The Polish Underground Movement (1939-1945) Study Trust (PUMST), was founded in London in 1947. It is a research and academic institution, which contains historical material on the Polish Underground State (the Underground Administration and the Polish Home Army – Armia Krajowa) during the Second World War.
Among its founders were Tadeusz BÓR-Komorowski, Kazimierz Iranek-Osmecki, Antoni Chrusciel, Tadeusz Żenczykowski,Tadeusz Pełczyński as well as a great many other leading members of the Polish Underground from the war years…
Over the course of the past sixty years, thousands of people in various ways associated with PUMST have visited us. They include the military historians, politicians, journalists as well as family members for whom the memory of the Polish Underground State and the Home Army is meaningful.
Above all, PUMST owes its development over 60 years of uninterrupted existence, to the voluntary effort, commitment and perseverance of three generations of Polish exiles and immigrants residing in UK. The person who more than anyone contributed to this was Halina Czarnocka, who for many years served simultaneously as PUMST’s director, archivist and secretary.
