Stosunki narodowościowe na Warmii i Mazurach na tle religijnym w okresie rządów komunistycznych w Polsce (1945-1989)
Nationality relations in Warmia and Mazury against a religious background during the period of communist rule in Poland (1945-1989)

Summary/Abstract: The cultural melting pot of Warmia and Mazury consisted mainly of Germans, Masurians, Warmians, as well as Jews, Dutch, Swiss, Scots, Lithuanians and Russians during the existence of East Prussia. They were of Protestant, Catholic, Mosaic, and Orthodox faiths (mainly Old Believers). In the post-war period, this melting pot was and is created primarily by Poles, Ukrainians, Masurians, Warmians, Germans, Roma, Lithuanians,Tatars, and Russians. They are Roman Catholics, Greek Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox, Muslims. The article primarily presents the prevailing national and religious relations in Warmia and Mazury during the period of communist rule in Poland. It explains why cultural and religious changes occurred thereafter World War II, what the political and social conditions were like during the PRL period (until the socio-political change in Poland in 1989), in particular what the national relations looked like on a religious basis, including how the national policy of the Polish state influenced them.

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