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The author, who is the parish-priest of the Polish parish in Hamburg, shows various forms of using mass-media in the pastoral work and in the cultural life of the parish. They include: – publishing three Polish periodicals;– printing of over ten publications, mainly of pastoral character, which is financed by the Parish Fund of Religious Publications "Buchdrück";– developing reading habits which is based on the parish library;– printing Christmas and Easter cards and posters with Polish religious motives;– showing films /religious and other/;– organizing concerts of famous choirs from Poland, etc. Some of the above mentioned activities were realised - in cooperation with the local Catholic Church and the German community. It served popularizing Polish culture and the problems connected with Poland in Germany.
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The first Polish emigrants came to Hamburg in the second half of the 19th century. Their brotherhoods and societies performed some informal educational activities. After the World War II the whole system of Polish education came to existence in West Germany. Several primary schools and secondary technical school were organized in Hamburg. Besides, about 120 Polish students studied at the University of Hamburg in the 1940s. Lubeka was a great Polish eductional centre. By 1950, however, most Polish school had already disappeared as a result of a new social situation. Some years later the Union of Poles in Hamburg reorganized the teaching of Polish. Since 1976 the Polish priest in Hamburg Jan Śliwanski has taken over all educational activities.
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In the middle of the 19th century thousands of Polish workers arrived in Germany to seek employment. Congragated in closely knit groups they settled in the industrial towns of Westphalia and the Rhineland. Until the First World War they were cared for by a few German priests who knew Polish. In the period between the two World Wars there were c. 1.5 million Poles in Germany. The Episcopal Representation (since 1930 Berlin Bishorpric) was in charge of Polish priesthood. Only those Polish priests who were German citizens could carry on their duties. Once Hitler came to power there hegan a period of intense persecution of everything that was Polish, including organized religious life which virtually disappeared in the war-time. After the War, on June 5, 1945 Pope Pius XII appointed Bishop Józef Gawlina Ordinary for Poles in Germany. In that month Episcopal Curia for Poles in Germany was erected in Munich (transferred to Frankfort in September 1945). The Curia controls Polish religious activities in Germany. After the death of Archbishop Gawlina the Holy See handed over the powers of Polish Bishop in Germany to Vicar General Father Edward Lubowiecki. At present, in the Federal Republic of Germany there are c. 80-100,000 Poles cared for by 39 Polish priests. Polish Church in Germany is organized in 5 decantes and 2 porvinces. One Polish religious order for men (Fathers of the Congregation of the Christian Doctrine) and two orders for women (Felician Sisters and Sister-Servants of Holy Heart of Mary) are active in the Federal Republic of Germany. Apart from their religious duties Polish priests participate in the social and cultural life of German Poles.
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