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A PROJECT OF DISPATCHING POLISH SOLDIERS INTERNED IN LITHUANIA AND LATVIA TO THE SOVIET-FINNISH FRONT (Projekt wyslania zolnierzy polskich internowanych na Litwie i Lotwie na front sowiecko-finski)

Marcin Adamiak

Dzieje Najnowsze > 2009 > 1 > 75-94

After the Soviet invasion of Poland Polish detachments retreated to the west, were forced to cross the frontier and found themselves in Lithuania and Latvia. After laying down their arms and registration, the Polish officers and soldiers were interned. In the wake of the Soviet invasion of Finland the Polish government-in-exile wished to assist the heroic nation. One of the proposed ideas envisaged...

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THE COUNCIL OF FOREIGN RELATIONS AND THE 'FOREIGN AFFAIRS' QUARTERLY AS A DISCUSSION, ADVISORY AND OPINION-MAKING FORUM IN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY FROM WOODROW WILSON TO FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (Polish title - below)

Hanna Marczewska-Zagdanska

Dzieje Najnowsze > 2009 > 1 > 3-21

(Title in Polish - 'Council of Foreign Relations oraz kwartalnik 'Foreign Affairs' jako forum dyskusyjne, doradcze i opiniotwórcze w amerykanskiej polityce zagranicznej od Woodrow Wilsona do Franklina D. Roosevelta) The Council on Foreign Relations and its periodical 'Foreign Affairs' - with their uninterrupted more than 80-years long history - comprise an astonishing phenomenon in American policy...

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A REPORT BY GLUBB PASHA OF 13 JULY 1946 - THE BRITISH AND THE TRANSJORDANIAN VIEW OF THE DIVISION OF PALESTINE (Raport Glubba Paszy z 13 lipca 1946 r. - brytyjskie i transjordanskie spojrzenie na problem podzialu Palestyny)

Bartosz Wroblewski

Dzieje Najnowsze > 2009 > 1 > 111-122

In the past several years the British have rendered accessible a number of essential documents, or their fragments, concerning events in the Middle East during the 1940s and 1950s. The author of this article examined pertinent sources at the Public Record Office in London, and while studying the question of British-Jordanian relations he came across an interesting report dispatched by the commander-in-chief...

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'EMBARRAS DE RICHESSE', OR THE HISTOTY OF A RUINOUS LEGACY (ATTEMPTS AT CREATING A POLISH CENTRE IN LECHÂTELET NEAR DIJON) (Embarras de richesse, czyli historia rujnujacego spadku (próby stworzenia .. osrodka polskiego w Lechâtelet k. Dijon)

Malgorzata Nossowska

Dzieje Najnowsze > 2009 > 1 > 61-74

In June 1937 Rosa Bailly, the founder and general secretary of 'Les Amis de la Pologne Association', inherited from Olga Grabowska the Lechâtelet estate near Dijon. Adhering to the will of the donor, she decided to offer the estate, worth more than 130 000 franks, to a Polish institution, organisation or government, in order to create a centre for Poles living aboard. The search for a new owner who...

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THE ACTIVITY OF THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE OF THE SECOND REPUBLIC OF POLAND IN EASTERN PRUSSIA (1918-1939) (Dzialalnosc wywiadu wojskowego II Rzeczypospolitej w Prusach Wschodnich 1919-1939)

Adam Szymanowicz

Dzieje Najnowsze > 2009 > 1 > 23-47

The activity of the Polish military Intelligence in Eastern Prussia in the years 1981-939 should be assessed by taking into consideration the following issues: the participation of the Second Department in the plebiscite campaign, the Intelligence work conducted by local branches of the Second Department, and the construction and support of Polish minority organisations envisaged as a foundation for...

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THE UPS AND DOWNS OF POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN POLAND AND FINLAND IN THJE INTERWAR PERIOD (Wzloty i upadki w politycznych relacjach Polski i Finlandii w dwudziestoleciu miedzywojennym)

Janusz Czechowski

Dzieje Najnowsze > 2009 > 1 > 49-60

Poland and Finland comprised an integral art of the Russian empire. Regardless of the will of the Russian decision makers, the February and October revolutions changed this state of things. Both countries gained independence, which they owed predominantly to their own determination as well as a favourable international situation. The basic political factor shared by Poland and Finland during the interwar...

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AN AMERICAN LESSON IN DEMOCRACY (Amerykanska lekcja czasu wojny - wybory prezydenckie w 1944 r.)

Rafal Gardocki

Dzieje Najnowsze > 2009 > 1 > 83-94

In 1944 American society was once again to elect a head of state and representatives to the federal and state authorities. A complicated election law and a 150-years old tradition meant that the elections were to be conducted in conditions specific for every state. The events of 1944 demonstrated that the enormous efforts of the authorities and non-government organisations as well as, or perhaps chiefly,...

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THE STRUGGLE FOR HEARTHS AND MINDS. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 'CULTURAL DIPLOMACY' AS AN INSTRUMENT OF USA FOREIGN POLICY IN 1945-1961 (Walka o 'serca i umysly'. Znaczenie 'dyplomacji kulturalnej', jako narzedzia polityki... USA w latach 1945-1961)

Kinga Grafa

Dzieje Najnowsze > 2009 > 1 > 95-110

The article discusses the most important initiatives from the range of 'cultural diplomacy' during at the Presidency of Harry Truman and D. Dwight Eisenhower, and their role in the ideological-cultural clash between the USA and the USSR. The authoress focused her attention on a characteristic of the cultural and scientific exchange programmes - their legal foundations and importance, stressing other...

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INDONESIA 1965 - THE CRISIS, THE COUP D'ETAT AND THE VICTORY OF GENERAL SUHARTO (Indonezja 1965 - kryzys, zamach stanu i zwyciestwo generala Suharto)

Lukasz Bonczol

Dzieje Najnowsze > 2009 > 1 > 123-139

General Suharto, who has ruled Indonesia for 33 years with an iron fist, remains a highly controversial figure and pertinent debates have not died down up to this day. They are caused by the events, which enabled the dictator to initiate his regime, known as the New Order. Until recently, the developments in question have been insufficiently studied and gave rise to incessant scientific discussions...

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THE TURKISH MINORITY IN BULGARIA AND TURKISH-BULGARIAN RELATIONS DURING THE COLD WAR (Mniejszosc turecka w Bulgarii a stosunki turecko-bulgarskie w okresie zimnej wojny)

Jakub Wodka

Dzieje Najnowsze > 2009 > 2 > 35-52

The article shows the repressive policy of the communist Bulgaria under Todor Zhivkov towards the large Turkish and Muslim minority, whose presence in the Balkans was the heritage of the centuries-long rule of the Ottoman Empire in this part of Europe. The policy pursued by the Bulgarian authorities towards the minority in question is depicted against the backdrop of the political relations between...

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THE STATISTICS OF THE GERMAN MINORITY IN THE VOIVODESHIP OF LUBLIN IN THE YEARS 1918-1939 (Statystyka mniejszosci niemieckiej w województwie lubelskim w latach 1918-1939)

Katarzyna Wojcik

Dzieje Najnowsze > 2009 > 2 > 3-13

The origins of the German colonisation in the region of Lublin dates back to the eighteenth century. The largest German minority group in the region of Chelmno existed for almost 150 years up to the Red Army invasion in 1944. Data pertaining to the size of the German minority in the region of Lublin can be based only on four official population surveys conducted in 1897, 1916, 1921 and 1931. Up to...

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THE YOUTH OF THE 1980S IN THE LIGHT OF THE 'CBOS' STUDIES (Mlodziez lat osiemdziesiatych w swietle badan CBOS )

Krzysztof Kosinski

Dzieje Najnowsze > 2009 > 2 > 117-135

An attempt at outlining a portrait of young people during the 1980s, predominantly upon the basis of about 70 polls conducted by the Public Opinion Research Centre (CBOS). In several instances the outcome was compared with other heretofore unpublished sociological analyses. The gathered material made it possible to indicate the following features of the youth of the 1980's: 1) different opinions held...

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ENLIGHTENED, PROGRESSIVE, PATRIOTIC... NATIONAL HEROES IN THE PRESS IN 1955-1957 (Oswieceni, postepowi, patriotyczni ...Bohaterowie narodowi na lamach prasy w latach 1955-1957)

Dominika Rafalska

Dzieje Najnowsze > 2009 > 2 > 95-115

The communists assigned an extremely important role to history since the latter was to fulfil a concrete propaganda role. Throughout the whole period of the People's Republic of Poland history was falsified and treated selectively. A relevant part in this process was performed by the press. It was precisely on the pages of the daily newspapers and periodicals that the average citizen could encounter...

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ANOTHER FACE OF TOTALITARIANISM (Inna twarz totalitaryzmu)

Hubert Stys

Dzieje Najnowsze > 2009 > 2 > 67-92

The 1948-1953 period witnessed a distinct differentiation within the communist bloc. While the vassals of the USSR were involved in conducting purges of the local communist parties, Yugoslavia, which opposed Stalin's wishes, initiated an attempt at building its own road to socialism. This process involved also other phenomena: a rapprochement with the West, a resignation from collectivisation, and...

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THE GERMAN WORLD POLICY AND NATIONAL MINORITIES IN 1918-1990. THE SITUATION OF THE SORBS AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF OTHER MINORITIES (Niemiecka polityka oswiatowa a mniejszosci narodowe w latach 1918-1990. Sytuacja Serboluzyczan na tle innych mniejszosc

Edmund Pjech

Dzieje Najnowsze > 2009 > 2 > 15-33

In the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) the Danish and Polish minorities enjoyed considerable support since they possessed homelands inhabited by Germans. Minority schools in Germany thus used Danish or Polish as the language of instruction. By way of contrast, national groups that did not have a motherland (such as the Northern Friesians and the Serb Lusatians) received only sight assistance. The liberal...

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THE SLOVAK POPULATION AND POLISH-SLOVAK RELATIONS IN SPISZ AND ORAWA IN 1956-1960 (Ludnosc slowacka i stosunki polsko-slowackie na Spiszu i Orawie w latach 1956-1960)

Julian Kwiek

Dzieje Najnowsze > 2009 > 2 > 54-65

In 1957, after several months of efforts the Czechs and the Slovaks living in Poland managed to establish their own national social–cultural association. At the same time, the activity of the Slovak population produced a critical reaction on the part of the Polish intelligentsia. A group of Polish teachers issued a letter openly calling for the liquidation of Slovak schools. Other members of the Polish...

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ATTEMPTING TO SEARCH TO THE VERSAILLES SYSTEM. ON THE GENESIS OF WORLD WAR TWO (Zrozumiec system wersalski czyli o genezie II wojny swiatowej)

Marek Kornat

Dzieje Najnowsze > 2009 > 3 > 5-32

The Versailles Order, created after the World War I is still in the center of controversial problems of the history of the 20th–century. In the interwar years (1919-1939) it was regarded as the 'Clemenceau peace' (la Paix de Clemencau) signifying the French attempt for European domination which was contested by the British Government. In his famous The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) John...

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POLISH RADIO SZCZECIN IN THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE OF SZCZECIN IN 1945-1949 (Polskie Radio Szczecin w zyciu politycznym, spolecznym i kulturalnym Szczecina w latach 1945-1949)

Pawel Szulc

Dzieje Najnowsze > 2009 > 4 > 3-29

The end of the Second World War resulted in a shift of the Polish frontiers to the west and thus the incorporation of Western Pomerania. The authorities now faced the necessity of repopulating and developing the newly gained terrains as quickly as possible. Since an unquestioned part was played by the broadcasting service, building a radio network for the northern and western parts of the country...

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OPERATION 'SPOTLIGHT' IN THE VOIVODESHIP OF CRACOW (1955-1956) (Operacja 'Spotlight' w województwie krakowskim (1955-1956)

Tomasz J. Biedron, Anna Siwik

Dzieje Najnowsze > 2009 > 4 > 47-58

In November 1954 a session held by the Central Party activists in Warsaw criticised the PUPW leaders for the abuse of power within the security offices. Consequently, on 7 December the Council of State issued a decree dissolving the Ministry of Public Security, replaced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Committee for Public Security. A certain impact was also exerted by one essential fact...

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DEBATES ON THE WORK ETHOS. THE NORMATIVE AND PRACTICAL DIMENSION OF THE WORK ETHOS IN SOCIALISM - THE PROGRESSIVE PRISON IN JAWORZNO (1951-1953) (Polish title - below)

Malgorzata Galeziowska

Dzieje Najnowsze > 2009 > 4 > 31-46

(Title in Polish - 'Spory o sens pracy. Normatywny i praktyczny wymiar etosu pracy w socjalizmie - na przykladzie Wiezienia Progresywnego w Jaworznie (1951-1953)'). The article intends to present the determinants of the rift between the normative and practical work ethos upon the example of a penal institution for adolescents in Jaworzno and a negative attitude towards the prevailing system in post-war...

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'FOREIGN AFFAIRS' (1)
AMERICAN ESTABLISHMENT. (1)
AMERICAN POLICY (1)
AMERICAN SOCIETY (1944) (1)
BALTIC UNION (1)
BRITISH-JORDANIAN RELATIONS (1)
COMMUNIST BLOC (1)
COMMUNIST PARTY OF YUGOSLAVIA. (1)
COMPULSORY LABOUR (1)
COUNCIL OF FOREIGN RELATIONS (1)
CULTURAL DIPLOMACY (1)
DEVEY THOMAS E. (1)
GENERAL SUHARTO -COUP D'ETAT (1)
GERMAN MINORITY (LUBLIN VOIVODESHIP) (1)
GERMAN WORLD POLICY (1)
GLUBB JOHN BAGOT (1)
GLUBB PASHA REPORT (1)
HISTORICAL PUBLICISTICS (1)
INDONESIA (1965). (1)
LECHÂTELET (1)
LES AMIS DE LA POLOGNE (1)
MILOVAN DJILAS (1)
NATIONAL HEROES IN PRESS (1)
OPERATION 'SPOTLIGHT' (1)
PALESTINE. (1)
PENAL INSTITUTION FOR ADOLESCENTS (JAWORZNO) (1)
POLISH ARMY (1)
POLISH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE (1)
POLISH MILITARY. (1)
POLISH POLICY. (1)
POLISH RADIO - POMERANIAN OFFICE IN SZCZECIN (1)
POLISH SOLDIERS INTERNED IN LATVIA AND LITHUANIA (1)
POLISH UNITED WORKERS PARTY (PUWP) IN 1989 (1)
POLISH-FINNISH RELATIONS (1919-1939) (1)
POLISH–SLOVAK RELATIONS (SPISZ AND ORAWA) (1)
PRESIDENCY OF D. DWIGHT EISENHOWER (1)
PRESIDENCY OF HARRY TRUMAN (1)
PRISONS IN POLAND. (1)
PROPAGANDA OF COMMUNISTS' SYSTEM (1)
PUBIC OPINION RESEARCH CENTRE (CBOS) (1)
RADIO FREE EUROPE - 'JÓZEF SWIATLO SPEAKING’ (1)
ROOSEVELT FRANKLIN DELANOT (1)
ROSA BAILLY (1)
ROUND TABLE NEGOTIATIONS. (1)
SECOND DEPARTMENT (1)
SLOVAK POPULATION (1)
SORBS IN DDR (1)
SOVIET INVASION OF FINLAND. (1)
SWIATLO JÓZEF (1)
SZCZECIN RADIO (1)
TOTALITARIANISM (1)
TURKISH MINORITY IN BULGARIA (1)
TURKISH–BULGARIAN RELATIONS (1)
US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (1944) (1)
USA -USSR (IDEOLOGICAL–CULTURAL CLASH) (1)
VERSAILLES SYSTEM (1)
WORLD WAR II GENESIS OF (1)
YOUNG PEOPLE (POLAND IN 1980S) (1)
YUGOSLAVIA OF MILOVAN DJILAS (1)
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A PROJECT OF DISPATCHING POLISH SOLDIERS INTERNED IN LITHUANIA AND LATVIA TO THE SOVIET-FINNISH FRONT (Projekt wyslania zolnierzy polskich internowanych na Litwie i Lotwie na front sowiecko-finski)

THE COUNCIL OF FOREIGN RELATIONS AND THE 'FOREIGN AFFAIRS' QUARTERLY AS A DISCUSSION, ADVISORY AND OPINION-MAKING FORUM IN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY FROM WOODROW WILSON TO FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (Polish title - below)

A REPORT BY GLUBB PASHA OF 13 JULY 1946 - THE BRITISH AND THE TRANSJORDANIAN VIEW OF THE DIVISION OF PALESTINE (Raport Glubba Paszy z 13 lipca 1946 r. - brytyjskie i transjordanskie spojrzenie na problem podzialu Palestyny)

'EMBARRAS DE RICHESSE', OR THE HISTOTY OF A RUINOUS LEGACY (ATTEMPTS AT CREATING A POLISH CENTRE IN LECHÂTELET NEAR DIJON) (Embarras de richesse, czyli historia rujnujacego spadku (próby stworzenia .. osrodka polskiego w Lechâtelet k. Dijon)

THE ACTIVITY OF THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE OF THE SECOND REPUBLIC OF POLAND IN EASTERN PRUSSIA (1918-1939) (Dzialalnosc wywiadu wojskowego II Rzeczypospolitej w Prusach Wschodnich 1919-1939)

THE UPS AND DOWNS OF POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN POLAND AND FINLAND IN THJE INTERWAR PERIOD (Wzloty i upadki w politycznych relacjach Polski i Finlandii w dwudziestoleciu miedzywojennym)

AN AMERICAN LESSON IN DEMOCRACY (Amerykanska lekcja czasu wojny - wybory prezydenckie w 1944 r.)

THE STRUGGLE FOR HEARTHS AND MINDS. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 'CULTURAL DIPLOMACY' AS AN INSTRUMENT OF USA FOREIGN POLICY IN 1945-1961 (Walka o 'serca i umysly'. Znaczenie 'dyplomacji kulturalnej', jako narzedzia polityki... USA w latach 1945-1961)

INDONESIA 1965 - THE CRISIS, THE COUP D'ETAT AND THE VICTORY OF GENERAL SUHARTO (Indonezja 1965 - kryzys, zamach stanu i zwyciestwo generala Suharto)

THE TURKISH MINORITY IN BULGARIA AND TURKISH-BULGARIAN RELATIONS DURING THE COLD WAR (Mniejszosc turecka w Bulgarii a stosunki turecko-bulgarskie w okresie zimnej wojny)

THE STATISTICS OF THE GERMAN MINORITY IN THE VOIVODESHIP OF LUBLIN IN THE YEARS 1918-1939 (Statystyka mniejszosci niemieckiej w województwie lubelskim w latach 1918-1939)

THE YOUTH OF THE 1980S IN THE LIGHT OF THE 'CBOS' STUDIES (Mlodziez lat osiemdziesiatych w swietle badan CBOS )

ENLIGHTENED, PROGRESSIVE, PATRIOTIC... NATIONAL HEROES IN THE PRESS IN 1955-1957 (Oswieceni, postepowi, patriotyczni ...Bohaterowie narodowi na lamach prasy w latach 1955-1957)

ANOTHER FACE OF TOTALITARIANISM (Inna twarz totalitaryzmu)

THE GERMAN WORLD POLICY AND NATIONAL MINORITIES IN 1918-1990. THE SITUATION OF THE SORBS AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF OTHER MINORITIES (Niemiecka polityka oswiatowa a mniejszosci narodowe w latach 1918-1990. Sytuacja Serboluzyczan na tle innych mniejszosc

THE SLOVAK POPULATION AND POLISH-SLOVAK RELATIONS IN SPISZ AND ORAWA IN 1956-1960 (Ludnosc slowacka i stosunki polsko-slowackie na Spiszu i Orawie w latach 1956-1960)

ATTEMPTING TO SEARCH TO THE VERSAILLES SYSTEM. ON THE GENESIS OF WORLD WAR TWO (Zrozumiec system wersalski czyli o genezie II wojny swiatowej)

POLISH RADIO SZCZECIN IN THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE OF SZCZECIN IN 1945-1949 (Polskie Radio Szczecin w zyciu politycznym, spolecznym i kulturalnym Szczecina w latach 1945-1949)

OPERATION 'SPOTLIGHT' IN THE VOIVODESHIP OF CRACOW (1955-1956) (Operacja 'Spotlight' w województwie krakowskim (1955-1956)

DEBATES ON THE WORK ETHOS. THE NORMATIVE AND PRACTICAL DIMENSION OF THE WORK ETHOS IN SOCIALISM - THE PROGRESSIVE PRISON IN JAWORZNO (1951-1953) (Polish title - below)

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