Dissent in Poland: The Opposition Archives (via Gale Scholar Accelerate Program)

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Archiwum opozycji (Opposition Archive) helps illuminate several key moments in Polish opposition history. It numbers 365 files primarily composed of individual memoirs, diaries, and tape recordings; it also includes reports, publications, thematic collections, maps, and drawings. It is divided into three major parts. The first part contains diaries of the martial law period (1981 to 1983). The second part contains diaries and memoirs covering the period from 1944 (the Soviet liberation of Poland) to 1989 (the end of Communist rule in Poland). The third part, titled “Private Initiative” and covering the period from 1945 to 1989, gathers together documentary evidence of those engaged in the semi-legal and illegal private sectors of the political economy.


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