ON THE BORDERS OF THE SECOND POLISH REPUBLIC

Discover the fascinating history of border protection of the Second Polish Republic in this unique collection of scientific articles. This collection, resulting from a scientific conference in Koszalin in 2021, organized by the Institute of National Remembrance and the Border Guard, presents previously unknown archival materials and new findings by historians. Learn about the achievements of soldiers and officers of border formations who devotedly guarded the country's security.

• Unknown documents from the scope of KOP training
• Pastoral service of chaplains of border formations
• History of military cynology and the use of service dogs
• Extracurricular aspects of the life of Border Guard officers
• Cooperation of the SG with the State Police and Department II of the General Staff of the WP
• Participation of KOP and SG soldiers in the defense of the coast and the capital in 1939
• Biographical articles devoted to the patrons of the modern SG

The publication includes detailed studies on war preparations in the Border Protection Corps for a possible conflict with the Soviet Union. You will learn about the role of chaplains in border formations from 1918 to the present day. You will learn about the history of military cynology and the use of service dogs in the KOP and Border Guard in the years 1928-1939. You will delve into the extracurricular aspects of the life of SG officers and the issue of saccharin smuggling, which undermined the Polish trade monopoly on sugar.

The book also discusses the cooperation of the SG with the State Police and Department II of the General Staff of the WP. You will find a study on the SG reinforcement platoons and a description of the participation of KOP and SG soldiers in the defense of the coast during the Polish campaign of 1939 and in the defense of the capital in the same year. The collection also includes biographical articles about the soldiers of the KOP and the SG (1928-1939), who are the patrons of modern Border Guard units, including Lt. Col. Feliks Kopiec, Gen. Nikodem Sulik, Gen. Walerian Czuma, Gen. Stanisław Tessaro, Gen. Wilhelm Orlik-Rckemann and Col. Wojciech Stanisław Wójcik.

The volume closes with a faleristic article devoted to the honorary badge of the modern SG and its connections with the traditions of the pre-war border formations. This is an extremely valuable read for anyone interested in the history of Poland and border services. Published by IPN, in hardcover, it has 592 pages and a format of 248x180 mm. The year of publication is 2025.