Register of the Poland. Ministerstwo Prac Kongresowych records

Finding aid prepared by Zbigniew L. Stanczyk

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

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Stanford University

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Title: Poland. Ministerstwo Prac Kongresowych records

Date (inclusive): 1940-1945

Collection Number: 47036

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: Mainly in Polish

Physical Description: 13 manuscript boxes (5.2 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Essays, bulletins, reports, and studies, relating to Poland's boundary disputes following World Wars I and II; events and conditions in Poland under German and Soviet occupations during World War II; Polish-Soviet relations; communism in Poland; and twentieth century Polish agriculture, economy, foreign relations, history, politics, and government.

Creator: Poland. Ministerstwo Prac Kongresowych

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

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1947

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Poland. Ministerstwo Prac Kongresowych records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Alternative Form Available

Also available on microfilm (16 reels).

Historical Note

Ministry of Preparatory Work Concerning the Peace Conference, Polish Government-in-Exile (London).

Scope and Content Note

The Ministerstwo Prac Kongresowych was brought to life by the Presidential decree of July 1942. It had been known earlier, since 1940, as the Biuro Prac Politycznych, Ekonomicznych i Prawnych (Department of Political, Economic and Legal Analysis). The ministry's English name is self-explanatory: Ministry of Preparatory Work Concerning the Peace Conference.

Unlike other branches of the government it functioned more as an advisory agency by collecting ideas for the country's post-war political and economic reconstruction. Ideas were solicited from top class specialists, researchers, government experts, and non-government employees.

That was also a way for the ministry to provide financial support to those who found themselves out of work in exile but who could, thus, contribute to the government's information bank.

The materials included in this collection deal with some of the most critical issues for Poland, which should have been solved either during the war or shortly thereafter. They document how Poles envisioned their future and how little of those plans materialized between 1945 and 1989. But the researcher should remember that these are not official government plans but merely suggestions submitted for consideration.

Among the issues of particular importance discussed here are the restoration of the German state; Poland's relations with the Soviet Union; borders and historic disputes about them; and events and conditions in the country under Soviet and German occupation. Plans to restore the Polish economy and the problem of war reparations are particularly well covered.

Researchers are also advised to consult the Poland. Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych records, also in the Hoover Archives, on topics such as disarmament, execution of treaties, economic organization of post-war Europe, Central European federation, boundary disputes, and military and political alliances.

The records of the Ministerstwo Prac Kongresowych were sent to the Hoover Institution in 1947 along with the archives of the Polish Research Centre (London).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Poland -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945

Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland

Poland -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union

Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Poland

World War, 1939-1945 -- Peace

Katyn Massacre, Katynʹ, Russia, 1940

Poland -- Economic conditions

Poland -- Boundaries

Communism -- Poland

REPORTS 1940-1945

Scope and Contents note

Reports, analyses, statistical data, submitted to the Ministerstwo Spraw Kongresowych, arranged alphabetically by subject

box 1, folder 1

General. List of the articles and publications of the Ministerstwo Spraw Kongresowych included in the collection

Agriculture - Economic aspects

box 1, folder 2

Eastern Europe

box 1, folder 3

Germany

box 1, folder 4

Poland, 1945-

box 1, folder 5

Allied Powers (1919- ). Reparation Commission - Poland

box 1, folder 6

Atlantic Charter (1941)

box 1, folder 7

Austria

Baltic Sea.

General note

See also National Security - Baltic States

box 1, folder 8

General

box 1, folder 9

Poland

box 1, folder 10

Catholic Church - International law

Coal mines and mining - Poland

General

box 1, folder 11

General

box 1, folder 12

Export

box 1, folder 13

German occupation

Czechoslovak-Polish Confederation (Proposed)

box 1, folder 14

General

box 1, folder 15

Economic cooperation

box 1, folder 16

Maritime agreement

Disarmament - Germany

box 1, folder 17

General

box 1, folder 18

Chemical industry

Federalism

Central Europe

General

box 2, folder 1

General

box 2, folder 2

Plans, 1914-1939

box 2, folder 3

Agriculture

Economy

box 2, folder 4

General

box 2, folder 5

Import-export

box 2, folder 6

Industrial development, British interest in

box 2, folder 7

International cooperation

box 2, folder 8

Need for capital

box 2, folder 9

Merchant marine

box 2, folder 10

Minerals

box 2, folder 11

Population

box 2, folder 12

Transport

box 2, folder 13

North-Central Europe

box 2, folder 14

South-Eastern Europe

Gdansk (Poland)

box 2, folder 15

General

box 2, folder 16

Economy

Industries

box 3, folder 1

Central Europe - Steel

Germany

box 3, folder 2

General, 1945-

box 3, folder 3

Control of

box 3, folder 4

De-industrialization of

Electricity production

box 3, folder 5

Part 1

Part 2

box 3, folder 6

General

box 3, folder 7

Enclosures

box 3, folder 8

Foreign investments

box 3, folder 9

Mining

box 3, folder 10

Paper

box 3, folder 11

Printing industries

box 3, folder 12

Steel

box 3, folder 13

Great Britain - Coal mines

Poland

box 3, folder 14

Management, 1918-1944

box 3, folder 15

Ship building

box 3, folder 16

Stone making

box 4, folder 1

International trade - Europe

box 4, folder 2

Investments, Foreign - Poland

box 4, folder 3

Jews - Poland

box 4, folder 4

Labor (International law)

box 4, folder 5

Latvia.

General note