Marzec ’68 w publikacjach drugiego obiegu w PRL
March ’68 in texts of underground circulation of the Polish People’s Republic

Summary/Abstract: The article presents an analysis of topics related to March ’69 in Samizdat texts. I have indicated the most important books, pamphlets, and volumes of periodicals that appeared in the Polish People’s Republic outside censorship control and were related to the subject of the Polish March 1968. I have included, among others, books by Jakub Karpiński, Anna Mieszczanek, Anna Siwek, Paul Lendvai, and two special issues of the periodical Krytyka (Criticism). I have distinguished three moments when the debates on the subject in clandestine publications intensified. The first one took place on the tenth anniversary of March, when oppositionists had an opportunity to debate on the subject for the first time. The second one was in 1981, when the “Solidarity” organised a special celebration of the thirteenth anniversary of March. The third one – in 1988 – was a response to the attempted change of narratives about the March undertook by the state authorities. I have analysed several selected topics of March which were the subject of disputes and different opinions: the question of possible provocation that sparked protests, the problem of reaction of Polish people to the antiSemitic propaganda and the policy of the authorities in general, the question of Leftist orientation of the protest participants and the problem of recapitulation of March ’68.

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