The guide through minorities

in Poland and in Warsaw

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2012

Poles 40%

Russians 45%

Lithuanians; 7%

other; 8%

Poles 69,2

Ukrainians 14,3

Jews7,8

Bi-ałorusin

i 3.9Germans 3,9 other0,9

Poles

other

The structure of population at the turn of XIXth and

XXth cent.

• 1 Germans • 2 Poles• 3 Jews• 4 Ukrainians

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231

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Germany Russia

Austria-Hungary

Poland - a homogenous country

The Polish and the Czech Cieszyn

• The border before 1918

• The border after 1918

• the devision line between the Czech and the Polish Cieszyn

The decline of the number of minorities in Poland

XVIth cent

1918

1931

2002

2012

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

40%

65%

59%

97%

99%

60%

35%

41%

3%

1%

Poles minorities

The no of minorities in the country POLAND

Belgians

0,10%

Belorussians19,05%

Czechs0,32%

Spaniards

0,09%

Germans59,77%

Romanies

5,03%

Russians2,39% Ukrainians

12,10%

Vietnamese0,71%

Jews0,44%

• Germans 59,77%

• Belorussians 19,05%

• Ukrainians 12,10%

The biggest minorities in Warsaw:

• Russians 19,07%• Romanies 18,61%• Ukrainians 18,20%• Vietnamese 15,32%• Belorussians 10,81%• Germans 8,16%• Jews 6,07%

Belgians0.57%

Belorussians10.81% Czechs

1.93%

Spaniards

1.26%

Germans8.16%

Romanians 18.61%

Russians19.07%

Ukrainians18.20%

Vietnamese15.32%

Jews6.07%

Warsaw

The no of minorities in the country and in the capital

POLAND WARSAW Belgians0.57%

Belorussians10.81%

Czechs1.93%

Spaniards

1,26%

Germans8.16%

Romanies 18,61%

Russians19.07%

Ukrainians18.20%

Vietnamese15.32%

Jews6.07%Belgians

0,10%

Belorussians19,05%

Czechs0,32%

Spaniards

0,09%

Germans59,77%

Romanies

5,03%

Russians

2,39%

Ukrainians

12,10%

Vietnamese0,71%

Jews0,44%

The Romany minority

- 100% unemployment - Lack of education- Poor living conditions - ‘difficult culture’

Education among minorities

Jews

Russians

Ukrainians cze

chs L

ithuanians

Bialorussi

ans9,2%

Romanians

Germans

SlovakiansPoles

0.00%5.00%

10.00%15.00%20.00%25.00%30.00%35.00%40.00%45.00%

42.48% 37.77%

9.88% 9.10%0.14% 3.12% 4.46%

9.90%

The rate of unemployment

Poles minorities0.00%

2.00%

4.00%

6.00%

8.00%

10.00%

12.00%

11%

6%

‘twist your tongue’

• przepiórka • zaszczyt • ściana• trzcina • rzeczoznawca• chrzciny• strzyżenie• dwadzieścia• Zebrzydowice

W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w Trzcinie.

the number of employees with the time-limited work contract source:Eurostat

• ‘be careful when looking for a job’

Education !!!

• Foreign students on Polish universities in the academic years 1998/1999 -2010/2011 according to continents

source: Szkoły wyższe i ich finanse w 2010 r., GUS, Warszawa 2011

What minorities do the Polish marry most often?

MALE incommers FEMALE incommers

famous Poles with foreign origin

Adam Mickiewicz – he is claimed to by Poles, Bialorussians and Lithuanians.Julian Tuwim - Polish poet (Jewish origin)Jan Brzechwa – Polish poet (Jewish origin)Fryderyk Chopin – the world famous composer (French origin) Maria Skłodowska Curie – the world famous scientist (French origin)Zygmunt III Waza – the king who established Warsaw to be the

capital of Poland (Swedish origin)

Emil Albert Fryderyk Wedel (1841– 1919)

A bussinessman of German origin, he started in Poland

• a factory of chocolate and sweets, famous in the country and abroad.

Ewa Farna(born in 1993 in Trzyniec/the Czech

Republic) • A famous singer living in the Czech Republic

• She sings both in Polish and in Czech

• her alnums:„Měls mě vůbec rád”/”Sam na sam”

„Ticho”/”Cicho” „Virtualni” „EWAkuacja”• She gives concerts in

Poland, the Czech Rep. and Slovakia

Conrado Morenoborn in 1981 in Madrid

A well-known tv

presenter

Louis-Philippe Loncke

• A traveller, nature explorer and amatour of adventures

• He travelled round Poland (from the Tatra Mountains in the south to the Baltic Sea in the north in 28 days)

„I hope to come back here”

A quote for today:

Love meeting new people; everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes.