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Aparat bezpieczeństwa w Wielkopolsce a wybory do sejmu w 1952 roku

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Rochatka T.

Pamięć i Sprawiedliwość

2011

issue 2(18)

275-298

Security apparatus in Greater Poland and the 1952 parliamentary elections The 1952 Parliamentary elections (the elections to Sejm), according to the communist authorities, were to be a crucial turning point in the process of enslaving Polish society. Simultaneously, the governing party was expecting mass endorsement for its policies. Therefore, all efforts to resist were totally eliminated. This article is an attempt to show a role the communist security apparatus played in electoral campaign and in elections to Sejm in 1952 in Greater Poland (Wielkopolska). Moreover, it concentrates both on organization and on election campaign process in Poznań Voivodeship and focuses on the most important issues concerning activity of the Voivodeship and the District Public Security Offices. Greater Poland was a specific region because of the existence of numerous groups having negative attitude towards authorities and, on the same breath, of the relatively low level of expressing protests. Due to agricultural character of the region, a large part of this article refers to the situation in the country. An attitude of the Security Apparatus towards Catholic Church as well as towards other religious associations, is pointed out in the article as well. It also presents main courses of actions of the Secret Services and their consequences against various social groups. The author described different forms and consequences of repercussions during an election campaign that took place in the region.

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Aparat bezpieczeństwa w Wielkopolsce a wybory do sejmu w 1952 roku