The rumor about the Black Volga circulated in Poland in the 1960s and 1970s. The black Volga limousine (GAZ-21) was supposed to have white curtains behind the windows and there were supposed to be priests, monks, Jews and nuns inside (there were many different versions). One thing remained unchanged – the hero of the story was still this infamous vehicle.
Although the warning against keeping an eye on your youngest children has accompanied humanity since the beginning of the world, in the reality of the Polish People’s Republic it was taken to heart particularly strongly. This collective psychosis took the form of a pitch-black car. Well, each generation has its own ways of scaring the youngest. But why did the topic of the Black Volga even appear on the wallpaper? In the years mentioned in the text, there was a wave of missing children – nearly 200 such cases were recorded. Let us recall just a few of them.
These kidnappings shocked the entire country. The list includes the son of a famous activist
On a sunny July day, Barbara Sieśkiewicz, a resident of Kielce, went to visit her friend with her two children and their friend. While the adult women were gossiping, the kids went out to the yard to play. After half an hour, they saw no trace of either of them. Although the entire state militia apparatus was involved in the search operation. The case even gained nationwide media coverage.
The case of the abduction of student Bohdan Piasecki in 1957 received equally great attention. His father, Bolesław Piasecki, became famous for his leadership of the pre-war organization Falanga, and after the war he founded the PAX Association. So it was a figure from the front pages of newspapers. A 15-year-old attending high school. Saint Augustyn was last seen in Warsaw near the school building, and witness reports indicated that he was talking to a mysterious man right next to a black car. And although the boy’s body was found a year later, we still do not know the identity of the kidnappers. There were about 200 similar, mysterious disappearances. Each of them was accompanied by a note of mystery and no traces of the criminals.
A grain of truth in the legend. It even traveled to China
Some of these kidnappings actually had a common element – the children actually got into a dark car. And in the stories, the topic of this black Volga came up many times. No evidence has been found to this day – but that’s how legends are created. Interestingly, it also “traveled” beyond the borders of Poland. The car was talked about in other countries behind the Iron Curtain: Ukraine, Belarus and the Soviet Union. The Chinese also managed to hear about it.
Source: Gazeta
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