Tra solidarietà e diffidenza. Sui rapporti tra il Pci e il Poup nei primi anni della guerra fredda

Abstract

On the basis mainly of archival documents, the aim of this essay is to clarify the features of the relations between the Italian communist party and the Polish united workers’ party in the early years of the Cold War. The analysis of the relations between the two parties concerns three main matters: the funding of political activity; the political and cultural collaboration; the importance of the Yugoslav question in the political life of both parties. Apart from the spirit of solidarity, a certain distrust emerges in the relations between Italians and the Poles evidently caused by the divergent national interests and by the climate of the Cold War.

Keywords

• poland
• political solidarity
• titoism
• distrust
• economic collaboration