Editing Bolesław Bierut (section)

== Notes ==
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''a.''{{Note label|a|a|none}}After his arrival in [[Minsk]], in September 1941, Bierut met Anastasia Kalesnikova, a woman fifteen years his junior and wife of the composer Isaac Luban, who had fled to Moscow leaving his family in Minsk. Bierut obtained "[[Aryan]]" (non-Jewish) documents for the family and moved into their apartment. Reportedly, Bierut and Kalesnikova had a daughter. After the war, Kalesnikova lived in Minsk again and was discreetly supported financially by Bierut. In 1974, suffering from material hardship, she wrote to First Secretary [[Edward Gierek]] of the [[PZPR]], introducing herself as a "friend, wife and helper of his great fellow countryman, the outstanding party activist Bolesław Bierut". She asked for Polish retirement pay for herself and her family and the Polish authorities granted her request.<ref name="Eisler siedmiu 48–56"/>

''b.''{{Note label|b|b|none}}In a sense, Bierut's patriotism was recognized by [[Primate (bishop)|Primate]] [[Stefan Wyszyński]]: "People of Mr Bierut type honestly care for the future of Poland. At the present time, they see no other opportunity to serve Poland than through communizing of the country." In [[1952 Polish legislative election]], Wyszyński himself voted for Bierut.<ref name="Jestem córką Jakuba 128">Lucyna Tychowa and Andrzej Romanowski, ''Tak, jestem córką Jakuba Bermana'' [Yes, I'm the Daughter of Jakub Berman], p. 128.</ref>

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