Tadeusz Kozłowski, born in 1901, was a merchant who ran a café at the railway station in Bolesławiec after the war. He was also an activist of the Polish Peasant Party.

“Against the background of the various repressions suffered by Polish Peasant Party activists immediately before the elections, the case of the president of the Bolesławiec people’s movement, school inspector Marian Dziubiński, and Tadeusz Kozłowski, owner of a restaurant at the station in Bolesławiec, is interesting” – Adam Baniecki wrote in the 2013 Bolesławiec Yearbook.

The details surrounding the candidate’s decision remain shrouded in mystery. Even the list’s proxy seems not to know anything, because apart from the information that our protagonist hurriedly left his place of residence and did not personally deregister, we know only that the official reason for his departure and cessation of political activity was health-related. Nevertheless, even then this was regarded as a convenient pretext to explain the sudden change of plans and abandonment of the business.

Urbański, chairman of Electoral Commission District No. 39 in Bolesławiec, wrote the following about Kowalski’s sudden departure from the city:

“Meanwhile, as follows from the certificate issued by the mayor of the city of Bolesławiec, citizen Kozłowski simply left for Warsaw because, for reasons known only to him, he did not like Lower Silesia. However, no one forced him to do so, nor did anyone drive him away. His departure had nothing to do with politics, as evidenced by the fact that he did not return.

The people most involved in the Polish Peasant Party’s election campaign remain here, without anyone harassing them for their activities. Citizen Kozłowski was the least-known member of the Polish Peasant Party. He showed no activity in this direction.”

Perhaps leaving was a condition for allowing Polish Peasant Party activists to remain undisturbed in the future, or perhaps it reflected the foresight of those concerned, who understood that widespread knowledge of their political views and involvement could seriously
harm them in the future, both in their professional careers and private lives. Such were the consequences at that time of siding with the democratic opposition.

Tadeusz Kozłowski’s restaurant appears in the 1946 list of cafés and restaurants in Bolesławiec.

  • Lviv Café, owner Jadwiga Alińska, Limanowski Square
  • Café, owner Zofia Perkowska, 18 Kolejowa Street
  • Café, owner Władysław Piotrowski, 41 Jaskowiecka Street
  • My Little Café, owner Natalia Lapczyńska, 22 Kolejowa Street
  • Warszawianka Café, owner Henryk Pilichowski, 24 Kolejowa Street
  • Café, owner Halina Andrzejczuk, 17 Kolejowa Street
  • Restaurant, owner Marian Talar, 25 Roli Żymierskiego Street
  • Restaurant, owner Franciszek Mizerka, 1 Stalina Street
  • Lucynka Restaurant, owner Helena Poremska, 4 Szopena Street
  • Restaurant, owner Kazimierz Galusiński, 9 1-go Maja Street
  • Restaurant, owner Tadeusz Kozłowski, Railway Buffet
  • Pod daszkiem Restaurant, owner Anna Kowalska, 1 Zacisze Street
  • Restaurant, owner Jan Piasecki, 1 Kolejowa Street
  • Restaurant, owner Janina Kwiatkowska, 28 Kolejowa Street
  • Restaurant, owner Marian Rozek, Limanowski Square