International Conference - Archives of the Security Apparatus of the People's Republic of Poland: Structures, Organization, Activities.

Poland, Warsaw, 11 June 2024

International Conference - The Apparatus of Repression: The Executive Body in the Soviet System – History and Research Perspectives

Poland, Lublin, 6-7 June 2024

International Conference “Technology in the Service of Eastern Bloc State Security Organs” – Warsaw, 9 June 2026

International Online Workshop on Digitization and the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Archives

On 5 December, an online workshop for members of the European Network of Official Authorities in Charge of the Secret Police Files took place, organized by the IPN Archive in cooperation with the Hungarian State Security Historical Archive (ÁBTL).

International Research Conference - “Archives and Remembrance: Contemporary Uses of the Archival Heritage of Former Communist Security Services” – Warsaw, 11 June 2025 [Live Transmission]

International Scientific Conference “Communist Parties in the Soviet Bloc in 1985–1989: Fall of the System”

Poland, Warsaw, 9–10 October 2024

Legal status and organizational structure

Members and Associate members of the European Network

The network was formed in December 2008 as a cooperative platform connecting institutions holding the archival collections of the former communist state secret police forces. The organization is currently consisting of eight members and five associate members.

Milestones of the institutions/archives