Polish anti-communist underground

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The Polish anti-communist underground was a clandestine resistance movement of former wartime partisans and dissidents who continued armed and political struggle against the Soviet-backed communist regime in Poland after World War II.

All labels observed (2)

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Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-communist movement ⓘ
clandestine organization ⓘ
resistance movement ⓘ
composedOf Home Army veterans ⓘ
linked to: Home Army

National Armed Forces veterans ⓘ
former wartime partisans ⓘ
political dissidents ⓘ
rural partisans ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
endTime 1960s (residual activity) ⓘ
early 1950s ⓘ
faced amnesties used to dismantle structures ⓘ
death sentences in political trials ⓘ
repression by communist security services ⓘ
torture during interrogations ⓘ
goal defense of prewar Polish state traditions ⓘ
overthrow of communist rule in Poland ⓘ
restoration of independent, democratic Poland ⓘ
hasPart Freedom and Independence ⓘ
Home Army remnants ⓘ
National Armed Forces (postwar remnants) ⓘ
National Military Union ⓘ
ROAK (Ruch Oporu Armii Krajowej) ⓘ
WiN intelligence networks ⓘ
Wolność i Niezawisłość ⓘ
cursed soldiers ⓘ
local partisan detachments ⓘ
ideology Polish nationalism ⓘ
anti-Sovietism ⓘ
anti-communism ⓘ
legacy commemorated in modern Poland ⓘ
subject of historical debate ⓘ
symbol of resistance to totalitarianism ⓘ
locatedIn Central Europe ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
opposed Ministry of Public Security of Poland ⓘ
NKVD ⓘ
Polish Workers' Party ⓘ
Soviet influence in Poland ⓘ
communist regime in Poland ⓘ
recognizedAs part of anti-communist resistance in Eastern Europe ⓘ
significantEvent armed clashes with communist security forces ⓘ
execution of underground leaders ⓘ
mass arrests by communist security services ⓘ
postwar guerrilla warfare in forests ⓘ
show trials of underground members ⓘ
startTime 1944 ⓘ
1945 ⓘ
usedMethod assassinations of security officials ⓘ
clandestine political organization ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
intelligence gathering ⓘ
propaganda ⓘ
sabotage ⓘ
underground press ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stalinization of Poland → opposedBy → Polish anti-communist underground ⓘ
UPA → opposedTo → Polish underground forces ⓘ
linked to: Polish anti-communist underground