rang eines Oberst, und Überläufer.
  • Józef Światło, właściwie Izak Fleischfarb, – wysoki funkcjonariusz Ministerstwa Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego, m. in. wicedyrektor Departamentu X MBP. Obawiając się czystek po aresztowaniu Ławrientija Berii w 1953 roku, uciekł na Zachód podczas podróży służbowej do Berlina Wschodniego.
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  • Józef Światło (born Izak Fleischfarb) (1915-1975) was a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Public Security of Poland (deputy director of 10th Department). After the death of Stalin and the arrest of Lavrentiy Beria in 1953, by accident he was travelling on Berlin subway and ended up in West Berlin sector. He was working for western special services (MI6 and later the forerunner of CIA) since 1948 and later defected to the West on 5 December of that year in Berlin.
  • Józef Światło war ein polnischer Geheimdienstoffizier des Ministeriums für Öffentliche Sicherheit (MBP), zuletzt im Rang eines Oberst, und Überläufer.
  • Józef Światło, właściwie Izak Fleischfarb, – wysoki funkcjonariusz Ministerstwa Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego, m. in. wicedyrektor Departamentu X MBP. Obawiając się czystek po aresztowaniu Ławrientija Berii w 1953 roku, uciekł na Zachód podczas podróży służbowej do Berlina Wschodniego.
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  • Józef Światło
  • Józef Światło
  • Józef Światło
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