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Gontarz (Ryszard) collection
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  • Title: Ryszard Gontarz collection
    Date (inclusive): 1945-2008
    Collection Number: 2009C37
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 13 manuscript boxes (5.4 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Photocopies of Polish government and communist party documents, minutes, bulletins, reports, circulated material, and printed matter, relating to political conditions and secret service activities in Poland during the communist era.
    source: Gontarz, Ryszard, 1930-
    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 2008.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Ryszard Gontarz Collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Accrual Processed by

    Justyna K. Szulc

    Biographical/Historical Note

    1930 Born in Dubno
    1948 Joins Polish Workers Party (P.P.R.)
    1948-1949 Involved in operations against anticommunist partisans
    1949 Dismissed from Security Office (U.B.)
    1962 Employed in Department I of Ministry of Internal Affairs (M.S.W.)
    1962-1966 Undercover agent of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
    1967 Informally connected with Security Services (S.B.) in his work as journalist
    1968 Active in press campaign against March revolt

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Photocopies of Polish government and communist party documents, minutes, bulletins, reports, circulated material, and printed matter, relating to political conditions and secret service activities in Poland during the communist era.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Poland -- Politics and government -- 1980-1989
    Poland -- Politics and government -- 1945-1980
    Secret service -- Poland
    Gontarz, Ryszard, 1930-