Pochodnia (Polish: Torch, full name: the Association for the Promotion of Culture and Education "Torch", Polish: Towarzystwo Popierania Kultury i Oświaty "Pochodnia") was a cultural association of Poles in Lithuania. The first chairman was Wiktor Budzyński (1924-1935), succeeded by Jan Przeździecki and Czesław Mackiewicz. Its activities included education, libraries, theatre, museums, exhibitions, press and literature.[1] Its most important activity was school and after school education. It managed a number of preschools and private primary schools. In 1935 it managed 19 Polish afterschool cultural centers (Polish: Świetlica polska) with over 12,000 participants, and the central library with 115 library outlets. [2]
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^Tomasz Krzywicki, Litwa: przewodnik, 2005, ISBN8389188406, p. 93
^Zenon Krajewski, Polacy w Republice Litewskiej 1918-1940, 1998, pp. 41-43
January 01, 1970
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