Wojna i okupacja na Pomorzu Nadwiślańskim a duchowieństwo w świetle niepublikowanych wspomnień i relacji

Abstract

The author discusses the history of war and occupation in the Vistula Pomerania in the context of the clergy’s commitment and attitudes, as determined by the situation created by the Nazi “law” The study is based on the memoirs and reports that have not been used in research yet, all of them kept in the church archives in Pelplin. In their light, the picture of martyrology and repression towards the intelligentsia can be supplemented and drawn in details. We mean especially Catholic priests, pastoral care (often administered under extremely difficult circumstances), a specific testimony of the dissemination of hope and protest against the imposed order. The documents included also the clergymen’s commitment to the resistance, a fact that has been barely known so far. An excellent illustration of the latter form of activity was the role of Rev. Alojzy Licznerski from Karsin in a small formation called “The Struggle Against the Occupant,” an organization that functioned during the war and occupation in Pomerania.