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Department of Public Security of the PKWN (Resort Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego PKWN)

The first of the state security organs listed in the Polish Lustration Act.

Article 2(1) point 1 of the Lustration Act.¹

Sources

Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Act of 18 October 2006 on the disclosure of information about documents of the state security organs from 1944–1990 and the content of those documents, consolidated text, Journal of Laws 2023, item 342, as amended (announcement of 9.02.2024) (in Polish)

Checked: 3 November 2026