The Press as an Expression of Longing for the Lost Homeland. Considerations Around the German Periodical “Waldenburger Heimatbote” Cover Image

Prasa jako wyraz tęsknoty za utraconą ojczyzną. Rozważania wokół czasopisma „Waldenburger Heimatbote”
The Press as an Expression of Longing for the Lost Homeland. Considerations Around the German Periodical “Waldenburger Heimatbote”

Author(s): Zbigniew Gruszka
Subject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Library and Information Science, Regional Geography, Preservation, German Literature, Culture and social structure
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: émigré press; Lower Silesia; mała ojczyzna [regional identity]; “Waldenburger Heimatbote”; Wałbrzych

Summary/Abstract: “Waldenburger Heimatbote” has been published since 1949. The periodical is addressed to the German displaced persons from Wałbrzych county, who left Lower Silesia after 1945. The author is going to make a presentation of the periodical and to characterize those its elements which cultivate the memory of the past and rescue from oblivion the people, facts, places of the former Wałbrzych, and also to emphasize the importance of this type of press for the local communities.

  • Issue Year: 22/2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 53-60
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish