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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
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1995.
[Identification of item], Wolność i Niezawisłość miscellaneous records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution
Library & Archives.
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