Institute of National Remembrance (Polish: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej; IPN) is a Polish institution created by the IPN Act in 18 December 1998. An organization or organisation (read more about -ize vs -ise) is a formal group of people with one or more shared goals. ... December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Its main purpose is investigating Nazi and Communist crimes, taking care of documentation about them, providing this documentation to the public, prosecuting those who committed such crimes and educating the public in this respect. The main focus of the Institute are crimes omitted by the communist authorities of Poland prior to 1989. The term National Socialism has been used in self-description by a number of different political groups and ideologies, some of which have no connection with the Nazis; see National socialism (disambiguation). ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The first president of the IPN was Leon Kieres, elected by the Sejm for 5 years in 8 June 2000. The second president is Janusz Kurtyka, elected on 9th of December, 2005. Leon Kieres is the president of a Polish institute called Instytut Pamieci Narodowej (Institute of National Remembrance). ... This article is about the lower chamber of Polish parliament. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

The IPN is divided into:

• Committee for the Prosecution of Crimes Against the Polish Nation (Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni Przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu)
• Bureau of Provision and Archivization of Documents (Biuro Udostępniania i Archiwizacji Dokumentów)
• Bureau of Public Education (Biuro Edukacji Publicznej)
• Local chapters

The most widely reported case investigated by the IPN thus far is the Jedwabne Pogrom. Other cases include: Salomon Morel The Jedwabne Pogrom (or Jedwabne Massacre) was a massacre of Jewish people living in and near the town of Jedwabne in Poland that occurred during World War II, in July 1941. ... Salomon Morel, passport photo taken in 1993 Salomon (Solomon or Shlomo) Morel (born November 15, 1919 in Grabowo, Poland), a Polish Jew, was, between February and November 1945, the commander of the Communist Stalinist-era concentration camp Zgoda in Świętochłowice, Silesia, Poland and a member of the...

External links

• IPN Home Page (English)