On November 1, 1918, an armed uprising breaks out in Lviv, coordinated by the secret Ukrainian Military Committee. It is directed directly against the failing Austro-Hungarian authorities, but an equally important goal is to prevent the occupation of Lviv by the Polish authorities.
Single groups of military and civilian volunteers spontaneously stand in defense of Polish interests. The city becomes a fierce battlefield, which Poles, Ukrainians and Jews face each other - until recently the neighbors from the same street ...
Damian Markowski with the accuracy of a researcher, but also with a flourish worthy of a master of the pen, draws the dramatic history of the struggle for the multinational Lviv, which after the fall of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy becomes a bloody arena of disputes between emerging state organisms.
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Based on solid scientific sources, the author recreates the course of events day by day, shows their causes and effects, and reflects on the memory conflict surrounding November in Lviv.
In the eyes of "Eaglets", the landscape of the main downtown park, until recently remembered as an idyllic place for meetings, social gatherings and children's games, changed forever on November 9. The participants of the catastrophic attack on the Seym until the end of their days remembered the piles of bodies in deadly convulsions, scattered rifles, and murderous fire from the windows of nearby buildings. The defeat in the Jesuit Garden was all the more terrible for the Polish forces, as the fate of the offensive prepared for a few days was resolved within a dozen or so minutes. The news of the collapse of the attacks on Śródmieście and the extremely bloody losses quickly spread throughout the "Polish" Lviv. As a result, there were voices among the public about the need to seek agreement with the enemy, even at the price of large concessions. A draft appeal was prepared and it was to be sent to Polish decision-making circles.
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