Assessment of the post-war administration in the years 1944–1947 in the parish chronicles of Rev. Józef Mroczkowski from Oleszyce and Rev. Roman Penc, parish priest in Przeworsk Cover Image

Ocena powojennej administracji lokalnej w latach 1944-1947 w kronikach parafialnych ks. Józefa Mroczkowskiego z Oleszyc oraz ks. Romana Penca proboszcza w Przeworsku
Assessment of the post-war administration in the years 1944–1947 in the parish chronicles of Rev. Józef Mroczkowski from Oleszyce and Rev. Roman Penc, parish priest in Przeworsk

Author(s): Łukasz Podolak
Subject(s): Cultural history, Museology & Heritage Studies, Archiving, Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory, Political history, Social history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Poles; Ukrainians; parish chronicles; local administration; Przeworsk; Oleszyce; Lubaczów district; Przeworsk district; 1944–1945

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the image of post-war administration in the eyes of the authors of the parish chronicles from Oleszyce and Przeworsk. The influence of administration on life of both authors was examined, and a comparison was made of administration in both chronicles at the same time. Its assessment in the period up to 1947 is completely different for both circuit breakers. Rev. Penc from Przeworsk was struck as a foreign element imposed on the authorities. Rev. Mroczkowski from Oleszyce, who operates in an area where the main threat of the OUN/UPA exists, has a completely different opinion about the supreme authorities. A counterweight to the Ukrainian underground are Home Army soldiers, who are expected to join the ranks of citizen militias, as well as district and municipal administrations. He is also the author of the Oleszyce family chronicle, which is responsible for its development because it includes members of the Polish anti-communist conspiracy. In comparison to the situation in Przeworsk, this power is not exerted oppressively towards the parish priest. What’s more, Rev. Mroczkowski co-created it himself, sitting on the Presidium of the District National Council in Lubaczów. The situation changed dramatically in 1947, when the administration in Oleszyce, as in the entire Lubaczów district, was taken over by communists. Since then, the threats of both chroniclers, as well as their basic power, being active.

  • Issue Year: 29/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 157 - 174
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish
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