| dc.description.abstract | Tygodnik Polski. Materiały Obozowe, edited in Budapest by Edward Janus (Andrzej Stawar), was a cultural and
educational organ of the Civilian Committee for the Welfare of Polish Refugees in Hungary. It was released from
25th July 1943 to 12th March (19th March according to some sources) 1944 and was a direct continuator of the
previous periodical of the Committee titled Nasza Świetlica. Materiały Obozowe (published from 2nd February 1941 to
4th July 1943, from 1st May 1942 titled Materiały Obozowe). Tygodnik Polski. Materiały Obozowe, unlike its
predecessor that was produced on duplicating machines and distributed free of charge, was released in print and was
available in newsstands and on subscription.
Analogously to Nasza Świtlica, the magazine published popular science articles from diverse fields, commented on
current military events to the extent to which the censorship allowed as well as registered and discussed selected
manifestations of the refugee cultural and artistic life. Tygodnik Polski published literary texts written by
Polish authors residing in Hungary and translations of Hungarian literature but – in comparison with its
predecessor – it considerably reduced all kinds of hungarica and polono-hungarica. It also printed the
announcements and edicts of the Civilian Committee. An integral part of the magazine was an
autonomous insertion titled Głos Żołnierza, which was addressed to internee soldiers and had its own editor and
separate numbering.
The periodical quickly became the second (after Wieści Polskie) most important magazine of the Polish diaspora in
Hungary addressed to a more sophisticated and educated reader. It was liquidated, together with other Polish
institutions, when the Nazi occupation army entered Hungary on 19th March 1944. The event led to a complete
suppression of the Polish cultural life in that country. | en |
