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Wybory parlamentarne w 1989 r. w województwie poznańskim w świetle zachowanych akt Służby Bezpieczeństwa
Łukasz Komorowski
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3837-007X
Oddział Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej w Poznaniu
Przegląd Archiwalny Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej, No. 13 (2020), pages: 163–184
Publication date: 2023-04-05
https://doi.org/10.48261/PAIPN201308
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Abstract
The parliamentary elections of June 1989 are an important turning point in the dissolution process of the communist dictatorship in Poland. One of the more interesting research problems is the role of the Security Service, as it was played out during the pre-election campaign as well as during the course of voting. The article endeavours to describe SB activity in the territory of the Poznan voivodeship during that period. Showing the whole picture is not an easy task because of the deliberate destruction in 1989 and 1990 of materials stored in the WUSW archives in Poznan. Some of the materials generated by the SB in Poznan were preserved in a file from an object surveillance case code-named “Żądło” [Sting], conducted by Division II of MSW Department III, which controlled the activities of citizens’ committees [for political change, active in 1989] all over the country. The materials found – combined with documents stored in other archives – provide answers to at least some of the research questions concerning the specified issue.
