Polish Workers' Party
Arriving from the Soviet Union, a group of Polish communists was parachuted into occupied Poland in December 1941. With Joseph Stalin's permission, in January 1942 they established the Polish Workers' Party, a new communist party. The PPR established a partisan military organization "Gwardia Ludowa", later renamed "Armia Ludowa". In November 1943, Władysław Gomułka became secretary (chief executive) of the Central Committee of the PPR. On 1 January 1944 the party created the State National Council (KRN), proclaimed to be a wartime parliament of Poland; the body was chaired by Bolesław Bierut. In June 1944 the Union of Polish Patriots, a rival to the PPR Polish-communist organization operating in the Soviet Union, recognized the KRN as "the true representation of the Polish nation". The PPR was initially a small party with marginal support; it grew because of its alliance with the victorious Soviet Union.
Q700120
occupied Poland
EVE
1941-12-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
December 1941
DATE
Q855
Joseph Stalin
PER
1942-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
January 1942
DATE
Q687409
Polish Workers' Party
ORG
Q1980468
Gwardia Ludowa
ORG
Q632757
Armia Ludowa
MEDIA
1943-11-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
November 1943
DATE
Q159603
Władysław Gomułka
PER
Q190652
Central Committee
ORG
1944-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1 January 1944
DATE
Q1154256
State National Council
MEDIA
Q55832
Bolesław Bierut
PER
1944-06-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
June 1944
DATE
Q245113
Union of Polish Patriots
ORG
Q632757
Armia Ludowa
MEDIA
Q1980468
Gwardia Ludowa
ORG