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The MBP Central Archive and Its Predecessors (1944–1954) – Organization, Personnel, and Activities
Przegląd Archiwalny Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej, Vol. 18 (2025), pages: 13-56
Publication date: 2025-12-30
https://doi.org/10.48261/PAIPN251802
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The article is devoted to a little-known unit of the public security apparatus, which operated between 1944 and 1954 under the names: “MBP (Ministry of Public Security) Archive,” “MBP Main Archive,”and “MBP Central Archive.” The text focuses primarily on presenting its organisation and staff, as well as discussing its main areas of activity in the years 1944–1954. It was not a typical archival unit operating within an institution or office, but rather an auxiliary unit that provided operational departments with the information they needed to carry out their activities. It collected documents from the interwar period and the occupation, which, in addition to their historical value, were an important source of information about potential enemies and political opponents of the new authorities.
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