Kościoły w Polsce w okresie niemieckiej okupacji 1939-1945
Churches in Poland Facing the German Occupation 1939–1945
Author(s): Olgierd KiecSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, History of Church(es), Recent History (1900 till today), Theology and Religion
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Poland; religious minorities; Second World War
Summary/Abstract: Poland and Polish nationalism are widely identified with Catholicism. However, the populationof the Polish state was not homogenous ethnically and religiously – in 1921 the number of ethnic/confessional minorities reached the high level of over 30 percent. The Second World Warwas a fundamental change in Polish history – the new people’s republic, formed after 1945, hasbeen a totally different state from the Second Republic of Poland, which existed 1918–1939.Unfortunately, very little is known about the impact of Churches (Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox)in shaping the Polish, Ukrainian, Belorussian and German nationalisms during the wartime as wellas the attitudes of clergymen towards the German occupants.
Journal: Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 145-160
- Page Count: 16
- Language: Polish