Łemkowszczyzna w polityce centralnych władz polskich w latach trzydziestych XX wieku
Lemkivshchyna in the policy of the Polish central authorities in the 1930s

Summary/Abstract: The article is concerned with the actions of the Polish authorities towards the Lemkocommunity in the 930s. The author shows the many currents in the policies of the PolishGovernment circles (on the cultural, religious, economic and administrative levels) aiming atuniting Lemkos with the Polish state and nation. The Government considered the Ukrainiannationalists as its main rival in its struggle for influence over that population. Hence actions,like support given by Warsaw to the idea of establishing a separate Apostolic Administrationof Lemkivshchyna, that was supposed to protect the Lemko population from the pro-ukrainianpropaganda spread by Greek-Catholic clergy. The authorities' actions conceived on a wide scalehad practical effects at the end of the 1930s, however, they were frustrated as a result of the outbreak of the Second World War.

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