On the threshold of the "new".The academic community in Poland in the faceof the communist takeover (until early 1947).Several press voices

Abstract

The new communist authorities in Poland after 1944/1945 aimed to completely rebuild the country they had taken over. The academic world was no exception, as the future/prosperity of the country depended largely on the so-called ‘struggle for the souls of young people’, i.e. the ideological formation of the younger generation. The rulers never fully succeeded in destroying the university ethos, although they tried intensively, especially in the first years after the end of World War II. The changes planned in the titular space were promoted by various political activists who claimed the status of scholars. Several comments made by them in the press constitute the content of this article.