DOŚWIADCZENIA OSOBISTE
ORAZ PERSPEKTYWA ŻYCIA PODCZAS
OKUPACJI W RELACJACH BIOGRAFICZNYCH
POLSKICH TATARÓW Z LAT 1939-1945.
WYBRANE ZAGADNIENIA
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND THE PERSPECTIVE OF LIFE DURING THE OCCUPATION
IN BIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNTS OF POLISH TATARS FROM 1939-1945.
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Author(s): Michał ŁyszczarzSubject(s): Political history, Social history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Polish Tatars; World War II; Eastern Borderlands of Poland; personal documents; biographical method; diaries; memoirs;
Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses memories of life experiences from the time of World War II,present in the social consciousness of Polish Tatars. The memories of representatives of thissmall ethnic group have been preserved through personal documents (including diaries andmemoirs), which have been made public and published in print. The content analysis includeda collection of sources consisting of 13 items. The following issues have been discuss in detail:1) assessment of the German occupation and the attitude of the Tatars towards the Nazis;2) the Tatar experiences of exile and Soviet captivity; 3) the reactions of the Tatars to theoutbreak of the Soviet-German war in 1941; 4) two visions of the future after the end of thewar – repatriation to the Western Territories of Poland or emigration to Great Britain.
Journal: Przegląd Wschodnioeuropejski
- Issue Year: XV/2024
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 33-50
- Page Count: 18
- Language: Polish
