Emigracja Kaszubów bytowskich do Niemiec w latach 1945-1979
The emigration of the Kashubians of Bytów to Germany in 1945–1979

Summary/Abstract: In 1950, ca. 12,000 Kashubians lived in the Bytów county, including ca. 4,000 verified native Kashubians and ca. 8,000 extraneous Kashubians who used to live in Pomeranian voivodeship during the days of the Second Republic. The Kashubians constituted for 60% of the county’s population. The emigration of part of the Kashubians to Germany began with the action of family joining in 1956–1959. Approximately 210–220 persons left at that time. In the following years, the departures have been put to a halt and until 1963 only few were allowed to leave Poland. By the end of the 1960s, approximately 600 Kashubians have left the county. The normalisation of the relationship between Poland and the German Federal Republic after 1970 caused an increase in the number of emigrating Kashubians, who would leave mostly for economic reasons. In 1971–1979, 2,685 Kashubians left the Bytów county for Germany, and in general, in the years 1956–1979 – approximately 3,100.

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