Socjotechnika w procesie przejmowania władzy w Polsce przez komunistów (1944–1948)
Social Engineering in the Process of Taking Power in Poland by the Communists (1944–1948)

Summary/Abstract: Taking power in Poland after World War II, the communists could count on the support of only a small part of Polish society. In this situation, it was indispensable to resort to social engineering activities, which were to encourage Poles to sup-port the new authorities and the system associated with it. They were carried out on various levels, from propaganda, through manipulation, to phys-ical repression. All major events and campaigns carried out by the communists in Poland in the years 1944–1948 had a sociotechnical dimension: the establishment of the Polish Committee of National Liberation, the celebration of national holidays, the so-called people’s referendum ’46, the elections to the Legislative Sejm ’47, or the “unification” of the workers’ movement. A com-prehensive look at the indicated period leads to the conclusion that Polish society was then subjected to total social engineering

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