Polacy na czeskim Śląsku po 1989 roku
The Polish in the Czech Silesia after 1989

Summary/Abstract: The year 1989 and the events of the „Velvet Revolution” exerted a strong influence on the social life of the Polish national group in the Czech Republic. There were a series of all-national factors of the political and economic character that contributed to that state of things. The author presented several questions which have a direct impact on the life of Poles in the Czech Republic, including the participation of the group in the works of commune governments and legislative organs, the activity of local authorities and state institutions in relation to the Poles in the Czech Republic, the work of Polish cultural institutions, such as schools, theatre and the press, Ośrodek Dokumentacyjny Kongresu Polaków w Republice Czeskiej (Documentation Centre of the Polish Congress in the Czech Republic). The functioning of this group is accompanied by more and more threats. The school system is developing with difficulty. The system of double place-names raises a lot of negative emotions in Zaolzie. Having the Polish identity is not attractive to the young generation who develop a different vision of nationality from that of their parents and to a lesser and lesser extent declare their belonging to the Polish national group.

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