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"This book describes the formation, transnational activities, and inner workings of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) in exile. Made possible thanks to an in-depth examination of previously unutilised correspondence relating to the OUN, this title examines the organization during the first five years of its existence (1929-1934). In contrast to other available sources, such as the press or propaganda materials, the letters more faithfully present actual plans, motivations, and goals of the nationalists. The analysis not only uncovers unknown facts, but also reveals reactions, opinions, and emotions of individual activists. The book explores the structure and mechanisms of the OUN émigré networks by depicting tactics, decision making processes, and the efficiency of activities, as well as contacts and relations within the OUN and with the outside world. The international activity of the OUN is examined through the cooperation with individual countries, including Lithuania, Czechoslovakia, and Germany, but also with lobbying efforts in Great Britain, France, Italy, and North America, where émigré activists of the OUN or their contacts were based. Finally, the book investigates the OUN policy towards activists operating on the area of the Second Polish Republic. This text will be of interest to scholars of Ukrainian history, nationalism, comparative fascism, and transnationalism"--

The assassination of Bronisław Pieracki, Polish Minister of Interior, which took place in 1934, was the most significant operation carried out by the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists during the interwar period, and was a consequence of tense Polish-Ukrainian relations. The so-called Senyk's Archive, discovered by Czechoslovakian intelligence in 1933 and handed over to the Polish authorities, was disclosed too late to prevent the tragedy, yet it became grounds for the formulation of an indictment against Stepan Bandera and other OUN members involved in terrorist activities against the Second Polish Republic. The archive consists of about 700 letters exchanged by the members of the OUN Board in exile during the first half of the 1930s. The author of the present article discovered them in the Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine in Lviv. ; p. 109-126 ; Abstract in English and Polish ; Zabójstwo ministra spraw wewnętrznych Bronisława Pierackiego w 1934 roku, jako najpoważniejsza akcja przeprowadzona przez Organizację Ukraińskich Nacjonalistów w latach międzywojennych, było pochodną napiętych relacji polsko-ukraińskich. Tzw. archiwum Senyka, znalezione przez wywiad czechosłowacki w 1933 roku i przekazane polskim władzom, zostało ujawnione zbyt późno, aby zapobiec tragedii, jednak stało się podstawą do sformułowania aktu oskarżenia przeciwko Stepanowi Banderze oraz innym członkom OUN zaangażowanym w terrorystyczną działalność wobec II Rzeczypospolitej. Archiwum składa się z około 700 listów wymienianych pomiędzy członkami Zarządu OUN na emigracji w pierwszej połowie lat 30. XX wieku. Autorka niniejszego artykułu odnalazła je w Centralnym Państwowych Archiwum Historycznym Ukrainy we Lwowie. ; s. 109-126 ; Abstrakt w języku polskim i angielskim.

In 2017, during a conference held at the Historical Institute of the University of Wrocław, Poland, an international group of early career researchers and PhD students had the opportunity to discuss the process of transition in cities from early modern times to the present day. This book, arising from the discussions of that meeting, focuses on the social, economic, political and structural transformations of some cities in Europe, the Near East and Asia from the seventeenth century up to the contemporary era. The first part of the text, entitled "Facing the Other: Perception, Relations, (Co)existence" explores the attitudes of the locals towards newcomers to a city, as well as the coexistence of different social, ethnic, religious and cultural groups, and their adaptation, assimilation, integration, and rejection. The second part "The Evolution of the Urban Space" concentrates on municipal and central authorities' policies that, together with structural transformations in the urban tissue, had a direct impact on public space and the everyday life of the city dwellers. The volume will serve to contribute to the international discussion on the complexity of progressive urbanisation and its consequences from the early modern period onwards.