Німецьке початкове шкільництво на Дрогобиччині у роки нацистської окупації (1941 - 1944)

Abstract

The article describes the situation of the German elementary school in Drohobych region in 1941 – 1944. Based on the documents of the German occupational authorities of education, the formation of the school network, the number and nationality of teachers, the dynamics of the pupils contingent, the organization of the educational process, the level of material and financial provision of the German elementary schools are researched. The study covers the territory of the Drohobych region of the Ukrainian SSR, which, during the German occupation, was divided between Galician and Krakow districts of the General Provincial. It was found that the formation of German elementary schools in the occupied Drohobych region occurred in places of compact residence of the Germans: the former Austrian colonies and the city-center of the areas. In the Drohobych region there were almost three dozen German elementary schools. They were distinguished by a small number of teachers (approximately 50 people) and pupils (up to 1,500 people, most of whom were folksodoych). These schools, in comparison with the Ukrainian and Polish schools, received significant support from the authorities, in particular the financial ones. However, in the wake of the war, funding for schools, including German ones, was unsatisfactory. With the approach of the front, German-language educational institutions ceased to exist and were not restored by the Soviet authorities after the war.