Zapiski masona. Relacja Kurta Reichla z rozmowy z Andrzejem Strugiem w 1932 roku, w świetle polskiej historiografii
Freemason’s minutes: Kurt Reichl’s account of his conversation with Andrzej Strug in 1932 in the light of Polish historiography

Summary/Abstract: Some precious documents concerning the history of Polish Freemasonry were found in the Ciążeń Palace Library. One of them is an account written in the interwar periodby a German Freemason Kurt Reichl; a kind of memorandum on his conversation with the chief of Polish Freemasonry, Andrzej Strug, in 1932. The conversation touches uponmany questions, such as the ideology of Polish lodges, their political profile, the attitude towards the internal policy of Poland and other problems, still unknown to historians. Another document is an article by Leon Chajn (a historian) on this memorandum, one of the first attempts in Polish historiography (after the war) to use new sources inreconstructing the history of Polish Masonry and to present it to the public as well. The third and the last document is a commentary on Chajn’s work written by his opponent, also a historian, Professor Ludwik Hass. The historiography of Polish Freemasonry, the struggle between the two Polish historians, the unclear issue of the reliability of the interwar historical source, the profile of Polish interwar lodges and finally the views and opinions of Grand Master Andrzej Strug are the main points of this article.

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