Academic Scientific JournalsDifficult neighborhood. On the relations between Polish and German inhabitants of Bydgoszcz at the beginning of the 20th century (based on “Dziennik Bydgoski” from 1908)
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https://doi.org/10.26881/jsr.2020.15.12Keywords:
germanization, national stereotype, discrimination, coexistenceAbstract
“Dziennik Bydgoski” is the only Polish newspaper that appeared in Bydgoszcz at the beginning of the 20th century when the city was strongly Germanized. The goal of the newspaper was to maintain the national identity of Poles. This article shows how “Dziennik Bydgoski” shaped the image of Polish and German residents of the city and how it influenced their relations. The newspaper offi cially upholds the stereotype of the evil German and the persecuted Pole but at the same time it showed real ties connecting representatives of two nations – common lifestyle and cultural experience.
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