W kręgu polityki i publicystyki. Działalność polityczna Ludwika Jaxy-Bykowskiego w okresie II Rzeczypospolitej
In the World of Politics and Opinion Journalism: The Political Activity of Ludwik Jaxa-Bykowski in the Second Polish Republic

Summary/Abstract: Professor Ludwik Jaxa-Bykowski (1881–1948) was a prominent educator, education organizer, head of the Department of Education, and co-founder of the Educational Institute at the University of Poznań. However, his broadly understood political activity in the National Party during the interwar period and his views on Polish-Jewish relations (particularly in terms of public schooling) have so far been presented in general terms only or altogether ignored. This article aims at filling the blanks in Ludwik Jaxa-Bykowski’s biography by exploring his political activity in the Second Polish Republic. Contributing to the political and social life in the interwar period was an important part of his activity that largely impacted his professional and academic life. His involvement with the National Party, public speeches, in which he defended imprisoned leaders of the Centrolew, and open criticism of the higher education reform advocated by authorities in the years 1932–1933 were behind the decision to close down the Department of Education at the University of Poznań in September 1933 and push Ludwik Jaxa-Bykowski into early retirement. The article also demonstrates his views on the issue of education for the Jewish minority in Poland and integrated education of Polish and Jewish students in primary and middle schools, and universities.

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