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What's Up :: Poles around the world

09.07.2023 14:30
Members of the 20 million Polish diaspora, commonly referred to from Latin as Polonia, can be found on all continents
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Members of the Polonia community in Brazil in Polish folk costumes
Members of the Polonia community in Brazil in Polish folk costumes PAP/Maciej Belina Brzozowski

Presented by Sławek Szefs with Agnieszka Bielawska 

Down the centuries Poles emigrated for various reasons: in search of work, to avoid repression, to fight for freedom and national identity. And there were also those who were forced to live outside their homeland and prevented from returning to Poland, like Poles who found themselves on Soviet occupied territory during World War Two.  


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