Granted, Hungary is not Poland, but I think we can relate to these issues and concerns, so I hope my mentioning this isn't deemed too off-topic. A post by one of the academics on the H-RUSSIA listserv this morning called attention to a parliamentary proposal in Hungary that could essentially facilitate destruction of archival documentation of secret police files generated during the country's communist past. For further explanation/commentary, he offered this link:   http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/01/13/christopher-adam-hungary-erases-the-past-and-whitewashes-the-future/   He also sought support of a petition decrying this proposal. It reads as follows: <<The Government of Hungary plans to pass a law allowing for the removal and destruction of original archival documents recounting the history of the communist secret police during the previous regime, as officials believe that these papers are the "immoral documents of an immoral regime." These archival documents are irreplaceable and once they are destroyed, Hungarian historians will no longer be able to uncover the activities of state security agents during the communist regime. I support the preservation of Hungary's historical record, access to historians, researchers, students and future generations and I do not believe that government officials have the right to destroy archival documents that they deem to be "immoral.">>   Anyone interested in signing this online petition may do so here: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/hungarianarchives/   and read more about it here: http://hungarianarchives.com/   Barbara Proko(powicz)   my Polish family genealogy blog: http://wilnoworcester.blogspot.com/