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Kulturowy rozwój Łodzi w okresie międzywojennym
The Cultural Development of Lodz in the Interwar Period

Author(s): Elżbieta Pleszkun-Olejniczakowa
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: interwar period; culture; literature; Lodz; press; radio; education

Summary/Abstract: This article is devoted in part to forgotten figures and culture-forming institutions from the interwar period in Lodz, focusing mainly on the Commission for General Education and its Executive Department (Komisja Powszechnego Nauczania i jej Wydział Wykonawczy), under the direction of S. Kopciński, and the intensive work of the Lodz municipal government to eliminate illiteracy and optimize the functioning of primary and secondary schools. Also described are the partially successful efforts in Lodz to open a college, the city’s unique system of libraries, and achievements in the publishing of daily newspapers and literary socio-literary magazines. Furthermore, the article discusses poets, outstanding teachers, and educational and cultural activists from Lodz, many of whom cooperated with Lodz Radio station, which began broadcasting in 1930.

  • Issue Year: 29/2015
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 7-24
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish
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