Główne kierunki pomocy dzieciom i młodzieży w Polsce międzywojennej na przykładzie działalności Stowarzyszenia Rodzina Kolejowa

Abstract

The aim of the article is an attempt to present the issues concerning self-help activities for children and youth in Poland between the wars undertaken by the Railway Family Association. A particularly important research problem turned out to be the determination of the directions of assistance provided by railwaymen, who, apart from their professional work on the railroad, were also credited with actively engaging in social activities. The article has a cognitive and historical aspect and is based on printed sources, including statutes and reports, articles published in the interwar period referring to the issue under study, and on contemporary studies. The analysis of the sources made it possible to show examples of activities undertaken by the association for children and youth in the interwar period, which were included in the main areas of assistance: care and education, educational and cultural, social and living, as well as health and recreation. They confirm that employees of this professional group played an important role in supporting the youngest members of society.