Status and Prospects for Research on Relations of the Polish Protestant Church With Polish Civilian and Military Administration, in Connection with the Situation before and During the Polish September Campaign 1939

The topic of relations of Protestant Churches towards policies of Polish civilian and military authorities, in connection with the situation before and during the Polish September Campaign of 1939, so far, has not been the issue of a particular interest for both Polish and German researchers. However, there is a number of publications on the history of these churches, but the period of 1938–1939 had still been of a little scientific concern. Most of the works are on the Lutheran Church. More comprehensive publications refer mainly to the German occupation and they were not touching topics related to the September 1939 Campaign. At present, they are many controversies, both in Polish and German historiographies, with regard to attitudes of Evangelic churches towards the Polish State. This article is signalling main research problems that should be addressed after the careful archival studies. They should include both documents of a church provenance and administrative documents from German and Polish archives.