Turkolodzy polscy w czasie II wojny światowej

• Authors: Tyszkiewicz Jan

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Polish Turcologists during the 2nd World War

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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There were eight Turcologists in 1939 in Poland, including three professors: Władysław Kotwicz at the University of Lvov, Tadeusz Kowalski at the Jagiellonian University and Ananiasz Zajączkowski at the University of Warsaw. Muslim mufti in Poland Jakub Szynkiewicz and Marian Lewicki (University of Lvov) had a PhD in Oriental studies. Stanisław Szachno-Romanowicz, employee at the Main Archives in Warsaw, had an MA in Arabic studies and a PhD in Semitic studies. Master’s degrees in Oriental studies received: Ali Woronowicz (Lvov) and Turcologist Seraja Szapszał (St. Petersburg). A distinguished author and organiser of cultural life of the Karaites was Aleksander Mardkowicz (magazine “Karaj Awazy”) and of Tartars – Leon and Olgierd Kryczyński (magazine “Rocznik Tatarski”). Stanisław Kryczyński, with an MA in history, co-operated with the Tartars. Some of them were executed for political reasons,– Leon Kryczyński by the Germans (1939), Olgierd Kryczyński by the Soviet secret police NKVD (1942), Ali Woronowicz died in NKVD prison (1941); the last two for co-operation with the “Prometeusz” movement. Tadeusz Kowalski together with other Jagiellonian University professors was imprisoned in the Sachsenhausen camp (until 8.2.1940). Jobless and emaciated, the following died of natural causes: Stanisław Kryczyński (1941), Aleksander Mardkowicz (1944) and Władysław Kotwicz (1944). The following survived the war: Jakub Szynkiewicz (emigrated in 1944), Seraja Szapszał was detained in the Lithuanian Socialist Republic, Stanisław Szachno-Romanowicz, evacuated in 1939, remained as an expatriate in London. Doing odd jobs, the following survived the war: Tadeusz Kowalski, Ananiasz Zajączkowski, Marian Lewicki. After 1945 they took up scientific work.

Keywords

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turkolodzy polscy; II wojna światowa; okupacja niemiecka; okupacja sowiecka; eksterminacja elit; Tadeusz Kowalski; Władysław Kotwicz; Ananiasz Zajączkowski; Seraja Szapszał; Stanisław Szachno-Romanowicz; Marian Lewicki.

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Polish Turcologists; 2nd World War; German occupation; Sovet occupation; elites extermination; Tadeusz Kowalski; Władysław Kotwicz; Ananiasz Zajączkowski; Seraja Szapszał; Stanisław Szachno-Romanowicz; Marian Lewicki

• Publisher: Instytut Historii Nauki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Journal: Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 71–92

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Tyszkiewicz Jan

• Akademia Humanistyczna w Pułtusku