The lifes of Jagiellonian University history students during the Second World War in ego-documents from Archives of the Jagiellonian University Cover Image

Losy studentów historii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego podczas II wojny światowej w świetle egodokumentów pochodzących z Archiwum UJ
The lifes of Jagiellonian University history students during the Second World War in ego-documents from Archives of the Jagiellonian University

Author(s): Kinga Balińska
Subject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today), Higher Education , History of Education, WW II and following years (1939 - 1949)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Jagiellonian University; higher education; students; ego-document; life story; secret teaching programmes; the Second World War

Summary/Abstract: The article shows war and occupation experiences of Jagiellonian University history students. This article is based on their own life stories sourced from the Archives of the Jagiellonian University. Their accounts are part of university papers. The author considers them ego-documents. The outbreak of The Second World War interrupted their higher education. Undergraduates took part in the secret teaching programmes. The accounts of their life stories describe conditions during Nazi German and Soviet occupation of Poland. They did forced labour, which caused many health problems. Students and their family members were prisoners of the Nazi German concentration camps. The author depicts pros and cons of ego-documents. Students’ life stories are autobiographical, subjective, but also full of information. The accounts present their educational background, personal life as well as conditions during war and occupation.

  • Issue Year: 152/2025
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 835-849
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish
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