Editorial problems and methods of solving them in Atlas of Independence Underground in Poland 1944-1956

Koncepcja Atlasu polskiego podziemia niepodległościowego 1944-1956 powstała w Oddziałowym Biurze Edukacji Publicznej Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej w Lublinie, a założenia merytoryczne i metodyczne kartograficznej części publikacji zostały przygotowane przy współpracy pracowników naukowych Zakładu Kartografii Uniwersytetu Marii Curie Skłodowskiej w Lublinie. Celem autorów, redaktorów i kartografów było opracowanie atlasu, będącego wartościowym źródłem informacji i analiz zarówno dla zawodowych badaczy naukowców, jak i dla miłośników historii. Atlas powinien także służyć jako pomoc dydaktyczna.The concept of Atlas of Independence Underground in Poland 1944-1956 was created in the Regional Office of Public Education of the Institute of National Remembrance in Lublin, with the methodological assumptions of the cartographic part of the publication being prepared with the cooperation of the scientific staff of the Department of Cartography of Maria Skłodowska-Curie University in Lublin. The aim of the authors, editors and cartographers was to prepare an atlas, which would be a valuable source of information and analyses for both professional researchers and history lovers. The Atlas should also serve as an educational tool. The Atlas is a single volume consisting of three thematically-chronological parts. The primary, cartographic part is divided into four groups. The first group includes maps presenting structures of the under- ground resistance on a national level, from January 1944 to December 1956. The second important group consists of maps showing particular topics in regional approach, divided into voivodships. The third group presents three sheets of maps of Poland showing quantitative characteristics. The last group is a map of Poland presenting other conspiracy organizations. The Atlas uses cartographic source materials from the time preceding the outbreak of the World War II and from the post war times. The contents of source maps in 1:500 000, 1:1 000 000, and 1:2 000 000 was generalized accordingly. Maps of voivodships were prepared mostly in three basic scales of 1:1 000 000, 1:500 000 and 1:2 000 000. Maps of Poland were prepared in 1:4 000 000 and 1:7 000 000. The result of five years' work of the team of 55 historians and 11 cartographers was an impressive publication of 660 pages, 399 maps, thousands of facts and about a thousand iconographic materials