Boleslaw Bierut, born in
1892 near
Lublin,
Communist Workers Party of Poland[?], went in 1925 to
Moscow to be trained at the
School of the Communist International[?]. From 1944-1947 he functioned as Head of State until this office was changed to
President of the Republic of Poland[?]. He held that position until
1952. Boleslaw Bierut was instrumental in the Soviet take-over of Poland by the Communists. Under the Bierut Decree of
March 8,
1946 German lands and properties were confiscated.
A translation of the text of the
NKVD files (
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~sarmatia/194/instruct.html) of Boleslaw Bierut's Archives details the Soviet Polish take-over.