Zerrspiegel der Unabhängigkeit. Die Berichterstattung über das wiedergeborene Polen in der Auslandspresse, November 1918 bis Februar 1919

• Authors: Włodzimierz Borodziej , Bartłomiej Gajos

Title variants

EN

Independence in warped glass. Foreign Press on the First 100 Days of Reborn Poland, November 1918 – February 1919

Abstracts

EN

The paper presents the comments of English, French, German, and Russian-language press, published in countries ranging from the USA to Soviet Russia, on the events in future Polish Second Republic between November 1918 till February 1919. The press certainly is not the ideal source to reconstruct the origins of reborn Poland. However, the press coverage reveals the stereotypes, misconceptions, impressions, and convictions of the authors, the expression of editors’ political line, sometimes even the governments of relevant countries. Alternatively, the press coverage reveals the lack of knowledge on the part of the above. “Old” Europe was wary of a new country, that was to emerge on the map of the continent. Simultaneously, some were seeing Poland as an important chain in the anti-Bolshevik cordon sanitaire. Most importantly, however, the contemporary press coverage reveals the lack of awareness of the basic political mechanisms and identity problems present in the lands of the emerging Polish Republic.

Keywords

EN

World War I; Poland; independence; Eastern Europe; Treaty of Versailles

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Historie. Jahrbuch des Zentrums für Historische Forschung Berlin der Polnischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 13
• Pages: 134-152

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Włodzimierz Borodziej

author

Bartłomiej Gajos

Identifiers

DOI

10.24425/historie.2020.133254

Biblioteka Nauki

56078504