TORUN, SHAMOTUŁY, STAROGARD GDAŃSKI. Pomeranian Word. Letter from Marian Sydow to Gebethner and Wolf requesting permission to reprint M. Konopnicka's novella In Gdańsk, published in Tygodnik Ilustrowanym in 1908 or 1909; dimensions 220x150, hole-punched perforations, fine condition.
Marian Sydow (born 1890 in Szamotuły, died 1945 in Toruń), graduate of a high school in Starogard Gdański. He studied librarianship in Leipzig. Since 1911 in exile in Chile. Animator of Polish community life. In 1920 he returned to Poland, fought against the Bolsheviks. From 1921 to 1926 he worked at the Pomeranian Word, later at the Baltic Institute in Gdynia. Propagator of Polish western thought, sightseer. Since 1945 an employee of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun.
Slowo Pomorskie - magazine published since 1921 in Torun. Initially with a circulation of 30,000, it was heavily persecuted by the Sanation because of its ties to the National Democrats. The reactivation of the magazine after 1945 was successful, but the communists after a few dozen issues changed it to New Worker's Day. Subsequent changes led to the creation of Gazeta Pomorska, which is still published today.
