Powstanie i działalność teatrów amatorskich na Zamojszczyźnie w latach 1944 –1955.

The article discusses the reconstruction and then liquidation of area departments of art and culture. In the period directly after the war they supported the spontaneous revival of amateur and semi-professional theatres. Through their drama activity amateur actors got rid of the mental tension accumulated in the period of Nazi occupation. Their work also brought financial benefits, which they used for various community initiatives. Starting form 1947 the government tended to limit this kind of cultural activity by making it to difficult to register it with the regional authorities, imposing taxes and shaping a reportoir which did not satisfy the audiences. In the 1950’s so called amateur theatre groups were under strict control and functioned only thanks to government subsidies.