Difficult Terrain. Basic Party Organisation/University Committee of the Polish United Workers’ Party of the Medical University of Warsaw in the Light of Its Files

Abstract

This article analyses the contents of archival documentation of the party organisation at the Medical Academy. The study aims to trace, in this specific environment, the party’s impact on the Academy staff, primarily the research personnel, and on the authorities themselves. It spans the period from the establishment of the Academy until the last years when the documentation of the University Committee survives, i.e. until 1986.