Published: 2020-02-071

Struggle of Masurians with Polish Identity After the Second World War. Socialist Realist Literature Describing the nationality verification and surveying campaign

Agnieszka Piekarska
Prace Literaturoznawcze
Section: Regional themes
https://doi.org/10.31648/pl.4718

Abstract

This article presents the history of Masuria created by the propaganda of socialist realism. Its
aim is to show how writers presented the nationality-based verification campaign and opinion polls
in the area of former East Prussia. The author attempts to prove that social realist writers described
the above-mentioned action as “discovering” Polish identity by the inhabitants of Masuria. In order
to do that, four stories included in the anthology Ziemia serdecznie znajoma, published in 1954, are
analysed to show that strong pressure was exerted on the Masurians to confirm their Polish nationality.

Keywords:

Masuria, nationality-based verification, opinion poll, socialist realism

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Piekarska, A. (2020). Struggle of Masurians with Polish Identity After the Second World War. Socialist Realist Literature Describing the nationality verification and surveying campaign. Prace Literaturoznawcze, (7), 185–206. https://doi.org/10.31648/pl.4718

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