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Cultural and sport life of the Jewish community of Staszów in 1918-1939
Paweł Skowron
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The article focus on cultural, educational and sport organizations in the small town of Staszów, in the province of Kielce in the years 1918-1939. The article 108 of the Constitution of the March of 1921 gave the citizens of the Republic of Poland the right to form associations and unions. The Jewish population, irrespective of the political and social situation of Poland showed great interest in cultural, educational, religious, social and sports life in the twenties and thirties of the twentieth century across the whole region of Kielce and set up various associations, organizations and clubs. In 1921 Staszów had 8357 inhabitants, including 3629 (43.5 per cent) Poles, 4704 Jews (56.3 per cent) and the remaining 24 persons (0.3 per cent) were of other faiths. In the interwar period in Staszów three cultural associations were set up: Kultur- Liga, Biblioteka Perec, Towarzystwo Kursów Wieczorowych Dla Robotników and four sports clubs: „Jutrznia”, „Gwiazda-Sztern”, „Blütz” (Hakoah) and Makabi. These associations and clubs spread Jewish culture and developed sport among the Jewish inhabitants of Staszów in that period.
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Kultur-Liga, Biblioteka Perec, Towarzystwo Kursów Wieczorowych dla Robotników, „Jutrznia”, „Gwiazda-Sztern”, „Blütz” (Hakoah), Makabi, interwar period, Jewish communityDetails
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