POLICY OF THE GERMAN OCCUPATION AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF TARNOPOL IN THE SPHERE OF EDUCATION

Abstract

The aim of the article is to identify the features of the implementation of the educational policyof the Nazi occupation regime at the local level, in particular, an analysis of the functioning of educationalinstitutions, the content of curricula, personnel policy and ideological control under military occupation. The impact of the occupation regime on the accessibility of education for the local population, as well as forms of educational resistance and initiatives of the Ukrainian community to preserve national identity and cultural and educational traditions are considered. The methodological basis of the study is made up of general sci- entific methods (analysis, synthesis, generalization), special historical methods (historical-genetic, histori- cal-comparative, problem-chronological), as well as the principles of historicism and objectivity. The sourcebasis is made up of documents from archival funds, materials from the periodical press of the occupation period, eyewitness memoirs, as well as modern historiography of the problem. The scientific novelty of the article lies in the focus on the regional (urban) dimension of the German occupation policy in the educational sphere, which makes it possible to specify and supplement the general ideas about the functioning of the edu-cation system in Western Ukrainian lands during the war. For the first time, based on archival documents, information has been systematized on the state of educational institutions in Tarnopol, the features of the edu- cational process, the level of censorship, prohibitions on the Ukrainian language and culture, as well as on the measures taken by the Ukrainian intelligentsia to preserve elements of national education. The conclusions state that the educational policy of the German administration in Tarnopol was repressive in nature, was sub- ordinated to the general goal - the formation of a submissive population, deprived of deeper knowledge and national consciousness. Despite this, the Ukrainian community tried to adapt to the new conditions, maintain the educational network at least at the initial level and implement educational initiatives in semi-legal or underground forms.