Reorientation at the Institute of National Remembrance

Acoording to Andrzej Kaczynski, the Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) will propbably set itself new goals now that Janusz Kurtyka has taken over as president. Kurtyka yesterday replaced Leon Kieres, the founder of the institute who is unpopular with the conservative parliamentary majority. "The future of the IPN remains unclear. Will it continue to safeguard the archives and use them to prosecute national socialist and communist crimes, or will it be dedicated to purging Poland's political landscape of former secret service agents?"

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