University of the Western Lands was established in October 1940 as an initiative of the Department of Education of the Polish Underground State.
[4] It would have some form of presence throughout most of the General Government, in Milanówek, Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Radomsko, Częstochowa, Kielce, Jędrzejów, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski and Kraków.
[2] Plans to create new departments were rendered obsolete by the chaos of the Warsaw Uprising.
[2] An underground Lawyer Club was also created, holding active presentations and discussions.
[8] After the defeat of the Uprising, the University functioned in a very limited format in the period 1944–1945 outside Warsaw.
[9] With the end of the war, the city of Poznań was restored to Poland, resuming its activities.