%0 Journal Article
%T Youth against oppression. Social resistance and underground activities among school youth in the Stalinist period as exemplified by cases from various parts of Greater Poland
%A Bereszyński, Zbigniew
%J Archival and Historical Review
%V 2021
%R 10.4467/2391-890XPAH.21.006.15311
%N Vol. VIII
%P 117-138
%K communism, social resistance, conspiracy, youth, Greater Poland
%@ 2391-890X
%D 2021
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przeglad-archiwalno-historyczny/article/mlodziez-przeciwko-zniewoleniu-opor-spoleczny-i-dzialalnosc-konspiracyjna-wsrod-mlodziezy-szkolnej-w-okresie-stalinowskim-w-swietle-wybranych-przykladow-z-roznych-czesci-wielkopolski
%X In the years 1946–1947, the communist authorities gradually eliminated their legal political opposition gathered in the Polish People’s Party. The amnesty that followed turned out to be a deadly blow to the so-called underground state, whose members continued their activity after the Second World War. Under these circumstances, the opposition of youth, growing up in post-war Poland, gradually gained in significance. The progressing Sovietization of social life in Poland was met with various forms of opposition and resistance in these circles, and prompted spontaneous acts of conspiracy among school-goers. Such initiatives were also born in Greater Poland. They did not pose any real threat for the communist state, but the authorities treated them seriously and responded with acts of repression. This is discussed in the present paper, based on examples from various parts of the region.