Polish Refugees And The Polish American Immigration And Relief Committee

Author : Janusz Cisek
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786422944

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Polish Refugees and the Polish American Immigration and Relief Committee by Janusz Cisek Pdf

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.

Author : Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2004-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780821441855

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The Exile Mission by Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann Pdf

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.

Author : Helena Znaniecka Lopata,Mary Patrice Erdmans
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1412831067

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Polish Americans by Helena Znaniecka Lopata,Mary Patrice Erdmans Pdf

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.

Author : United States. Office of Refugee Resettlement
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Refugees
ISBN : STANFORD:36105214593134

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Refugee Resettlement Program by United States. Office of Refugee Resettlement Pdf

Author : James S. Pula
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-22
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780786462223

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The Polish American Encyclopedia by James S. Pula Pdf

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.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Political refugees
ISBN : LOC:00186999940

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World Refugee Problems by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary Pdf

Considers worldwide refugee problems, including problems resulting from exodus of refugees from People's Republic of China, Cuba, and Eastern European Communist countries.

Author : Mary Patrice Erdmans
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1998-03-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780271072517

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Opposite Poles by Mary Patrice Erdmans Pdf

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.

Author : Joanna Wojdon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781040031056

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Polish American History after 1939 by Joanna Wojdon Pdf

This book is the second in a three-part, multi-authored study of Polish American history which aims to present the history of Polish Americans in the United States from the beginning of Polish presence on the continent to the current times, shown against a broad historical background of developments in Poland, the United States and other locations of the Polish Diaspora. According to the 2010 US Census, there are 9.5 million persons who identify themselves as Polish Americans in the United States, making them the eighth largest ethnic group in the country today. Polish Americans, or Polonia for short, has always been one of the largest immigrant and ethnic groups and the largest Slavic group in America. Despite that, common knowledge about its social and political life, culture and economy is still inadequate – in Academia and among the Polish Americans themselves. The book discusses the major themes in Polish American history, such as organizational life and the structure of the community facing subsequent waves of immigration from Poland, its leadership and political involvement in Polish and American affairs, as well as living and working conditions, and the everyday life of families and communities, their culture, ethnic identity and relations with the broadly understood American society, starting from the outbreak of World War 2 in Poland in September, 1939, and ending with the highlights of the 21st-century developments. It depicts Polish Americans’ transition from a ‘minority’ through ‘ethnic’ group to Americans who take pride in their symbolic ethnicity, maintained intentionally and manifested occasionally. This volume will be of great value to students and scholars alike interested in Polish and American History and Social and Cultural History.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Political refugees
ISBN : LOC:00186999939

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Migration and Refugee Assistance by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary Pdf

Committee Serial No. 12. Considers legislation to authorize U.S. contributions to the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration and the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.

Author : María Cristina García
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190655310

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The Refugee Challenge in Post-Cold War America by María Cristina García Pdf

For over forty years, Cold War concerns about the threat of communism shaped the contours of refugee and asylum policy in the United States, and the majority of those admitted as refugees came from communist countries. In the post-Cold War period, a wider range of geopolitical and domestic interests influence which populations policymakers prioritize for admission. The Refugee Challenge in Post-Cold War America examines the actors and interests that have shaped refugee and asylum policy since 1989. Policymakers are now considering a wider range of populations as potentially eligible for protection: victims of civil unrest, genocide, trafficking, environmental upheaval, and gender-based discrimination, among others. Many of those granted protected status since 1989 would never have been considered for admission during the Cold War. Among the challenges of the post-Cold War era are the growing number of asylum seekers who have petitioned for protection at a port of entry and are backlogging the immigration courts. Concerns over national security have also resulted in deterrence policies that have raised important questions about the rights of refugees and the duties of nations. María Cristina García evaluates the challenges of reconciling international humanitarian obligations with domestic concerns for national security.

Author : James A. Carlin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1989-06-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349110582

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Refugee Connection by James A. Carlin Pdf

A review of the refugee flows and the dislocations of people caused by oppression, persecution and armed conflict since World War II, this book also gives a first-hand account of the humanitarian efforts of governments, voluntary agencies and individuals in responding to these emergencies.

Author : United States. Congress Senate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2214 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:35112104264264

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Hearings by United States. Congress Senate Pdf

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1398 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Law
ISBN : MSU:31293011645177

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Author : Eveline Podgorski
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-12
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9783640228904

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Polish Immigrants in the USA by Eveline Podgorski Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Martial law
ISBN : PURD:32754067057707

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The United States and Poland by Anonim Pdf