Status and Prospects for Research on Polish on the Functioning Voivodeship and District Administration of the Republic of Poland in the Period since mid-October 1938 till October 1939

The main objective of the article is to evaluate the current status of research on Polish Voivodeship and District Administration just before the WWII and during the Polish September Military Campaign of 1939. Available sources had been analyzed and research perspective were presented in the paper. It also includes assessment of structures and effectiveness of the Polish administration during the time of the Second Polish Republic, its place and role in the mobilisation process (in military, industrial and agricultural aspects of this activity), problems of payments in kind for the defense, food supply and assistance to families of mobilized soldiers. The effectiveness of the administration after the breakout of the armed conflict will also be investigated, as well as place and role of Civilian Commissioners, and usefulness and value of evacuation procedures.