„Ojczyzna” jako wartość kształtująca tożsamość narodową i etniczną liderów mniejszości niemieckiej na Pomorzu Gdańskim
“Homeland” as a Value Shaping National and Ethnic Identity of German Minority Leaders in Gdańsk Pomerania

Summary/Abstract: In this article the author analyses the importance of the concept of “fatherland” among leaders of the German minority in the area of Gdańsk Pomerania — as one of the values that forms their national (and ethnic) identity. All conclusions are derived from sociological research made by the author, conducted among the group of members of German minority since 2006. The most important issue, from the point of view of German minority, is the existence of the term “fatherland” as a correlate of the area that confirms maintaining the continuation of the group in Gdańsk Pomerania. The significance of the intragroup value of the term “fatherland” should be considered in this particular context — as a symbolic, mythical and usable value, that is necessary for the sustenance of the group and emergence of group boundaries.

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