Lwów (Lviv) in the Second Republic of Poland, 1918-1939

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If you like my videos and want to make sure that I make more of them, you can support me here: https://ko-fi.com/sirmanatee This video offers a historical overview of Lwów/Lviv during the interwar period, when the city was part of the Second Republic of Poland (1918–1939). As a major administrative, cultural, and educational center, Lwów played a pivotal role in shaping the political and social landscape of eastern Poland. The video examines key aspects of ethnic tensions, demographic composition, intellectual life, and the city’s position within the broader context of interwar Central and Eastern Europe. Literature: - Budurowycz, Bohdan: Poland and the Ukrainian Problem 1921-1939, in: Canadian Slavonic Papers / Revue Canadienne des Slavistes 25 (1983), Nr. 4, pp. 473-500. - Duda, Roman: Die Lemberger Mathematikerschule, in: Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung 112 (2010), Nr. 1, pp. 4-24. - Hagen, William M.: Anti-Jewish Violence in Poland 1914–1920, Cambridge 2018. - Himka, John Paul: Western Ukraine between the Wars, in: Canadian Slavonic Papers / Revue Canadienne des Slavistes 34 (1992), Nr. 4, pp. 391-412. - Horbatsch, Anna-Halja: Polnische Stadt und ukrainische Minderheit. Nationale Gegens#tze im Lemberg der Zwischenkriegszeit, in: Fäßler, Peter; Held, Thomas & Sawitzki, Dirk (Ed.): Lemberg. Lwów. Lviv. Eine Stadt im Schnittpunkt europäischer Kulturen, Cologne; Weimar & Vienna 1993, pp. 92-112. - Leonhard, Jörn: Der überforderte Frieden. Versailles und die Welt 1918-1923, Sonderausgabe für die Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn 2019. - Mark, Rudolf A.: „Polnische Bastion und ukrainisches Piedmont”. Lemberg 1772-1921, in: Fäßler, Peter; Held, Thomas & Sawitzki, Dirk (Ed.): Lemberg. Lwów. Lviv. Eine Stadt im Schnittpunkt europäischer Kulturen, Cologne; Weimar & Vienna 1993, pp. 46-75. - Markowski, Damian: Zwei Aufstände. Die Schlacht um Lemberg 1918, Berlin a. o. 2021. - Mick, Christoph: Kriegserfahrungen in einer multiethnischen Stadt. Lemberg 1914-1947, Wiesbaden 2010. - Plokhy, Serhii: Das Tor Europas. Die Geschichte der Ukraine, Sonderausgabe für die Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn 2023. - Prusin, Alexander Victor: Nationalizing a Borderland. War, Ethnicity, and Anti-Jewish Violence in East Galicia 1914-1920, Tuscaloosa 2005. - Ther, Philipp: War versus Peace. Interethnic Relations in Lviv during the First Half of the Twentieth Century, in: Harvard Ukrainian Studies 24 (2000), pp. 251-284. - Wendland, Anna Veronika: Post-Austrian Lemberg. War Commemoration, Interethnic Relations, and ban Identity in Lviv 1918-1939, in: Austrian History Yearbook 34 (2003), pp. 83-102. - Wierzbieniec, Wacław: The Consequences of the Lviv Pogrom on November 22–23, 1918, in Light of the Findings and Actions of the Jewish Rescue Committee, in: Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia 18 (2020), pp. 33-48. - Wierzbieniec, Wacław: The Processes of Jewish Emancipation and Assimilation in the Multiethnic City of Lviv during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, in: Czaplicka, John (Ed.): Lviv. A City in the Crosscurrents of Culture, Cambridge 2005, pp. 223-250. - Wolos, Mariusz: Sortir de la guerre à Lvov. Le conflit polono-ukrainien sur les ruines de l’Autriche-Hongrie, in: Revue historique des armées 251 (2008), pp. 72-77. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction and Recap 2:52 The War after the War 8:33 The Lwów Pogrom of 1918 17:33 Lwów’s importance in Interwar Poland 22:51 The Ukrainian Issue 30:06 The Jews 33:14 Rise of Ethnic Tensions 39:07 Outro