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Review Article : Polish Studies on German History

The Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, has an established reputation as a centre for German studies. The University Press’s Historical series clearly reflects this specialization. To a Western reader, unfamiliar as a whole with the extent of the historical work taking place in Eastern Europe, it will be a surprise to note the familiarity which Polish scholars have with Western works and, in this case, with German historical writing. The prevailing ideology of the present regime is that the Polish state had a historical right to German eastern territories which Poland occupied after 1945. This view is not questioned by those opposed to the Communist regime and it is rare for Poles as a whole to come to terms with different interpretations of Polish rights to expand at Germany’s expense in 1919 and 1945. Nationalism is a potent factor in Polish society and remains a unifying one in an otherwise disunited nation. The years 1980 and 1981 were years of relative freedom of discussion, but this is not manifested in the publications of the Adam Mickiewicz University Press of that period. This is undoubtedly because of the inevitable lapse of time between completion of a work and its publication, but also because of the monolithic structure of Polish universities. In common with most European university practices, researchers tend to join ’stables’ or schools of thought and therefore tend to work in a relatively restrictive atmosphere. They are limited in their choice of research subjects and remain dependent on their supervisors for junior teaching posts. Not surprisingly, therefore, historical works, though well informed and closely argued, remain within the acceptable schools of thought. As stated above, the Institute of German Studies at the Poznan University encourages