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state security organs (1944–1990)

The institutions listed in the Lustration Act whose documents and collaborators are covered by lustration.

Article 2(1) of the Act lists, among others, the Department of Public Security of the Polish Committee of National Liberation (Resort Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego PKWN), the central institutions of the Security Service (SB) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MSW) together with their subordinate local units, and the Second Directorate of the General Staff of the Polish Army (Zarząd II Sztabu Generalnego Wojska Polskiego).1

Sources

  1. 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