Chojna w zainteresowaniach naukowych Tadeusza Białeckiego. Przyczynek do portretu profesora regionalisty

Tadeusz Białecki regional achievements are extensive. They include the whole presentday Western Pomerania geographically, and chronologically from the early Middle Ages up to the present moment, with the exception of modern history. A special place in Tadeusz Białecki’s academic research was occupied by Chojna, with which he had been bound emotionally since 1953. Working in the Szczecin Library he looked after the librarians from the Chojna District. He began his academic career from the demography of that District. Tadeusz Białecki’s features as a scholar-regionalist are focused in his ‘Chojna’ achievements. Not only did he do town research, but also he inspired it; for example, he was the editor of the fi rst Polish-language monograph of the Chojna District. Professor Białecki was a keen photographer as well; in his archives there is an impressive collection of photographs of Western Pomerania starting from the 1950s. His photographic passion was the impulse to produce the fi rst photographic album of the Chojna region. The regional activity of Professor Tadeusz Białecki does not cease in spite of his advanced age. He publishes his memoirs in the pages of ‘Chojna Yearbook’ (Rocznik Chojeński), and he participates in the discussion on creating a Chojna Museum. The Chojna fascinations are still vivid in his memory, so in 2013 ‘Chojna Yearbook’ honoured Professor Białecki with an occasional interview with him.