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Powojenny dom żołnierzy 2. Korpusu polskiego generała Władysława Andersa na Śląsku Opolskim

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Ogorzałek J.

Zeszyty Naukowe PUNO

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2021

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issue 9

207-227

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This article brie tory – General Władysław Anders and also the post-war repatriation of soldiers of the history presents the profile of an outstanding politician in our national his-2nd Polish Corps, whose fate led them to the so-called Recovered Territories, including, among them, Opole Silesia. When applying for repatriation from Great Britain by sea (to Polish Pomerania) and by land (by rail from Italy) to Silesia, over one hundred thousand people returned to the country. Despite the chaos and revolutionary systemic changes, the shrinking of Poland in the East and enlargement in the West, Anders’ army veterans, of the „trail of hope” are looking for a place of „small stability” in their homeland. Some of these Anders’ veterans decide to settle in the region of Opole Silesia. Deportations, resettlements, displacements, repatriations – the brutality of the events aer 1945 come as a shock for the inhabitants of the former Provinz Oberchlesien (Upper Silesia). This publication is supplemented by written memoirs of soldier-repatriates, as well as the content of conversations with their immediate family.

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The crisis of the thirties. The Poles: out!

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Frey Y.

Polonia Inter Gentes

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2022

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issue 3

15-30

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The economic crisis began in France in the second half of 1930. It reached its peak in 1934 and 1935 and resulted in a very high unemployment rate. To cope with these difficulties, the French government decided to protect French workers by limiting the number of foreign workers. The Poles had to return to their country under increasingly restrictive conditions. Woe betide strikers, union members and communists. The number of Poles fell by 17% between 1931 and 1936. After the respite provided by the Front Populaire, which was more concerned about foreign workers, the Poles lived in fear of having to leave France. The most politically committed joined the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War.

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“Unwelcome guests”: Situation of Galician refugees in Austro-Hungary at the end of the First World War and at the time of dissolution of the Habsburg Monarchy

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Ruszała K.

Historyka Studia Metodologiczne

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2022

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vol. 52

107-121

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This paper investigates the situation of Galician refugees in the Habsburg Empire during the last year of the First World War. The majority of the refugees returned home following the eastward movement of the frontline in 1915 (i.e. after the Gorlice‑Tarnów campaign). However, many others stayed deep within the Austro‑Hungarian Empire till the end of the war. According to the official reports of the Ministry of the Interior, there were still 90 thousand refugees (25% Poles, 28% Jews, and 46% Ukrainians, then known as Ruthenians) receiving social benefits from the state in the Austrian part of the Empire on 1st September 1918. Moreover, one can add countless refugees who stayed in the interior of the Empire at their own expense. The situation became even more complicated when the feelings of enmity on the part of the local inhabitants escalated. Pressed by society, the local authorities started expelling the refugees. As a consequence, some of them returned home, while others still stayed in exile in search of a better life. What is even more interesting is that some of them (mostly Jews) emphasised the lack of a bond with the new Polish state born in November 1918.

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Powojenny dom żołnierzy 2. Korpusu polskiego generała Władysława Andersa na Śląsku Opolskim

The crisis of the thirties. The Poles: out!

“Unwelcome guests”: Situation of Galician refugees in Austro-Hungary at the end of the First World War and at the time of dissolution of the Habsburg Monarchy