Published: 2021-03-06

Operational matters of the security apparatus of the Polish People's Republic against Jesuits in the Greater Poland-Masovia Province (1953-1989)

Mateusz Ihnatowicz
Gdańsk Studies
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.26142/stgd-2020-029

Abstract

The article presents various operational cases that the security apparatus brought against the Jesuits from particular outposts of the Greater Poland-Masovia Province of the Jesus Society during the People's Poland. Knowledge in this area was obtained on the basis of many years of research and analysis of documents left by the Security Service in the archives of the Institute of National Remembrance. The article lists areas of interest of the security apparatus of the Jesuit order, as well as individual monks. The analysis of the documentation showed that the Ministry of Security wanted to know the whole life of the religious. The majority of the security apparatus was interested in current pastoral work and contacts with various social groups on many levels.

Keywords:

security, Jesuit Order, Roman Catholic Church, Polish People's Republic, Communism, the recent history of Poland

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Ihnatowicz, M. (2021). Operational matters of the security apparatus of the Polish People’s Republic against Jesuits in the Greater Poland-Masovia Province (1953-1989). Gdańsk Studies, 47, 147–162. https://doi.org/10.26142/stgd-2020-029

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