Olsztyn IPN will have PRL service documents

Olesztyński IPN press spokesperson Łukasz Czechyra informed PAP that on Wednesday the first 100 metres of current papers were sent to this institution.

– This is the first of the planned archive transports,
and yet to the Olsztyn IPN Delegation is to hit
Almost 500 metres of current files, including Citizens' Militia, safety Service, ORMO officers or troops," informed Czech Republic.

So far in Olsztyn there were 320 meters of current act in IPN. It was not possible to store more due to the fact that IPN had until late been besides small,
to accommodate more documents. Therefore, papers related to Olsztyn were physically stored
in IPN in Białystok. Since mid-February the IPN in Olsztyn has a new, much larger headquarters. That way, he can take over the regional files.

– In accordance with the rule of provenance, the archives should be located in the area where they were created.
Thanks to the fresh premises we have not only the place, but besides the appropriate systems and technologies, which let us to safely and professionally store what concerns our site – stressed the Head of the IPN Delegation
in Olsztyn, Dr. Karol Sacewicz and added that the archives
are the most crucial part of the Institute of National Memory, enabling scientific, publishing and educational activities.

IPN files are not just files and papers produced
by offices or institutions, but besides letters from camps, postcards, documents, photographs or memories,
Among others, during planet War II, as well as PRL
and a systemic breakthrough.