To Win the Kingdom of Poland. From the Documents of the General Secretariat of the Supreme National Committee of 1914 of the First Half of 1915 Cover Image

Pozyskać Królestwo Polskie. Z dokumentacji Sekretariatu Generalnego Naczelnego Komitetu Narodowego z 1914 r. i pierwszej połowy 1915 r.
To Win the Kingdom of Poland. From the Documents of the General Secretariat of the Supreme National Committee of 1914 of the First Half of 1915

Author(s): Małgorzata Gmurczyk-Wrońska
Subject(s): Military history, Political history, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Supreme National Committee; General Secretariat of SNC; Austro-Polish option; recruitment to Legions in Kingdom of Poland; Kingdom of Poland in 1914-15;

Summary/Abstract: The article is based on the archival material preserved in the National Archives in Krakow, in the fonds of the Supreme National Committee. The documents include many thorough analyses of the Polish Kingdom, its economic potential, the mood of the society, the position and condition of political parties and groups operating in its territories. This was made for one purpose: to win the people of the Polish Kingdom and drag them into the sphere of infl uence of the Krakow centre. The material reveals the activities and problems of Krakow centre on its way to win the Kingdom’s political parties and organisations, and, above all, to win the sympathy of people for the idea of the Legions and Austro-Polish option.

  • Issue Year: 52/2020
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 75-88
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish