OSTATNI PRZED WOJNĄ ZJAZD POLSKICH GEOGRAFÓW W KRAKOWIE. INSTYTUT GEOGRAFICZNY UNIWERSYTETU JAGIELLOŃSKIEGO 28–29 MAJA 1939 ROKU
THE LAST BEFORE THE WAR CONVENTION OF POLISH GEOGRAPHERS IN KRAKOW THE INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY OF THE JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY, 28–29 MAY 1939

Summary/Abstract: The last before the war, 8th Convention of Polish Geography Teachers, the only at that time nationwide forum for the exchange of geographical ideas, took place on 28–29 May 1939 at the Institute of Geography of the Jagiellonian University. The organizer was the Polish Association of Geography Teachers chaired at that time by Professor Stanisław Pawłowski, the director of the Institute of Geography of the University of Poznan. Each convention had an extensive educational part, and all the events were accompanied by cartographic exhibitions and those featuring teaching aids. The main lecture under the title „Geography and national defence” was delivered by Professor S. Pawłowski. In it, he characterized in a comprehensive way Polish defensive conditions. Another speech at the plenary session concerned Cieszyn Silesia. It was delivered by Dr. Antoni Wrzosek, the deputy director of the Silesian Institute. The remaining part of the Convention was devoted to educational matters. Participants also had the opportunity to visit a specially prepared cartographic exhibition, and that featuring the latest teaching aids. The Convention proceeded in a feverish atmosphere. Preparations for a probable war with Germany were under way everywhere.

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