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Działalność społeczna, oświatowa i kulturalna Parafii Ewangelicko-Reformowanej w Łodzi do 1939 roku
The Social, Cultural and Educational Activities of the Reform Evangelic Parish in Lodz until 1939

Author(s): Beata Szczepańska
Subject(s): Cultural history, Local History / Microhistory, Theology and Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: education; culture; evangelicals; social history 19.–20. Century; Łódź
Summary/Abstract: The social, educational and cultural activity of Łódź Evangelical Reformed Parish was described. Object analysis is covering the period 1888–1939. This congregation led diverse forms of the social activity (the care, the subsidiarity and the support) which were addressed not only to members of this religious community. The forms of the cultural work, taken in this Protestant congregation were: choirs, library, trips, readings, concerts, games. Organising the elementary school (1906–1919), was aspect of educational activity of this congregation. Mainly archive sources were used, largely documentation of the evangelical reformed parish in Łódź and the periodical press.

  • Page Range: 265-281
  • Page Count: 17
  • Publication Year: 2022
  • Language: Polish