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The article discusses the main threads of interest among historians publishing in the underground journal "Krytyka" during the years 1978–1989. It highlights the most important topics in contemporary history that, due to censorship reasons, either did not exist or were distorted in the official historiography of the People's Republic of Poland (PRL). These topics included the history of the Polish armed anti-communist underground, the crimes of the security apparatus, the history of the Polish Socialist Party, Polish-Ukrainian, and Polish-Jewish relations, as well as key issues in post-war political history, such as the events of March 1968. The article devotes considerable attention to the authors of articles that aimed to restore memory and supplement knowledge about these issues. It also attempts to reflect on their involvement in the opposition movement in the context of their previous professional and political experiences.

Przedstawienie drogi zawodowej Jerzego Holzera, historyka i działacza Solidarności, autora pierwszego opracowania monograficznego tego ruchu. Książka Solidarność 1980–1981. Geneza i historia została opublikowana na łamach podziemnego wydawnictwa Krąg już w 1983 roku. Następnie kilkakrotnie ją wznawiano, wydano także jej niemiecki przekład. Przez lata stanowiła główne kompendium wiedzy na temat dziejów Solidarności. W artykule skoncentrowano się na wątkach biografii intelektualnej, poczynając od udziału Holzera w ruchu komunistycznym, aż po zaangażowanie w środowiska związane z działalnością opozycji demokratycznej, oraz na poszczególnych etapach jego kariery naukowej.


The first historian of the first Solidarity: Jerzy Holzer (1930–2015)

A presentation of the career of Jerzy Holzer, historian and Solidarity activist, author of the first monographic study of the Solidarity movement. The book Solidarność 1980–1981. Geneza i historia [Solidarity 1980–1981. Origin and History] was published by the Krąg underground publishing house already in 1983. Subsequently, it was reprinted several times, with a German translation published as well. For years, it was the primary compendium of knowledge about the history of Solidarity. The article focuses on the themes of Holzer's intellectual biography, ranging from his participation in the communist movement to his engagement in democratic opposition circles, and on the various stages of his research career.

A Page from the Historiography of the Workers' Movement: the Case of Jerzy Targalski (1929–1977)

The article is devoted to Jerzy Targalski (1929–1977), a historian of the workers' movement and the beginnings of socialist organizations in Poland. Targalski's intellectual biography draws attention to the previously neglected area of studies on the history of historical science, such as the party structures of science, namely the Institute for Education of Scientific Staff/ Institute of Social Sciences at the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party and the Department of Party History at the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party. What seems to be an important theme is the development of Targalski's research interests and the evolution of his critical approach to both the historiography and the reality of the Polish People's Republic.

This article aims at a panoramic presentation of the history of historiography of Hungary and Polish-Hungarian relations, during the communist period. It presents the inter-war traditions of research on this subject and the most important achievements of historians working in after war period, on the history of Central Europe. Particular emphasis was placed on the disciplines of historiography closely related to the specificity of research in the PRL: the Hungarian contemporary history, the history of Polish-Hungarian relations, military history, especially the history of World War II, and the synthesis and handbook (W. Felczak, J. Reychman). The paper discusses also work of same forgotten historians (E. Kozłowski).