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Polish Refugees and the Polish American Immigration and Relief Committee

Author : Janusz Cisek
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786422947
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Polish Refugees and the Polish American Immigration and Relief Committee written by Janusz Cisek and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2006-03-03 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The end of World War II found a devastated Poland under Soviet occupation. Many Poles--those displaced to work camps in Germany, those in German concentration and P.O.W. camps, and those still in Poland made the decision to immigrate to the United States. Their journey, however, would not be easy. The rigors of the war had affected America as well, and immigration laws were strict. Fortunately, many Polish refugees received help from the Polish American Immigration and Relief Committee (PAIRC). Founded in 1947 to help Polish citizens displaced by World War II, the committee continued its work as the postwar period became the Cold War era and Poles continued to flee the communist regime. This study of the PAIRC and its work includes both the broad history of the committee and stories of specific individuals, which add detail and lend insight into the plight of the refugees and the importance of the advocacy that the committee provided. Drawing on information from committee archives and firsthand consultations with prominent members, this book covers such topics as American immigration law, aid for the Polish Republic, and the effect of political change in Poland itself. It also discusses how the downfall of the communist government transformed Poland into a country that opened its own arms to the world's refugees.

The Exile Mission

Author : Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 082144185X
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book The Exile Mission written by Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2004-10-15 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At midcentury, two distinct Polish immigrant groups—those Polish Americans who were descendants of economic immigrants from the turn of the twentieth century and the Polish political refugees who chose exile after World War II and the communist takeover in Poland—faced an uneasy challenge to reconcile their concepts of responsibility toward the homeland. The new arrivals did not consider themselves simply as immigrants, but rather as members of the special category of political refugees. They defined their identity within the framework of the exile mission, an unwritten set of beliefs, goals, and responsibilities, placing patriotic work for Poland at the center of Polish immigrant duties. In The Exile Mission, an intriguing look at the interplay between the established Polish community and the refugee community, Anna Jaroszyńska–Kirchmann presents a tale of Polish Americans and Polish refugees who, like postwar Polish exile communities all over the world, worked out their own ways to implement the mission's main goals. Between the outbreak of World War II and 1956, as Professor Jaroszyńska–Kirchmann demonstrates, the exile mission in its most intense form remained at the core of relationships between these two groups. The Exile Mission is a compelling analysis of the vigorous debate about ethnic identity and immigrant responsibility toward the homeland. It is the first full–length examination of the construction and impact of the exile mission on the interactions between political refugees and established ethnic communities.

Polish Americans

Author : Helena Znaniecka Lopata
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781412831062
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Polish Americans written by Helena Znaniecka Lopata and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polish Americans examines the impact of post-communist changes in Poland and the presence of the third wave of immigrants on Polish communities abroad. It studies this community as a living entity, with internal divisions and conflicts, and explores relations with the home nation and the country of settlement.

Polish Americans and Their History

Author : John J. Bukowczyk
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 0822973219
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Polish Americans and Their History written by John J. Bukowczyk and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 1996-12-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These richly detailed, readable essays come at a propitious time. For despite all the talk in the academy of 'multiculturalism,' the Poles presence on the American scene is still too often neglected." --Anthony Bukoski, University of Wisconsin, SuperiorThis rich collection brings together the work of eight leading scholars to examine the history of Polish-American workers, women, families, and politics.Contributors: Stanislaus A. Blejwas, Andrzej Brozek, William G. Falkowski, William J. Galush, Thaddeus C. Radzilowski, Daniel Stone, and Anna D. Jaroszynska-KirchmannJohn J. Bukowczyk is professor of history at Wayne State University and author of And My Children Did Not Know Me: A History of the Polish Americans.

Opposite Poles

Author : Mary Patrice Erdmans
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271042602
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Opposite Poles written by Mary Patrice Erdmans and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of Chicago's Polish community based on data collected between 1987 and 1989. The author used archival resources, participant observation, surveys, and 59 interviews in his study of Polonian organizations in Chicago, their involvement with activities and events in the home country, and the Polish-American experience in general. The study looks at the different experiences of immigrants, refugees, and Wakacjusze, the culture and discourse of communism, Solidarity in Poland and in America, and the partially free elections in Poland in 1989. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Polish Immigrants in the USA

Author : Eveline Podgorski
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3640228901
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Polish Immigrants in the USA written by Eveline Podgorski and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-12-12 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,3, University of Paderborn, course: From Melting Pot to Quilt, language: English, abstract: The ‘land of immigrants’ or the ‘melting pot’ – as the United States of America are often called – where many different cultures meet and are combined with each other, is also the home for several million immigrants from East European countries, especially from Poland. Polish immigrants came to the USA in two larger immigration waves to pursue the same dreams all other immigrants had when coming to the New World, mainly to live a better life. This paper deals with Polish immigrants in the United States, their history, their original community around Chicago, and also with their identity they have kept in the foreign country until today. Firstly, I will give an overview on the American immigration issue, describing the development of immigration from the discovery of America until the beginning of the 20th century. This is followed by a short passage on the most famous entry point to the United States – Ellis Island. I will not go into further detail on immigration during and between the World Wars because this topic will be treated on the background of Polish immigration later on. However, a short overview on how the United States deals with immigration – and especially illegal immigration – in current times will be added. The two major immigration waves, which were already mentioned above, will be the topic of chapter three, in which the reasons for immigration, meaning the political and the economical context in Poland, will be described. The subsequent chapter deals with the city of Chicago, which is the place many Polish immigrants settled at and enlarged their families. In this context, I will portray the living and working conditions for Polish Immigrants in the 19th and 20th century, describe the Polish nationality and identity in the United States, and take a look at the influence political happenings in their home country had on Polish immigrants and their successors in the United States.

Polish-American Studies

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Polish-American Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Polish Americans, 1854-1939

Author : Andrzej Brożek
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Polish Americans, 1854-1939 written by Andrzej Brożek and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Refugee Resettlement Program

Author : United States. Office of Refugee Resettlement
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Refugee Resettlement Program written by United States. Office of Refugee Resettlement and published by . This book was released on with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

For Your Freedom Through Ours

Author : Donald E. Pienkos
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 726 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book For Your Freedom Through Ours written by Donald E. Pienkos and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In fact, these efforts have gone on, practically without interruption, thru nearly one hundred and thirty years, ever since the first immigrant committee was set up in New York in 1863 to rally Americans behind the cause of countrymen fighting to regain Polish independence against Russian imperial rule. These efforts continued during the years of the First and Second World Wars and have been in evidence most recently in the 1980s and early 1990s when Polish Americans mobilized themselves yet again in support of Poland's right to freedom and sovereignty. On the humanitarian side, the efforts of Polish American organizations have generated hundreds of millions of dollars in direct assistance to the Polish people in the times of their greatest misfortune. Billions more have gone to Poland through direct U.S. aid, in no small measure as a consequence of determined lobbying activities by Polish Americans in solidarity with their one-time countrymen.

American Warsaw

Author : Dominic A. Pacyga
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022640661X
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book American Warsaw written by Dominic A. Pacyga and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-10-07 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every May, a sea of 250,000 people decked out in red and white head to Chicago’s Loop to celebrate the Polish Constitution Day Parade. In the city, you can tune in to not one but four different Polish-language radio stations or jam out to the Polkaholics. You can have lunch at pierogi food trucks or pick up pączkis at the grocery store. And if you’re lucky, you get to take off work for Casimir Pulaski Day. For more than a century, Chicago has been home to one of the largest Polish populations outside of Poland, and the group has had enormous influence on the city’s culture and politics. Yet, until now, there has not been a comprehensive history of the Chicago Polonia. With American Warsaw, award-winning historian and Polish American Dominic A. Pacyga chronicles more than a century of immigration, and later emigration back to Poland, showing how the community has continually redefined what it means to be Polish in Chicago. He takes us from the Civil War era until today, focusing on how three major waves of immigrants, refugees, and fortune seekers shaped and then redefined the Polonia. Pacyga also traces the movement of Polish immigrants from the peasantry to the middle class and from urban working-class districts dominated by major industries to suburbia. He documents Polish Chicago’s alignments and divisions: with other Chicago ethnic groups; with the Catholic Church; with unions, politicians, and city hall; and even among its own members. And he explores the ever-shifting sense of Polskość, or “Polishness.” Today Chicago is slowly being eclipsed by other Polish immigrant centers, but it remains a vibrant—and sometimes contentious—heart of the Polish American experience. American Warsaw is a sweeping story that expertly depicts a people who are deeply connected to their historical home and, at the same time, fiercely proud of their adopted city. As Pacyga writes, “While we were Americans, we also considered ourselves to be Poles. In that strange Chicago ethnic way, there was no real difference between the two.”

The Polish American Encyclopedia

Author : James S. Pula
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786462221
Total Pages : 597 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Polish American Encyclopedia written by James S. Pula and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-12-22 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At least nine million Americans trace their roots to Poland, and Polish Americans have contributed greatly to American history and society. During the largest period of immigration to the United States, between 1870 and 1920, more Poles came to the United States than any other national group except Italians. Additional large-scale Polish migration occurred in the wake of World War II and during the period of Solidarity's rise to prominence. This encyclopedia features three types of entries: thematic essays, topical entries, and biographical profiles. The essays synthesize existing work to provide interpretations of, and insight into, important aspects of the Polish American experience. The topical entries discuss in detail specific places, events or organizations such as the Polish National Alliance, Polish American Saturday Schools, and the Latimer Massacre, among others. The biographical entries identify Polish Americans who have made significant contributions at the regional or national level either to the history and culture of the United States, or to the development of American Polonia.

America's Polish Heritage

Author : Joseph Anthony Wytrwal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book America's Polish Heritage written by Joseph Anthony Wytrwal and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholarly study covering the period from 1608 to the present.

Polish Immigrants

Author : Scott Ingram
Publisher : Facts on File
ISBN 13 : 9780816056866
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (568 download)

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Download or read book Polish Immigrants written by Scott Ingram and published by Facts on File. This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the history of Polish immigration to the United States and covers key issues, including the reasons for immigration, the struggles faced, and how the culture influenced Americans.

World Refugee Problems

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book World Refugee Problems written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers worldwide refugee problems, including problems resulting from exodus of refugees from People's Republic of China, Cuba, and Eastern European Communist countries.

Polish American History Before 1939

Author : Adam Walaszek
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781032343532
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (435 download)

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Download or read book Polish American History Before 1939 written by Adam Walaszek and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The history of private lives of first and second generations of Polish immigrants in the U.S., viewed from the perspective of migrants themselves. What did the migrants do? How did they behave? How protagonists (men, women, children) with their own words presented their experience? Their experience is compared with the one of the other groups. The book discusses migration processes, neighborhoods' formation, experiences at work, daily and family lives, functioning of parishes and tensions related to it, construction of people's identities and their constant reformulations. Migrants created mutual aid societies, which played economic, but also ideological and political role. Experiences of immigrants' children at home and at school are presented, mostly in their own words and from their own perspective. Cultural activities reflect constant changes of groups self-identity. The book also depicts the relations between the Polish migrants and members of other ethnic groups - in the streets, public spaces, in politics, and within the Catholic church. People lived in pluri-cultural, culturally diverse contexts, thus relations with "the others" were complex. The panorama ends in the year 1939, when after the Great Depression the group entered into the new period of transformation during the war"--

Opposite Poles

Author : Mary Patrice Erdmans
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271072512
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Opposite Poles written by Mary Patrice Erdmans and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 1998-03-11 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opposite Poles presents a fascinating and complex portrait of ethnic life in America. The focus is Chicago Polonia, the largest Polish community outside of Warsaw. During the 1980s a new cohort of Polish immigrants from communist Poland, including many refugees from the Solidarity movement, joined the Polish American ethnics already settled in Chicago. The two groups shared an ancestral homeland, social space in Chicago, and the common goal of wanting to see Poland become an independent noncommunist nation. These common factors made the groups believe they ought to work together and help each other; but they were more often at opposite poles. The specious solidarity led to contentious conflicts as the groups competed for political and cultural ownership of the community. Erdmans's dramatic account of intracommunity conflict demonstrates the importance of distinguishing between immigrants and ethnics in American ethnic studies. Drawing upon interviews, participant observation in the field, surveys and Polish community press accounts, she describes the social differences between the two groups that frustrated unified collective action. We often think of ethnic and racial communities as monolithic, but the heterogeneity within Polish Chicago is by no means unique. Today in the United States new Chinese, Israeli, Haitian, Caribbean, and Mexican immigrants negotiate their identities within the context of the established identities of Asians, Jews, Blacks, and Chicanos. Opposite Poles shows that while common ancestral heritage creates the potential for ethnic allegiance, it is not a sufficient condition for collective action.