Główna Komisja Badania Zbrodni Niemieckich w Polsce

  • Central Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Poland
  • GKBZNP
Identifier
477
Type of Entity
Corporate Body

Dates of Existence

1946/1991

History

In early 1946, the Tymczasowy Rząd Jedności Narodowej (Provisional Government of National Unity) established the Główna Komisja Badania Zbrodni Niemieckich w Polsce to investigate crimes committed against Polish citizens. The investigations included collecting documents and other evidence as well as interviewing witnesses and survivors of such crimes. In 1991, Poland’s new democratic government transformed the GKBZNP into the Główna Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu (Main Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes Against the Polish Nation), which is part of the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (Institute of National Remembrance). Part of its responsibility is the investigation of crimes committed against the Polish people and nation during the communist era.

Places

  • Founded and active in Poland.

Sources

  • The Holocaust : Roots, History, and Aftermath / D.M. Crowe. – Colorado, 2008. – p. 425