'Frenchmen' in Polish Mines: The Politics of Productivity in Coal Mining in Poland 1946–1948. Issue 2 (7th February 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Prażmowska, Anita J.
• Is Part Of: Europe-Asia studies. Volume 70:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 230
• Page End: 251
• Publication Date: 2018-02-07
• Subjects: Europe, Eastern -- Periodicals; Eurasia -- Periodicals; Former Soviet republics -- Periodicals; Soviet Union -- History -- Periodicals; 940
• DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2018.1432751
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0966-8136

Abstract

Abstract: In the period 1946–1948, 13, 721 Polish miners were repatriated by the state from France to Poland. The repatriation was vital to the development of coal mining. This repatriation was distinct because it did not involve returning to Poland people who had been displaced during the war. These Poles had emigrated to France during the interwar period. After a successful start, when over 5, 000 men and their families came to Poland in 1946, the project came to a halt. Poland was not a welcoming environment for these men and France wanted to retain them.