The Prussian Partition in the face of the Act of 5th November

This article is an attempt at presenting the reception of the so-called Act of 5th November 1916 in the Prussian Partition. The author has focused primarily on how this political declaration was perceived by the Polish political elites in the Poznań province.

Bernard Chrzanowski and his account of his work in the National League

The article deals with Bernard Chrzanowski’s account of his participation in the work of the National League. Chrzanowski was a lawyer, national, educational and social activist in the Prussian partition. In the Second Republic he held the office of school superintendent and sat in the Senate. Chrzanowski’s account, presented in the text, contains invaluable information about Poznan members of the National League before 1918, being among the few surviving testimonies about the group’s activities.

From Trier to Versailles – outline of the economic situation in Greater Poland between February and July 1919

After the end of the Greater Poland Uprising of 1918–1919 Greater Poland found itself in a situation where it formed an informally independent state entity for several months. Isolated from both Germany and Poland, it had to create an independent economic body. The article outlines the state, problems and transformations of agriculture and husbandry, industry and trade in Greater Poland between February and July 1919. These are compared to the situation before the First World War. In addition, the text looks at the influence of the economy on social changes and social problems in the region and vice versa. The author attempts to answer the question of how the authorities in Greater Poland dealt with the situation before the area was incorporated into the Second Polish Republic.