THE LEGAL STATUS OF POPULATION OF THE SECOND POLISH REPUBLIC

Abstract

The article highlights the legal status of minorities in the Second Polish Republic. It analyses international and Polish legal framework of cultural, educational, and religious spheres, which created certain opportunities for socio-economic, cultural and political development of national minorities. It shows that the Polish state, despite the assumed international obligations and guarantees for free development of education, culture and religious life of its citizens launched a policy of polonization.