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The risk of survival + DVD - Mateusz Szpytma

The Institute of National Remembrance - Commission of the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation (IPN) was established by the Sejm and the Senate of Republic of Poland. Its foremost task is the study of the recent history of Poland. From the time of its establishment the Institute deals with, i.a. Research into the history of Polish-Jewish relations and the Holocaust. The IPN structures include also a functioning prosecuting commission, which examines communist crimes carried out against Polish citizens in the year 1939-1989, and conducts investigations concerning Nazi crimes committed in the 1939-1945 period against Polish citizens, including persons of various nationalities.