Do góry nogami. PZPR na Politechnice Warszawskiej w czasach odwilży 1956 roku
Upside Down. The Polish United Workers’ Party at the Warsaw University of Technology during the 1956 Thaw
Author(s): Piotr OśkoSubject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, Higher Education , State/Government and Education, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: PUWP University Committee; Basic Party Organization at the Warsaw University of Technology; democratisation of the PUWP in 1956; thaw in universities; October 1956; de-Stalinisation;
Summary/Abstract: The article shows the role of the university’s party cell at the Warsaw University of Technology in the 1956 crisis. Although difficult to grasp in sources, it was noticeable due to the rallies in support of the new leadership of the Polish United Workers’ Party (PZPR) held at this university during the famous Eighth Plenum of the Party. The author tried to identify the political sympathies of University activists for the Party factions. The next part discusses the process of departure from the ‘56 October, which took place very quickly in the PZPR and manifested itself in the suppression of grassroots initiatives and departure from democratic principles for the election of authorities.
Journal: Polska 1944/45 - 1989
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 20
- Page Range: 113-153
- Page Count: 41
- Language: Polish