Initially, its commander was Major Tadeusz Kruk-Strzelecki, then Colonel Jan Rzepecki pseudonym "Wolski" or "Prezes". Until the end of 1940, his deputy was Hipolit Niepokólczycki, while since 1944 until January 1945, Captain Kazimierz Moczarski.
Tasks of BIP included informing of Polish community activities by the Polish Government in London, documenting activities of the German occupiers, psychological warfare against Nazi propaganda, consolidation of solidarity in the fight for independence of the Polish nation, collecting of information, reports and orders. BIP published underground newspapers, such as: Biuletyn Informacyjny (Information Bulletin), Wiadomości Polskie (Polish News) and Insurekcja (Insurrection); some of its departments carried secret trainings: Department A (film) in photoreport, direction, operation of megaphones.
Among others, cameramen and cutters Antoni Bohdziewicz, Wacław Kaźmierczak, Leonard Zawisławski, Seweryn Kruszyński, film/stage directors Jerzy Gabryelski, Jerzy Zarzycki pseudonym "Pik", Andrzej Ancuta, photographers Sylwester Braun and Joachim Joachimczyk, historian Aleksander Gieysztor, philologist professor Kazimierz Feliks Kumaniecki worked for BIP. Among others, Krystyna Wyczańska and Hanna Bińkowska were its liaisons officers.
Organisation of BIPedit
As of July 1944, the Bureau of Information and Propaganda ZWZ–AK included:[1]
Secretary – Irena Piasecka pseudonym "Elżbieta", "Kreska"
Department of Finance – Maria Wielhorska-Szpręglewska pseudonym "Maska"
Department of Post – name unknown pseudonym "Anna"
Department of Emergency Liaison – Irena Markiewicz pseudonym "Jaga"
Department of Microphotography – Andrzej Pronaszko pseudonym "Majster"
Department of Current Propaganda – Major Tadeusz Wardejn-Zagórski pseudonym "Gozdawa"
Sekretary office – Hanna Hryniewiecka pseudonym "Maryna"
Branch bulletins (editorial teams of Biuletyn Informacyjny (Information Bulletin), "Wiadomości Polskie" (Polish News) and Głos Ojczyzny (Voice of the Homeland))
Bureau of Military History – doctor Stanisław Płoski pseudonym "Sławski"
Department of Information – Major Jerzy Makowiecki pseudonym "Tomasz", Lieutenant Aleksander Gieysztor (pseudonym "Lissowski" or "Borodzicz")
Printing house W 7 – Michał Wojewódzki pseudonym "Andrzej"
Printing house W 8 – Jerzy Paszyc pseudonym "Stefan"
Printing house W 9 – Marian Jędrzejczyk pseudonym"Kazimierz"
Printing house W 10 – Stanisław Stopczyk pseudonym "Antoni"
Editorial Team of Professional Military Press – Lieutenant-Colonel Mieczysław Biernacki pseudonym "Mieczysław"
Insurekcja (Insurrection) – Mieczysław Biernacki
Żołnierz Polski (Polish Soldier) – Mieczysław Biernacki
Notesedit
^"Komenda Główna Armii Krajowej, lipiec 1944". Komendanci. Struktury. Zadania. Armia Krajowa. 2017. Archived from the original on 2014-02-08. Retrieved 2017-11-14. For an overview, see: Grzegorz Mazur, UJ Kraków. "Biuro Informacji i Propagandy ZWZ–AK (BIP), Oddział VI Armii Krajowej" (PDF). London Branch of the Polish Home Army Ex-Servicemen Association.
^Tasks: supervision of the office of radio and megaphones regarding supplies of technical means, collection of materials and means