Edward Pasek (1915-1983). Zaangażowany nauczyciel, regionalista i społecznik

• Authors: Święs Wojciech

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Edward Pasek (1915-1983). Dedicated teacher, regionalist and community worker

• Languages of publication: PL EN

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Edward Pasek is considered to be one of the leading Polish historians from Cieszyn working during the period of the People's Republic of Poland. He came from Trzycież (Czech: Střítež, in today's Zaolzie). After graduating from the teaching school for men (Seminarium Nauczycielskie) in Cieszyn (1935), he worked in schools in Cieszyn, Wisła and Kończyce Wielkie. After the Second World War, he returned to Kończyce Wielkie, where he became the head of the local school and a member of the borough’s People’s Council. In 1951, he moved to Cieszyn and began working at the County Education Department of the People’s Council – from 1954 as its head, and then (from 1958) as a school inspector in the Education Inspectorate of the People’s Council Presidium, which allowed him to have a major influence on the state of education in the region. In the years 1961-1978 he was a teacher of history and propaedeutics of knowledge about Poland and the modern world in a school complex bearing the colloquial name of the "trade school" in Cieszyn. He was the author of over 60 articles (both popularizing and scientific) on regional history, including on the subject of Cieszyn education and Kończyce Wielkie. He was active in many local societies. In 1956 he joined the Cieszyn branch of the Polish Historical Society, and he sat on its Management Board for many terms.

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczne Oddział w Cieszynie
• Journal: Pamiętnik Cieszyński
• Year: 2017
• Volume: T. 22
• Pages: 125-142

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Święs Wojciech

• Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczne Oddział w Cieszynie