Niemieckojęzyczna emigracja w Polsce w latach 1933-1939
The German-Speaking Emigration in Poland in the Years 1933-1939

Summary/Abstract: Although a number of valuable contributions to the study of German-speaking emigration in Poland have appeared in recent years, the state of knowledge on the subject is far from satisfactory. The article is an attempt to organize the factual material and draw attention to areas requiring research. The significance of the problem has long been underestimated both by German and Austrian scholars engaged in studying the topic of German-speaking emigration. It has been overlooked that on account of the length of its border with the Reich, Poland must have played an active role in the emigration process. On the other hand, for most of the escapees the Republic of Poland was not a target destination, and Franz Theodor Csokor was just one of not so numerous exceptions. Causes for this state of matters can be traced, among others, to the difficulty in finding employment, the often reluctant attitude of the administration towards emigrants, and a conviction about inevitable Polish-German conflict. The role of Poland as a country of transition increased after the Anschluss of Austria and the developments in Czechoslovakia in 1938 and 1939.

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