Kwestia niemiecka na łamach tygodnika „Rzeczywistość”
The issue of Germany in the „Rzeczywistość” weekly

Summary/Abstract: The principal objective of the paper is to present the outlook of journalists writing for the socio-political weekly „Rzeczywistość” (such as Hubert Kozłowski, Wacław Piątkowski, Jerzy Pardus, Jan Norski, and Jan Rusinowicz) on the so-called ‘German issue’, which stirred up considerable controversy at the time of the Polish People’s Republic (PRL). In the period 1981-1989, the journalists of „Rzeczywistość” were warning against the German threat, which was in their opinion apparent in many forms. Their articles were supposed to produce the desired response in society, which should consequently support the Communist party in their struggle to defend the post-war status quo, deny the claim that there was a German minority in the PRL, and the perceive the strengthening army of the FRG, as well as the activities of German revanchists, as a threat.

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