PL Przymusowe osiedlenie Romów w Polsce – w 60. rocznicę zakazu wędrówki z 1964 roku

2024

Język. Religia. Tożsamość

Journal year: 2024 | Journal volume: 2 | Journal number: 30

scientific article

english

EN The history of the Roma in post-war Poland under the communist rule shows the utopian nature of the previous ideologically driven system. The state authorities of the Polish People’s Republic sought to achieve the goal of a homogeneous society in which there was no place for ethnic minorities or cultural differences. Set against the background of the processes of ethnic homogenisation of the Polish society, Romani people were a highly distinct group, standing out from the rest of society. They never hid their identity. The state’s pursuit of its vision of a homogeneous socialist society left its mark on the lives of Romani people, who were denied the right to wander by the authorities in 1964. Ultimately, the consequence of the forced settlement was that instead of the opening up to the changing reality expected by the authorities, Romani people were faced with the need to protect their own cultural identity from external threats. The collapse of the communist system in Poland and the political changes initiated in 1989 put an end to the forced assimilation of Romani people. In the new political reality, the myth of a unified ethnic structure of the Polish state was abandoned.

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10.5604/01.3001.0054.8713

https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/search/article?articleId=4139332

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