The event, held on February 16 at the Legia Fight Club in Warsaw, featured boxing competitions and an IPN exhibition on the Home Army and anti-communist underground soldiers.
While IPN was an official co-organizer, it shared event sponsorship with several sites, including the nationalist portal, nacjonalista.pl, which has ties to the extremist National Rebirth of Poland party.
Rzeczpospolita highlights the portal's association with the skinhead subculture, having been active since 2005 and promoting controversial content.
In response, IPN spokesman Rafał Leśkiewicz clarified that the institution did not select the media patrons for the event, stating that the IPN supported the event by providing services such as medical support and an exhibition on Jan Rodowicz, a prominent Home Army soldier.
In a February 25th publication, the Polish daily Rzeczpospolita reported on an event organized by the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) under the leadership of PiS presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, which involved cooperation with the openly anti-Semitic and neo-fascist website nacjonalista.pl.
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Source: IAR/PAP/Rzeczpospolita