Między pracą a edukacją. Z życia Junackich Hufców Pracy na Kresach Wschodnich w II poł. lat 30. XX w.

The chapter portrays the organisation and activity of the Junackie Hufce Pracy [Youth Labour Corps] in the Interwar period in Poland. This paramilitary organisation was established on the power of the presidential decree and was subordinate to the army. Young volunteers built roads, bridges, stadiums, shooting ranges and other facilities. They filled in the gaps in their education in their spare time and in the winter period. Often, they came from poor families; despite their handicaps, illiteracy was efficiently eliminated in the organisation. The functioning of individual companies and battalions is discussed using the example of units stationed in the eastern voivodeships of the Second Republic of Poland.