Sprawozdanie Tymczasowego Zarządu Miejskiego w Grudziądzu za okres 09.03– 15.05.1945 roku

• Authors: Schoenwald Dawid

Title variants

DE

Bericht des Provisorischen Stadtrats in Grudziadz (Graudenz) über die Zeit vom 9. März – 15. Mai 1945

EN

Report of the Provisional Municipal Administration in Grudziądz (Tymczasowy Zarząd Miejski w Grudziądzu) for the period 09.03–15.05.1945

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Zbigniew Zawadzki, a well-known and respected collector of souvenirs related to Grudziądz, died in 2017. Among the many original items, an interesting report for the two post-war months from 1945 by the Provisional Municipal Administration in Grudziądz was placed in the collection of Fr. dr Władysław Łęga Museum in Grudziądz. Unfortunately, the original document has not been found so far. However, its content is so interesting that it is worth quoting it in full, especially taking into consideration the fact that the historical literature from this period concerning Grudziądz is scarce. The report, signed by the provisional president of Grudziądz, Franciszek Mówiński, is composed of 7 pages. Many very interesting economic and historical aspects for the period March 9–May 15, 1945 were shortly desribed in fourteen points, which is shortly after the Red Army conquered the town in the battle with the German army, which signed the capitulation act on March 6 that year. What deserves attention among the information contained in the report is, among others, the description of the state of the industry, trade, communication, education, public-benefit units and the town hall in ruined Grudziądz. The political aspects are also very interesting, as they contain the information on the Town Authorities’ arrival to the town, and the formation of the bureaucratic and political party apparatus. The report is additionally supplemented with marginal notes, added chronologically until 1946, in which the dates of particular activities of the Municipal Administration were given, regarding the launching respective schools, public-benefit buildings or public transport. Even though the document is brief, it deserves special attention due to the low interest in the post-war period in Grudziądz, especially after the fall of communism.

• Publisher: Muzeum w Grudziądzu
• Journal: Rocznik Grudziądzki
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 29
• Pages: 145-153

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Schoenwald Dawid

• Muzeum im. ks. dr. W. Łęgi w Grudziądzu