@ARTICLE{Żukiewicz_Arkadiusz_Kultura_2024,
 author={Żukiewicz, Arkadiusz},
 volume={t. 27},
 number={No 4},
 pages={23-40},
 journal={Rocznik Historii Prasy Polskiej},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2024},
 publisher={Polska Akademia Nauk Oddział w Krakowie Komisja Prasoznawcza},
 publisher={Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie},
 abstract={This article revisits — and introduces to present‑day readers — the monthly/weekly Kultura Polski [Poland's Culture], one of the many Polish magazines that sprang up during the Great War (1914–1918) with the intention of mobilizing support for the cause of an independent united Poland. Rather than focusing on the content or direct impact of the periodical the article examines the formal aspects of the publication as well as the ideological line and political goals of its editors. The sources for this historical study include documents and back issues of Kultura Polski from collections in libraries in Kraków, Warsaw and Łódź. Our research suggests that the magazine actually went into print only in 1917–1918 as the military censorship imposed by the Austrian authorities (license suspensions, political censorship, prosecutorial confiscations and searches at the Cracow editorial office) began to crumble. Moreover, the sources make it absolutely clear that the editorial office was at that time a hub of clandestine Polish pro‑independence activities, e.g. in 1917 it became the liaison secretariat of the Convention "A" (interim supreme command) of the Polish Military Organization (POW). Both Helena Radlińska, the editor‑in‑chief, and Leon Wasilewski, informal co‑editor, were Józef Piłsudski's old‑guard loyalists. It is this nexus of journalism, politics and underground activity which requires further study, in particular an in‑depth investigation of the involvement of the staff and collaborators of Kultura Polski in the intelligence and counterintelligence structures of the Polish armed forces after November 1918. An analysis of the content could also be of interest, not only from the historical perspective. As the magazine made a significant contribution to the awakening of patriotic and civic spirit in a society infected with the 'venom of slavery', it could well serve as an inspiration for present‑day pursuits of models, both theoretical and practical, of patriotic upbringing and education.},
 title={Kultura Polski magazine in the struggle for Poland’s independence (1917–1918)},
 type={Artykuł},
 URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/134288/2024-04-RHPP-02.pdf},
 keywords={Polish press in the 20th century, Poland’s independence struggle (1917–1918), Journalism and politics, Polish Military Organization (POW), Helena Radlińska (1879–1854), Leon Wasilewski (1870–1936)},
}