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Germany, as well as the bisection of Poland with an exterrito-
rial highway that was to join the two parts of Germany.
The rapidly changing events on the political stage were
carefully observed in Cracow, particularly by its leading news-
paper IKC (Illustrated Daily Courier). Critical but not antago-
nistic towards the govemment, this paper successfully molded
general public opinion. (We have to remember that television
was still non-existent and the press along with the radios had a
dominant influence on public consciousness of the time.)
In May 1935, Marshal Jozef Pilsudski’s death plunged the
whole nation into mourning. By popular consensus, it was
decided that he would be buried in Wawel Cathedral close to the
kings, national heroes, and great poets. A ceremonial funeral
took place in Cracow in the presence of enormous crowds and
distinguished guests from foreign countries. Accompanying the
ceremony was the clang of the majestic Zygmunt Bell in the
cathedral’s tower. The following year, Pilsudski’s Mound was
constructed on the hill of Sowiniec, not far from Kosciuszko’s
Mound.
The last decade before the war witnessed a new blooming of
Cracow’s culture that extended to all fields of cultural endeavor.
Jagiellonian University flourished, and the newly named Polish
Academy of Sciences established research stations in Rome and
Paris. Many of Cracow’s scholars were awarded memberships to
various foreign societies; and they were particularly appreciated
as authorities in the domains of law, history, economics, and
medicine. Some scholars even attained international fame,
among them Tadeusz Lehr-Spawinski in linguistic studies and
Rafal Taubenschlag in papyrology.
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rial highway that was to join the two parts of Germany.
The rapidly changing events on the political stage were
carefully observed in Cracow, particularly by its leading news-
paper IKC (Illustrated Daily Courier). Critical but not antago-
nistic towards the govemment, this paper successfully molded
general public opinion. (We have to remember that television
was still non-existent and the press along with the radios had a
dominant influence on public consciousness of the time.)
In May 1935, Marshal Jozef Pilsudski’s death plunged the
whole nation into mourning. By popular consensus, it was
decided that he would be buried in Wawel Cathedral close to the
kings, national heroes, and great poets. A ceremonial funeral
took place in Cracow in the presence of enormous crowds and
distinguished guests from foreign countries. Accompanying the
ceremony was the clang of the majestic Zygmunt Bell in the
cathedral’s tower. The following year, Pilsudski’s Mound was
constructed on the hill of Sowiniec, not far from Kosciuszko’s
Mound.
The last decade before the war witnessed a new blooming of
Cracow’s culture that extended to all fields of cultural endeavor.
Jagiellonian University flourished, and the newly named Polish
Academy of Sciences established research stations in Rome and
Paris. Many of Cracow’s scholars were awarded memberships to
various foreign societies; and they were particularly appreciated
as authorities in the domains of law, history, economics, and
medicine. Some scholars even attained international fame,
among them Tadeusz Lehr-Spawinski in linguistic studies and
Rafal Taubenschlag in papyrology.
110