 In August 1944 the members of the office created the PPR Politburo which included Gomułka, Boleslaw Bierut, Jakub Berman, Hilary Minc and Aleksander Zawadzki (the last three of the CBKP team).In August 1944, the CBKP office was replaced with the Central Committee of the PPR in Moscow, which operated until 1948.In 1948, the group of former CBKP members removed Gomułka from the post of PPR secretary, in all actuality taking over the leadership of the party.