FOTOGRAFIE POLONIJNE JAKO HISTORYCZNE DZIEDZICTWO ARCHIWALNE POLSKIEJ MISJI KATOLICKIEJ WE FRANCJI
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE POLISH DIASPORA AS THE HISTORICAL ARCHIVAL HERITAGE OF THE POLISH CATHOLIC MISSION IN FRANCE
Author(s): Robert Czarnowski - ParyżContributor(s): Aneta Kiper (Translator)
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Photography, History of Church(es), Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Migration Studies
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Teologii
Keywords: the Polish diaspora in France; the Polish Catholic Mission in France; Polish Paris; Polish Church in France; Polish Seminary in Paris; photographs of the Polish diaspora;
Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the photographs included in selected record groups in the Archives of the Polish Catholic Mission and discusses them in their historical context. The preserved material presents religious celebrations and patronal feasts of individual associations of the Polish diaspora. The paper also describes the photographs of religious buildings, those documenting support given to Poland when martial law was in force, and those found in the press organs of the Polish Catholic Mission: “Polak we Francji”, “Polska Wierna” and “Glos Katolicki”. The further part contains photographs in loose collections. The oldest ones relate to the events after 1919, when Poles arrived in France for economic reasons. After World War I, France needed workers, particularly in mines, and looked for them in numerous places, including Poland. The article also presents camp photographs, given to the Archives of the Polish Catholic Mission by Barbara Kujawska-Biernat, the daughter of the niece of Prelate Wiktor Miedziński, who worked as a Polish priest in Metz from 1945 to 1958.
Journal: Archiwa, Biblioteki i Muzea Kościelne
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 117
- Page Range: 29-48
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Polish