Organizacja pomocy legionistom i żołnierzom Wojska Polskiego w Zwierzyńcu w latach 1915-1922

Abstract

The paper attempts to show the overall efforts made by society to help the legionnaires and soldiers of the Polish Army in the years 1915-1922. This is shown on the example of Zwierzyniec, a small town in South-East Poland, with a large group of people who were involved in charitable work there. The questions addressed in the paper enrich our knowledge about the history of Zwierzyniec, the Zamość administrative unit, and all the Lublin region during the First World War. In the light of the archival sources, which have been unknown so far, the paper discusses such organizations as: the League of Women, the Committee for the Care about Legionnaires, the Society of Friends of the Polish Soldier. Such associations as those mentioned, had their counterparts in Lublin and in other Polish towns.