Folk High Schools of the Republic of Poland Society (1945–1948) – contribution to the post-war history of folk high schools

Abstract

The article analyzes selected threads from the history of the Folk High Schools of the Republic of Poland Society (in Polish: Towarzystwo Uniwersytetów Ludowych Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej), which operated in the years 1945-1948. It was an independent educational organization that coordinated the activities of folk high schools in the first years after World War II – that is, the period in which these institutions reached the peak of their development in Poland, based on pre-war experience and preparatory work carried out during the occupation. Unfortunately, as a result of top-down political decisions, the Society was first merged with another organization into the Society of Workers' and People's University (in Polish: Towarzystwo Uniwersytetu Robotniczego i Ludowego), and finally it was liquidated in 1950.