Stronnictwo Demokratyczne w Krakowie w latach 1939-1944

Democratic Party in Cracow played a significant role among the other regional sections of the Party which were active between 1939 and 1945. It was the second forceful centre of underground SD (Democratic Party) which in a way was competing with Warsaw. Cracow was the only region that relatively preserved its organizational and personal continuity from the first months of German occupation till the end of the war and even later on. The activities of SD (Democratic Party) in Cracow extended over other areas of the country, for example, over Rzeszów and Podkarpacie regions. The members of the centre in Cracow took part in different publishing, reconnaissance, political, protective or preventive and fighting enterprises. They organized the transfer of the youth who wanted to fight in Polish Army in the West. They cooperated with the Council of the Help to the Jews in Cracow. They gave help to prisoners and their families, among other things, by the department dealing with legalization of identity cards and documents.