Rola i znaczenie przekazu pokoleniowego w krzewieniu świadomości narodowo-kulturowej na przykładzie współczesnej Polonii w Niemczech
The role and importance of intergenerational transfer in propagating national and cultural awareness as exemplified by the contemporary Polish minority in Germany

Summary/Abstract: Our western neighbour, Germany, is one of those countries which for many reasons, mostly economic, have become home for millions of Poles. This research is a kind of guide through the culture created in Germany by Poles and Polish societies, in the time of the formation of the United Europe. In the United Europe we have quite new phenomena in culture. There are many elaborations which deal with important historical matters and this subject in the total way, from the perspective of history of Poland and Germany as well as the relationship between these two nations. This research also looks at personal diaries. Supplementing these sources are many kinds of reports from the Senate and Parliamentry Commission of Emigration and Communication with Poles Abroad. Also included is information from official internet web sites dedicated to a number of cultural events which took place in the last couple years. The research focuses on the changes in national – cultural consciousness of Poles in Germany in the last two centuries, showing the will to remain close the ancestral language, faith and culture. Nowadays, unlike as in the past, Poles do not create a tight society because they do not have the status of ethnical minority which makes their contribution into the cultural and scientific progress of Germany less exposed even though during the last twenty years many highly educated Poles have emigrated. Although they try to highlight their presence in Germans minds, especially in the media, they do not enjoy the profile which they deserve. This research gives lots of impulses as to what should be done to remedy this situation.

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