ABSTRACT
The communist state attempted to control all aspects of shaping collective memory. Unlike other countries, the Polish opposition was successfully able to oppose those efforts. Paradoxically, this success led to less state activity and social interest in this field after 1989, but the situation changed at the beginning of the new millennium. This chapter focuses on the period after 2000, when multiple institutions were created and heated debates arose around both particular events in history and the term “politics of history.” The most important new institution was the Institute of National Remembrance, which has initiated numerous activities in the sphere of public history.
