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marycatelli May 7 2012, 02:19:16 UTC
I have not much to say about the school itself, but I have to wonder how much of this the Germans would allow. Certainly it would counter their policy, which was described by Himmler:
For the non-German population of the East there can be no type of school above the four-grade rudimentary school. The job of these schools should be confined to the teaching of counting (no higher than up to 500), the writing of one's name, and the teaching that God's commandment means obedience to the Germans, honesty, industry and politeness. Reading I do not consider essential.

Unless of course the character is chosen for Germanization. Which could be worse.

Also, you may have to situate your school to avoid the regions slated for Germanization, where they would face deportation.

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bwinter May 7 2012, 05:34:25 UTC
Any kind of non-vocational schooling was illegal in Poland at that time for Polish citizens - one of the ways to fight back against the occupation were secret lectures organised in people's houses, the "flying university", and teachers in particular were targetted in purges like the Ausserordentliche Befriedungsaktion. And non-Polish citizens with money enough for schooling would be much better off going to school somewhere where there wasn't a war on ( ... )

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