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Staff of the Prosecutor’s Office, Courts and the Advocacy in the Opole Voivodeship at the Beginning of Martial Law. Political Verification, Acts of Protest and Repressive Actions of the Communist Authorities
Remembrance and Justice, Vol. 43 No. 1 (2024), pages: 86-100
Publication date: 2024-08-09
https://doi.org/10.48261/PIS244305
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Abstract
At the beginning of martial law, the authorities of the Polish People’s Republic carried out political verification of justice employees in the Opole Voivodeship. Judges belonging to Solidarity were forced to leave the union. One of the judges was removed from the position of head of the provincial study for trainees. No verification interviews were conducted with advocates, however, it was intended to conduct ongoing political verification when recruiting applicants. Political verification of prosecutor’s office employees was essentially abandoned. The only thing left to do was to conduct explanatory interviews with some people. As a result, one person was dismissed from work. However, it turned out that the communist authorities did not fully control the situation in this environment. In December 1981, twelve current and former employees of the prosecutor’s office submitted their communist party (PZPR) ID cards. The PZPR authorities reacted with party penalties. Initially, all twelve were disciplinary expulsed from the party. Later, the punishment was slightly softened and in five cases they were simply removed from the list of the PZPR members. Subsequently seven people expelled from the communist party were dismissed from their jobs at the prosecutor’s office.
Keywords
stan wojenny • prokuratura • sądownictwo • weryfikacja polityczna • akty protestu • Opole Martial Law • prosecutor’s office • judiciary • political verification • acts of protest • Opole
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