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Government Delegation for Poland

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39: 543:, the central Government Delegation for Poland likewise came out of hiding and began acting officially as the Polish parliament in the liberated areas of Poland. After the Uprising's suppression, most of the Delegation's members left Warsaw with the civilian population and managed to evade the Germans. However, contact with local branches in Soviet- and German-occupied areas was broken. 431:
was never appointed. From 1942, power was consolidated and there was only one delegate chosen, in the rank of deputy prime minister. He in turn had 6 deputies for each of the regions, whose responsibilities were further delegated to
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The Delegation's activities encompassed all areas of organized society. It comprised 12 branches, roughly corresponding to the ministries of the
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commanders, as the representatives of the legitimate Polish government and the Polish Army, emerged from underground and welcomed the advancing
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Near the end of the war, Departments of Foreign Affairs and of War Matters were created, but they have not played any significant role.
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The Government Delegation for Poland was intended as the first provisional government of war torn Poland until the
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to a conference on their eventual inclusion in the Soviet-backed Provisional Government. They were promised
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Established 1942. The Bureau's main task was to document the Polish claims on
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In February 1945, the Government Delegation including most members of the
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as well as planning of their post-war development. Despite the
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Initially there were two Delegations formed, one for the
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during World War II. It was the highest authority of the
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could safely return from abroad to a liberated Poland.
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preparing reports on the situation in occupied Poland
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Index

a series
Polish
Underground State

Parasol Regiment, Warsaw, 1944
History of Poland 1939–1945
Government
Administration
Parliament
Courts
Polish Socialist Party
People's Party
National Party
Labour Party
Camp of National Unity
Democratic Party
Jewish Labour Bund
Hashomer Hatzair
Betar (Zionist youth)
National Radical Camp
Polish Workers' Party
Home Army (AK)
Service for Poland's
Victory (SZP)

Armed Resistance (ZWZ)
Gray Ranks
National Security Corps (PKB)
Armed Resistance
Home Army
Gwardia Ludowa WRN
Peasant Battalions
Armed Resistance
Home Army

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