Polityka państwa totalitarnego wobec mniejszości narodowych. Status prawny mniejszości serbołużyckiej w Niemieckiej Republice Demokratycznej
The Policy of the Totalitarian State toward National Minorities: The Legal Status of the Sorbian Minority in the German Democratic Republic

Summary/Abstract: The Sorbian minority was the only national minority recognized by the totalitarian government of the German Democratic Republic. They were granted constitutional rights by the GDR government, which allowed them autonomy in terms of culture, language and education. This was an unusual solution in the Eastern Bloc of socialist states. In fact, the authorities of the GDR exploited the Sorbian people and used them to promote socialist ideas. Paradoxically, it was this subordination to socialist ideology that allowed the Sorbs to preserve their national identity until the present day.

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