„Pamiętnik z Sołówek” Mieczysława Lenardowicza
“Memoirs from Solovki” by Mieczysław Lenardowicz

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns the “memoirs from Sołówki” by Mieczysław Lenardowicz, published twice in 1930. Its shorter version, entitled Pamiętnik z Sołówek [Memoirs from Solovki], was published by the Towarzystwo Wydawnicze „Rój” [Publishing Society “Rój”], and an extended version, Na wyspach tortur i śmierci. Pamiętnik z Sołówek [On the islands of torture and death: memoirs from Solovki], was published by the Wojskowy Instytut Naukowo-Wydawniczy [Military Research and Publishing Institute]. Lenardowicz’s “memoirs” is probably the first work of Polish literature of Soviet concentration camps, or more broadly, concentration camp literature. Reflections on the work: its genesis, versions, form, content, and pragmatics, are preceded by an attempt to establish the identity of the author, about whom practically nothing is known.

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