The aurhor presents opinions on the involvement and role of the Jews before and during the 1863 January Uprising in historical writings of the years 1864-1918. The juxtaposition of the views of the participants in the disputes, former Uprising activists, and of amateur historians studying the history of the insurrection, confirms that just before the outbreak of the uprising in the Kingdom of Poland an unprecedented reconciliation occurred between the Poles and the Jews. The authors writing about that brotherhood often strike an exalted note, ascribing a symbolic significance to the granting of equal rights to Jews in the Kingdom of Poland in 1862. In the writings in question, derogatory statements about Jews, bordering on anti-Semitism, were a marginal occurrence.
Following article deals with the history of Collegium Scholarum Piarum in Krakow at the turn of the 20th century. In the introduction is described complex socio-political situation in Poland in the 18th century and early 19th century, the period of a decline in Piarist schools. After the January Uprising in Poland remained only the Piarist College in Krakow. The main part of the article deals with the conditions related to facilities and staffing at Piarist College in Krakow and also its educational activities.
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