Institute of National Remembrance - text version
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The album consists of 242
photographs out of which a majority was taken by employees of the Voivodship
Public Security Office in Poznań. More than 200 of the photographs come from the
archives of the Institute of National Remembrance while the rest is in
possession of private people and institutions. The authors of the album tried to
illustrate chronologically a sequence of events in Poznań. In order to depict an
atmosphere of those days they preserved parts of captions and comments made by
Security Office functionaries.
In the materials prepared by the Security Office their authors tried to prove
that the June 1956 events in Poznań were an imperial provocation. That is why
a majority of photographs highlights a hostile character of the events. The
photographs show mainly destroyed public buildings as well as weapons taken over
from the protesters. Photographs of 575 people who were arrested because of the
June events constitute a unique collection. Their inclusion in the album should
be treated as an expression of gratitude to all these people who were brave
enough to fight for the bread and freedom in 1956.
17 August 2006
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