@ARTICLE{Brzechczyn_Krzysztof_Polish_2021, author={Brzechczyn, Krzysztof}, volume={tom 51 Spec. Iss.}, pages={195-222}, journal={Historyka Studia Metodologiczne}, howpublished={online}, year={2021}, publisher={Polska Akademia Nauk Oddział PAN w Krakowie}, publisher={Instytut Historii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego}, abstract={The aim of this article is to present selected methodological threads of the discussion on the status of historical sources which took place in Polish post‑war historiography. In the article, I present the concepts of the historical source formulated in 1957–1989, mainly by Gerard Labuda and Jerzy Topolski. Further in the text, I will present the discussion about Topolski’s concepts and characterize the peculiarities of contemporary history as regards historical sources. In the light of the presented classification of sources, I will reflect on the status of the documents created by the apparatus of repression of the Polish People’s Republic.}, type={Article}, title={Polish Discussions about the Status of Historical Sources in 1989–2019. Selected Examples and Applications}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/122060/PDF/2021-01-HSRJ-12-Brzechczyn.pdf}, doi={10.24425/hsm.2021.138886}, keywords={historical narrative, source, study of source texts, contemporary history}, }