The risk of survival

The Institute of National Remembrance ? Commission of the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation (IPN) was established by t he Sejm and the Senate of Republic of Poland. Its foremost task is the study of the recent history of Poland. From the time of its e stablishment the Institute deals with, i.a. Research into the history of Polish-Jewish relations and the Holocaust. The IPN structur es include also a functioning prosecuting commission, which examines communist crimes carried out against Polish citizens in the yea r 1939-1989, and conducts investigations concerning Nazi crimes committed in the 1939-1945 period against Polish citizens, including persons of various nationalities.

• author: Mateusz Szpytma