Polacy na terenie Marchii Granicznej (Grenzmark Posen Westpreussen) wobec zdobycia i utrwalania władzy przez nazistów w latach 1933–1939
Poles in the Border March (Grenzmark Posen West Prussia) in the face of the Nazi seizure and consolidation of power from 1933 to 1939

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to present the attitudes and positions of Poles in the province of Grenzmark Posen West Prussia towards the process of the Nazi NSDAP party led by Adolf Hitler taking and consolidating power from 1933 to 1939. The final part of the discussion is justified by the fact that after Germany’s attack on Poland in September 1939, the possibility of legal and formally independent activities of Polish organizations and institutions in Germany, especially the Union of Poles in Germany, came to an end. The article shows how Poles reacted to political and structural changes in Germany by participating and later boycotting participation in parliamentary elections, utilizing the opportunities for expressing their views in Polish newspapers until August 1939, and lodging official complaints with the Prussian Ministry of Internal Affairs about the actions of local authorities. The analysis of sources reveals an image of increasing intimidation of the Polish community, in which adaptive and conformist attitudes gradually prevailed, despite the continued protests of the Union of Poles in Germany and its most active activists.

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