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Email this article Memorandum of the Belarusian Central Council to the Premier of Great Britain and the President of the Republic of Poland in Exile in 1945
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Polish-Belarusian relations during World War II were very сomplicated and tense. The Polish authorities in exile and the Polish armed underground in the country sought to restore Poland's sovereignty. On the other hand, the supporters of the creation of an independent Belarusian state collaborated with Germany in the hope that the Third Reich would help them achieve their goal. Despite these differences, there was a possibility of Polish-Belarusian cooperation. One of the least known episodes of this cooperation is the attempt by activists of the Belarusian Central Council to establish contacts with the Polish authorities in exile in 1945. At the same time, an attempt was made to interest the British authorities in Belarusian affairs. This article presents several documents that testify to Polish-Belarusian contacts during this period. These documents are kept at the National Archives in London-Kew and Rutgers University (USA).
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SOURCE / Źródło: RU, Ivan Kasiak papers, 04–0730A, box 2.
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Archival sources / Źródła archiwalne
AAN – Archiwum Akt Nowych, 202-II-22.
IJP – Instytut Józefa Piłsudskiego w Londynie, nr kol. 27. T. 18.
IPMS – Instytut Polski i Muzeum im. gen. Sikorskiego, A.11.E.874.
RU – Rutgers University, Ivan Kasiak papers, 04-0730A, box 2.
TNA – The National Archives, FO 371/47972.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/sb.2022.16.29-43
Date of publication: 2022-12-22 10:54:30
Date of submission: 2021-12-13 13:27:27
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