Headquarters: ul. Towarowa 28, 00-839 Warszawa; tel. +48 22  581 89 04; fax +48 22 581 86 37

 

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 five departments in the Office for the Preservation and Dissemination of Archival Records:

• Record-Keeping Department
• Collection, Elaboration and Repository Maintenance Department
• Dissemination and Scientific Information Department
• Daily 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 Offices for the Preservation and Dissemination of Archival Records. There are three departments in each Branch Offices for the Preservation and Dissemination of Archival Records:

• Record-Keeping
• Collection, Elaboration and Repository Maintenance
• Dissemination and Scientific Information