The holdings are available in the central IPN workroom (Warszawa, ul. Kłobucka 21) open: Monday and Thursday 8.00-18.00, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 8.30-15.30 and in the workroom of the Warsaw Branch Archive (Warszawa, pl. Krasińskich 2/4/6) open: Monday-Friday 9.00-19.00.
According to the Act on the Institute of National Remembrance, the archives section of the Institute handles recording, acquisition/collection, safekeeping, compilation/elaboration, preservation, dissemination, and publication of documents, produced and accumulated by the state security authorities in the period from July 22, 1944 to July 31, 1990, as well as by the security apparatuses of the Third Reich and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. These documents concern the following issues: - Nazi crimes, Communist crimes, as well as other felonies comprising crimes against peace, humanity, or war crimes committed against people of Polish nationality or Polish citizens of other nationalities, in the period from September 1, 1939 to July 31, 1990; - Other political repression performed by the officers of the Polish law enforcement bodies or judicature, or persons acting on their order; - Activities of the state security authorities. There are six departments in the IPN Archive: - Information and Checking Department - Archival Resources Management Department - Digital Resources Department - Dissemination Department - Current Service Department - Archival Research and Source Editing Department In cities, where there are premises of courts of appeal, IPN Branches have been set up, in which there are Branch Archives (till 2016 Offices for the Preservation and Dissemination of Archival Records). There are three departments in each Branch Archive: - Information and Checking - Collection, Elaboration and Repository Maintenance - Dissemination For further information see A. Skibinska (ed.), chapter 3.
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Archiwum Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej
The Institute of National Remembrance - Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation (IPN) was established by the Polish Parliament on December 18, 1998 with a special bill. The Institute is headed by the President whose post is independent of the state authorities. The President of the IPN is elected for a five-year term. The Institute started its activities on July 1, 2000. The headquarters of the Institute of National Remembrance is located in Warsaw. There are also eleven Branch Offices of the IPN, established in the cities where Appellate Courts are located, and seven Delegations throughout Poland.