Register of the Wolność i Niezawisłość miscellaneous records
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Title: Wolność i Niezawisłość miscellaneous records
Date (inclusive): 1936-1946
Collection Number: 95046
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Polish
Physical Description:
(1.0 manuscript_box)
Abstract: The collection is comprised of newsletters, memoranda, letters, leaflets, and flyers relating to Polish opposition to Soviet
and communist forces at the end of World War II.
Creator:
Wolność i Niezawisłość (Organization)
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1995.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Wolność i Niezawisłość miscellaneous records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution
Library & Archives.
Historical note
Wolność i Niezawisłość (WiN) (Freedom and Independence), an underground anti-communist organization, was established on September
2, 1945, in Warsaw, Poland. Its main goal was to fight communism and the Sovietification of Poland through political channels,
with minimal military action. However, hostility between WiN and communist organizations, such as the Polish Ministry of Public
Security, the Polish Worker's Party, and the NKVD, often led to provocation, resulting in violence. Realizing that victory
through violence was impossible, members of WiN instead chose to focus on fighting the communists through anti-communist propaganda
and by providing assistance to all those who opposed the communist government.
By 1952, WiN ceased to exist, mainly due to the efforts of the Ministry of Public Security and its leader, Jakub Berman, who
assassinated a number of the organization's prominent members.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection is comprised of letters, printed matter, reports, personal orders, notices, and orders of promotion, as well
as a file regarding Akcja "O" (Operation "O").
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland
Anti-communist movements -- Poland
box 1, folder 1
Akcja "O"(Operation "O")
1946
Scope and Contents
Akcja "O" was a large WiN anti-communist operation conducted through the use of various types of propaganda. Its main purpose
was to weaken communist organizations, such as the Ministry of Public Security and the Polish Worker's Party. The operation
was also meant to inform the Polish people of the transgressions and injustices committed against them by the communist groups.
box 1, folder 2
Donosy (Accusations)
circa 1946
box 1, folder 3
Biuletyny (Newsletters)
1944-1945
box 1, folder 4
Karty rozpoznawcze (Identification cards)
1942
box 1, folder 5
List na otoczenie (Circular)
undated
box 1, folder 6
List na upatrzonego (Letter to the target)
1944
box 1, folder 7
Listy członków (List of members)
1946
box 1, folder 9
Mapy (Maps)
circa 1936-1940
box 1, folder 10
Polska Partia Robotnicza (Polish Workers Party)
circa 1946
box 1, folder 12
Powiatowy Urząd Ziemski (District Land Office)
1944-1945
box 1, folder 12
Przepustki (Passes)
1944-1945
box 1, folder 13
Publikacje (Publications)
1939-1946
box 1, folder 14
Raporty (Reports)
1945-1946
box 1, folder 16
Rozkazy personalne (Personal orders)
1945
box 1, folder 17
Rozliczenia (Settelments)
1946
box 1, folder 18
Szyfr (Cipher)
circa 1946
box 1, folder 19
Według rozdzielnika (According to a dilimiter)
circa 1946
box 1, folder 20
Wiersze (Poems)
circa 1946
box 1, folder 21
Wnioski - odznaczenia i awanse (Decorations and promotions)
1946
box 1, folder 22
Zawiadomienia (Notices)
1946
box 1, folder 23
Fotografie (Photographs)
undated
box 1, folder 24
Różne (Miscellaneous)
undated
