Krakow municipal policy towards the Jewish community during the Second Polish Republic, 1918-1939

The article deals with the history of Krakow's government at the time of the Second Polish Republic, with particular attention paid to the representatives of the Jewish community in the city parliament. The author furthermore examines municipal social policy as well as subsidies paid by the city treasury in favour of Jewish charitable facilities. Decisive factors that influenced changes of Krakow's city policy towards its Jewish community are cited as: first, the global economic crisis, second, the newly established authoritarian regime of Marshal Pilsudski and finally, a growing chauvinism.