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Państwowy Urząd Repatriacyjny (abbreviated PUR, translated into English asState Repatriation Office,State Office of Repatriation,National Repatriation Office orNational Office of Repatriation) was a Polish communist governmental body created byPolish Committee of National Liberation on 7 October 1944 to oversee therepatriations inPoland. At first, PUR oversawrepatriations of Poles fromKresy, and from 1945,expulsion of Germans fromRegained Territories. Also, in 1945, PUR powers were limited, as some it its competences were transferred to the newly created post of the General Representative of the Government for Repatriation (Generalny Pełnomocnik Rządu do spraw Repatriacji).
Managers:Władysław Wolski,Michał Sapieha,Mścisław Olechnowicz.
In the post-World War Two territory of Poland, the PUR had branches in eachvoivodeship. Furthermore, in the so-calledRecovered Territories, it ran regional offices, which covered severalpowiats. In the first postwar months, these offices were under direct supervision of three voivodeship branches,Poznań,Katowice andBiałystok. Most important tasks in postwar transfers of population were carried out by stage offices (punkty etapowe) of the PUR. The biggest one was Special Western Stage Office (Specjalny Punkt Etapowy Zachodni), located inCzechowice-Dziedzice. It serviced some 500,000 people.
There were four kinds of such offices:
As for August 31, 1945, the PUR had 259 offices of all kinds, scattered across Poland.
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