Dīmokratīs (Dημοκράτης) – organ prasowy greckich uchodźców w Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej
Dīmokratīs (Dημοκράτης) – the Press Organ of Greek Refugees in the Polish People’s Republic

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present basic information about the newspaper Dīmokratīs, (Dημοκράτης) which was published in the years 1952–1983 in Poland (in the Polish People’s Republic) by the Greek and Macedonian community as their press organ. The article focuses on the role of this newspaper for its readers. It presents the results of the content analysis of the volumes of the newspaper preserved in the University of Warsaw Library, the collection of which is among the most complete in the country. The information taken directly from the newspaper were supplemeneted with data taken from the publications about the Greek-Macedonian diaspora in Poland and from bibliographies of the Polish post-war press. In the light of the conducted research it is clear that Dīmokratīs was very important for integrating the Greek-Macedonian diaspora and reflected its historical development. It is worth mentioning that so far Dīmokratīs has hardly been used in the books and publications on the Greek-Macedonian diaspora in Poland, whereas this article shows the various possibilities of conducting further research based on this unique material.

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