Die Evangelisch-Augsburgische Kirche in Polen nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg
The Second World War and the new world order, which was afterwards established, was one of the most tragic periods in the history of Protestants in Poland. Because of the "resettlement" policy, the number of Lutherans shrank from 7000000 before 1939, to scarcely 75000 at the end of the cen...
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
2002
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Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte
Year: 2002, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 298-306 |
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| Summary: | The Second World War and the new world order, which was afterwards established, was one of the most tragic periods in the history of Protestants in Poland. Because of the "resettlement" policy, the number of Lutherans shrank from 7000000 before 1939, to scarcely 75000 at the end of the century (relating to the present area of Poland). It is just about 1% of the previous number! There were many different factors, which led to this situation. The most important ones: - nationality problems; both internal - the will to punish those who did not show "patriotic" attitude - and external - an opinion, which was very popular in many regions, that the true Poles are Catholic and Protestants (especially Lutherans) are in fact Germans; - membership problems; polish Lutherans had been members of many different protestant churches, but in the "new" Poland, only one Lutheran Church and one Reformed (Calvinist) Church existed; - material losses, caused by military activities during WWII; - the communist policy, extremely reluctant to all churches. In Poland additionally, the government wanted to improve its relations to the Catholic Church by granting protestant property to the Catholic Church (as so called "Germanleft" property). In the years of the communist rule in Poland, all Churches were allowed only limited activities. After 1989, according to the new laws of freedom of consciousness and freedom of denomination, new possibilities and new challenges arise. 1994 a new law about the relationship between the State and the Lutheran Church has been enacted. New pastoral offices have been established; for example: the Military Mission and the Prison Mission. The Lutheran Church succeeded in reclaiming parts of its lost property. A very close attention has been paid to the diaconical work also. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-808X |
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