Edukacja na ziemiach polskich pod okupacją niemiecką 1939-1945. Bilans historiografii

From the first moments after the invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, the German occupier began the process of destroying Polish education and science. Lessons on history, geography, literature and contemporary Poland were systematically removed from school curricula. Vocational schools were just to educate skilled workers for the German war industry. The organisation of education and teaching principles were different in the General Government, in the territories incorporated into the Third Reich, and in the territories occupied by the Germans after the aggression against the USSR. Research on the history of education of this period began immediately after the end of the war. Several hundred scientific works have been written so far, illustrating the occupant’s policy towards Polish education, the organisation and range of secret teaching, as well as personal losses suffered by the teaching and research community. This subject is taken up mainly by researchers dealing with the history of education, upbringing, teaching profession, matters of organisation of education and science. They include in particular Professor Marian Walczak - the author of many books and articles devoted to the history of Polish education. Among the many periodicals that have published texts on the history of education under the German occupation, „Przegląd Historyczno-Oświatowy” [History and Education Review] deserves special attention. A number of articles and source materials concerning, among other things, the history of clandestine teaching and other forms of the struggle for Polish science, schools and culture have been published so far.