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.

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Polish anti-communist underground canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-communist movement
clandestine organization
resistance movement
composedOf Home Army veterans NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Home Army remnants
National Armed Forces (postwar remnants) NERFINISHED
National Military Union NERFINISHED
ROAK (Ruch Oporu Armii Krajowej) NERFINISHED
WiN intelligence networks
Wolność i Niezawisłość NERFINISHED
cursed soldiers NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
NKVD NERFINISHED
Polish Workers' Party NERFINISHED
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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Stalinization of Poland opposedBy Polish anti-communist underground