Original scientific paper
MARIA SZUMSKA DABROWSKA ABOUT POLISH SETTLERS IN BOSNIA 1935
Božena Vranješ Šoljan
; Department of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The article analyzes the conditions under which Polish newcomers settled in Bosnia-Herzegovina between 1890 and 1946. By encouraging foreign settlement, the government of Austria-Hungary wanted to enhance the economic conditions in Bosnia-Herzegovina after the annexation of that region. A portion of foreign settlers in Bosnia came from Poland. Most of the Poles inhabited the following districts: Prnjavor, Derventa, Banja Luka, Bosanska Gradiška, Bosanski Novi and Prijedor. During World War II a number of them temporarily settled in Slavonia. In 1946 there was an organized transfer through which the Polish settlers from Bosnia returned to their homeland Poland.
Keywords
Poles; settlers; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Slavonia
Hrčak ID:
8374
URI
Publication date:
4.1.2007.
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