The education in the shade of danger. About the shaping the attitudes of children and youth in “Dziennik Bydgoski” in 1939 Cover Image

Wychowanie w cieniu zagrożenia. O dzieciach i młodzieży oraz o kształtowaniu ich postaw na łamach „Dziennika Bydgoskiego” z roku 1939
The education in the shade of danger. About the shaping the attitudes of children and youth in “Dziennik Bydgoski” in 1939

Author(s): Agnieszka Rypel
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyża
Keywords: child; youth; Christian-Democrat ideology; Second World War; patriotism; state education

Summary/Abstract: The aim of article is to present the influence of “Dziennik Bydgoski” on the process of educating young inhabitants of Bydgoszcz in 1939. “Dziennik Bydgoski” was the official newspaper of the Polish Christian-Democratic Party and for this reasons the education problems was presented in accordance with its ideology. The article shows changes in the perception of social function of the young people that have occurred in the year preceding the outbreak of the Second World War. Christian Democratic ideology was subordinated to the state education and unification of young people irrespective of their religion or political views. The newspaper effectively shaped patriotic attitudes. During the war the young Bydgoszcz people demonstrated sacrifice and patriotism.

  • Issue Year: 17/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 169-186
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish