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Michał Gwalbert Pawlikowski’s Emigration Experience (1939–1940) in the Light of His “Detailed Diary” and Other Personal Documents
Łukasz Chrobak
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7080-781X
Oddział Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej w Rzeszowie
Przegląd Archiwalny Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej, Vol. 18 (2025), pages: 173-196
Publication date: 2025-12-30
https://doi.org/10.48261/PAIPN251806
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Abstract
Michał Gwalbert Pawlikowski (1887–1970) was a representative of the Polish landed gentry and the homeland intellectual elite. Until 1939, he managed his family estate in Medyka, while being a writer, poet, collector, and publisher of the Biblioteka Medycka series, as well as an activist of the National Democracy movement. In September 1939, he was separated from his family, who remained in the occupied country. He managed to get to Italy, where he organised aid for Poles in Romania and Hungary for several months. At the same time, he made efforts to gain influence in the political life of the Polish émigré community. The article, based on Pawlikowski’s diary, discusses his fate after the outbreak of World War II and during his first months in Italy. It describes his attempts to become involved in the political and social affairs of the Polish émigré community, as well as answering the question of his role in that community during this period.
Keywords
Medyka • Przemyśl • Włochy • emigracja • Michał Gwalbert Pawlikowski • II wojna światowa Medyka • Przemyśl • Italy • emigration • Michał Gwalbert Pawlikowski • World War II
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