The Institutions of Security and Public Order in the System of the Polish People’s Republic on the Example of the Citizens’ Militia

Abstract

The aim of the article is to present the formation of the Citizens’ Militia as one of the institutions guarding security and public order in the period of the Polish People’s Republic. The author synthetically analyzes the “security system” of the totalitarian state, showing changes at the turn of the years in the functioning of the Citizens’ Militia, which were largely dependent on the political situation in the period of the People’s Republic of Poland. The author synthetically shows the changes in the functioning of this formation which took place at the turn of the years, and which were largely dependent on the political situation during the period of the Polish People’s Republic. The conclusion is that the MO at that time was heavily dependent on the political events that took place in the years 1944–1990 (i.e. the Thaw ‘53, June ‘56 or December ‘70).