Powstanie Powszechnej Organizacji „Służba Polsce” w 1948 r. Z polityki stalinowskiej wobec młodzieży polskiej

• Authors: Lesiakowski, Krzysztof

Title variants

PL

The Creation of Powszechna Organizacja “Służba Polsce” in 1948. Stalinist Policy toward the Polish Youth

PL

Die Gründung der „Allgemeiner Organisation zum „Dienst für Polen” im Jahre 1948. Aus der stalinistischen Politik angesichts der polnischen Jugend

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La création de I’Universelle Organisation « Service pour la Pologne » en 1948. La politique de stalinistes devant la jeunesse polonaise

Abstracts

EN

One of the most important goals, to which the Polish communist government aimed after world war II, was to subordinate the young generation. The rule over the young generation was the guarantee of power for next decades. It soon turned out that, the political organizations intended for the young did not get enough support, and in 1948 it was decided call up a new organization the Powszechna Organizacja "Służba Polsce" (The Universal Organization "Service to Poland"). As soon as in June of 1945, the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish Workers Party (PPR) said, that there is a necessity of embracing the whole youth from the age of 15 in one organization, "which will help to get to the part of the youth by the democratic camp, which was not reached by other democratic youth organizations". From the beginning the army supported this plan. Bringing up a universal youth organization, would allow the army to embrace with army training the whole young generation. Also very important were the economic aspects. It assumed, that the bringing up of "SP" would allow to mobilize a large, and cheap work force, which would be able to do certain urgent work quickly. On the 25th February of 1948 the parliament (Sejm) passed through a law about general duty of preparation for work, the army and about physical education. In part III of the statute, were the rules of forming and the functioning of organization calls of the Powszechna Organizacja "Służba Polsce". Everybody between the ages 16 to 21, and the citizens which did not serve in the army up to the age of 30, had to service and work in the "SP". The youth was obligated to periodical work in brigades, occasional work, as well as finish military training. The integral part of the statute from 25th of February were the punishment regulations. Every young person, who did not participated in the mandatory work for the "SP" was subjected to punishment of 3 month in jail or SO thousand zlotys in fine. The bringing up of "SP" was an act with no precedents in the history of the policy toward the youth from the Polish government. The Organization registered in completely to the policy of the Polish communists of bringing up a "new man". In spite of the propaganda, which showed the doubtful advantages of "SP", the society, and especially the older generation, was not fooled. The inhabitants of Polish country and cities, took the mandatory work in the paramilitary "SP" as a announcement of the forthcoming of world war three. Despite this in 1948 in the brigades of "SP" there were over 60 thousands of young people.

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Przegląd Nauk Historycznych
• Year: 2002
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1

Dates

published

2002

Contributors

author

Lesiakowski, Krzysztof

other

Uniwersytet Łódzki

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URI

http://hdl.handle.net/11089/19882