Government Delegate's Office at Home (Polish Delegatura Rządu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na Kraj) was one of the agendas of the Polish Government in Exile during World War II. It was the highest authority of the Polish Secret State in occupied Poland and was headed by the Government Delegate at Home, a de facto deputy Prime Minister of Poland. This article covers the Secret State of Poland during World War II. For the earlier secret state in Poland see: January Uprising This article is part of the series: Polish Secret State Categories: Historical stubs | Polish history | World War II resistance movements | National liberation movements ... On 1 September 1939, without a formal declaration of war, Germany invaded Poland. ... The Government of the Polish Republic in exile maintained a continuous existence in exile from the time of the German occupation of Poland in September 1939 until the end of the Communist rule in Poland in 1990. ... 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The Government's representative office in Poland was intended as a provisional government of Poland until the Exiled Government could return safely to the liberated country. Initially there were two delegates: one for the Polish areas annexed by Germany and one for the General Gouvernment. A delegate for the Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union was never appointed. From 1942 the power was consolidated and there was only one delegate in the rank of a deputy prime minister. He had 6 deputies for each of the regions, whose responsibilities were further divided onto powiat-level delegate offices. After long discussion, Germany decided to re-annex not only all the German lands it was forced to surrender to Poland in 1919–1922, under the Treaty of Versailles (including the Polish Corridor, West Prussia, the Province of Posen and Upper Silesia), but also other territories. ... The General Government (in full General government for the occupied Polish areas, in German Generalgouvernement für die besetzten polnischen Gebiete) was the name given by Germany to the governing authority in Poland after its occupation by the Wehrmacht in September and October 1939. ... Under the terms of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, adjusted by agreement on 28 September 1939, the Soviet Union annexed all Polish territory east of the line of the rivers Pisa, Narew, Western Bug, and San, except for Wilno country with its capital Wilno (Vilnius), which was given to Lithuania, and... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Powiat is the Polish name for county, a second-level unit of the administrative division and local government in Poland. ...

In July 1944 the three deputies of the delegate were promoted to ministers and the Home Council of Ministers (Krajowa Rada Ministrów) was created. The KRJ became the local counterpart of the Polish Government in Exile. 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Government of the Polish Republic in exile maintained a continuous existence in exile from the time of the German occupation of Poland in September 1939 until the end of the Communist rule in Poland in 1990. ...

The political body of the Delegate's Office was Polityczny Komitet Porozumiewawczy, a council composed of 4 main political parties. On March 21, 1943 it was renamed to Home Political Representation and became an underground coalition parliament, composed of members of Polish Socialist Party, Stronnictwo Narodowe, Stronnictwo Ludowe and Stronnictwo Pracy parties. It became the controlling body of both the Delegate's Office and the Headquarters of the Armia Krajowa. On January 9, 1944 it was turned into Council of National Unity (Rada Jedności Narodowej), the underground parliament of Poland. March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Polish Socialist Party (Polska Partia Socjalistyczna, PPS) was one of the most important Polish political parties 1890-1948. ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rada Jedności Narodowej (Council of National Unity, RJN) was the quasi-parliament of the Polish Secret State during World War II. It was created by the Government Delegate on January 9, 1944. ... Alternative meanings: Parliamentary system, Parliament (band), Parliament (cigarette). ...

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In February 1945 the Government Delegate together with most members of the Council of National Unity and the C-i-C of the Armia Krajowa were invited by Soviet general Ivan Sierov to a conference on their eventual entry to the Soviet-backed Provisional Government. They were presented with a warrant of safety, yet they were arrested by the NKVD and brought to Moscow where they were tried in a staged Trial of the Sixteen. The Delegate's Office has been reconstructed and continued its duties until disbanded on July 1, 1945. 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rada Jedności Narodowej (Council of National Unity, RJN) was the quasi-parliament of the Polish Secret State during World War II. It was created by the Government Delegate on January 9, 1944. ... For other meanings of Home Army see: Home Army (disambiguation) The Armia Krajowa or AK (Home Army) functioned as the pre-eminent underground military organization in German-occupied Poland, which functioned in all areas of the country from September 1939 until its disbanding in January 1945. ... Ivan Aleksandrovich Serov (Иван Александрович Серов in Russian) (8. ... Black Ravens by Boris Vladimirski, a depiction of the cars used by NKVD agents. ... Saint Basils Cathedral Moscow  listen? ( Russian/Cyrillic: Москва́, pronunciation: Moskva), capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva, and encompassing 1097. ... The term sometimes is also applied to First Moscow Trial during the Great Purges in USSR The Trial of the Sixteen (Polish: Proces szesnastu) was a staged trial of 16 leaders of the Polish Secret State held by the Soviet Union in Moscow in 1945. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Departments

The Delegates' activities encompassed all areas of organized society. The office was divided onto 18 branches which corresponded to the Government-in-Exile’s ministries in London.

• Internal Affairs
  • defence of the Office
  • Provisional Administration - shadow administration to take over the administrational duties after liberation or during an all-national uprising
  • Państwowy Korpus Bezpieczeństwa -underground police
  • Council to Aid the Jews
  • preparing reports on the situation in occupied Poland
• Information and Press
  • providing the society with news from abroad
  • propaganda
  • printing Rzeczpospolita, the official organ of the Office
• Labour and Social Affairs
  • cooperation with Polish Red Cross and Central Welfare Council
• Education and Culture
  • Organisation of the Underground schools and universities
• Industry and Trade
• Agriculture
• Justice
• Liquidation of the Effects of the War
• Public Works and Reconstruction
• National Defence
• Treasury
• Foreign Affairs
• Post Offices, Telegraphs and Communications

Other units and bureaus included: Provisional Administration (Polish Administracja Zastępcza) was one of the branches of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Government Delegate’s Office at Home in Poland during World War II. It was created in 1940 as a joined initiative of the Headquarters of the Armia Krajowa and the Delegates... Państwowy Korpus Bezpieczeństwa (Polish for National Security Corps, short PKB) was a Polish underground police force organized by the Armia Krajowa and Delegates Office under German occupation during World War II. It was trained as the core of the future police forces during the assumed all-national uprising and... Żegota (read: [ʒε:gɔta], also spelled Zhegota, Zegota) was the codename for the Council to Aid the Jews (Rada Pomocy Żydom), an underground organisation in German occupied Poland from 1942 to 1945. ... Rzeczpospolita (pronounced: , zhech-poss-POH-lee-tah) is a Polish calque translation of the Latin expression res publica (public affair). It has been used in Poland since at least 16th century, originally to denote any democratic state. ... Central Welfare Council (sometimes also translated as Main Social Services Council, Polish Rada Główna Opiekuńcza) was one of the very few Polish social organizations that were allowed to work under German occupation of Poland during World War II. It was created in February 1940 in the General Government. ... This article covers the topic of underground education in Poland (Polish Tajne szkolnictwo) during World War II. After the Polish defeat in the Polish Defence War of 1939 and the subsequent German occupation of most of Polish territory, Poland was divided onto the areas directly incorporated into the Reich and...

• Biuro Ziem Nowych (Bureau of the Newly-Acquired Lands) (since 1942)
• Kierownictwo Walki Cywilnej (Directorate of Civil Resistance) (since 1941)

Bureau for the Newly-Acquired Lands (Polish Biuro Ziem Nowych) was one of the departments of the Government Delegate’s Office at Home during World War II. It was founded in 1942. ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Directorate of Civil Resistance (Polish Kierownictwo Walki Cywilnej, short KWC) was one of the branches of the Polish Government Delegate’s Office during World War II. Its main tasks were to maintain the morale of the Polish society, encourage the passive resistance, report German attrocities and cruelties to the Polish... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

See also

• World War II
• Participants in World War II