Wojsko podczas kampanii wyborczej i wyborów do Sejmu PRL z 20 stycznia 1957 roku
The Army during the Electoral Campaign and the Election to the Sejm of the Polish People’s Republic on 20 January 1957

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with a little known participation of the army in the electoral campaign and the election to the Polish Sejm in 1957; it relates mainly to the units of the Polish Army under the command of the Ministry of National Defence, but also to the formations subordinates to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, that is the Frontier Defence Army and the Internal Security Corps. Soldiers were both the target audience of the propaganda content and voted in the elections, being at the same time an important factor in rallying actions conducted in cooperation with the local apparatus of the Polish United Workers’ Party. Another question was, however, the part played by the army in supporting the law enforcement services, with the Citizens Militia (the Police) at the head, responsible for ensuring peace and security during the electoral campaign and the election itself.

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