University of the Western Lands

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University of the Western Lands (

Jędrzejów, Częstochowa and Milanówek
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History and operations

University of the Western Lands was established in October 1940 as an initiative of the Department of Education of the

German-only institution after its Polish faculty was expelled.[2] The university operated in Warsaw, and would cooperate with other underground Warsaw universities, native to the city.[2][3]

Over time, the university would open 17 different units, including 6 departments.

Jędrzejów, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski and Kraków.[6] Throughout its period of operations it awarded 95 master's degrees, 5 doctoral and 5 habilitations.[2] Plans to create new departments were rendered obsolete by the chaos of the Warsaw Uprising.[2] An underground Lawyer Club was also created, holding active presentations and discussions.[2]

The university functioned until the Warsaw Uprising begun of August 1944.

Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznań sees the activities of the University of the Western Lands as a period of its wartime history.[5]

During its brief history, the university had two rectors: Ludwik Jaxa-Bykowski (1940–1943)[2] and Roman Pollak (1943–1945).[9]

References

  1. ISBN 978-83-11-11573-6
    . Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-83-11-11573-6
    . Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0-299-20730-4
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  4. ^ a b (in Polish) Uniwersytet Ziem Zachodnich. WIEM Encyklopedia.
  5. ^ a b c (in Polish) Historia Uniwersytetu, Uniwersyst Adama Mickiewicza
  6. ISBN 978-83-7063-089-8
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  7. ^ a b Władysław Kowalenko (1961). Tajny uniwersytet Ziem Zachodnich (in Polish). Instytut Zachodni. p. 152.
  8. ^ Czesław Madajczyk, Polityka III Rzeszy w okupowanej Polsce, Tom II, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1970, p. 157
  9. ^ a b (in Polish) Roman Pollak, Uniwersyst Adama Mickiewicza
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