Articles

Vol. 44 No. 1 (2022)

Reflections on authoritarianism in the times of the Polish People’s Republic: The example of legal provisions regarding employee allotment gardens

Pages: 127-135

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Abstract

As it might seem, the seemingly trivial event, which was the creation of employee allotment gardens by the Act of March 9, 1949 on Employee Gardens, served the Polish United Workers’ Party to strengthen its authoritarian rule. With the help of generally applicable law standards contained in the above-mentioned act, the communist authorities gained and strengthened public support, eliminated independent structures, and confiscated private property.