Prawne aspekty struktury ustrojowej i działań operacyjnych prowadzonych wobec Kościoła Katolickiego przez Urząd do Spraw Wyznań w latach 1950–1975
Legal aspects of the structure and operating activities of the Office for Denominational Affairs related to the Catholic Church in the Years 1950–1975

Review of Michał Krawczyk’s monograph Struktura organizacyjna i działalność Urzędu do Spraw Wyznań w latach 1950–1975 – wybór archiwaliów z wprowadzeniem, Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczo-Humanistycznego, pp. 248

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to critically discuss Michał Krawczyk’s monograph titled Struktura organizacyjna i działalność Urzędu do Spraw Wyznań w latach 1950–1975 – wybór archiwaliów z wprowadzeniem (Organizational structure and activities of the Office for Denominational Affairs in the years 1950–1975), published in 2022, taking into account other relevant research. Krawczyk’s monograph presents selected sources from the rich archival material stored in the Archives of Modern Records in Warsaw. The material pertains to the organizational structure of the Office and its subsequent transformations, its supervision of domestic denominational administration, the formal scope of powers of its individual units and the content of legal acts issued by this body. The sources also provide insight into the Office’s actual goals and the methods used to achieve them. The presentation of these source materials makes a significant contribution to the research on the Office for Denominational Affairs, which – despite the publication of some important works – is still at an early stage.

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