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Georges Rencki's private papers open for consultation at the Historical Archives

Posted on 23 January 2015

The private papers of Georges Rencki (* 1926) are now open for consultation at the Historical Archives of the European Union. Rencki was a high ranking European Commission official of Polish origin, a close collaborator of Sicco Mansholt and also worked at the Directorate-General for Regional Politics.

The deposit consists of 162 paper files covering the years 1947 to 2010, relating to Rencki’s militancy in federalist movements, his collaboration in the 'Directorate General for Agricultural Policy' and the 'Directorate General for Regional Politics'. Amongst others the documents deal with the creation of the ‘Union fédéraliste inter-universitaire’ (UFI), the setting-up of the CAP with particular focus on reactions of Members States’ agricultural producers and their organisations. The documents further deal with the European Commission’s Regional Policy and the University conferences held by Rencki.

The collection comprises also ten authentic historical audio recordings of Sicco Mansholt and Georges Rencki. The collection includes interviews on his engagement in the federalist movement (1953). These interviews can be consulted on the web site. The collection of original recording of meetings by Sicco Mansholt with the Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations (COPA) and other recordings are consultable in the reading room of the Archives in Florence.

The documents and recordings are freely accessible, for internal documents of the European Commisison the thirty year rule on access to EU Institutional archives applies.

The predominant language of the documents is French, whereas English is prevailing in the files on the Communities' Regional Politics.

Access to the inventory of the George Rencki fonds
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