Polish Emigration in Great Britain towards the Election to the Sejm of the Polish People’s Republic of the First Term on 26 October 1952 Cover Image

Emigracja polska w Wielkiej Brytanii wobec wyborów do Sejmu PRL pierwszej kadencji z 26 października 1952 r.
Polish Emigration in Great Britain towards the Election to the Sejm of the Polish People’s Republic of the First Term on 26 October 1952

Author(s): Andrzej Zaćmiński
Subject(s): Political history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Polish authorities in exile; Polish emigration in Great Britain; Polish People’s Republic; elections to the Sejm of the Polish People’s Republic of the first term; parliamentarism of the Polish People

Summary/Abstract: The changes that took place in the Polish People’s Republic after World War II were closely monitored by Polish political emigrants in Great Britain. Understandably, special attention was paid to political problems. The author discusses the attitude of the Polish government in exile and the Polish émigré press towards the elections to the People’s Poland Sejm in 1952: i.e. their assessment of the electoral law, the National Front, its programme, candidates to the Sejm, the electoral campaign, and election results. In the closing part of the text, the author comments on the success allegedly achieved by the Ministry of Public Security in that part of the “Cezary” Operation which concerned disinformation of émigré community in the area of electoral propaganda.

  • Issue Year: 51/2019
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 123-144
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish