1938 in Poland
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On May 15, 1936, president of Poland Ignacy MościckiIgnacy Moscicki
Ignacy Mościcki was a Polish chemist, politician, and President of Poland . He was the longest-serving President of Poland .-Life:...
designed the government under prime minister Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski. The government was dissolved on September 30, 1939 and it was the last government of the Second Polish Republic
Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland refers to Poland between the two world wars; a period in Polish history in which Poland was restored as an independent state. Officially known as the Republic of Poland or the Commonwealth of Poland , the Polish state was...
which resided in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
.
Members of the government
- President of Poland - Ignacy MościckiIgnacy MoscickiIgnacy Mościcki was a Polish chemist, politician, and President of Poland . He was the longest-serving President of Poland .-Life:...
, - Prime Minister - Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski,
- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Treasury - Eugeniusz KwiatkowskiEugeniusz KwiatkowskiEugeniusz Kwiatkowski was a Polish politician and economist, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, government minister and manager of the Second Polish Republic....
, - Minister of Foreign Affairs - Józef BeckJózef Beck' was a Polish statesman, diplomat, military officer, and close associate of Józef Piłsudski...
, - Minister of Justice - Witold Grabowski,
- Minister of Military Affairs - Tadeusz KasprzyckiTadeusz KasprzyckiTadeusz Kasprzycki was a member of the Polish Legions in First World War, general of the Polish Army from 1929 and Minister of Military Affairs of Poland from 1935 to 1939....
, - Minister of Agriculture - Juliusz Poniatowski,
- Minister of Communication - Juliusz Ulrych
- Minister of Industry and Trade - Antoni Roman.
Other personalities
- Primate of Poland - August Hlond,
- Eastern Orthodox ChurchEastern Orthodox ChurchThe Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...
Archbishop of WarsawWarsawWarsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
- Dionizy (Dionisij, real name Konstantyn Waledynski), - Chief Rabbi of Warsaw - vacant,
- Marshall of the SejmSejmThe Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....
- Waclaw Makowski, - Marshall of the Senat - Boguslaw Miedzinski.
January
- January 1. In Tarnopol, a process of 51 members of the Communist Party of Western UkraineCommunist Party of Western UkraineCommunist Party of Western Ukraine was a political party in eastern interbellum Poland. Until 1923 it was known as the Communist Party of Eastern Galicia.Young Communist League of Western Ukraine was the youth league of the party....
ends. Izrael Wuhl is sentenced to 8 years in prison, Himmelstein Szapse - to 6 years. Altogether, 37 persons are sentenced. According to the government's statistics, as for January 1, 1938, there are 44 200 motor vehicles in Poland, including 9876 motorcycles. In 1937, 194,000 tourists visited the Eastern borderlandsKresyThe Polish term Kresy refers to a land considered by Poles as historical eastern provinces of their country. Today, it makes western Ukraine, western Belarus, as well as eastern Lithuania, with such major cities, as Lviv, Vilnius, and Hrodna. This territory belonged to the Polish-Lithuanian...
of Poland, with 66,000 of them visiting Wilno, - January 3. The Polish Road Congress begins at the Warsaw University of TechnologyWarsaw University of TechnologyThe Warsaw University of Technology is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland, and one of the largest in Central Europe. It employs 2,453 teaching faculty, with 357 professors . The student body numbers 36,156 , mostly full-time. There are 17 faculties covering almost all fields of...
. In DaugavpilsDaugavpilsDaugavpils is a city in southeastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. Daugavpils literally means "Daugava Castle". With a population of over 100,000, it is the second largest city in the country after the capital Riga, which is located some...
, the 18th anniversary of the city's capturing by forces of the Polish Army under Edward Rydz-SmiglyEdward Rydz-SmiglyEdward Rydz-Śmigły , before 1922 Edward Rydz, since 1922 ; nom de guerre Śmigły, Tarłowski, Adam Zawisza) was a Marshal of Poland, Polish political figure, Commander-in-Chief of Poland's armed forces, and a painter and poet...
is celebrated (see: Battle of DaugavpilsBattle of DaugavpilsBattle of Daugavpils was the final battle of the joint Polish and Latvian Operation Winter against the Red Army. It took place in late December 1919 in the area around the city of Daugavpils...
), - January 11. General Stanislaw Skwarczynski officially becomes leader of the Camp of National Unity,
- January 13. Minister Jozef BeckJózef Beck' was a Polish statesman, diplomat, military officer, and close associate of Józef Piłsudski...
leaves Warsaw for the session of the League of NationsLeague of NationsThe League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first permanent international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace...
in GenevaGenevaGeneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, via Berlin, - January 15. Launching of the submarine Orzel in the Dutch port of Vlissingen,
- January 17. German military delegation visits Poland,
- January 22. Professor Edmund Bulanda becomes chancellor of the Jan Kazimierz University in Lwów. On the same day, a meteorological observatory is opened on the Kasprowy Wierch,
- January 26. General Tadeusz KutrzebaTadeusz KutrzebaTadeusz Kutrzeba was an army general of the Second Polish Republic.Kutrzeba was born in Kraków, then part of Austria-Hungary...
, while presenting a plan of possible military conflict with Nazi GermanyNazi GermanyNazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
, emphasizes that the WehrmachtWehrmachtThe Wehrmacht – from , to defend and , the might/power) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer , the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe .-Origin and use of the term:...
is three times stronger than the Polish Army, - January 28. Jozef Beck gives a speech at the League of Nations session in Geneve,
- January 29. Empress of IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, Tadj ol-MoloukTadj ol-MoloukTadj ol-Molouk of Iran was the daughter of General Teymūr Khan Ayromlou, and the Queen Consort of Reza Shah, founder of the Pahlavi dynasty and Shah of Iran between 1915 and 1941. The title she was given after becoming Queen means "Crown of the King" in the Persian language...
, comes to Poland. In southern Poland, in Drohobycz and BoryslawBoryslawBorysław may refer to:* Boryslav, Ukraine, called Borysław in Polish*Borysław, Łódź Voivodeship...
, violent hurricane destroys several oil rigs, - January 30. General Felicjan Slawoj-Skladkowski tours northeastern Poland - counties of Braslaw, Swieciany, DzisnaDzisnaDzisna , is a town in the Vitsebsk Voblast of Belarus. It's located on the left bank of the Daugava River, near the confluence of Dysna. It has 2,700 inhabitants . The towns population has declined over the years; early in the 20th century it had close to 10,000 inhabitants....
, and Postawy, - January 31. First Congress of Polish Muslims begins in Wilno.
February
- February 5. Miklós HorthyMiklós HorthyMiklós Horthy de Nagybánya was the Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary during the interwar years and throughout most of World War II, serving from 1 March 1920 to 15 October 1944. Horthy was styled "His Serene Highness the Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary" .Admiral Horthy was an officer of the...
comes to KrakówKrakówKraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
, then goes hunting to Białowieża, - February 9. Miklós Horthy visits WarsawWarsawWarsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, - February 12. Economic Council of Eastern Lesser PolandLesser PolandLesser Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland, with its capital in the city of Kraków. It forms the southeastern corner of the country, and should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers only a small, southern part of Lesser Poland...
is opened in Lwów by voivode Alfred Biłyk, - February 15. Snowstorms across Poland make railroads impassable,
- February 18. Three members of the Wilno branch of the National PartyNational Party (Poland)Stronnictwo Narodowe was a Polish political party formed on 7 October 1928 after the transformation of National Populist Union. It gathered together most of the political forces of Poland's National Democracy right-wing political camp. SN was one of the main opponents of the Sanacja regime...
are incarcerated and sent to the Bereza Kartuska prisonBereza Kartuska prisonThe Bereza Kartuska detention camp was a Polish prison, principally for political prisoners of the sanacja regime, that was operated in 1934–39 at Bereza Kartuska in the former Polesie Province ....
, - February 23. Hermann Goering comes to Poland, and goes hunting to Białowieża,
March
- March 2. In Kowel, a process of 19 members of the Communist Party of Western UkraineCommunist Party of Western UkraineCommunist Party of Western Ukraine was a political party in eastern interbellum Poland. Until 1923 it was known as the Communist Party of Eastern Galicia.Young Communist League of Western Ukraine was the youth league of the party....
begins, - March 5. A ten-day strike in the Warsaw Opera ends,
- March 6. Jozef BeckJózef Beck' was a Polish statesman, diplomat, military officer, and close associate of Józef Piłsudski...
comes to Rome. On the same day in Berlin, Congress of the Union of Poles in GermanyUnion of Poles in GermanyUnion of Poles in Germany is an organisation of the Polish minority in Germany, founded in 1922. In 1924, the union initiated collaboration between other minorities, including Sorbs, Danes, Frisians and Lithuanians, under the umbrella organization Association of National Minorities in Germany....
begins, - March 7. In Zloczow, a process of 9 members of the Organization of Ukrainian NationalistsOrganization of Ukrainian NationalistsThe Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists is a Ukrainian political organization which as a movement originally was created in 1929 in Western Ukraine . The OUN accepted violence as an acceptable tool in the fight against foreign and domestic enemies particularly Poland and Russia...
begins. The defendants are accused of killing two Poles. In Rome, Jozef Beck dines with Benito MussoliniBenito MussoliniBenito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
and Galeazzo CianoGaleazzo CianoGian Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari was an Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Benito Mussolini's son-in-law. In early 1944 Count Ciano was shot by firing squad at the behest of his father-in-law, Mussolini under pressure from Nazi Germany.-Early life:Ciano was born in...
, - March 10. Herbert HooverHerbert HooverHerbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was originally a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business...
comes to Poland, - March 11. Herbert Hoover visits the Jagiellonian UniversityJagiellonian UniversityThe Jagiellonian University was established in 1364 by Casimir III the Great in Kazimierz . It is the oldest university in Poland, the second oldest university in Central Europe and one of the oldest universities in the world....
in Kraków. A soldier of the Border Defence Corps is killed on the Polish - Lithuanian border by Lithuanian troops, - March 13. Jozef Beck leaves Rome. On the same day in LutskLutskLutsk is a city located by the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of the surrounding Lutskyi Raion within the oblast...
, meeting of Association of Reserve Officers takes place, - March 14. Authorities of the Stanisławów Voivodeship close local branches of Ukrainian organizations SokilSokilSokil may refer to:* Sokil Kyiv, a Ukrainian professional ice hockey team* Maria Sokil , a famous Ukrainian opera singer- See also :* List of places named Sokil* Sokal * Sokol...
and ProsvitaProsvitaProsvita is a society created in the nineteenth century in Ukrainian Galicia for preserving and developing Ukrainian culture and education among population....
, - March 16. In Warsaw's Royal CastleRoyal Castle, WarsawThe Royal Castle in Warsaw is a castle residency and was the official residence of the Polish monarchs. It is located in the Castle Square, at the entrance to the Warsaw Old Town. The personal offices of the king and the administrative offices of the Royal Court of Poland were located there from...
, Edward Smigly-Rydz, Felicjan Slawoj-Skladkowski, Eugeniusz KwiatkowskiEugeniusz KwiatkowskiEugeniusz Kwiatkowski was a Polish politician and economist, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, government minister and manager of the Second Polish Republic....
, and Jozef BeckJózef Beck' was a Polish statesman, diplomat, military officer, and close associate of Józef Piłsudski...
meet to discuss Polish - Lithuanian conflict, - March 17. Polish ultimatum to Lithuania1938 Polish ultimatum to LithuaniaThe 1938 Polish ultimatum to Lithuania was an ultimatum delivered to Lithuania by Poland on March 17, 1938. The Lithuanian government had steadfastly refused to have any diplomatic relations with Poland after 1920, protesting the annexation by Poland of the Vilnius Region. As pre-World War II...
. On the same day, textile workers of Łódź and surrounding towns declare a warning strike, - March 18. In Wilno and Warsaw, thousands of inhabitants take part in anti-Lithuanian demonstration. Among Polish officials present at the demonstration in Wilno, is commander-in-chief of the Polish Army, Edward Smigly-Rydz, who had come to the city by train at 7:45 a.m.,
- March 19. The government of LithuaniaLithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
accepts Polish ultimatum, - March 24. In Brzeżany, five members of the Organization of Ukrainian NationalistsOrganization of Ukrainian NationalistsThe Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists is a Ukrainian political organization which as a movement originally was created in 1929 in Western Ukraine . The OUN accepted violence as an acceptable tool in the fight against foreign and domestic enemies particularly Poland and Russia...
are sentenced to several years in prison, - March 26. Christian merchants of Warsaw present to the Polish Army 40 heavy machine guns (see: National Defence FundFundusz Obrony NarodowejFundusz Obrony Narodowej was an attempt by both the government of the Second Polish Republic and the Polish nation to collect funds necessary for improving fighting ability of the Polish Army before the increasingly likely World War II....
), - March 27. In Lwów, 27 members of the Communist Party of Western UkraineCommunist Party of Western UkraineCommunist Party of Western Ukraine was a political party in eastern interbellum Poland. Until 1923 it was known as the Communist Party of Eastern Galicia.Young Communist League of Western Ukraine was the youth league of the party....
are sentenced to several years in prison. Sara Bryn is sentenced to 10 years, Rybka Malinowitzer and Gerdie Zimmer to 7 years, and Dora Eichenbaum to 5 years, - March 27. In Lwów, and other cities of southern Poland, hundreds of Jewish refugees from Austria arrive (see: AnschlussAnschlussThe Anschluss , also known as the ', was the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938....
), - March 28. Franciszek Charwat arrives in KaunasKaunasKaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...
as the first Polish diplomatic representative in Lithuania, - March 30. President Ignacy MoscickiIgnacy MoscickiIgnacy Mościcki was a Polish chemist, politician, and President of Poland . He was the longest-serving President of Poland .-Life:...
grants amnesty to 134 criminal prisoners. On te same day, Association of Poles in Czechoslovakia issues a statement in which it demands autonomy for Polish minority of CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
. First telephone conversation between Poland and Lithuania takes place, - March 31. Poland and LithuaniaLithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
establish diplomatic relationships,
April
- April 1. Territorial reform of PolandTerritorial changes of Polish Voivodeships on April 1, 1938On April 1, 1938, borders of several western and central Voivodeships changed considerably. This included such Voivodeships as Pomerania, Poznan, Warsaw, Lodz, Bialystok, Lublin and Kielce. Pomerania gained most, while Bialystok lost most...
, in which borders of several Western and Central Voivodeships change considerably, - April 4. A process of 39 Communist activists begins in Warsaw. Prime minister Felicjan Slawoj-Skladkowski, together with voievode of Lwów, Alfred Biłyk, tour southern Poland - counties of MielecMielecMielec is a city in south-eastern Poland with a population of 60,979 inhabitants, as of June 2009. It is located in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship ; previously it was in Rzeszów Voivodeship...
, KolbuszowaKolbuszowaKolbuszowa is a small town in south-eastern Poland, with 9,190 inhabitants .Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship , it is the capital of Kolbuszowa County.-History:The name of the town comes from the land owner Kolbusz...
, Dabrowa TarnowskaDabrowa TarnowskaDąbrowa Tarnowska is a town in Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, about north of Tarnów. It is the capital of Dąbrowa County. Before reorganization Dąbrowa Tarnowska was part of Tarnów Voivodeship . Population is 11'402...
, BrzeskoBrzeskoBrzesko is a town in southern Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It lies approximately west of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków. Since Polish administrative reorganization , Brzesko has been the administrative capital of Brzesko County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship...
, and TarnówTarnówTarnów is a city in southeastern Poland with 115,341 inhabitants as of June 2009. The city has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, but from 1975 to 1998 it was the capital of the Tarnów Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the strategic east-west connection...
, - April 5. Rail communication between Poland and Lithuania is initiated, along the connection LandwarowLentvarisLentvaris is a city in eastern Lithuania, 9 km east form Trakai, an important center of transportation, because many roads and railroads cross here.Lake Lentvaris is located near the city.- History :...
- VievisVievisVievis is a small city in Elektrėnai municipality, Lithuania. It is located 14 km east of Elektrėnai. The city is surrounded by Lake Vievis.In 1522 year the Vievis manor, in 1539 year - town, which belonged to Ogiński family, was mentioned...
, - April 10. In Rawa Ruska county, the police arrest around 70 members of the Organization of Ukrainian NationalistsOrganization of Ukrainian NationalistsThe Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists is a Ukrainian political organization which as a movement originally was created in 1929 in Western Ukraine . The OUN accepted violence as an acceptable tool in the fight against foreign and domestic enemies particularly Poland and Russia...
. Several handguns are confiscated, - April 11. Demonstrations of Maritime and Colonial LeagueMaritime and Colonial LeagueThe Maritime and Colonial League was a mass Polish social organization, created in 1930 out of the Maritime and River League . In the late 1930s it was directed by general Mariusz Zaruski and its purpose was to educate the Polish nation about maritime issues...
in Polish cities, in which overseas colonies for Poland are demanded, - April 12. Near WieluńWielunWieluń is a city in central Poland with 24,347 inhabitants . Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship , it was previously in Sieradz Voivodeship .- History :...
, a train from GdyniaGdyniaGdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together...
to KrakówKrakówKraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
derails, with no casualties, - April 13. In the Upper-Silesian settlement of LagiewnikiBytomBytom is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The central-western district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Bytom is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Bytomka river .The city belongs to the Silesian Voivodeship since...
, a Polish streetcar crashes with a German streetcar, - April 14. Henryk JozewskiHenryk JózewskiHenryk Józewski was a Polish visual artist, politician, a member of government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, later an administrator during the Second Polish Republic....
becomes voivode of the Łódź Voivodeship, while Aleksander Hauke-Nowak becomes voivode of the Wołyń Voivodeship, - April 18. In Rome, Andrzej Bobola becomes a saint,
- April 19. Inhabitants of Wilno celebrate the 19th anniversary of city's liberation from the Soviets. Dar PomorzaDar PomorzaThe Dar Pomorza is a Polish sailing frigate, currently preserved in Gdynia as a museum ship.The ship was built in 1909 by Blohm & Voss and in 1910 dedicated by Deutscher Schulschiff-Verein as the German training ship Prinzess Eitel Friedrich, named for Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg, wife...
returns to the port of GdyniaGdyniaGdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together...
, after a 216-day cruise, - April 20. Outbreak of epidemic of typhusTyphusEpidemic typhus is a form of typhus so named because the disease often causes epidemics following wars and natural disasters...
in the area of JaworówJaworówJaworów may refer to:*Jaworów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Jaworów, Łódź Voivodeship *Jaworów, Lublin Voivodeship *the Polish name for the town of Yavoriv in Ukraine...
. In Wilno, eight students of Jewish high schools are sentenced for membership of communist organizations, - April 21. Polish mass-media inform that population of the country is 34,534,000,
- April 23. In Warsaw, 39 communists are sentenced to several years in prison. South of MuszynaMuszynaMuszyna is a town in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. Population: 4,989 . It is a railroad junction, located near border with Slovakia, with trains going into three directions - towards Nowy Sącz, Krynica-Zdrój and southwards, to Slovakia....
, Czechoslovak border guards shoot a Polish balloon Moscice, - April 24 A general meeting of Camp of National Unity takes place in Katowice,
- April 25. Minister Eugeniusz KwiatkowskiEugeniusz KwiatkowskiEugeniusz Kwiatkowski was a Polish politician and economist, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, government minister and manager of the Second Polish Republic....
visits Polish Upper SilesiaUpper SilesiaUpper Silesia is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia. Since the 9th century, Upper Silesia has been part of Greater Moravia, the Duchy of Bohemia, the Piast Kingdom of Poland, again of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown and the Holy Roman Empire, as well as of...
. Local authorities in Wilno allow publication of Lithuanian minority newspapers and magazines, - April 26. A group of Hitlerjugend attacks a meeting of The Association of Poles in the Free City of DanzigFree City of DanzigThe Free City of Danzig was a semi-autonomous city-state that existed between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig and surrounding areas....
. Airborne and Antigas Defence LeagueAirborne and Antigas Defence LeagueAir and Chemical Defense League was a mass Polish paramilitary organization, founded in 1928 and based on the previous organization, Air Defense League of the Country . In 1937 it numbered some 1.5 mln members, with 14 000 local branches...
has 1,630,000 members, - April 27. A Polish - British Sea Treaty is signed in London,
- April 30. To prevent street clashes during the International Workers' DayInternational Workers' DayInternational Workers' Day is a celebration of the international labour movement and left-wing movements. It commonly sees organized street demonstrations and marches by working people and their labour unions throughout most of the world. May 1 is a national holiday in more than 80 countries...
,temporary prohibition is introduced in Warsaw. Across the Nowogródek Voivodeship, construction of 100 Marshall Jozef PilsudskiJózef PilsudskiJózef Klemens Piłsudski was a Polish statesman—Chief of State , "First Marshal" , and authoritarian leader of the Second Polish Republic. From mid-World War I he had a major influence in Poland's politics, and was an important figure on the European political scene...
elementary schools begins,
May
- May 1. Street clashes during celebrations of the Labor DayLabor DayLabor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September that celebrates the economic and social contributions of workers.-History:...
in such cities, as KielceKielceKielce ) is a city in central Poland with 204,891 inhabitants . It is also the capital city of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodeship...
, Lwów and WarsawWarsawWarsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, - May 2. Opening of the Poznań International FairPoznan International FairThe Poznań International Fair is the biggest industrial fair in Poland. It is held on the Poznań fairground in Poland. Poznań International Fair is located in the centre of the city opposite the main railway station - Poznań Główny, in the centre of Poland and in the centre of...
, - May 9. Gauleiter Albert ForsterAlbert ForsterAlbert Maria Forster was a Nazi German politician. Under his administration as the Gauleiter of Danzig-West Prussia during the Second World War, the local non-German population suffered ethnic cleansing, mass murder, and forceful Germanisation...
comes to Poland. He talks with Jozef BeckJózef Beck' was a Polish statesman, diplomat, military officer, and close associate of Józef Piłsudski...
, visits Warsaw, Lwów and Wilno, - May 10. After resignation of professor Wladyslaw SzaferWladyslaw SzaferWładysław Szafer was a Polish botanist, quaternary geologist and professor of botany at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.-References:...
, professor Tadeusz Lahr-Splawinski becomes new chancellor of the Jagiellonian UniversityJagiellonian UniversityThe Jagiellonian University was established in 1364 by Casimir III the Great in Kazimierz . It is the oldest university in Poland, the second oldest university in Central Europe and one of the oldest universities in the world....
in KrakówKrakówKraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
, - May 11. Opening of telephone lines and mail service between Poland and Lithuania,
- May 13. Poland celebrates third anniversary of the death of Marshall Jozef PilsudskiJózef PilsudskiJózef Klemens Piłsudski was a Polish statesman—Chief of State , "First Marshal" , and authoritarian leader of the Second Polish Republic. From mid-World War I he had a major influence in Poland's politics, and was an important figure on the European political scene...
, - May 15. In LegionowoLegionowoLegionowo is a town in Masovia . According to the 2004 Census estimate the town has a total population of 50,759.Legionowo is located ca. 23 km to the north-east of the center of Warsaw and only 7 km to the south of Zegrze Reservoir , near the Warsaw-Gdańsk railroad and Warsaw-Suwałki...
, balloon "Toruń" sets off to a stratospheric flight, - May 17. Prime minister Slawoj-Skladkowski meets all Polish voivodes,
- May 19. General meeting of the Camp of National Unity begins in Warsaw,
- May 20 Romanian prime minister, Patriarch Miron CristeaMiron CristeaMiron Cristea, was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian cleric and politician....
, comes to Poland. A transport of bears from Soviet Union comes to Białowieża Forest. Some of Josephine BakerJosephine BakerJosephine Baker was an American dancer, singer, and actress who found fame in her adopted homeland of France. She was given such nicknames as the "Bronze Venus", the "Black Pearl", and the "Créole Goddess"....
's possessions are stolen during her stay in Lwów, - May 21. Minister Jozef Beck leaves Warsaw for StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, - May 22. A Ukrainian Congress, planned in Lwów to commemorate 70th anniversary of creation of ProsvitaProsvitaProsvita is a society created in the nineteenth century in Ukrainian Galicia for preserving and developing Ukrainian culture and education among population....
, is banned by the Polish government. Romanian prime minister visits Kraków. In Warsaw, Polish lawyers present to the army six anti-aircraft guns, - May 25. Large fires destroy about 100 buildings in two villages near Wilno. In Stockholm, Jozef Beck meets Gustaf VGustaf V of SwedenGustaf V was King of Sweden from 1907. He was the eldest son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Sophia of Nassau, a half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg...
. A meeting of Polish Gymnastic Society Sokol, planned in Lwów, is called off, - May 26. Meeting of Reserve Officers takes place in Lwów, attended by Marshall Edward Smigly-Rydz. Prime Minister Felicjan Slawoj-Skladkowski tours Greater PolandGreater PolandGreater Poland or Great Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska is a historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief city is Poznań.The boundaries of Greater Poland have varied somewhat throughout history...
, - May 31. A new ambassador of Romania comes to Warsaw. Works on the Warta - GoploGoploGopło is a lake in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland, near the city of Gniezno. It gives its name to the protected area called Gopło Landscape Park....
canal begin in Kujavia.
June
- June 1. Fire in the biggest Polish glass manufacturer, Kara, in Piotrków TrybunalskiPiotrków TrybunalskiPiotrków Trybunalski is a city in central Poland with 80,738 inhabitants . It is situated in the Łódź Voivodeship , and previously was the capital of Piotrków Voivodeship...
. Polish minority parties win local elections in ZalozieZalozieZałozie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Galewice, within Wieruszów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north of Galewice, north of Wieruszów, and south-west of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...
, garnering almost 11,000 votes, - June 3. Boleslaw Wieniawa-DlugoszowskiBoleslaw Wieniawa-DlugoszowskiBolesław Ignacy Florian Wieniawa-Długoszowski was a Polish general, politician, poet and diplomat, as well as formally President of the Republic of Poland for one day.- Before World War I :....
, new ambassador of Poland in Italy, comes to Rome. Ten people die in a fire near OlkuszOlkuszOlkusz is a town in south Poland with 37,696 inhabitants . Situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship , previously in Katowice Voivodeship , it is the capital of Olkusz County...
. Iron ore deposits are found near Zdolbunow, - June 7. Extraordinary session of the SejmSejmThe Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....
begins in Warsaw. A hydrobiological station is opened in PinskPinskPinsk , a town in Belarus, in the Polesia region, traversed by the river Pripyat, at the confluence of the Strumen and Pina rivers. The region was known as the Marsh of Pinsk. It is a fertile agricultural center. It lies south-west of Minsk. The population is about 130,000...
, as the third one in Poland, after stations in HelHel, PolandHel is a town in Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, located on the tip of the Hel Peninsula, some 33 kilometres from the Polish mainland.-Early developments:...
, and at lake Wigry, - June 8. A Polish delegation flies to KaunasKaunasKaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...
, to discuss opening of an air line between Poland and Lithuania, - June 9. Two planes of the LuftwaffeLuftwaffeLuftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....
enter Polish airspace near KatowiceKatowiceKatowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
, - June 10. Whole village of ZaklikowZaklikówZaklików is a village in Poland, located in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in Stalowa Wola County . It is located 113.1 miles SSE of Warsaw and 50 miles from Lublin. For about 300 years of its history it was incorporated as a city, but it lost its city charter after the January Uprising...
near Janów LubelskiJanów LubelskiJanów Lubelski is a town in eastern Poland. It has 11,882 inhabitants .Situated in the Lublin Voivodship . It is the capital of Janów Lubelski County.It has a large hospital...
is burned in a fire, - June 11. A train with remains of Saint Andrzej Bobola comes to the border station of ZebrzydowiceZebrzydowice, Silesian VoivodeshipZebrzydowice is a village and the seat of Gmina Zebrzydowice, Cieszyn County in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, on the Piotrówka River. It has a population of about 4,700...
, greeted by thousands of faithful, - June 14. Jozef Beck visits TallinnTallinnTallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
, where he dines with Estonian minister of foreign affairs, Karl Seiter, - June 15. Jozef Beck has breakfast with President of Estonia, Konstantin PatsKonstantin PätsKonstantin Päts VR I/1 and III/1 was the most influential politician of interwar Estonia. He was one of the first Estonians to become active in politics and started an almost 40-year political rivalry with Jaan Tõnisson, first through journalism with his newspaper Teataja, later through politics...
. First customs office is opened in LandwarowLentvarisLentvaris is a city in eastern Lithuania, 9 km east form Trakai, an important center of transportation, because many roads and railroads cross here.Lake Lentvaris is located near the city.- History :...
, on the Polish - Lithuanian border, - June 19. Marshall Edward Rydz-Smigly visits Polish Pomerania,
- June 20. A hailstorm destroys crops in Tarnopol VoivodeshipTarnopol VoivodeshipTarnopol Voivodeship was an administrative region of interwar Poland with an area of 16,500 km², 17 counties, and capital in Tarnopol...
. A funeral of Marshall of the SejmSejmThe Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....
, Stanislaw Car, takes place in Warsaw, - June 21. School year ends in Poland. Five peasants drown while crossing the BugBug RiverThe Bug River is a left tributary of the Narew river flows from central Ukraine to the west, passing along the Ukraine-Polish and Polish-Belarusian border and into Poland, where it empties into the Narew river near Serock. The part between the lake and the Vistula River is sometimes referred to as...
in the village of Orla, Brzesc County, - June 22. Colonel Walery SlawekWalery SlawekWalery Jan Sławek was a Polish politician, military officer and activist, who in the early 1930s served three times as Prime Minister of Poland...
is elected Marshall of the SejmSejmThe Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....
. According to the government statistics, there are 279,799 registered unemployed in Poland. President Moscicki leaves for vacation in OpatijaOpatijaOpatija is a town in western Croatia, just southwest of Rijeka on the Adriatic coast. , the town proper had a population of 7,850, with the municipality having a total 12,719 inhabitants.-Geography:...
, - June 24. A train from Kraków to Lwów derails in Biezanow in the outskirts of Kraków, 25 people are injured. GdyniaGdyniaGdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together...
is reported to be the biggest port of the Baltic SeaBaltic SeaThe Baltic Sea is a brackish mediterranean sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and...
, - June 28. General Waclaw StachiewiczWaclaw StachiewiczBrigadier General Wacław Stachiewicz was an officer of the Polish Army, geologist and a Polish writer. Brother to General Julian Stachiewicz and husband to Gen...
comes to RigaRigaRiga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
, on invitation of Chief of Staff of the Latvian Army, General Marins Hartmanis. According to unofficial sources, there are about 30,000 Gypsies in Poland, - June 30. General Stachiewicz arrives at TallinnTallinnTallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
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July
- July 1. Opening of the Polish Radio StationPolish Radio BaranowiczePolish Radio Baranowicze was a station of the Polish Radio, located in the city of Baranowicze, which in the interbellum period belonged to the Second Polish Republic. Opened in the summer of 1938, it was active only for a little more than a year .The station was opened on July 1, 1938...
in Baranowicze. A direct air connection between Warsaw and BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
is opened jointly by Polish Airlines LOTLotLot or lots may refer to:*Lot , a unit of weight used in many European countries since Middle Ages until the beginning of the 20th century*Lot, a set of goods, together for sale in an auction; or a quantity of a financial instrument...
, and Hungarian Airline MalertMalertMalert was a Hungarian airline, founded on November 19, 1922. The airline folded in 1944, and was a fore-runner of MALÉV Hungarian Airlines....
. A Polish scientific trip sets for SpitsbergenSpitsbergenSpitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. Constituting the western-most bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea...
, - July 2. A new trade treaty between Poland and Germany is signed in BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, - July 3. Marshall Edward Smigly - Rydz is named honorary citizen of Wilno,
- July 4. Polish Ministry of Education announces that it plans to open a university in TorunTorunToruń is an ancient city in northern Poland, on the Vistula River. Its population is more than 205,934 as of June 2009. Toruń is one of the oldest cities in Poland. The medieval old town of Toruń is the birthplace of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus....
, - July 6. A Museum of Crimean KaraitesCrimean KaraitesThe Crimean Karaites , also known as Karaim and Qarays, are a community of ethnic Turkic adherents of Karaite Judaism in Eastern Europe...
is opened in TrokiTrakaiTrakai is a historic city and lake resort in Lithuania. It lies 28 km west of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Because of its proximity to Vilnius, Trakai is a popular tourist destination. Trakai is the administrative centre of Trakai district municipality. The town covers 11.52 km2 of...
, - July 8. A group of Polish parliamentariansMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
demands delegitimization of several pro-Nazi German minority organizations, - July 9. In RadomRadomRadom is a city in central Poland with 223,397 inhabitants . It is located on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship , having previously been the capital of Radom Voivodeship ; 100 km south of Poland's capital, Warsaw.It is home to the biennial Radom Air Show, the largest and...
, several buildings burn to the ground after a violent thunderstorm, - July 10. Snow in the Tatras,
- July 11. A train with coffin of King Stanislaw August PoniatowskiStanislaw August PoniatowskiStanisław II August Poniatowski was the last King and Grand Duke of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...
arrives at the Polish - Soviet border station in Stolpce, - July 13. Jozef Beck comes to RigaRigaRiga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
, on a plane from Wilno, with a 20-minute break at Kaunas. Flood warning in southern Poland, - July 14. Jozef Beck visits JelgavaJelgava-Sports:The city's main football team, FK Jelgava, plays in the Latvian Higher League and won the 2009/2010 Latvian Football Cup.- Notable people :*August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein - linguist, folklorist, ethnographer...
, where he dines with Karlis UlmanisKarlis UlmanisKārlis Augusts Vilhelms Ulmanis was a prominent Latvian politician in pre-World War II Latvia during the Latvian period of independence from 1918 to 1940.- Education and early career :Ulmanis studied agriculture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and...
. Five people die when a car crashes with a train in SosnowiecSosnowiecSosnowiec is a city in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in southern Poland, near Katowice. It is one of the central districts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis with a combined population of over two million people located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Brynica river .It is situated in...
. Secret funeral of Stanislaw August Poniatowski takes place in his hometown of WolczynVowchynVoŭčyn is a village in Kamenets Raion, Brest Voblast, Belarus. It was the birthplace of the last king of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski.-History:...
, - July 15. The number of bicycles in Poland exceeds one million. Direct air connection between Warsaw and Kaunas is opened. In ZaolzieZaolzieZaolzie is the Polish name for an area now in the Czech Republic which was disputed between interwar Poland and Czechoslovakia. The name means "lands beyond the Olza River"; it is also called Śląsk zaolziański, meaning "trans-Olza Silesia". Equivalent terms in other languages include Zaolší in...
, Czechoslovak police arrest a number of Polish-minority activists, - July 16. Government-sponsored destruction of Orthodox churches in the eastern part of the Lublin Voivodeship is terminated,
- July 17. Marshall Edward Smigly-Rydz visits ZamoscZamoscZamość ukr. Замостя is a town in southeastern Poland with 66,633 inhabitants , situated in the south-western part of Lublin Voivodeship , about from Lublin, from Warsaw and from the border with Ukraine...
, - July 20. Jozef Beck visits Free City of DanzigFree City of DanzigThe Free City of Danzig was a semi-autonomous city-state that existed between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig and surrounding areas....
, and GdyniaGdyniaGdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together...
. Two escapees from a State Political DirectorateState Political DirectorateThe State Political Directorate was the secret police of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1934...
prison in MinskMinsk- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
cross Polish - Soviet border in the area of Stolpce, - July 21. Near PinskPinskPinsk , a town in Belarus, in the Polesia region, traversed by the river Pripyat, at the confluence of the Strumen and Pina rivers. The region was known as the Marsh of Pinsk. It is a fertile agricultural center. It lies south-west of Minsk. The population is about 130,000...
, a skirmish between local police and a group of communists takes place. The communists wanted to illegally cross Polish - Soviet border, - July 22. In a crash of a Polish Airlines plane near Cernauti, three crew members die,
- July 25. Association of Ukrainian Merchants in TarnopolTernopilTernopil , is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret River. Ternopil is one of the major cities of Western Ukraine and the historical region of Galicia...
announces a project "Ukrainians buy only at Ukrainian stores", - July 28. After a two week delay, Polish government officially informs the public about funeral of Stanislaw August Poniatowski, which took place on July 14,
- July 29. Opening ceremony of Biały Słoń, campus of the Polish Astronomical and Meteorological Observatory, takes place on the peak of Pop Ivan,
- July 30. Polish press announces that between mid-1935, and mid-1938, only 107 kilometers of concrete roads were built in the whole country,
- July 31. Jozef Beck comes to CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
August
- August 1. Near SamborSamborSambor - is a Slavic name, consists of words: "sam" - alone, and "bor" - war, fight, warrior, and may refer to:-People:* Sambor, a prince of Rugia * Sambor I, Duke of Pomerania * Sambor II, Duke of Pomerania -Places:...
, oil layer is discovered, - August 2. Three customs offices are opened on the Polish - Lithuanian border. Jozef Beck comes to OsloOsloOslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, - August 4. Violent thunderstorms attack several counties in Nowogrodek Voivodeship,
- August 5. Three Czechoslovak Airforce planes enter Polish airspace near ZywiecZywiecŻywiec is a town in south-central Poland with 32,242 inhabitants . Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship....
. Jozef Beck returns to Warsaw after a trip to Scandinavia, - August 6. Poland celebrates Day of the First Cadre CompanyFirst Cadre CompanyFirst Cadre Company was a military formation created by Józef Piłsudski at the outbreak of World War I, on August 3, 1914 in Kraków, from members of the Riflemen's Association and the Polish Rifle Squads. The company numbered 144 soldiers under command of Tadeusz Kasprzycki. The formation...
, - August 7. Seventeen people are injured in a rail crash near SochaczewSochaczewSochaczew is a town in central Poland, with 38,300 inhabitants . Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , previously in Skierniewice Voivodeship . It is the capital of Sochaczew County....
, - August 8. Union of Poles in GermanyUnion of Poles in GermanyUnion of Poles in Germany is an organisation of the Polish minority in Germany, founded in 1922. In 1924, the union initiated collaboration between other minorities, including Sorbs, Danes, Frisians and Lithuanians, under the umbrella organization Association of National Minorities in Germany....
protests against questionnaries, suggested by the Nazi GermanyNazi GermanyNazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
government for the German census. The questionnaries exclude possibility of stating one's nationality. In Lodz, 1600 tailors go on strike, - August 9. A delegation of officers of the French Navy comes to Warsaw. In Gdynia, Jozef Beck meets with Duff CooperDuff CooperAlfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich GCMG, DSO, PC , known as Duff Cooper, was a British Conservative Party politician, diplomat and author. He wrote six books, including an autobiography, Old Men Forget, and a biography of Talleyrand...
, - August 10. Edward Smigly-Rydz visits Poznan. Polish press informs that Soviet authorities still have not released three young Polish gliders, who had mistakenly landed in Soviet Union during a storm on June 26, 1938. The whereabouts and the fate of the gliders are unknown,
- August 11. Meeting of General Council of Camp of National Unity begins in Warsaw. Seven children from Kowel county, VolhyniaVolhyniaVolhynia, Volynia, or Volyn is a historic region in western Ukraine located between the rivers Prypiat and Southern Bug River, to the north of Galicia and Podolia; the region is named for the former city of Volyn or Velyn, said to have been located on the Southern Bug River, whose name may come...
, aged 8–11, die after an explosion of a World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
bomb, found by them in the ground. A fire in the town of LosiceLosiceŁosice is a town in eastern Poland. It is situated in Masovian Voivodeship ; previously it was in Biała Podlaska Voivodeship . It is currently the seat of Łosice County.-Historical Overview:...
destroys 25% of the buildings, - August 12. A delegation of three French destroyersChacal class destroyerThe Chacal-class, sometimes known as the Jaguar class, were a group of six French navy large destroyers built commencing 1923. Designed as larger, more capable counterparts to the Bourasque class, they set a standard for French destroyer design until the mid-1930s...
, Chacal, Jaguar, and Leopard, leaves GdyniaGdyniaGdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together...
, - August 15. The Day of the Polish Soldier is celebrated across the country.
- August 16. The KominternCominternThe Communist International, abbreviated as Comintern, also known as the Third International, was an international communist organization initiated in Moscow during March 1919...
dissolves the Communist Party of PolandCommunist Party of PolandThe Communist Party of Poland is a historical communist party in Poland. It was a result of the fusion of Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania and the Polish Socialist Party-Left in the Communist Workers Party of Poland .-1918-1921:The KPRP was founded on 16 December 1918 as...
, - August 17. Polish media inform that Czechoslovak government closed Polish-Czechoslovak border,
- August 18. Works on the Royal Canal begin in KobrynKobrynKobryn or Kobrin is a city in the Brest voblast of Belarus and the center of the Kobryn Raion. The city is located in the southwestern corner of Belarus where the Mukhavets River and Dnepr-Bug Canal meet. The city lies about 52 km east of the city of Brest. Kobryn is located at Latitude...
, - August 19. Polish press informs that total cost of Gwiazda PolskiGwiazda PolskiGwiazda Polski was a balloon, which, according to the Polish planners, was going to reach the stratosphere, thus beating the 1930s high-altitude world record, established on November 11, 1935 by Albert William Stevens and Orvil Arson Anderson, in the Explorer II balloon...
's stratospheric flight is 360 000 zlotys. A record number of tourists comes to HelHel, PolandHel is a town in Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, located on the tip of the Hel Peninsula, some 33 kilometres from the Polish mainland.-Early developments:...
for summer vacation, - August 20. A delegation of Polish Air Force, with General Ludomił Rayski, visits SofiaSofiaSofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
. Polish government announces plan of construction of a highway from SandomierzSandomierzSandomierz is a city in south-eastern Poland with 25,714 inhabitants . Situated in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship , previously in Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship . It is the capital of Sandomierz County . Sandomierz is known for its Old Town, a major tourist attraction...
, the capital of the Central Industrial Area, to Warsaw, - August 22. Polish destroyers Grom and BlyskawicaORP BlyskawicaORP Błyskawica was a Grom-class destroyer serving in the Polish Navy during World War II, currently preserved as a museum ship in Gdynia. It is the only ship of the Polish Navy awarded with the Virtuti Militari medal, as well as the oldest preserved destroyer in the world.She was the latter of two...
leave naval base in OksywieOksywieOksywie is a neighbourhood of the city of Gdynia, Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. Formerly a separate settlement, it is actually several centuries older than the city it is a part of currently.-Etymology:...
for a visit in CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, - August 23. Mass anti-German demonstrations in GdyniaGdyniaGdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together...
, TorunTorunToruń is an ancient city in northern Poland, on the Vistula River. Its population is more than 205,934 as of June 2009. Toruń is one of the oldest cities in Poland. The medieval old town of Toruń is the birthplace of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus....
, and other cities of Polish Pomerania, after a group of Nazi activists from Free City of DanzigFree City of DanzigThe Free City of Danzig was a semi-autonomous city-state that existed between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig and surrounding areas....
threw a Polish railwayman Tadusz Winnicki under a train, and as a result the victims' legs were amputated. Sixteen passengers are seriously injured in a bus crash in OzarowOzarówOżarów is a town in Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in Powiat of Opatów . It has 4,906 inhabitants and its largest employer is a large cement factory nearby. The cement factory was privatized in 1995 and a controlling stake in the company was purchased by Irish company CRH plc from HCP...
, - August 24. Polish Government confiscates a letter of Bishop Andrzej Szeptycki, which criticizes destruction of Orthodox churches,
- August 25. Konrad Libicki becomes general manager of Polish Radio. 200 000 pilgrims come to Jasna Góra MonasteryJasna Góra MonasteryThe Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa, Poland is the most famous shrine to the Virgin Mary in Poland and the country's greatest place of pilgrimage - for many its spiritual capital. The image of Black Madonna of Częstochowa, to which miraculous powers are attributed, is Jasna Góra's most...
for traditional Black Madonna of CzęstochowaBlack Madonna of CzestochowaThe Black Madonna of Częstochowa is a revered icon of the Virgin Mary housed at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa, Poland.-The icon:The origins of the icon and the date of its composition are still hotly contested among scholars...
holiday, - August 25. MS SobieskiMS SobieskiM/S Sobieski was a Polish passenger ship built for the Polish Ocena Lines to replace the aging and ; a sister ship to the MS Chrobry. She was named in honour of the Polish king Jan III Sobieski....
is launched in NewcastleNewcastle upon TyneNewcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
, - August 30. Two people die when a passenger train derails on the LublinLublinLublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...
- KowelKovelKovel is a city located in the Volyn Oblast , in northwestern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Kovelskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. The current estimated population is around 65,777.Kovel gives its name to one of the...
line
September
- September 1. Two checkpoints are opened along the border with LithuaniaLithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
. Charles Lidbergh with wife land in Krakow, on his way from MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
to PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, - September 3. Annual Eastern Trade FairTargi WschodnieTargi Wschodnie was a major trade fair in interbellum Poland. It was established in 1921 and held in Lwów , and was designed to attract business people from Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union...
is opened in Lwow, - September 5. According to the government statistics, GdyniaGdyniaGdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together...
is the most expensive of Polish cities, while Wilno is the cheapest, - September 7. Jozef Beck leaves Warsaw, and via Berlin goes to Bern, for a session of the League of NationsLeague of NationsThe League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first permanent international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace...
, - September 8. Street clashes between Poles and Jews in LidaLidaLida is a city in western Belarus in Hrodna Voblast, situated 160 km west of Minsk. It is the fourteenth largest city in Belarus.- Etymology :...
, - September 10. Polish press informs that construction of the new rail line, between Polish Upper SilesiaUpper SilesiaUpper Silesia is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia. Since the 9th century, Upper Silesia has been part of Greater Moravia, the Duchy of Bohemia, the Piast Kingdom of Poland, again of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown and the Holy Roman Empire, as well as of...
, and VolhyniaVolhyniaVolhynia, Volynia, or Volyn is a historic region in western Ukraine located between the rivers Prypiat and Southern Bug River, to the north of Galicia and Podolia; the region is named for the former city of Volyn or Velyn, said to have been located on the Southern Bug River, whose name may come...
, has already started. The 400-kilometer line will go from Tarnowskie GoryTarnowskie GóryTarnowskie Góry is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Located in the Silesian Highlands....
to LutskLutskLutsk is a city located by the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of the surrounding Lutskyi Raion within the oblast...
, via SandomierzSandomierzSandomierz is a city in south-eastern Poland with 25,714 inhabitants . Situated in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship , previously in Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship . It is the capital of Sandomierz County . Sandomierz is known for its Old Town, a major tourist attraction...
, and Stalowa WolaStalowa WolaStalowa Wola is the largest city and capital of Stalowa Wola County with a population of 64,353 inhabitants, as of June 2008. It is located in southeastern Poland in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship...
. Three people die in a motorcycle accident near Lwow, - September 12. Albert William StevensAlbert William StevensAlbert William Stevens was an officer in the United States Army Air Corps, balloonist and aerial photographer.-Biography:He was born on March 13, 1886 in Belfast, Maine....
comes to ZakopaneZakopaneZakopane , is a town in southern Poland. It lies in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998 it was in of Nowy Sącz Province, but since 1999 it has been in Lesser Poland Province. It had a population of about 28,000 as of 2004. Zakopane is a...
, to witness stratospheric flight of Gwiazda PolskiGwiazda PolskiGwiazda Polski was a balloon, which, according to the Polish planners, was going to reach the stratosphere, thus beating the 1930s high-altitude world record, established on November 11, 1935 by Albert William Stevens and Orvil Arson Anderson, in the Explorer II balloon...
balloon, - September 13. Dissolution of the Polish ParliamentSejmThe Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....
, - September 14. In Czortkow, a new steel bridge over the SeretSeret RiverThe Seret is a minor river in Ukraine, a tributary of the Tysmenytsia River. The Seret flows through the center of Drohobych, a city located in Lviv Oblast in the west of Ukraine....
is opened, - September 15. Marshall Edward Smigly-Rydz visits the Polish Army manoeuvres in VolhyniaPolish Army manoeuvres in VolhyniaIn the interbellum Poland, headquarters of the Polish Army frequently organized huge military manoeuvres on the territory of the Volhynian Voivodeship. These war games would take place in early fall, right after harvest. Most probably, they were organized on the real estates, whose owners were...
, - September 19. In Lutsk, a military parade takes place, to mark the end of the manoeuvres,
- September 20. Additional units of the Polish Army secure Polish-Czechoslovak border,
- September 21. Polish envoy to PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Kazimierz PapéeKazimierz PapéeDr. Kazimierz Papée was the ambassador from Poland to the Holy See from 1939 to 1958, during and after World War II...
, demands from government of CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
solution of the problem of its Polish minority in the same way as the problem of German minority was solved, - September 22. In ZaolzieZaolzieZaolzie is the Polish name for an area now in the Czech Republic which was disputed between interwar Poland and Czechoslovakia. The name means "lands beyond the Olza River"; it is also called Śląsk zaolziański, meaning "trans-Olza Silesia". Equivalent terms in other languages include Zaolší in...
, local Poles fight with Czechoslovakian police and army during street manifestations which demand cession of the area to Poland. On the same day in WarsawWarsawWarsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, 250 000 people demand cession of Zaolzie. It is the biggest demonstration of the Second Polish RepublicSecond Polish RepublicThe Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland refers to Poland between the two world wars; a period in Polish history in which Poland was restored as an independent state. Officially known as the Republic of Poland or the Commonwealth of Poland , the Polish state was...
, - September 23. Soviet government states that if Polish troops enter Czechoslovakia, Moscow will void the Soviet–Polish Non-Aggression Pact,
- September 24. At Warsaw's Royal CastleRoyal Castle, WarsawThe Royal Castle in Warsaw is a castle residency and was the official residence of the Polish monarchs. It is located in the Castle Square, at the entrance to the Warsaw Old Town. The personal offices of the king and the administrative offices of the Royal Court of Poland were located there from...
, the meeting of key Polish figures (Jozef Beck, Edward Rydz-Smigly, Ignacy Moscicki, Felicjan Slawoj-Skladkowski) takes place, during which the situation in Czechoslovakia is discussed, - September 25. In Zaleszczyki, a bridge over the Dniestr, connecting Poland and Romania, is opened,
- September 26. A LOT plane from Warsaw to Budapest is not allowed to fly over Czechoslovakian territory. A clash between Czech soldiers and Poles from ZaolzieZaolzieZaolzie is the Polish name for an area now in the Czech Republic which was disputed between interwar Poland and Czechoslovakia. The name means "lands beyond the Olza River"; it is also called Śląsk zaolziański, meaning "trans-Olza Silesia". Equivalent terms in other languages include Zaolší in...
takes place near ZebrzydowiceZebrzydowice, Silesian VoivodeshipZebrzydowice is a village and the seat of Gmina Zebrzydowice, Cieszyn County in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, on the Piotrówka River. It has a population of about 4,700...
, - September 27. A demonstration in CieszynCieszynCieszyn is a border-town and the seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It has 36,109 inhabitants . Cieszyn lies on the Olza River, a tributary of the Oder river, opposite Český Těšín....
, during which local Poles demand cession of Zaolzie. Construction of a car factory begins in Lublin, - September 28. Land communication between Poland and Czechoslovakia is closed,
- September 30. Polish government demands cession of Zaolzie.
October
- October 1. Czechoslovakian government agrees to Polish demands, and ZaolzieZaolzieZaolzie is the Polish name for an area now in the Czech Republic which was disputed between interwar Poland and Czechoslovakia. The name means "lands beyond the Olza River"; it is also called Śląsk zaolziański, meaning "trans-Olza Silesia". Equivalent terms in other languages include Zaolší in...
is ceded to Poland, and demonstrations take place in several Polish cities, - October 2. Units of the Polish Army's Independent Operational Group SilesiaIndependent Operational Group SilesiaIndependent Operational Group Silesia was an Operational Group of the Polish Army, created in September 1938 to annex Zaolzie from Czechoslovakia.-History:...
, under General Władysław Bortnowski enter Cesky TesinCeský TešínČeský Těšín is a town in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. The town is commonly known in the region as just Těšín . It lies on the west bank of the Olza River, in the heart of the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia...
, - October 4. Polish Army enters Trzyniec and Jablonkow,
- October 6. Polish press speculates about possible creation of Zaolzie Voivodeship, which besides ZaolzieZaolzieZaolzie is the Polish name for an area now in the Czech Republic which was disputed between interwar Poland and Czechoslovakia. The name means "lands beyond the Olza River"; it is also called Śląsk zaolziański, meaning "trans-Olza Silesia". Equivalent terms in other languages include Zaolší in...
, would include counties from Lesser PolandLesser PolandLesser Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland, with its capital in the city of Kraków. It forms the southeastern corner of the country, and should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers only a small, southern part of Lesser Poland...
and Polish Upper SilesiaUpper SilesiaUpper Silesia is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia. Since the 9th century, Upper Silesia has been part of Greater Moravia, the Duchy of Bohemia, the Piast Kingdom of Poland, again of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown and the Holy Roman Empire, as well as of...
, - October 7. Annual Wine Harvest Festival ends in Zaleszczyki,
- October 8. Polish Army enters Frysztat,
- October 10. Polish Army enters Bogumin and Karwina. Minister Jozef BeckJózef Beck' was a Polish statesman, diplomat, military officer, and close associate of Józef Piłsudski...
visits Zaolzie. Ten new elementary schools are opened in Polesie, - October 11. Upon decree of President Ignacy MoscickiIgnacy MoscickiIgnacy Mościcki was a Polish chemist, politician, and President of Poland . He was the longest-serving President of Poland .-Life:...
, Zaolzie becomes part of Poland's Autonomous Silesian VoivodeshipAutonomous Silesian VoivodeshipThe Silesian Voivodeship was an autonomous province of the interwar Second Polish Republic. It consisted of territory which came into Polish possession as a result of the 1921 Upper Silesia plebiscite, the Geneva Conventions, three Upper Silesian Uprisings, and the eventual partition of Upper...
. Polish press speculates about annexation of SpisSpišSpiš is a region in north-eastern Slovakia, with a very small area in south-eastern Poland. Spiš is an informal designation of the territory , but it is also the name of one the 21 official tourism regions of Slovakia...
, and OravaOrava (region)Orava is the traditional name of a region situated in northern Slovakia and partially also in southern Poland . It encompasses the territory of the former Árva county.-History:...
- altogether 2,400 km2., with 120 000 inhabitants. - October 12. Jozef Beck is awarded Order of the White Eagle, by President Ignacy Moscicki. Marshall Rydz-Smigly visits Zaolzie,
- October 13. In Lwow, Ukrainian rally takes place, followed by Polish counter-demonstration,
- October 14. Unsuccessful stratospheric flight of the Gwiazda PolskiGwiazda PolskiGwiazda Polski was a balloon, which, according to the Polish planners, was going to reach the stratosphere, thus beating the 1930s high-altitude world record, established on November 11, 1935 by Albert William Stevens and Orvil Arson Anderson, in the Explorer II balloon...
balloon. Plans of construction of a motorway Warsaw - Lodz are announced, - October 29. Nazi Germany government expels some 12 000 - 17 000 Jews with Polish citizenship to Poland,
November
- November 1. Upon decree of the President of Poland, JaworzynaTatranská JavorinaTatranská Javorina is a village in Poprad District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.-History:The beginnings of the municipality are in the 18th century. The name of the village stems from the former maple forests, after which some geographical objects were named...
and parts of Spisz become part of Poland, - November 3. A new, concrete road between PinskPinskPinsk , a town in Belarus, in the Polesia region, traversed by the river Pripyat, at the confluence of the Strumen and Pina rivers. The region was known as the Marsh of Pinsk. It is a fertile agricultural center. It lies south-west of Minsk. The population is about 130,000...
and KobrynKobrynKobryn or Kobrin is a city in the Brest voblast of Belarus and the center of the Kobryn Raion. The city is located in the southwestern corner of Belarus where the Mukhavets River and Dnepr-Bug Canal meet. The city lies about 52 km east of the city of Brest. Kobryn is located at Latitude...
is opened, after four years of construction, - November 4. Due to lack of passengers, all domestic LOT Polish Airlines are closed for the winter, except for the connection Warsaw - Poznań,
- November 5. In Prague, a joint Polish-Czechoslovak commission draws the new border between the two countries, in the area of JaworzynaTatranská JavorinaTatranská Javorina is a village in Poprad District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.-History:The beginnings of the municipality are in the 18th century. The name of the village stems from the former maple forests, after which some geographical objects were named...
, - November 6. General electionPolish legislative election, 1938The Polish legislative election, 1938 was held on 6 to 11 November of that year. It was the last election in the Second Polish Republic. This election was held under the April Constitution of 1935, which was written to favor the Sanation movement....
in Poland, - November 8. Rail communication between Poland and Czechoslovakia is reestablished. Sun eclipse in Kraków,
- November 8 to November 11. Polish legislative electionPolish legislative election, 1938The Polish legislative election, 1938 was held on 6 to 11 November of that year. It was the last election in the Second Polish Republic. This election was held under the April Constitution of 1935, which was written to favor the Sanation movement....
, - November 11. Independence Day in Poland. Patriotic demonstrations take place across the country, including Zaolzie and Lwów,
- November 12. Local floods in KaszubyKaszuby, Lublin VoivodeshipKaszuby is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rudnik, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Rudnik, south-west of Krasnystaw, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....
and in the area of Nowogródek, - November 15. Polish press informs that construction of main west - east rail line (Upper SilesiaUpper SilesiaUpper Silesia is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia. Since the 9th century, Upper Silesia has been part of Greater Moravia, the Duchy of Bohemia, the Piast Kingdom of Poland, again of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown and the Holy Roman Empire, as well as of...
- VolhyniaVolhyniaVolhynia, Volynia, or Volyn is a historic region in western Ukraine located between the rivers Prypiat and Southern Bug River, to the north of Galicia and Podolia; the region is named for the former city of Volyn or Velyn, said to have been located on the Southern Bug River, whose name may come...
) proceeds according to plan, - November 16. In Warsaw, leaders of Jewish minority in Poland declare a month of mourning, protesting against persecution of Jews in Germany,
- November 17. SS PulaskiSS CzarSS Czar, or Царь in Russian, was an ocean liner for the Russian American Line before World War I. The ship was later known as Estonia for the Baltic American Line, Pułaski for the Gdynia America Line and as a British Ministry of War Transport troopship, and as Empire Penryn after World War II...
returns to Gdynia from a cruise to South America, - November 19. Residents of Lwów celebrate 20th anniversary of Battle of Lwów (1918)Battle of Lwów (1918)Battle of Lviv begun on 1 November 1918 and lasted till May 1919 and was a six months long conflict between the forces of the West Ukrainian People's Republic and local Polish civilian population assisted later by regular Polish Army forces for the control...
, - November 23. Around 6,000 Jewish refugees, expelled from Nazi Germany, are housed at a transit camp in ZbąszyńZbaszynZbąszyń is a town in Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, in Nowy Tomyśl County. It has 7,319 inhabitants .-History:The town was first mentioned in historical sources from 1231, and it received its city charter before 1311. As a result of the Second Partition of Poland in 1793 it became part of...
, a town on the Polish - German border. Council of Ministers of the Republic of Poland accepts construction of two rail lines, Tarnowskie GóryTarnowskie GóryTarnowskie Góry is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Located in the Silesian Highlands....
- ZawiercieZawiercieZawiercie is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland with 55,800 inhabitants . It is situated in the Kraków-Częstochowa highland near the source of the Warta River...
, and SkierniewiceSkierniewiceSkierniewice is a town in central Poland with 49,132 inhabitants , situated in the Łódź Voivodship , previously capital of Skierniewice Voivodship . It is the capital of Skierniewice County. The town is situated almost exactly half-way between Łódź and Warsaw.Skierniewice gained municipal rights...
- Łuków, - November 24. All Freemasons Lodges in Poland are closed by the President of Poland. Prime Minister Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski hands his resignation to president Ignacy MościckiIgnacy MoscickiIgnacy Mościcki was a Polish chemist, politician, and President of Poland . He was the longest-serving President of Poland .-Life:...
, and Mościcki does not accept it, - November 26. Joseph StalinJoseph StalinJoseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
reaffirms the Soviet–Polish Non-Aggression Pact. Polish envoy to Czechoslovakia, Kazimierz PapéeKazimierz PapéeDr. Kazimierz Papée was the ambassador from Poland to the Holy See from 1939 to 1958, during and after World War II...
protests against attack of armed Czechoslovak citizens on Polish soldiers establishing new border in the area of ČadcaCadcaČadca is a district town in northern Slovakia, near the border with Poland and the Czech Republic.-Geography:It is located south of the Jablunkov Pass, surrounded by the Javorníky, Kysucké Beskydy and Turzovská vrchovina mountain ranges. It lies in the valley of the Kysuca river, around 30 km...
, - November 27. Polish Army troops seize JaworzynaTatranská JavorinaTatranská Javorina is a village in Poprad District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.-History:The beginnings of the municipality are in the 18th century. The name of the village stems from the former maple forests, after which some geographical objects were named...
, - November 28. Sejm and Senate convene in Warsaw for the first time after the electionPolish legislative election, 1938The Polish legislative election, 1938 was held on 6 to 11 November of that year. It was the last election in the Second Polish Republic. This election was held under the April Constitution of 1935, which was written to favor the Sanation movement....
, - November 29. Opening of a 22-kilometer rail line ŻoryZoryŻory is a town and city county in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland with 62,625 inhabitants . Previously it was in Katowice Voivodeship . It is located in the historic Upper Silesia region about southwest of Katowice.- History :...
- PszczynaPszczynaPszczyna is a town in southern Poland with 26,827 inhabitants within the immediate gmina rising to 50,121 inhabitants in the powiat, which includes the town of Pszczyna, itself, Brzeźce , Czarków , Ćwiklice , Jankowice , Łąka , Piasek , Poręba , Rudołtowice , Studzionka , Studzienice , Wisła...
, - November 30. Polish press informs that only 30 citizens of Poland own their own private aeroplanes.
December
- December 2. Speaking in SejmSejmThe Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....
, Minister Eugeniusz KwiatkowskiEugeniusz KwiatkowskiEugeniusz Kwiatkowski was a Polish politician and economist, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, government minister and manager of the Second Polish Republic....
describes a plan of development of Poland for the years 1939 - 1954, - December 5. Speaker of Polish Parliament, Vasyl MudryVasyl MudryVasyl Mudry , was a Ukrainian journalist and politician who led the Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance, the largest Ukrainian political party in interwar Poland, and who served as speaker of the Polish parliament.-Biography:...
of Ukrainian minority demands in his parliamentary speech autonomy for the Ukrainians. In the port of Danzig, Polish ship SS Tczew sinks and two people die, - December 8. Three people die in a car crash near GnieznoGnieznoGniezno is a city in central-western Poland, some 50 km east of Poznań, inhabited by about 70,000 people. One of the Piasts' chief cities, it was mentioned by 10th century A.D. sources as the capital of Piast Poland however the first capital of Piast realm was most likely Giecz built around...
, - December 9. In Warsaw, a delegation of Polish civil servants and bank workers presents to the Army a PZL.37 Łoś, purchased with the money collected by them,
- December 10. Deposits of copper are found in PodoliaPodoliaThe region of Podolia is an historical region in the west-central and south-west portions of present-day Ukraine, corresponding to Khmelnytskyi Oblast and Vinnytsia Oblast. Northern Transnistria, in Moldova, is also a part of Podolia...
, near Zaleszczyki and HorodenkaHorodenkaHorodenka is a city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Horodenka Raion .The current estimated population is around 9,800 .-History:...
, - December 12. A movie theater burns down in GdyniaGdyniaGdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together...
, - December 13. Papal Nuncio Filippo CortesiFilippo CortesiFilippo Cortesi was the Apostolic Nuncio to Poland from December 24, 1936 to February 1, 1947. Cortesi earlier served as nuncio to Paraguay in the interim. Cortesi was the only nuncio to Poland never to become a cardinal....
comes to Lwów. A seismic observatory of Warsaw University is opened in Warsaw, - December 16. According to Polish press, there still are around 5,700 Jews, camping in Zbąszyń on the Polish - German border. A cold wave sweeps over Poland, the temperature in Lwów goes down to minus 21 degrees C,
- December 18. Local elections in several Polish cities,
- December 19. Three miners die in coal mine Kazimierz in SosnowiecSosnowiecSosnowiec is a city in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in southern Poland, near Katowice. It is one of the central districts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis with a combined population of over two million people located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Brynica river .It is situated in...
. A new rail and road bridge over the VistulaVistulaThe Vistula is the longest and the most important river in Poland, at 1,047 km in length. The watershed area of the Vistula is , of which lies within Poland ....
is opened in Płock, - December 21. Tatra Park of Nature is opened in JaworzynaTatranská JavorinaTatranská Javorina is a village in Poprad District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.-History:The beginnings of the municipality are in the 18th century. The name of the village stems from the former maple forests, after which some geographical objects were named...
, - December 22. Polish ambassador in Berlin, Józef LipskiJózef LipskiJózef Lipski . Polish diplomat and Ambassador to Nazi Germany, 1934 to 1939. Lipski played a key role in foreign policy of Second Polish Republic.-Life:Lipski trained as a lawyer, and joined the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1925....
, meets with Joachim von RibbentropJoachim von RibbentropUlrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop was Foreign Minister of Germany from 1938 until 1945. He was later hanged for war crimes after the Nuremberg Trials.-Early life:...
, - December 24. Fire in the left wing of the Nieśwież Castle. Primate of Poland August Hlond addresses the nation through the radio,
- December 27. SS Tczew, which sank in Danzig on December 5 is raised and transported to Gdynia for overhaul. Residents of Greater PolandGreater PolandGreater Poland or Great Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska is a historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief city is Poznań.The boundaries of Greater Poland have varied somewhat throughout history...
celebrate 20th anniversary of Greater Poland UprisingGreater Poland Uprising (1918–1919)The Greater Poland Uprising of 1918–1919, or Wielkopolska Uprising of 1918–1919 or Posnanian War was a military insurrection of Poles in the Greater Poland region against Germany...
, - December 28. Four people die hit by a train on a railroad crossing in ŻyrardówZyrardówŻyrardów is a town in central Poland with 41,400 inhabitants . It is situated in the Masovian Voivodship ; previously, it was in Skierniewice Voivodship 45 km West of Warsaw. It is the capital of Żyrardów County...
, - December 29. Construction of rail line TarnobrzegTarnobrzegTarnobrzeg is a city in south-eastern Poland, on the east bank of the river Vistula, with 49,419 inhabitants, as of December 31, 2009. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship since 1999, it had previously been the capital of Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship...
- KolbuszowaKolbuszowaKolbuszowa is a small town in south-eastern Poland, with 9,190 inhabitants .Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship , it is the capital of Kolbuszowa County.-History:The name of the town comes from the land owner Kolbusz...
- RzeszówRzeszówRzeszów is a city in southeastern Poland with a population of 179,455 in 2010. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River, in the heartland of the Sandomierska Valley...
begins, - December 30. Flu epidemic in Poland; in Warsaw 130,000 people are sick. Archbishop Aleksander Kakowski dies in Warsaw,
Books
- Bunt Rojstów by Józef MackiewiczJozef MackiewiczJózef Mackiewicz was a Polish writer and commentator. He staunchly opposed communism, referring to himself as "anticommunist by nationality".- Life and career :...
, - Ład serca, a novel by Jerzy AndrzejewskiJerzy AndrzejewskiJerzy Andrzejewski was a prolific Polish author. His novels, Ashes and Diamonds , and Holy Week , have been made into film adaptations by the Oscar-winning Polish director Andrzej Wajda...
, - first edition of Witold GombrowiczWitold GombrowiczWitold Marian Gombrowicz was a Polish novelist and dramatist. His works are characterized by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and an absurd, anti-nationalist flavor...
's FerdydurkeFerdydurkeFerdydurke is a novel by the Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz, published in 1937. In this darkly humorous story, Joey Kowalski describes his transformation from a 30-year-old man into a teenage boy. Kowalski's exploits are comic and fervid -- for this is a modernism closer to Dada and the Marx...
, even though published in October 1937, is dated 1938, - Iwona, księżniczka Burgunda', by Witold Gombrowicz, published in parts in 1938 in literary magazineLiterary magazineA literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
SkamanderSkamanderSkamander was a Polish group of experimental poets founded in 1918 by Julian Tuwim, Antoni Słonimski, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Kazimierz Wierzyński and Jan Lechoń....
, - Krzyk ostateczny, a poetry bundle by Władysław Broniewski, published in Warsaw,
- Równanie serca, a poetry bundle by Julian PrzybośJulian PrzybosJulian Przyboś was a Polish poet, essayist and translator, one of the most important poets of Kraków Avantgarde....
, - Rozmowa z Apollinem, a poetry bundle by Anatol SternAnatol SternAnatol Stern was a Polish poet, writer and art critic. Born October 24, 1899 to an assimilated family of Jewish ancestry, Stern studied at the Polish Studies Faculty of the University of Wilno but did not graduate...
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Film
- Florian, directed by Leonard Buczkowski, based on a book by Maria RodziewiczównaMaria RodziewiczównaMaria Rodziewiczówna was a Polish writer, among the most famous of the interwar years. Her works often idealized rural life and praised the countryside and peasantry. Her works include "Wrzos" , "Dewajtis", "Lato leśnych ludzi" , "Straszny dziadunio" ....
. Released October 28, 1938, - Granica, based on a book by Zofia Nałkowska, directed by Józef Lejtes. Featuring Mieczysława Ćwiklińska and Elżbieta BarszczewskaElzbieta BarszczewskaElżbieta Maria Barszczewska-Wyrzykowska was a Polish film and theater actress.She debuted in Polish Theater in Warsaw in 1934. She also starred in several movie roles, including 13 major ones. In occupied Poland, she took part in the activities of the underground theater. After the war she resumed...
, the movie was released October 29, 1938, - Kościuszko pod RacławicamiKościuszko pod RacławicamiKościuszko pod Racławicami is a Polish historical film. It was released in 1938....
, directed by Józef Lejtes and released January 1, 1938, - Paweł i Gaweł, based on Aleksander FredroAleksander FredroAleksander Fredro was a Polish poet, playwright and author.-Life:Count Aleksander Fredro, of the Bończa coat of arms, was born in the village of Surochów near Jarosław, then a crown territory of Austria. A landowner's son, he was educated at home. He entered the Polish army at age 16 and saw...
's tale, featuring Eugeniusz BodoEugeniusz BodoEugeniusz Bodo was a film director, producer and one of the most popular Polish actors and comedians of the inter-war period. He starred in some of the most popular Polish film productions of the 1930s, including His Excellency, The Shop Assistant, Czy Lucyna to dziewczyna? and Pieśniarz Warszawy...
and Adolf Dymsza, directed by Mieczysław Krawicz. Released September 15, 1938, - Ostatnia brygada, based on a book by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz. Directed by Michał Waszyński, and released September 20, 1938,
- Profesor Wilczur, based on a book by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz. Directed by Michał Waszyński, released October 18, 1938,
- RenaRena (film)Rena is a 1938 Polish drama film directed by Michał Waszyński.-Cast:*Stanislawa Angel-Engelówna ... Rena Laska*Mieczyslaw Cybulski ... Janusz Garda*Tekla Trapszo ... Mother Laska*Kazimierz Junosza-Stepowski... Prosecutor Garda...
, directed by Michał Waszyński, released December 22, 1938, - Zapomniana melodia, a music comedy directed by Konrad TomKonrad TomKonrad Tom , born Konrad Runowiecki, a Polish Jewish actor, writer, singer and director, born in Warsaw. Wrote song lyrics in Polish and in Yiddish for stage, film and cabaret, including szmonces. His wife was actress Zula Pogorzelska....
and Jan Fethke, with music by Henryk WarsHenryk WarsHenryk Wars was a Polish and later American pop music composer. He wrote the music for 50 films in the interwar period in Poland and sixty more in the United States...
and Ludwik StarskiLudwik StarskiLudwik Starski was a well-known Polish Jewish lyricist, sound engineer and screenwriter of the twentieth century. He was the father of the cinematographer Allan Starski, who often worked with movie director Andrzej Wajda...
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January
- January 2. Boxers of Warta PoznańWarta PoznanWarta Poznań is a football club based in Poznań, Poland. Founded in 1912, the club are two-time winners of the Polish Football Championship, in 1929 and 1947, but currently reside in the Polish First League. The name means the Guard in Polish and also a name of river Warta on which Poznań is...
become team champions of Poland, - January 9. In Warsaw, the reserve ice hockey team of Poland beats LatviaLatviaLatvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
2-1, - January 16. In Warsaw, in an international boxing match, Poland beats Italy 11-5,
- January 19. In Bern, Polish national ice hockey team beats Switzerland 1-0,
- January 22. In Brzesc nad Bugiem, AZS Warszawa becomes women's volleyball champion of Poland. Second is HKS Łódź, third Olsza Kraków,
- January 30. Stanislaw MarusarzStanislaw MarusarzStanisław Marusarz Zakopane, June 18, 1913 – October 29, 1993, Zakopane) was a Polish Nordic skiing competitor in the 1930s.-Life:...
wins a ski-jumping tournament in Garmisch-PartenkirchenGarmisch-PartenkirchenGarmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region, and the district is on the border with Austria...
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February
- February 2. International Skiing Championships of Poland begin in ZakopaneZakopaneZakopane , is a town in southern Poland. It lies in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998 it was in of Nowy Sącz Province, but since 1999 it has been in Lesser Poland Province. It had a population of about 28,000 as of 2004. Zakopane is a...
, - February 3. In Łódź, AZS Wilno becomes men's volleyball champion of Poland. Second is AZS Warszawa, third Polonia WarszawaPolonia WarszawaPolonia Warsaw is a Polish sports club with football and basketball teams, founded in 1911, and is the oldest such club in Warsaw, where it is based.- History :...
, - February 6. In PoznańPoznanPoznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
, the team of AZS PoznańAZS PoznanAZS Poznań is a Polish women's basketball team based in Poznań and playing in the Sharp Torell Basket Liga.-2003/2004 season:...
becomes both men's and women's track and field champion of Poland, - February 12. In PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, in the 1938 World Ice Hockey Championships1938 World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 1938 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 11 and February 20, 1938 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.Fourteen teams participated in this World Championship. It was first divided in three preliminary round groups—two groups of five and a group with four teams. In the preliminary...
, Poland beats LithuaniaLithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
8-1, - February 13. In Poznań, in international boxing match, Poland (with Antoni CzortekAntoni CzortekAntoni "Kajtek" Czortek was a Polish boxing champion, one of the Polish legends of this sport. Czortek was a 1939 silver medalist of Amateur Championships of Europe, multiple champion of Poland and participant of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin...
, Henryk ChmielewskiHenryk Chmielewski (boxer)Henryk Chmielewski was a Polish boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he finished fourth in the middleweight class...
, and Antoni KolczynskiAntoni KolczynskiAntoni ‘’Kolka’’ Kolczyński was a Polish boxer, champion of Europe and participant in the Olympic Games....
) beats Germany 10-6. In PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, in the 1938 World Ice Hockey Championships1938 World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 1938 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 11 and February 20, 1938 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.Fourteen teams participated in this World Championship. It was first divided in three preliminary round groups—two groups of five and a group with four teams. In the preliminary...
, Poland beats RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
3-0, - February 14. In the 1938 World Ice Hockey Championships1938 World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 1938 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 11 and February 20, 1938 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.Fourteen teams participated in this World Championship. It was first divided in three preliminary round groups—two groups of five and a group with four teams. In the preliminary...
, Poland beats Hungary 3-0, - February 15. In the 1938 World Ice Hockey Championships1938 World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 1938 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 11 and February 20, 1938 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.Fourteen teams participated in this World Championship. It was first divided in three preliminary round groups—two groups of five and a group with four teams. In the preliminary...
, Poland loses to Switzerland 1-7, - February 16. In Warsaw, Michal Offierski, a pilot from Katowice, breaks the world height gliding record, reaching 4 595 meters,
- February 17. In the 1938 World Ice Hockey Championships1938 World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 1938 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 11 and February 20, 1938 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.Fourteen teams participated in this World Championship. It was first divided in three preliminary round groups—two groups of five and a group with four teams. In the preliminary...
, Poland loses to Sweden 0-1, - February 18. In the 1938 World Ice Hockey Championships1938 World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 1938 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 11 and February 20, 1938 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.Fourteen teams participated in this World Championship. It was first divided in three preliminary round groups—two groups of five and a group with four teams. In the preliminary...
, Poland loses to Great Britain 1-7, - February 20. In ChorzówChorzówChorzów is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central districts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis with a population of 2 million...
, in international wrestling match, Poland loses to Germany 3-20, - February 27. In LahtiLahtiLahti is a city and municipality in Finland.Lahti is the capital of the Päijänne Tavastia region. It is situated on a bay at the southern end of lake Vesijärvi about north-east of the capital Helsinki...
, Stanislaw MarusarzStanislaw MarusarzStanisław Marusarz Zakopane, June 18, 1913 – October 29, 1993, Zakopane) was a Polish Nordic skiing competitor in the 1930s.-Life:...
becomes ski jumping vicechampion of the world.
March
- March 6. In Łódź, swimmers of EKS Katowice become winter team champions of Poland,
- March 11. Jadwiga JędrzejowskaJadwiga JedrzejowskaJadwiga Jedrzejowska was a Polish tennis player. Because her name was difficult to pronounce for many people who did not speak Polish, she was often called by the nicknames "Jed" or "Ja-Ja".Jedrzejowska reached the singles final of a Grand Slam tournament on three occasions, still a record for...
wins a tennis tournament in Monte CarloMonte CarloMonte Carlo is an administrative area of the Principality of Monaco....
, - March 13. In ZürichZürichZurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
, football team of Poland ties 3-3 in international friendly with Switzerland. Goals for Poland are scored by Ernest WilimowskiErnest WilimowskiErnst Willimowski was a football player who played for both the Polish and German national teams....
, Jerzy WostalJerzy WostalJerzy Adolf Wostal was a Polish soccer player, one of best forwards of interwar Poland. He was born in 1914 in Königshütte .In the late 1930s Wostal played for AKS Chorzów. The best year in his career was 1937...
, and Leonard PiatekLeonard PiatekLeonard Franciszek Piątek was a Polish football player of Upper Silesian origin who played in the interwar period....
, - March 19. Wrestling and weight-lifting championships of Poland take place in KatowiceKatowiceKatowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
, - March 20. In HelsinkiHelsinkiHelsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, boxing team of Poland beats Finland 10-6, - March 22. In TallinnTallinnTallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
, boxing team of Poland beats EstoniaEstoniaEstonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
12-4, - March 27. Cracovia becomes men's basketball champion of Poland. Second is AZS Poznań,
April
- April 3. In BelgradeBelgradeBelgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, the football team of YugoslaviaYugoslaviaYugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
beats Poland 1-0. However, since in the first leg (WarsawWarsawWarsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, October 10, 1937), Poland won 4-0, the Poles win the qualifiers to the 1938 FIFA World Cup1938 FIFA World CupThe 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third staging of the World Cup, and was held in France from 4 June to 19 June. Italy retained the championship, beating Hungary 4–2 in the final.-Host selection:...
in France. In Ruda SlaskaRuda SlaskaRuda Śląska is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. It is a district in the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, a metropolis with a population of 2 million. It is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river ....
, the weight-lifting team of LatviaLatviaLatvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
beats Poland, - April 10. In BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Polish boxers tie with Hungary 8-8. In the first games of the 1938 season of the Ekstraklasa, Ruch ChorzówRuch ChorzówRuch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
beats at home Smigly WilnoSmigly WilnoŚmigły Wilno was a former Polish soccer team. Founded in 1933 in Wilno . Śmigły's full name was Wojskowy Klub Sportowy "Śmigły" Wilno...
5-2 (att. 3000), Warta PoznańWarta PoznanWarta Poznań is a football club based in Poznań, Poland. Founded in 1912, the club are two-time winners of the Polish Football Championship, in 1929 and 1947, but currently reside in the Polish First League. The name means the Guard in Polish and also a name of river Warta on which Poznań is...
routs at home Polonia WarszawaPolonia WarszawaPolonia Warsaw is a Polish sports club with football and basketball teams, founded in 1911, and is the oldest such club in Warsaw, where it is based.- History :...
7-1 (att. 2500), Pogon LwówPogon LwówLKS Pogoń Lwów is a former Polish professional sports club which was located in Lwów , and existed from 1904 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. It was the second oldest Polish football club behind other teams from Lwów - Czarni and Lechia...
beats at home Cracovia 2-1 (att. 4000), Warszawianka WarszawaWarszawianka WarszawaKlub Sportowy Warszawianka is a former Polish multi-sport club from Warsaw. Founded in 1921 by the famous Warsaw families of Luxemburgs and Loths . Hues - black-white, the logo consisted of a black capital letter W.-History:At first, the club's main effort was concentrated on football...
beats at home LKS Łódź 4-1 (att. 2000), and Wisla KrakówWisla KrakówWisła Kraków is a football club based in Kraków, Poland. Wisła contends in Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish professional football competition. Wisła Kraków is one of the oldest and most successful Polish football clubs. It ranks third in the number of national titles won behind Górnik Zabrze...
ties at home with AKS ChorzówAKS ChorzówAKS Chorzów is a sports club in based in Chorzów, Poland. It is one of the earliest sports organizations in Upper Silesia and is still well-known nationally for its football and handball teams...
0-0 (att. 6000). In LutskLutskLutsk is a city located by the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of the surrounding Lutskyi Raion within the oblast...
, Józef NojiJózef NojiJózef Noji was a Polish track and field athlete and participant of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin....
becomes the 10,000-meter cross country runningCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
champion of Poland, - April 16. During EasterEasterEaster is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...
holidays, a number of foreign teams visit Poland. VfB StuttgartVfB StuttgartVerein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons...
ties 0-0 with AKS ChorzówAKS ChorzówAKS Chorzów is a sports club in based in Chorzów, Poland. It is one of the earliest sports organizations in Upper Silesia and is still well-known nationally for its football and handball teams...
, and loses 0-1 to Ruch ChorzówRuch ChorzówRuch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
. LKS Łódź ties 2-2 with Nemzeti BudapestVasas SCVasas SC is one of Hungary's major sports clubs. Most of its facilities are situated in Budapest's 13th district in the north of the town. Members of the Hungarian Union of Iron Workers founded the club as Vas-és Fémmunkások Sport Clubja, the "Sport Club of Iron and Steel Workers", on 16 March 1911...
, Polonia WarszawaPolonia WarszawaPolonia Warsaw is a Polish sports club with football and basketball teams, founded in 1911, and is the oldest such club in Warsaw, where it is based.- History :...
loses to Nemzeti 0-3, Kispesti BudapestBudapest Honvéd FCBudapest Honvéd FC |football]] team. "Honved" means the Homeland Defense. Originally formed as Kispest AC, they became Kispest FC in 1926 before reverting to their original name in 1944. The team enjoyed a golden age during the 1950s when it was renamed Budapest Honvéd SE and became the Hungarian...
beats Wisla KrakówWisla KrakówWisła Kraków is a football club based in Kraków, Poland. Wisła contends in Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish professional football competition. Wisła Kraków is one of the oldest and most successful Polish football clubs. It ranks third in the number of national titles won behind Górnik Zabrze...
3-1, and ties 2-2 with Cracovia. Pogon LwówPogon LwówLKS Pogoń Lwów is a former Polish professional sports club which was located in Lwów , and existed from 1904 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. It was the second oldest Polish football club behind other teams from Lwów - Czarni and Lechia...
ties 1-1 with Budafok Budapest, and Warta PoznańWarta PoznanWarta Poznań is a football club based in Poznań, Poland. Founded in 1912, the club are two-time winners of the Polish Football Championship, in 1929 and 1947, but currently reside in the Polish First League. The name means the Guard in Polish and also a name of river Warta on which Poznań is...
twice beats 3-2, 2-1 Phoebus Budapest, - April 24. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Cracovia Kraków beats at home Warta Poznań 5-2 (att. 3000), LKS Łódź ties at home with Wisla Kraków 0-0, Polonia Warszawa loses at home to Ruch Chorzów 0-3 (att. 5000), AKS Chorzów beats in Chorzów Warszawianka Warszawa 3-0, and Smigly Wilno loses at home to Pogon Lwów 0-1 (att. 5000). In international lawn tennis game in Warsaw, Poland beats Germany 6-1,
May
- May 1. In games of the Polish Football League, Smigly WilnoSmigly WilnoŚmigły Wilno was a former Polish soccer team. Founded in 1933 in Wilno . Śmigły's full name was Wojskowy Klub Sportowy "Śmigły" Wilno...
beats at home AKS ChorzówAKS ChorzówAKS Chorzów is a sports club in based in Chorzów, Poland. It is one of the earliest sports organizations in Upper Silesia and is still well-known nationally for its football and handball teams...
3-1 (att. 5000), Pogon LwówPogon LwówLKS Pogoń Lwów is a former Polish professional sports club which was located in Lwów , and existed from 1904 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. It was the second oldest Polish football club behind other teams from Lwów - Czarni and Lechia...
beats at home LKS Łódź 1-0 (att. 4000), Wisla KrakówWisla KrakówWisła Kraków is a football club based in Kraków, Poland. Wisła contends in Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish professional football competition. Wisła Kraków is one of the oldest and most successful Polish football clubs. It ranks third in the number of national titles won behind Górnik Zabrze...
ties with Cracovia 2-2 (att. 8000), Ruch ChorzówRuch ChorzówRuch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
beats at home Warta PoznańWarta PoznanWarta Poznań is a football club based in Poznań, Poland. Founded in 1912, the club are two-time winners of the Polish Football Championship, in 1929 and 1947, but currently reside in the Polish First League. The name means the Guard in Polish and also a name of river Warta on which Poznań is...
3-2 (att. 5000) and Warszawianka WarszawaWarszawianka WarszawaKlub Sportowy Warszawianka is a former Polish multi-sport club from Warsaw. Founded in 1921 by the famous Warsaw families of Luxemburgs and Loths . Hues - black-white, the logo consisted of a black capital letter W.-History:At first, the club's main effort was concentrated on football...
beats Polonia WarszawaPolonia WarszawaPolonia Warsaw is a Polish sports club with football and basketball teams, founded in 1911, and is the oldest such club in Warsaw, where it is based.- History :...
3-1 (att. 7000), - May 3. In several Polish cities and towns, the National Running Day is celebrated to commemorate the Polish ConstitutionConstitution of May 3, 1791The Constitution of May 3, 1791 was adopted as a "Government Act" on that date by the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Historian Norman Davies calls it "the first constitution of its type in Europe"; other scholars also refer to it as the world's second oldest constitution...
. The biggest runs take place in PoznańPoznanPoznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
and SlonimSlonimSlonim is a city in Hrodna Voblast, Belarus, capital of the Slonim District. It is located at the junction of the Shchara and Isa rivers, 143 km southeast of Hrodna. The population in 2008 was 50,800.-Etymology and historical names:...
. Polish national soccer team leaves Poland, heading to StrasbourgStrasbourgStrasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
for a World Cup game vs Brazil, - May 8. In KatowiceKatowiceKatowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
, in the Davis CupDavis CupThe Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
game, Poland beats Denmark 5-0. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Ruch ChorzówRuch ChorzówRuch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
beats at home Warszawianka WarszawaWarszawianka WarszawaKlub Sportowy Warszawianka is a former Polish multi-sport club from Warsaw. Founded in 1921 by the famous Warsaw families of Luxemburgs and Loths . Hues - black-white, the logo consisted of a black capital letter W.-History:At first, the club's main effort was concentrated on football...
6-2 (att. 5000), Cracovia beats at home Smigly WilnoSmigly WilnoŚmigły Wilno was a former Polish soccer team. Founded in 1933 in Wilno . Śmigły's full name was Wojskowy Klub Sportowy "Śmigły" Wilno...
3-0 (att. 7000), LKS Łódź beats at home AKS ChorzówAKS ChorzówAKS Chorzów is a sports club in based in Chorzów, Poland. It is one of the earliest sports organizations in Upper Silesia and is still well-known nationally for its football and handball teams...
2-1 (att. 5000), Warta PoznańWarta PoznanWarta Poznań is a football club based in Poznań, Poland. Founded in 1912, the club are two-time winners of the Polish Football Championship, in 1929 and 1947, but currently reside in the Polish First League. The name means the Guard in Polish and also a name of river Warta on which Poznań is...
beats at home Wisla KrakówWisla KrakówWisła Kraków is a football club based in Kraków, Poland. Wisła contends in Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish professional football competition. Wisła Kraków is one of the oldest and most successful Polish football clubs. It ranks third in the number of national titles won behind Górnik Zabrze...
6-2, and Polonia WarszawaPolonia WarszawaPolonia Warsaw is a Polish sports club with football and basketball teams, founded in 1911, and is the oldest such club in Warsaw, where it is based.- History :...
beats in Warsaw Pogon LwówPogon LwówLKS Pogoń Lwów is a former Polish professional sports club which was located in Lwów , and existed from 1904 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. It was the second oldest Polish football club behind other teams from Lwów - Czarni and Lechia...
1-0 (att. 7000), - May 15. In the games of the Ekstraklasa, Warszawianka WarszawaWarszawianka WarszawaKlub Sportowy Warszawianka is a former Polish multi-sport club from Warsaw. Founded in 1921 by the famous Warsaw families of Luxemburgs and Loths . Hues - black-white, the logo consisted of a black capital letter W.-History:At first, the club's main effort was concentrated on football...
beats at home Smigly WilnoSmigly WilnoŚmigły Wilno was a former Polish soccer team. Founded in 1933 in Wilno . Śmigły's full name was Wojskowy Klub Sportowy "Śmigły" Wilno...
6-2 (att. 4000), LKS Łódź beats at home Polonia WarszawaPolonia WarszawaPolonia Warsaw is a Polish sports club with football and basketball teams, founded in 1911, and is the oldest such club in Warsaw, where it is based.- History :...
4-3 (att. 5000), AKS ChorzówAKS ChorzówAKS Chorzów is a sports club in based in Chorzów, Poland. It is one of the earliest sports organizations in Upper Silesia and is still well-known nationally for its football and handball teams...
routs in ChorzówChorzówChorzów is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central districts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis with a population of 2 million...
the team of Cracovia 5-1 (att. 15 000), Pogon LwówPogon LwówLKS Pogoń Lwów is a former Polish professional sports club which was located in Lwów , and existed from 1904 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. It was the second oldest Polish football club behind other teams from Lwów - Czarni and Lechia...
ties at home with Warta PoznańWarta PoznanWarta Poznań is a football club based in Poznań, Poland. Founded in 1912, the club are two-time winners of the Polish Football Championship, in 1929 and 1947, but currently reside in the Polish First League. The name means the Guard in Polish and also a name of river Warta on which Poznań is...
1-1 (att. 6000), and Wisla KrakówWisla KrakówWisła Kraków is a football club based in Kraków, Poland. Wisła contends in Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish professional football competition. Wisła Kraków is one of the oldest and most successful Polish football clubs. It ranks third in the number of national titles won behind Górnik Zabrze...
beats in Kraków Ruch ChorzówRuch ChorzówRuch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
3-1 (att. 7000), - May 18. In Chorzów, in a friendly game, team of Polish Upper Silesia ties 4-4 with Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
Attendance: 35 000, goals for the Silesians - Ernest WilimowskiErnest WilimowskiErnst Willimowski was a football player who played for both the Polish and German national teams....
- 3, Gerard WodarzGerard WodarzGerard Wodarz was one of the best soccer players of interwar Poland. He was a multiple champion of the country and also played 28 games on the Polish national football team, scoring 9 goals.He was born in 1913 in Wielkie Hajduki Gerard Wodarz (August 10, 1913 – November 8, 1982) was one of...
- 1, - May 22. In an international football friendly, Poland beats in Warsaw Ireland 6-0 (att. 20 000),
- May 25. In MilanMilanMilan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, Italy beats Poland 3-2 in the second round of the Davis CupDavis CupThe Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
, - May 26. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Smigly Wilno beats at home Wisla Kraków 1-0 (att. 3000), Warszawianka Warszawa beats in Warsaw Pogon Lwów 2-0 (att. 1500), Ruch Chorzów beats at home AKS Chorzów 3-2 (att. 13 000), Warta Poznań beats at home LKS Łódź 6-2, and Cracovia Kraków beats in Kraków Polonia Warszawa 3-2,
- May 27. National football team of Poland begins a training camp in WągrowiecWagrowiecWągrowiec is a town in northwestern Poland, 50 km from both Poznań and Bydgoszcz. Since the 18th century it has been the a seat of a powiat. It is currently attached to the Greater Poland Voivodeship...
, preparing for the 1938 FIFA World Cup1938 FIFA World CupThe 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third staging of the World Cup, and was held in France from 4 June to 19 June. Italy retained the championship, beating Hungary 4–2 in the final.-Host selection:...
in France,
June
- June 5. In StrasbourgStrasbourgStrasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
, in a 1938 FIFA World Cup1938 FIFA World CupThe 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third staging of the World Cup, and was held in France from 4 June to 19 June. Italy retained the championship, beating Hungary 4–2 in the final.-Host selection:...
match, Poland loses to BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
5-6 (see also Poland v Brazil (1938)Poland v Brazil (1938)Poland v Brazil was a football match held during the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France and still remembered by Polish fans of this sport as the one in which Poland national football team debuted. To qualify to the tournament Poland had to beat only one team - Yugoslavia...
, - June 11. In Rome, Italian wrestling team beats Poland 6-1,
- June 12. In games of the Ekstraklasa, AKS ChorzówAKS ChorzówAKS Chorzów is a sports club in based in Chorzów, Poland. It is one of the earliest sports organizations in Upper Silesia and is still well-known nationally for its football and handball teams...
beats at home Warta PoznańWarta PoznanWarta Poznań is a football club based in Poznań, Poland. Founded in 1912, the club are two-time winners of the Polish Football Championship, in 1929 and 1947, but currently reside in the Polish First League. The name means the Guard in Polish and also a name of river Warta on which Poznań is...
4-0, LKS Łódź loses in Łódź to Cracovia 0-1, Pogon LwówPogon LwówLKS Pogoń Lwów is a former Polish professional sports club which was located in Lwów , and existed from 1904 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. It was the second oldest Polish football club behind other teams from Lwów - Czarni and Lechia...
beats at home Ruch ChorzówRuch ChorzówRuch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
3-1 (att. 6000), Wisla KrakówWisla KrakówWisła Kraków is a football club based in Kraków, Poland. Wisła contends in Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish professional football competition. Wisła Kraków is one of the oldest and most successful Polish football clubs. It ranks third in the number of national titles won behind Górnik Zabrze...
beats in Kraków Warszawianka WarszawaWarszawianka WarszawaKlub Sportowy Warszawianka is a former Polish multi-sport club from Warsaw. Founded in 1921 by the famous Warsaw families of Luxemburgs and Loths . Hues - black-white, the logo consisted of a black capital letter W.-History:At first, the club's main effort was concentrated on football...
3-1, and Polonia WarszawaPolonia WarszawaPolonia Warsaw is a Polish sports club with football and basketball teams, founded in 1911, and is the oldest such club in Warsaw, where it is based.- History :...
beats at home Smigly WilnoSmigly WilnoŚmigły Wilno was a former Polish soccer team. Founded in 1933 in Wilno . Śmigły's full name was Wojskowy Klub Sportowy "Śmigły" Wilno...
5-2. In BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Hungary beats Poland 13-7, in an international handball game. In PoznańPoznanPoznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
, in a rowing competition, Poland loses to Germany 25-47, - June 15. In Poznań, Polish boxing team beats France 14 -2,
- June 19. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Warta Poznań ties at home 3-3 with Warszawianka (att. 4000), Ruch Chorzów beats at home Cracovia 4-0 (att. 10 000), LKS Łódź ties at home with Smigly Wilno 1-1 (att. 4000), and Wisla Kraków beats in Kraków Pogon Lwów 1-0 (att. 3000). In international track and field friendly, Poland beats France 119,5 - 91,5. Ignacy Tloczynski becomes lawn tennis champion of Poland, after beating Jozef Hebda,
- June 26. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Cracovia beats at home Ruch Chorzow 3-2 (att. 7000), in Chorzow AKS beats Polonia Warszawa 1-0 (att. 6000), in Wilno, Smigly beats LKS Lodz 4-0 (att. 4000), in Lwow Pogon beats Wisla Krakow 2-1, and in Warsaw, Warszawianka beats Warta Poznan 2-1 (att. 4000). KPW Poznan becomes handball champion of Poland, 2nd is AZS Warszawa, 3rd Cracovia, and 4th LKS Lodz.
July
- July 16. Swimming championships of Poland begin in Bielsko-BialaBielsko-Biala-Economy and Industry:Nowadays Bielsko-Biała is one of the best-developed parts of Poland. It was ranked 2nd best city for business in that country by Forbes. About 5% of people are unemployed . Bielsko-Biała is famous for its textile, machine-building, and especially automotive industry...
, - July 17. Quarterfinal games of the President of Poland's Football Cup take place in four cities,
- July 29. International female lawn tennis match Poland - Czechoslovakia begins in Warsaw,
August
- August 1. In a two-day track and field match in Cernauti, Poland beats Romania 96 - 48. In a friendly football match, Ruch Chorzow beats at home SK JugoslavijaSK JugoslavijaSportski klub Jugoslavija, commonly known as SK Jugoslavija was a Serbian football club from Belgrade. It was originally formed as SK Velika Srbija in 1913 and changed its name to SK Jugoslavija in 1919.-History:...
5-2, - August 2. In a friendly football match, SK Jugoslavija beats LKS Lodz 2-0,
- August 3. In a friendly football game in Warsaw, Poland loses to Hungaria Budapest 1-3 (att. 6000),
- August 5. In a friendly football match in Lodz, Poland beats Hungaria Budapest 1-0,
- August 7. In an international boxing match in VeniceVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
, Poland loses to Italy 4-12. In semifinal games of President of Poland's Football Cup, Lwow beats at home Lodz 3-2, and Krakow beats Warsaw 3-2 (in Warsaw). Syrena Warsaw becomes team cycling champion of Poland, - August 10. In an international track and field match in OsloOsloOslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Poland beats Norway 95-93. In RiminiRiminiRimini is a medium-sized city of 142,579 inhabitants in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It is located on the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia and Ausa...
, Poland ties 8-8 with Italy, in the second leg of a boxing match, - August 21. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Warta Poznan beats at home AKS Chorzow 4-3, Cracovia beats LKS Lodz 6-2, Wisla Krakow beats Warszawianka Warszawa 3-2, Polonia Warszawa beats Smigly Wilno 3-0, and Ruch Chorzow beats Pogon Lwow 3-1,
- August 28. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Pogon LwówPogon LwówLKS Pogoń Lwów is a former Polish professional sports club which was located in Lwów , and existed from 1904 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. It was the second oldest Polish football club behind other teams from Lwów - Czarni and Lechia...
beats at home Warszawianka WarszawaWarszawianka WarszawaKlub Sportowy Warszawianka is a former Polish multi-sport club from Warsaw. Founded in 1921 by the famous Warsaw families of Luxemburgs and Loths . Hues - black-white, the logo consisted of a black capital letter W.-History:At first, the club's main effort was concentrated on football...
3-0 (att. 5000), Wisla KrakówWisla KrakówWisła Kraków is a football club based in Kraków, Poland. Wisła contends in Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish professional football competition. Wisła Kraków is one of the oldest and most successful Polish football clubs. It ranks third in the number of national titles won behind Górnik Zabrze...
beats at home Smigly WilnoSmigly WilnoŚmigły Wilno was a former Polish soccer team. Founded in 1933 in Wilno . Śmigły's full name was Wojskowy Klub Sportowy "Śmigły" Wilno...
4-1 (att. 4000), Ruch ChorzówRuch ChorzówRuch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
beats away AKS ChorzówAKS ChorzówAKS Chorzów is a sports club in based in Chorzów, Poland. It is one of the earliest sports organizations in Upper Silesia and is still well-known nationally for its football and handball teams...
4-2 (att. 12 000), in Łódź, LKS Łódź ties 0-0 with Warta PoznańWarta PoznanWarta Poznań is a football club based in Poznań, Poland. Founded in 1912, the club are two-time winners of the Polish Football Championship, in 1929 and 1947, but currently reside in the Polish First League. The name means the Guard in Polish and also a name of river Warta on which Poznań is...
, and in Warsaw, Polonia WarszawaPolonia WarszawaPolonia Warsaw is a Polish sports club with football and basketball teams, founded in 1911, and is the oldest such club in Warsaw, where it is based.- History :...
ties 2-2 with Cracovia (att. 5000), - August 29. In an international lawn tennis game in ZilinaŽilinaŽilina is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the fourth largest city of Slovakia with a population of approximately 85,000, an important industrial center, the largest city on the Váh river, and the seat of a...
, CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
ties 3-3 with Poland. In games of the Ekstraklasa, LKS Lodz ties with Warta Poznan 0-0, Ruch Chorzow beats at home AKS Chorzow 4-2 (att. 15 000), Pogon Lwow beats Warszawianka Warszawa 3-0 (att. 3500), Wisla Krakow beats Smigly Wilno 4-1, and Cracovia ties with Polonia Warszawa 2-2. In qualifiers to the Ekstraklasa, Garbarnia KrakowGarbarnia KrakówRKS Garbarnia Kraków is a Polish football and sports club from Ludwinow - a historical district of the city of Kraków. The club’s unusual name comes from the nearby tannery of the Dluzynski brothers, which was the original club sponsor...
beats at home Union Touring LodzUnion Touring LódzUnion Touring Łódź was a Polish soccer club from the city of Łódź. Union Touring was created in 1932 as the result of a merger of Klub Turystow Łódź and SS Union Łódź. In late 1938 the team was promoted to the Polish Soccer League and appeared in the unfinished 1939 season.Union Touring's promotion...
2-1, and in LuckLutskLutsk is a city located by the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of the surrounding Lutskyi Raion within the oblast...
, local team PKS loses to Slask SwietochlowiceSlask SwietochlowiceŚląsk Świętochłowice is one of the Polish sports clubs from Upper Silesia, strongly connected with the region, which is reflected in its name - Śląsk simply means Silesia....
1-4 (att. 3000),
September
- September 4. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Warta PoznańWarta PoznanWarta Poznań is a football club based in Poznań, Poland. Founded in 1912, the club are two-time winners of the Polish Football Championship, in 1929 and 1947, but currently reside in the Polish First League. The name means the Guard in Polish and also a name of river Warta on which Poznań is...
beats at home Pogon LwówPogon LwówLKS Pogoń Lwów is a former Polish professional sports club which was located in Lwów , and existed from 1904 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. It was the second oldest Polish football club behind other teams from Lwów - Czarni and Lechia...
2-0 (att. 6000), Ruch ChorzówRuch ChorzówRuch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
beats at home Wisla KrakówWisla KrakówWisła Kraków is a football club based in Kraków, Poland. Wisła contends in Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish professional football competition. Wisła Kraków is one of the oldest and most successful Polish football clubs. It ranks third in the number of national titles won behind Górnik Zabrze...
4-2, Polonia WarszawaPolonia WarszawaPolonia Warsaw is a Polish sports club with football and basketball teams, founded in 1911, and is the oldest such club in Warsaw, where it is based.- History :...
beats at home LKS Łódź 2-1, Cracovia beats at home AKS ChorzówAKS ChorzówAKS Chorzów is a sports club in based in Chorzów, Poland. It is one of the earliest sports organizations in Upper Silesia and is still well-known nationally for its football and handball teams...
4-2 (att. 8000), and Smigly WilnoSmigly WilnoŚmigły Wilno was a former Polish soccer team. Founded in 1933 in Wilno . Śmigły's full name was Wojskowy Klub Sportowy "Śmigły" Wilno...
beats at home Warszawianka WarszawaWarszawianka WarszawaKlub Sportowy Warszawianka is a former Polish multi-sport club from Warsaw. Founded in 1921 by the famous Warsaw families of Luxemburgs and Loths . Hues - black-white, the logo consisted of a black capital letter W.-History:At first, the club's main effort was concentrated on football...
4-1. On the same day in MilanMilanMilan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, Roger VereyRoger VereyRoger Roland Verey was a Polish rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Lausanne, Switzerland and died in Kraków....
wins silver in the Rowing Championships of Europe, - September 11. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Ruch ChorzówRuch ChorzówRuch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
beats in Warsaw Warszawianka WarszawaWarszawianka WarszawaKlub Sportowy Warszawianka is a former Polish multi-sport club from Warsaw. Founded in 1921 by the famous Warsaw families of Luxemburgs and Loths . Hues - black-white, the logo consisted of a black capital letter W.-History:At first, the club's main effort was concentrated on football...
4-1 (att. 10 000), Pogon LwówPogon LwówLKS Pogoń Lwów is a former Polish professional sports club which was located in Lwów , and existed from 1904 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. It was the second oldest Polish football club behind other teams from Lwów - Czarni and Lechia...
loses at home to Polonia WarszawaPolonia WarszawaPolonia Warsaw is a Polish sports club with football and basketball teams, founded in 1911, and is the oldest such club in Warsaw, where it is based.- History :...
1-3, in Wilno, Smigly WilnoSmigly WilnoŚmigły Wilno was a former Polish soccer team. Founded in 1933 in Wilno . Śmigły's full name was Wojskowy Klub Sportowy "Śmigły" Wilno...
loses to Cracovia 1-3 (att. 6000), in Kraków, Warta PoznańWarta PoznanWarta Poznań is a football club based in Poznań, Poland. Founded in 1912, the club are two-time winners of the Polish Football Championship, in 1929 and 1947, but currently reside in the Polish First League. The name means the Guard in Polish and also a name of river Warta on which Poznań is...
beats Wisla KrakówWisla KrakówWisła Kraków is a football club based in Kraków, Poland. Wisła contends in Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish professional football competition. Wisła Kraków is one of the oldest and most successful Polish football clubs. It ranks third in the number of national titles won behind Górnik Zabrze...
7-5 (att. 3000), and in Chorzów, AKS ChorzówAKS ChorzówAKS Chorzów is a sports club in based in Chorzów, Poland. It is one of the earliest sports organizations in Upper Silesia and is still well-known nationally for its football and handball teams...
beats LKS Łódź 3-2, - September 18. In a friendly football game in ChemnitzChemnitzChemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle...
, German beats Poland 4-1, - September 25. In international football games, Poland A ties 4-4 with Yugoslawia (in Warsaw), and Poland B loses in Riga to Latvia 1-2,
October
- October 2. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Polonia WarszawaPolonia WarszawaPolonia Warsaw is a Polish sports club with football and basketball teams, founded in 1911, and is the oldest such club in Warsaw, where it is based.- History :...
beats at home Warszawianka WarszawaWarszawianka WarszawaKlub Sportowy Warszawianka is a former Polish multi-sport club from Warsaw. Founded in 1921 by the famous Warsaw families of Luxemburgs and Loths . Hues - black-white, the logo consisted of a black capital letter W.-History:At first, the club's main effort was concentrated on football...
5-2 (att. 7000), AKS ChorzówAKS ChorzówAKS Chorzów is a sports club in based in Chorzów, Poland. It is one of the earliest sports organizations in Upper Silesia and is still well-known nationally for its football and handball teams...
routs at home Smigly WilnoSmigly WilnoŚmigły Wilno was a former Polish soccer team. Founded in 1933 in Wilno . Śmigły's full name was Wojskowy Klub Sportowy "Śmigły" Wilno...
7-1 (att. 2500), LKS Łódź beats at home Pogon LwówPogon LwówLKS Pogoń Lwów is a former Polish professional sports club which was located in Lwów , and existed from 1904 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. It was the second oldest Polish football club behind other teams from Lwów - Czarni and Lechia...
(att. 2000), Cracovia beats at home Wisla KrakówWisla KrakówWisła Kraków is a football club based in Kraków, Poland. Wisła contends in Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish professional football competition. Wisła Kraków is one of the oldest and most successful Polish football clubs. It ranks third in the number of national titles won behind Górnik Zabrze...
2-1 (att. 8000), and Warta PoznańWarta PoznanWarta Poznań is a football club based in Poznań, Poland. Founded in 1912, the club are two-time winners of the Polish Football Championship, in 1929 and 1947, but currently reside in the Polish First League. The name means the Guard in Polish and also a name of river Warta on which Poznań is...
routs at home Ruch ChorzówRuch ChorzówRuch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
6-0 (att. 6000). On the same day, Garbarnia KrakówGarbarnia KrakówRKS Garbarnia Kraków is a Polish football and sports club from Ludwinow - a historical district of the city of Kraków. The club’s unusual name comes from the nearby tannery of the Dluzynski brothers, which was the original club sponsor...
and Union Touring Łódź win playoffs to the Ekstraklasa, - October 9. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Warszawianka WarszawaWarszawianka WarszawaKlub Sportowy Warszawianka is a former Polish multi-sport club from Warsaw. Founded in 1921 by the famous Warsaw families of Luxemburgs and Loths . Hues - black-white, the logo consisted of a black capital letter W.-History:At first, the club's main effort was concentrated on football...
beats at home Cracovia 2-0 (att. 3000), Ruch ChorzówRuch ChorzówRuch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
beats at home LKS Łódź 5-0 (att. 2000), Smigly WilnoSmigly WilnoŚmigły Wilno was a former Polish soccer team. Founded in 1933 in Wilno . Śmigły's full name was Wojskowy Klub Sportowy "Śmigły" Wilno...
loses at home to Warta PoznańWarta PoznanWarta Poznań is a football club based in Poznań, Poland. Founded in 1912, the club are two-time winners of the Polish Football Championship, in 1929 and 1947, but currently reside in the Polish First League. The name means the Guard in Polish and also a name of river Warta on which Poznań is...
0-1 (att. 3000), Pogon LwówPogon LwówLKS Pogoń Lwów is a former Polish professional sports club which was located in Lwów , and existed from 1904 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. It was the second oldest Polish football club behind other teams from Lwów - Czarni and Lechia...
beats at home AKS ChorzówAKS ChorzówAKS Chorzów is a sports club in based in Chorzów, Poland. It is one of the earliest sports organizations in Upper Silesia and is still well-known nationally for its football and handball teams...
1-0, and Wisla KrakówWisla KrakówWisła Kraków is a football club based in Kraków, Poland. Wisła contends in Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish professional football competition. Wisła Kraków is one of the oldest and most successful Polish football clubs. It ranks third in the number of national titles won behind Górnik Zabrze...
beats at home Polonia WarszawaPolonia WarszawaPolonia Warsaw is a Polish sports club with football and basketball teams, founded in 1911, and is the oldest such club in Warsaw, where it is based.- History :...
4-2 (att. 3000). After a series of playoffs, Garbarnia KrakowGarbarnia KrakówRKS Garbarnia Kraków is a Polish football and sports club from Ludwinow - a historical district of the city of Kraków. The club’s unusual name comes from the nearby tannery of the Dluzynski brothers, which was the original club sponsor...
and Union Touring LodzUnion Touring LódzUnion Touring Łódź was a Polish soccer club from the city of Łódź. Union Touring was created in 1932 as the result of a merger of Klub Turystow Łódź and SS Union Łódź. In late 1938 the team was promoted to the Polish Soccer League and appeared in the unfinished 1939 season.Union Touring's promotion...
are promoted to Ekstraklasa, - October 12. Stanislawa Walasiewiczowna leaves GdyniaGdyniaGdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together...
for New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, - October 30. In last games of the 1938 season of the Ekstraklasa, Warszawianka WarszawaWarszawianka WarszawaKlub Sportowy Warszawianka is a former Polish multi-sport club from Warsaw. Founded in 1921 by the famous Warsaw families of Luxemburgs and Loths . Hues - black-white, the logo consisted of a black capital letter W.-History:At first, the club's main effort was concentrated on football...
loses at home to AKS ChorzówAKS ChorzówAKS Chorzów is a sports club in based in Chorzów, Poland. It is one of the earliest sports organizations in Upper Silesia and is still well-known nationally for its football and handball teams...
0-3 (att. 2000), Wisla KrakówWisla KrakówWisła Kraków is a football club based in Kraków, Poland. Wisła contends in Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish professional football competition. Wisła Kraków is one of the oldest and most successful Polish football clubs. It ranks third in the number of national titles won behind Górnik Zabrze...
routs at home LKS Łódź 7-3 (att. 2000), Ruch ChorzówRuch ChorzówRuch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
beats at home Polonia WarszawaPolonia WarszawaPolonia Warsaw is a Polish sports club with football and basketball teams, founded in 1911, and is the oldest such club in Warsaw, where it is based.- History :...
3-2, Pogon LwówPogon LwówLKS Pogoń Lwów is a former Polish professional sports club which was located in Lwów , and existed from 1904 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. It was the second oldest Polish football club behind other teams from Lwów - Czarni and Lechia...
beats at home Smigly WilnoSmigly WilnoŚmigły Wilno was a former Polish soccer team. Founded in 1933 in Wilno . Śmigły's full name was Wojskowy Klub Sportowy "Śmigły" Wilno...
3-2 (att. 4000), and in Poznań, Warta PoznańWarta PoznanWarta Poznań is a football club based in Poznań, Poland. Founded in 1912, the club are two-time winners of the Polish Football Championship, in 1929 and 1947, but currently reside in the Polish First League. The name means the Guard in Polish and also a name of river Warta on which Poznań is...
routs Cracovia 7-1 (att. 5000). Ruch Chorzów becomes the 1938 Football Champion of Poland, demoted are the teams of Smigly Wilno and LKS Łódź,
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- November 1. In a postponed game of the Ekstraklasa, Cracovia loses at home to Polonia WarszawaPolonia WarszawaPolonia Warsaw is a Polish sports club with football and basketball teams, founded in 1911, and is the oldest such club in Warsaw, where it is based.- History :...
0-2 (att. 4000), - November 13. In international football game, which takes place in Dublin, Poland loses to Ireland 2-3, with goals by Ernest WilimowskiErnest WilimowskiErnst Willimowski was a football player who played for both the Polish and German national teams....
and Leonard PiątekLeonard PiatekLeonard Franciszek Piątek was a Polish football player of Upper Silesian origin who played in the interwar period....
. In Breslau, in a double boxing game, Germany beats Poland 12-4, and then loses 4-12, - November 27. In Lwów, in the final game of the President of Poland's Football Cup, Lwów beats Kraków 5-1,