Fundusz Pomocy Krajowi w Londynie a ruch wydawnictw niezależnych w kraju (1976–1990)
Fundusz Pomocy Krajowi w Londynie a ruch wydawnictw niezależnych w kraju (1976–1990)

Summary/Abstract: The article depicts the efforts by the Polish emigre in the Western world to give support to the Polish pro-democratic movement under the communist dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s. The focus of the text is only one yet important initiative, namely, Aid Poland Fund (Fundusz Pomocy Krajowi). In 1976–1990, the London-based Fund raised more than 280 thousand British pounds – circa 850 thousand British pounds in today’s money – for a Polish opposition. The Fund was a major unit in transnational advocacy networks to foster a democratic transition in Poland before 1989. The scholarship draws from the Cold War historiography that emphasize the actions undertaken to unify the European continent. The author heavily stresses the role of the Fund’s intermediaries on the way to Poland but also places them in the larger context of international politics.

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