[War-time activity of the medical faculty of John Casimir University in Lwów since September 1939 till August 1944].

Declared activity under first Soviet occupation - The first Soviet occupation of Lwów lasted since September 22nd 1939 till June 27th 1941. The population of the town consisted at the outbreak of the war in about 89 p.c. of Poles of Catholic and partly Jewish confession the remaining part consisting of 8 p.c. Ukrainians and of 3 p.c. Ruthenians. Basing on falsified results of voting in November 1939, the Top Council of Soviet Union incorporated Lwów into its Ukrainian Soviet Republic. In consequence of the formal ukrainization and real russification trend achieved by mass-immigration of Russians, the town has changed its external and ethnical caracter. All managing posts in administration, trade, banks, post-offices, railway-service and police (called milice) have been occupied by Soviet people speaking Russian while the majority of population was speaking Polish....