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Operation Hyacinth

Operation Hyacinth
Operation NameOperation Hyacinth
ScopeScope
Roster
Initiated byCzesław Kiszczak
Executed byMilicja Obywatelska
Mission
ObjectiveCreate a national database of all Polish homosexuals and people who were in touch with them
Timeline
Date begin15 November 1985
Date end1987
Duration≈2 Years
Results
Miscellaneous Results11,000 people placed in a government registry
Accounting

Operation Hyacinth (Polish: Akcja "Hiacynt") was a secret mass operation in Polish People’s Republic carried out by the Citizens' Militia in the years 1985-87. Its purpose was to create national database of all Polish homosexuals and people who were in touch with them,[1] and it resulted in the registration of around 11,000 people.

  1. ^ Who is afraid of sexual minorities?, Iwona Zielinska (in English)

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