''Rzeczpospolita Polska'' was the official monthly underground journal and mouthpiece of the

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, the highest authority of the Polish Underground State, accountable to the

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located in London during the wartime occupation of its territory by two hostile powers. According to the historian Lewandowska, it acted as "a source of instruction and information" for Polish underground organizations in the field, including other underground publications, operating in

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. It was staffed by a network of professional writers both in Poland and correspondents in exile. The first issue of ''Rzeczpospolita Polska'' was published in Poland on 15 March 1941, and the final one in July 1945, at the point when the Council of National Unity and the Government Delegation were disbanded. The print run of the journal varied from about 3,500 to 16,000 copies. Over its five years of existence, 80 issues were published. A Russian source claims it was published fortnightly. It was also published in

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, and after the fall of the

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, it was published for a brief period as a daily in

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. The first issue had twenty pages and included the following articles: ''Independent

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exits and fights'', ''Belief in victory'', '' Treuga Dei in Poland'', ''Cynicism, provocation and crime'', and regular columns on ''Polish issues abroad'', '' A Foreign chronicle'', and ''From the lands of Rzeczpospolita''. The journal was divided into six sections: * I: official declarations, statements and communications from the

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* II: articles representing views of the Delegature * III: materials on the activities of the

, and on the

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* IV: international news, and the progress of the war * V: reports on the situation in the territories annexed by Nazi Germany and in the territories annexed by the Soviet Union. Later this would be expanded to dedicated supplements * VI: overview of other interesting articles from the underground. The first chief editor was Stanisław Kauzik, replaced by Franciszek Głowiński, ''nom de guerre'', "Tadeusz Bronicz", "Czołowski". Głowiński was arrested on 2 February 1944, and replaced by Teofil Syga, ''nom de guerre'', "Cedro", "Grudzień". Other members of the editorial board included Tadeusz Kolski, Witold Żarski, Stefan Krzywoszewski, Marian Grzegorczyk, Zbigniew Kunicki and Jan Mosiński, Witold Giełżyński, Tadeusz Kobylański and Kazimierz Koźniewski. The journal was supported by writers such as Andrzej Tretiak, Wacław Borowy and Zygmunt Wojciechowski.

References

{{reflist, refs= *Waldemar Grabowski, ''Polska tajna administracja cywilna: 1940–1945, Instytut Pamięci Narodowej—Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, 2003, p. 222 *{{cite book, author1=Jerzy Jarowiecki, author2=Jerzy Myśliński, author3=Andrzej Notkowski, title=Prasa polska w latach 1939–1945, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gNJGAAAAIAAJ, accessdate=17 July 2011, year=1980, publisher=Państwowe Wydawn. Nauk., isbn=978-83-01-01728-6, page=57 *Stanisława Lewandowska, ''Polska konspiracyjna prasa informacyjno-polityczna, 1939–1945'', Czytelnik, 1982, p. 60 *{{cite book, author1=Al'bina Fedorovna Noskova, author2=Institut slavi︠a︡novedenii︠a︡ i balkanistiki (Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk), author3=Gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii, author4=Związek Kombatantów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej i Byłych Więźniów Politycznych, title=NKWD i polskie podziemie 1944–1945: z "teczek specjalnych" Józefa W. Stalina, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qThMAAAAMAAJ, year=1998, publisher=TAiWPN Universitas, isbn= 978-83-7052-920-8, page=368 *{{cite book, author=Polska Akademia Nauk. Pracownia Historii Czasopiśmiennictwa Polskiego XIX i XX Wieku, title=Kwartalnik historii prasy polskiej, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TGRHAAAAIAAJ, year=1984, publisher=Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, page=30 1941 establishments in Poland 1945 disestablishments in Poland Biweekly magazines Defunct magazines published in Poland Magazines established in 1941 Magazines disestablished in 1945 Mass media in Kraków Magazines published in Warsaw Polish-language magazines Polish underground press in World War II Polish Underground State