Rada Ochrony Pamięci Walk i Męczeństwa
Rada Ochrony Pamięci Walk i Męczeństwa (German: Council for the Preservation of Remembrance of Struggle and Martyrdom , "Memorial Council" ) was a state institution in Poland responsible for maintaining national memorials and military cemeteries, organizing memorial events, publications and exhibitions to commemorate the struggle for freedom and the victim was responsible.
The council, founded in 1947, was subordinate to the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage . During the People's Republic of Poland , he mainly dealt with the crimes of the German occupiers during the Second World War. After the political change in 1989, under Secretary General Andrzej Przewoźnik, Stalinist crimes became another focus of his perpetrators.
In 2016 the council was dissolved by the government under Beata Szydło , its documentation was taken over by the Institute for National Remembrance (IPN).
literature
- Pamięć wiecznie żywa. 40 lat działalności Rady Ochrony Pomników Walki i Męczeństwa. Rada Ochrony Pomników Walk i Męczeństwa, Warsaw 1988.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rada Ochrony Pamięci Walk i Męczeństwa - Misja Rady ( Memento of the original from April 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Polish)
- ↑ Ustawa z dnia 21 stycznia 1988 r. o Radzie Ochrony Pamięci Walk i Męczeństwa
- ↑ Jerzy Buzek , Słowo wstępne, in: Andrzej Przewoźnik / Julia Adamska: Katyń. Zbrodnia prawda pamięć. Warsaw 2010, pp. 5-6.
- ↑ Wchodzą w życie przepisy noweli ustawy o IPN dot. likwidacji ROPWiM , parlamentarny.pl , August 1, 2016.
