- Bratnia Pomoc
Bratnia Pomoc (English: "Brotherly Help"), also known as Bratniak, is a popular Polish students’ mutual aid organization. First branch of Bratniak was created in
1859 at theJagiellonian University , thirty years later another branch was opened at theWarsaw University .Bratnia Pomoc was originally aimed at helping poorer students, providing them with loans, it also supported cheap cafeterias for those who could not afford more expensive places. Its members were also active in educating population of Polish towns and villages, preventing them from
Russification andGermanization .In the interbellum period Bratniak had its offices at all Polish colleges as well as then-German
Gdansk University of Technology . Most organizations of Bratniak, however, were in the 1930s dominated by the nationalist Academic Union “All Polish Youth”.After
World War Two Bratniak existed until early 1950s, then it was dissolved and repaced with communist organizationZrzeszenie Studentów Polskich (Association of Polish Students). Bratnia Pomoc was recreated after1989 .Poland-hist-stub
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* [http://www.muzeum.warszawa1939.pl/osoba.php?osoba_id=3 Information about Bratniak at www.muzeum.warszawa1939.pl]
* [http://www.bpa.pl/]
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