Published: 2025-12-15

Attitudes of state administration for religious affairs toward religious minorities in Elbląg Voivodeship in the 1970s and 1980s

Andrzej B. Krupa
Echa Przeszłości
Section: ARTICLES
https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.12158

Abstract

In the 1970s and 1980s, less than 0.5% of the population of Elbląg Voivodeship belonged to minority churches and minority religious organizations. The leaders of non-Catholic religious communities did not object to ongoing monitoring of their activities by state authorities. The priests of minority reli­gious communities maintained regular contact with the state administration for religious affairs. Minority religious organizations in Elbląg Voivodeship received financial assistance from the state, but they did not play a major role in the government’s efforts to undermine the influence of the Catholic Church.

Keywords:

religious policy, state administration for religious affairs, religious minorities, Polish People’s Republic, Elbląg Voivodeship

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Krupa, A. B. (2025). Attitudes of state administration for religious affairs toward religious minorities in Elbląg Voivodeship in the 1970s and 1980s. Echa Przeszłości, (XXVI/2), 263–278. https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.12158

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