Peruwiańska porażka i próba jej naprawy. Wokół polskich międzywojennych koncepcji emigracyjnych i kolonialnych
The Peruvian failure and an attempt to repair it. On Polish interwar emigration and colonial concepts

Summary/Abstract: In the interwar Poland, emigration was considered a possible solution of numerous interior problems of the country. That is why the contemporary Polish authorities believed in the success of colonial plans. In the early 1930s, Peru became a place where these efforts were intensified, encouraged by the president of Peru. The Polish government sent an official commission to this country with the aim to investigate possible settlement in the middle valley of the-Ucayali River. The conditions there were found favorable by the Polish officials. In 1927 and 1928, two settlement licenses were negotiated by private entrepreneurs. The article presents the details of this settlement campaign and its final results. Due to a variety of reasons, the action ultimately was a failure, and the Polish government decided to stop it in 1933. Next, it helped its participants leave Peru for Poland or alternatively move to Brazil or Argentina. In the late 1930, Poland returned to an idea of an official license agreement with Peru, this time without the participation of private institutions. These negotiations were never completed, however, because in 1939 WW II broke out.

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