Kronika parafii Targowiska z czasów I wojny światowej

The Targowiska Parish Chronicle of the World War I PeriodIn The Targowiska Parish Chronicle the local parish priest, Rev. Mateusz Sos, gives an account of all that he thought was worth noting down in a given year; all that happened in the parish, the neighbourhood, the diocese and in the world. What the reader finds in the Chronicle are such issues as: the pastoral duties during the marching of troops through town, the ups and downs of celebrating liturgy, destruction of church property and peasants’ farms, visits to the parish (especially of priests), locals’ attitude and response to particular events, important documents (e.g. announcements issued by military, religious, and civil authorities), requisitions, plunders (mainly by the fighting parties), arsons, murders, epidemics. The author gives a detailed account of the relations with Russian authorities, particularly with the tsar’s army officers stationed in the presbytery, and with the Cossacks. For the purposes of this paper, records from 1914-1918 have been quoted.