Purpose
IPN's main areas of activity and mission statement include:
- researching and documenting
- losses which were suffered by the Polish Nation as the result of World War II and during the post-war period
- patriotic traditions of resistance against occupation
- Polish citizens' efforts to fight for an independent Polish State, in defence of freedom and human dignity
- crimes committed on Polish citizens, Polish people of other citizenships and citizens of other countries if wronged on Polish territories which are not affected by statute of limitations according to Polish law, such as:
- crimes of the Soviet and Polish communist regimes related to Poland and committed from 17 September 1939 until fall of communism on December 31, 1989
- deportations to the Soviet Union of Polish soldiers of Armia Krajowa and other Polish resistance organizations as well as Polish inhabitants of the former Polish eastern territories
- pacification of Polish communities between Vistula and Bug Rivers in the years 1944 to 1947 by NKVD
- crimes committed by the law enforcement agencies of the Polish People's Republic, particularly Ministry of Public Security of Poland and Main Directorate of Information of the Polish Army
- crimes under the category of war crimes and crimes against humanity
- the duty to prosecute crimes against peace, humanity and war crimes
- the need to compensate for damages which were suffered by the repressed and harmed people in the times when human rights were disobeyed by the state
- educating the public about recent history of Poland
IPN collects, archives and organises documents about the Polish communist security apparatus (22 July 1944 to 31 December 1989).
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