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Title: Alfred Poninski papers
Date (inclusive): 1917-1942
Collection Number: 81037
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Polish and French
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes
(0.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, memoirs, reports, notes, and printed matter relating to Polish-Soviet and Polish-Romanian relations, and to
religious persecution in the Soviet Union.
Creator:
Poninski, Alfred
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1981.
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[Identification of item], Alfred Poninski papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
1896 June 18 |
Born in Koscielisko, Posen (Poznan) province, Poland |
1914 |
Began work as a journalist |
circa 1910-1914 |
Attended a gymnasium at Bromberg (Bydgoszcz) and studied law at the University of Berlin |
1919-1920 |
Assistant in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Warsaw |
1918 October |
Appointed press attaché at the Polish legation in Berlin |
1921-1926 |
Served in diplomatic posts in Brussels and Paris |
1921 |
Married Janina Nowodworska |
1925 |
Author, "Les Traditions de la Diplomatie Polonaise,"
Revue d'Histoire Diplomatique
|
1926 |
Author,
La Question Polonaise Depuis 1830 Jusqu'à la Grande Guerre
|
1935-1941 |
Counselor of legation to Romania |
1926-1933 |
Counselor of legation to the Soviet Union |
1942-1945 |
Ambassador to China |
1941-1942 |
Consul general, Istanbul, Turkey |
1947-1950 |
President of the Polish Democratic Society, Sydney |
1946 |
Moved to Australia |
1950s |
Vice-president of the United Council of Migrants and of the New Australians' Cultural Association, and a council-member of
the State division of the New Settlers' League of Australia, the Australian Council for International Social Service, and
the Australian Institute of International Affairs
|
1950-1951 |
Founding president of the Federal Council of Polish Associations in Australia |
1967-1968 |
Author, "Poland in the Second War" (series of articles in
Wiadomosci Polskie)
|
1953-1963 |
Regular contributor,
Tygodnik Katolicki, Melbourne
|
1968 March 25 |
Died, Sydney, Australia |
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, memoirs, reports, notes, and printed matter relating to Polish-Soviet and Polish-Romanian relations, and to
religious persecution in the Soviet Union.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Diplomats -- Poland
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945
Soviet Union -- Religion
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland
Poland -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Poland
Communism and religion
Poland -- Foreign relations -- Romania
Romania -- Foreign relations -- Poland