Zabór pruski wobec Aktu 5 listopada

This article is an attempt at presenting the reception by the political elites of the Prussian Partition of the so-called Act of 5th November declared in 1916 by the central powers. It proclaimed the establishment of an independent Polish state as a protectorate of the central powers. The country’s territory was to encompass the parts of the Kingdom of Poland occupied by Germany and Austria-Hungary which formerly had been incorporated into Russia. The article presents briefly the political and social situation in the Prussian Partition at the time of the outbreak of WWI. The author presents primarily the attitudes of Polish political elites from the Poznań Province to the declaration. He also presents the political situation on the German side in the Prussian Partition. The article concludes with an indication that further research is required into the Partition’s political and social issues during World War I.