Polish Socialist Party – Freedom, Equality, Independence ( pl, Polska Partia Socjalistyczna - Wolność, Równość, Niepodległość, PPS-WRN) was an underground political party in

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Polish Socialist Party The Polish Socialist Party ( pl, Polska Partia Socjalistyczna, PPS) is a socialist political party in Poland. It was one of the most important parties in Poland from its inception in 1892 until its merger with the communist Polish Workers' P ...

. PPS-WRN was formed soon after the official freeze of PPS activities in September 1939. At the end of World War II, the name PPS was contested by PPS-WRN and the pro-communist

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(''Robotnicza Partia Polskich Socjalistów''). Eventually in 1947, most top PPS-WRN activists were arrested by Polish secret police,

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; the remains ceased political activity, emigrated or joined the communist party. Its military formations included

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Workers' Militia PPS-WRN Workers' Militia PPS-WRN ( pl, Milicja Robotnicza Polskiej Partii Socjalistycznej–Wolność, Równość, Niepodległość, MR PPS-WRN) often referred to simply as Militia PPS-WRN, was a Polish underground paramilitary formation of the Polish Socia ...

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