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CULTURE UNDER CONSTANT THREAT

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Tazbir J.

Kultura i Społeczeństwo

2008

vol. 52

issue 1

47-62

In her diaries Maria Dabrowska expresses concerns about the future of European and Polish culture after 1945. According to the authorrss, Polish culture is threatened with russification which being conducted with 'devilish force and cunning'. Dabrowska exaggerated the susceptibility of Poles to such danger. She believed that the Catholic Church could not provide an effective barrier against it, nor could the publications appearing abroad - of which Dabrowska was critical. Which is why an intellectual can only serve his nation effectively if he remains in Poland. Thus, a large part of the diaries was devoted to the defence of Polishness.

MARIA DABROWSKA'S DIARIES AS A SOURCE OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE

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Zarnowski J.

Kultura i Społeczeństwo

2008

vol. 52

issue 1

27-45

The author considers the diaries of Maria Dabrowska covering the period 1914 to 1966 which have recently been made available in electronic form and recognises her as the most important Polish storyteller of the first half of the 20th century. He considers the importance of this work to research into the history of Poland during the 20th century. He emphasises Maria Dabrowska's specific view of political and social reality, which is not surprising given that she was a leading intellectual and artist. However, the diaries are not just a reflection of the author's personality but they also illustrate the attitudes that part of the Polish intelligentsia which during the years prior to independence in 1989 was called the 'independence intelligentsia'. This was a community which was largely liberal and left-wing whose views were shaped by concepts adopted at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. A broad spectrum of Polish society did not fully accept the views of that community. Nevertheless, at critical times (e.g. the invasion of Poland in 1939, resistance against the Germans in 1939-1944 or the communist crisis in 1956) Maria Dabrowska's diaries reflect the attitudes of most Poles. The diaries shed light on the situation and attitudes of the intelligentsia and intellectuals during the communist era and their attitudes to the authorities and the communist or socialist social and political programme.

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MARIA DABROWSKA'S DIARIES AS A SOURCE OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE