Mieszkańcy Siedlec w obliczu sowietyzacji miasta w 1944 roku
Residents of Siedlce in the face of Sovietization of the town in 1944

Summary/Abstract: The last day of Nazi Germany occupation of Siedlce started a new chapter in the life of the local community. The town, being destroyed in 75 percent, was far from its former status of an important regional centre of administration and education. As a result of military actions many buildings and schools were burned or destroyed. Local power plant and waterworks were damaged. The scale of damages and nonfunctioning, numerous, basic town facilities made the living situation of local citizens very complicated and hard to resolve. By describing the level of damages, the author is trying to show the conditions in which the local community had to live and how difficult it was to recover after the military actions during The Second World War, including the battle of 1944. The violent political changes, which occurred after the Red Army had appeared, where the background to rebuilding and social recovery. Despite the propaganda and brutal power struggle, the imposed local government was considered „foreign” by the majority of citizens. By describing this topic the author shows the causes of cautious and later hostile attitude of local society towards the new administration. Administration which was built on the principles set by Polish Committee of National Liberation, whose operations changed the social landscape for the worse.

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