Z dziejów prywatnej powszechnej szkoły polskiej w Lupeni / Şcoala Primară Particulară Polonă (1929–1948)
The Polish school in Lupeni / Şcoala Primară Particulară Polonă (1929–1948)

Summary/Abstract: The private Polish elementary school in Lupeni was founded in 1929 based on the RomanianPrivate Learning Act of 1925 permitting the organisation of minority schools. It was createdin a magyarised and romanised environment and dealt with the education of Polish miners’children. Wilhelm Zöller became the organiser and the first teacher of the school on behalfof the Polish School Motherland in Romania. After two years of operation, the school cameunder the patronage of the Polish School Association in Romania. Under his tutelage inthe 1936/1937 school year, the school became public and its rank in the local communityincreased. It was also active during the World War II. With the consent of the RomanianMinister of Education, in 1946 it became a Polish public school consisting of 7 classes. It wassupported by the “Polish House in Romania” Association. This school was the only Polishschool in Transylvania that existed the longest in this part of Romania. When the Polish minersand teachers left Poland in 1948, the school was liquidated.

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