Książka zakazana i niepożądana w niemieckich bibliotekach szkolnych i oświatowych w II Rzeczypospolitej
Forbidden and unwanted book in German school and educational libraries in the Second Republic of Poland

Author(s): Zdzisław Gębołyś
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Summary/Abstract: The German minority in Poland in the Second Republic of Poland constituted about 740 thousandpeople, which gave it the fifth place after the Ukrainians, Jews, Russians and Belarusians. Real power androle of Germans in Poland were far beyond a demographic factor. Germans inhabited mainly westernand northern voivodeships in Poland, and had a pretty big economic potential at their disposal. Theywere also a political power in their attempts to a parliament and local self‑governments. German minor‑ity was well‑organised, acted in numerous associations and societies of professional and cultural profiles.Except for Germans living in eastern voivodeships of the Second Republic of Poland, Germans, literatein majority, were active participants in a cultural life. Four factors played an indirect role in maintainingand reinforcing national identity, namely family, school, church and media.The aim of the text is to present the role of book in the very process. Deliberations will cover theseGerman books which from the point of view of Polish authorities spread revisionist and Pole‑destructiveopinions among Germans and were eliminated by them.The subject of analysis constitutes the literaturegathered in German school and public libraries, educational and academic ones. A special emphasis wasput on spreading books propagating the Nazist ideology in German libraries.

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