Delegation of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare in Teheran during the Second World War – characteristics of educational activities for Polish refugees Cover Image

Delegatura Ministerstwa Pracy i Opieki Społecznej w Teheranie w latach II wojny światowej- charakterystyka działań edukacyjnych dla polskich uchodźców
Delegation of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare in Teheran during the Second World War – characteristics of educational activities for Polish refugees

Author(s): Katarzyna Śliwak
Subject(s): Education, Labor relations, Welfare systems, Welfare services, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
Keywords: Delegacy of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare; Teheran, Franciszek Haluch; Wiktor Styburski; Education in the Middle East;

Summary/Abstract: As a result of the evacuation of the Polish Army in the USSR in Iran was a large group of refugee concentrated in Tehran, Isfahan, Ahwaz. Polish government-in-exile has called the Delegation of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare. Providing educational opportunities in difficult conditions has become a challenge politicians People`s Party, which was the dominant group in the political scene of Iran. In this paper the author addresses important issues related to politics and education in the Middle East. Author presented figure Wiktor Styburski and Franciszek Haluch. The paper based on the source archives of the Polish Institute and Museum of General Sikorski in London and the State Archives in Warsaw will be shown undertaken by Delegation of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare educational activities and their repercussions on the situation of Polish teachers and Poles living in Iran. The article will be also inform about the working conditions of teachers, their salaries, the problems of food supply, problems of management educational institution.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 261-268
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish