Klasztor wpisany w krajobraz wyspy - s. Agnieszka OCD
Monastery inscribed in the landscape of the island - sister Agnieszka OCD
Author(s): Marek SzajdaSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Anthropology, Cultural history, Local History / Microhistory, Oral history
Published by: Ośrodek »Pamięć i Przyszłość«
Keywords: Iceland;Elbląg;Discalced Carmelite Order;Hafnarfjörður;Akureyri;monastery;
Summary/Abstract: Christine Przybyła-Long is one of the 9 milion Americans of Polish ori¬gins living in the United States. Her descendatns came to Chicago during the mass migration from the turn of 20th century and she was born there in 1931. In her account Christine Przybyła-Long tells about her childhood and a life of a family belonging to the “Old Polonia”. She gives a lot of at-tention to the situation of Poles who migrated to the United States after WWII and to her own political involvement into Polish American affairs after 1990, that was crucial in the case of granting four thousand people american visas.
Journal: Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 06
- Page Range: 159-189
- Page Count: 31
- Language: Polish
