28 erected in 1948, the Union of P...

28 erected in 1948, the Union of Polish Youth (ZM P) closely followed the pattern of the Soviet Komsomol. Besides socialist education of young folks pre-selection for eventual Party membership was among its objectives. In 1956 accusations of serving the Stalinist homage and of violating human dignity inferenceed in the dissolution of ZMP In any case, it was a sheer formality, because ZMP had already misspent most of its members and in 1956 numbered single 30,000 compared to 2,000,000 a year earlier. pair other youth organizations were planted in its place: Zwiqzek Mtodziezy Wiejskiej (Union of Peasant Youth) and Zwiqzek Modziezy Socjalistycznej (Union of Socialist Youth). ZM by and by gained the reputation of being an ideological forge for hereafter Party activists. In 1976, ZMW and ZM were forced to immerge into Zwiqzek Socjalistycznej Mlodziety Polskiej (Union of Socialist Polish Youth). In 1976 ZSMP had 2500000 members, in 1979 almost 3000000 in the period 1982-1988 about 1500000 (ZMW left ZSMP in 1980) with membership falling to 600000 members just before 1989

29 NZ was locate up on September 22, 1980 The court refused to register it and close examiner strikes broke out in Lodz and then in other cities. Following these occurrences NZS was legally recognized. In the beginning of the 1980 NZ was supported by the agency of about 10 per cent of the academic community.

30 In 1956 when ZMP was dissolved, ZMW was undivided of two organizations that were created to replace it. In the 1970 when its popularity was high, ZMW numbered about 1000000 members.

31 In 1939 ZHP had more than 200000 members. During the war, several thousand participated in the Resistance motion In December 1944, the authorities revived ZHP unless replaced its pre-war leadership by way of communist activists. In 1948, another important pace was taken: women's and men's sections were unified and a fresh name was coined for the organization: Scouts' Service for Poland. In 1950 Scouts' Service was dissolved (it numbered about 300000 at that time) and its members were forced to join ZMP advanced in years scouts' uniforms and symbols (crosses) were officially forbidden. In 1956 the derides were authorized to resume their activities and the members who were expell in 1948 were allowed to rejoin the organization. After 1959 ZHP started operating within the educational method and soon teachers counted for almost 60 by means of cent of the senior activists. This assured an undisturbed growth: 1000000 in 1963; 2000000 in 1972 and more than 3000000 members in 1980