Siredzhuk P. Social-economic position and cultural life of the German minority of the Eastern Galicia (20-s - 30s years of the XX century).

The dissertation is devoted to the complex research of the social-economic position and cultural life of the German minority of the Eastern Galicia in between the wars period. Based on the wide range of sources, documents of the native and foreign archives, the definite part of which is firstly introduced to the scientific evaluation, it is estimated the number and dissemination of the German ethnos in the region in the stated period, and the ratio of the population of the German settlements, their ethno-legal status in the frames of the Polish State is analyzed. The degree of the principal trends of the German household of the Eastern Galician Germen - agriculture, cattle raising, crafts, trade, as well as supplementary bee-gardening, hunting and fishing and the cooperative movement is characterized. It is examined by the author the development of the primary and secondary education, the activities of the Dornfeld Public University, the religious life, the activities of the cultural-educational organizations, the creative activities of the chorus and theatre groups, the work of the national libraries and club establishments - "German Houses".The religious confessions, Protestant in particular, primary and secondary schools, cultural-educational communities, chorus and theatre groups, libraries and "German Houses" of the German minority of the region played a certain role in preserving the historic heritage and national identity, moreover, the rebirth of the national culture in the complicated conditions of the different obstacles of the Polish State bureaucratic mechanism.In the process of research it was estimated that Germen were, on the whole, loyal citizens of the Polish State, but not the fifth Column of Germany. The relationships of the Eastern Galician Germen with the Ukrainians were friendly, with the Poles - warm, with the Jewish chilly.