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This article is aimed at undertaking a comparative analysis of German and Polish experiences of Communist police archive management. Beyond that goal, we hope to shed light on the existing links between writing the history of that period, the task of remembering and the particular features of each political context. Indeed, archive policies are a powerful indicator of how societies relate to their own past and they play a role in building a collective memory. After discussing what is at stake in managing these “sensitive” archives, the article introduces the institutions in charge of this management (BStU and IPN) as well as the debate engendered by their creation and their operating methods. This reflection leads us to ask how the archives are contributing to the revival of historiography in Germany and Poland.
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