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Poľskí básnici vojnových rokov 1939 - 1945
Polish Poets in the War 1939-1945

Author(s): Hanna Szczechowicz
Subject(s): Political history, Polish Literature, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Historický ústav SAV
Keywords: World War II; Poland; poets; patriotism; resistance;

Summary/Abstract: During World War II Polish poets fought with weapon and pen against the occupants both on the domestic front and the battlefields abroad. They fought in all Polish armies, regular and conspiratorial formations, in General Anders's army as well as in General Berling's army. Their poetry encouraged the Polish people to fight and nourished patriotic feelings in a society distressed by the war in an occupied country, ghettos, detention camps, prisons and concentration camps. Poetry served as a kind of prayer for the Polish people, providing them with a kind of diversion from their tragic lot, when the war deprived them of their homeland and dignity.

  • Issue Year: 3/2009
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 0-0
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Slovak