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intolerance Multiculturalism in the region Dabrowskie

In earlier times Dabrowski Basin region was a multicultural and multiethnic
. The largest group next to the Poles, were Jews, whose origins date back to settlement in Bedzin at least the sixteenth century, and according to the high probability there were already a few centuries earlier. Some even say that the Jews were in Bedzin "forever." They constituted a group of culture-and they were an integral part of the community Dąbrowa Basin, contributing to its development. During the Second World War, most Zagłębie Jews died in Auschwitz, and those who survived in large largely emigrated in the postwar years to the newly created, their own state. Jews originating from the Basin, and have represent a significant group in Israel, are also present in other countries such as Australia or Canada. In this last in the postwar period, the Union called the ASSOCIATION OF JEWS OF MONTREAL Zaglembie. In Israel, operates the World Union of Jewish Basin (Zaglembie WORLD ORGANIZATION).

present in Poland is quite the fashion for Jewish culture, formed various associations dealing with these issues, they are often assumed by people of Polish descent ... Everything But this is only a substitute for the old days in which Jews had their own districts with the specific climate and ordinances, synagogues, schools, their own political parties, newspapers, numerous cultural institutions, sports, trade associations, etc. .. Today they are so only memories, but definitely worth preserving, because this is an important part of the history of the region.

with other ethnic minorities that have occurred in the Basin, you can even replace the French, but in comparison with the Poles and Jews, they represented only a small fraction of the population Zagłębie cities. I have no data on the number of Roma living in the Basin, it was not a very large group, but it certainly existed. In the early twentieth century in Sosnowiec, Catholics constituted 66 percent. population, followers of Judaism, 18 percent., 11.5 percent Protestants., Orthodox 2.2 percent., mariawici 1.3 percent ..

Jewish Pictured are serving in the Israeli army, perhaps one of them have ancestors originating from the Dąbrowa Basin.

******* End of multicultural region

in Sosnowiec in 1939 the Jewish population was 28,000, which represented 22% of the total population. In Dabrowa in 1921, Jews constituted 11% of the population. In Bedzin in 1897, 10.839 Jews lived (45.6% of the population), and in 1921 there were already 17.298 (62.1%). Jews were also vitally group Czeladz, Slavkov, Zawiercie ... It was enough, however, only a few years of German occupation, to almost completely disappeared from the region and from other parts of the Polish.

In September 1939, German troops marched into the Dąbrowa Basin. Began repression, which in particular has suffered Jewish. Just days after entering the Basin, Germany made the first major crime. On the night of 8 / 9 September in Bedzin, German military police closed the synagogue and the nearby homes of hundreds of Jews, and then all of these places were burned including all the inside people (as Germany acted in the 40s of last century in the name of their Nazi ideas). In October 1939, Basin by decree of Adolf Hitler has been incorporated into the Third Reich (Regency Katowice). Administration cities Zagłębie was cast by the Germans and the Silesian-ethnic Germans, more repression intensified.

Jews throughout the occupation were treated in a manner derogatory to any standard. Under German orders of their shops wore special markings, in the factories there was segregation of workers, confiscated estates, every Jew had to wear an armband with the Star of David and the inscription "Jude", in parallel with continued looting and street roundups and transports of Jews to Auschwitz. In 1943, the ghetto, which was created last "stop" before the final destruction. Repression during the war very badly affected the course and Poles (including the deportation of civilians and deportations to concentration camps), but still not on the scale as in the case of people of Jewish origin, which the then Nazi Germany and the software first wanted to totally exterminate. Behind all

Zagłębian affecting repression during the occupation (both those of Polish, Jewish or else, for what ever differentiate?) Hid personal dramas victims' families, their friends .... Residents Dąbrowa Basin of Polish origin, who suffered during the occupation, it was elite of that time, educated people, a patriotic attitude, activists fighting. After the war, missing in the Dabrowa Basin (though in Warsaw and many other cities as well) is the patriotic elite of high moral character and indomitable. And there is no Zagłębie Jews with their vibrant neighborhoods, culture, business ...

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decay region (pseudo) Silesian

decay region, or rather, according to the historical division of the borders is the best thing that can happen to the city Lesser included in the current province. Silesia (Śląskie in name only.)


What will benefit the region dąbrowski:

• will be an attractive region and in himself, and therefore in the Malopolska region which for historical unquestionably belongs.
• will cease to be associated with Silesia and Katowice in itself is valuable, because you say it directly - Silesians are not particularly liked in Poland (which give it back to you), and there is no prestige ZD for cities that are identified (wrongly) just with this neglected region.
• Basin Dabrowski once and for all rid of the Upper Silesian hatred. It will end unfair sharing of resources and favoring one side the province. Lesser
• Lobby in the parliament and the government will also represent the interests of the ZD, and so the region will cease to be a no man's land on which there is nobody to take care and fight on various investments and projects (see - the planned course of the Central Trunk Line).
• The region will be pulled Dabrowski Krakow's universities, which are next to the best Warsaw in Poland, are also created long-distance divisions Malopolska Marshal's Office.
• Cities Będzin earth will finally be able to calmly and smoothly develop. As to Krakow is about 65 km so there will be no situation such as now, that almost all investments and institutions are invested in Katowice, because "after all, is so close," so Sosnowiec and Dabrowa to be only a base capital of the province (NB - 305 Katowice thousand people. Sosnowiec 218 thousand.).
  

Opponents repeated for years the same set of Objections:

• Silesia is so close so you need to be in the region.
  - This is not true and only harmful myth. Silesian-Dąbrowa common region of both regions was imposed by the Communists, but if someone did not notice That era is over and now everything is possible on condition that the will of the inhabitants.
• Sosnowiec and Katowice is the city limits.
  - Well, what of it? Cieszyn Cieszyn and Czech is also the city limits and well-functioning, not only in two different regions, but even in two different countries. Such cases is quite a lot.
• lose financially if they pass through the province. Lesser.
  - This is the so-fetched argument that until Ironically. Just look at how the Sosnowiec, Dabrowa, or Zawiercie and will be known as the city "gained" at the side of Katowice in the last 60 years. Funds from EU subsidies if they get separated by a region mainly in Silesia, and probably no one has any illusions that this trend will change any time. If the city over the last decade, the region Dabrowski were in the province. Krakow whether it would look like today worse or better, and may likewise? Let them each the same answer to this question. In addition, there is one thing that you can not buy for any money - regional identity.
• Krakow is too far away.
  - Distance from Sosnowiec to Krakow is the same as from Czestochowa, Katowice. What conclusions here? Tarnow and Nowy Sacz are several miles away in the Krakow region compared with the cities of Dabrowski. What conclusions here?

Actually there is no serious argument against the division. Life has shown that even a city so close to each other related to Jaworzno Chrzanów and can normally work being in two different provinces. End of the world certainly will not happen and so, for example, all connections will continue to function. The same is true in the case of health - Today in Zagłębie hospitals are treated as persons from outside the present region and no one makes this issue. Speaking of "szlabanach and walls" is therefore only playing on the emotions in order to maintain the status quo. A state that is favorable for Katowice and very negative for the region Dabrowski. The time that politicians started to act in this direction and treat the project back to the cities ZD Malopolska quite seriously. Dabrowski Basin really is not doomed to Silesia as it tries to make the Katowice years the media.


So it will be looked after joining Małopolskie region Dabrowski, pow. Zywiec and Bielsko-Biala

For completeness I will add that probably if they know the likes of Częstochowa also would want to be found in this region. They are not on the map as Czestochowa is yet another option - the creation of the province Staropolski power-sharing with Kielce. If he failed to co-opt such a region of Radom district, there would be territorially coherent and powerful province. Although in my view, the option of Jun pointless in the province. Lesser is better. As for the Bielsko-Biala are residents rather sympathies clearly show where the region would see their city, but rural district would almost certainly have shared in accordance with historical tradition. The county will be difficult tarnogórskiego snatch Ożarowice - there is resistance to Katowice airport and would likely be large. For years, residents Ożarowice municipalities benefit from Tarnogórski health (and not Będzin) so that they may already have entered into the records: the place of birth - Tarnowskie Mountains. So you need to ześlązacza areas, though nothing is a foregone conclusion, everything in the referendum can decide the residents.

sooner dąbrowski region will be in the province. Lesser the better, as it is these cities bear the greatest losses pseudośląskiego belonging to the province.

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Edward Gierek - critically about it

subject of E. Gierku and PRL in the region Dąbrowa. From the other side than usual.

Gierek What good did the Dąbrowa Basin? Usually the question is posed in this way - "What good did." In my opinion - absolutely nothing. This region has not helped in any way, but very harmed. For the supporters of this man - where are these wonderful buildings that have arisen in Sosnowiec, Dabrowa, or Bedzin in his time? Universities? Cultural institutions? There was nothing the city could be proud of today. The only gierkowską investment in the Dąbrowa Basin was fumes Huta Katowice. Name of the facility demonstrates the sympathies of the then Secretary of Communist Party - in Zabrze, Poland was "Huta Zabrze, in Czestochowa - Huta Czestochowa, Dabrowa built in" Huta Katowice ". It happened that someone came to Katowice and was looking for this steel plant there, because no one did not come to mind that it could be somewhere else.

Prior to its construction Dąbrowa was a quiet town where practically everyone knew each other. Older people with sentiment even mention climate cafes in the city center. After the construction of a smelter's all over, the city has changed in a great hotel workers, and in such cafes have begun to hang over pints Beer visitors and workers. Social bonds have been destroyed in Dabrowa, the native inhabitants of the city were mass expropriated from their homes - as the Communists took over peanuts land to build on these blocks for the visitors. Ironworks has been turned on forest areas causing additional degradation of the ecological region. Then cut out over 1000 hectares of forest in the Forest Łosieńskiej, and the whole area occupied by HK to 2500 ha. Subsequent pollination dokończyło work of destruction.

building large mills forever changed the face of the city and region, but whether for the better?

Gierek and Sosnowiec

E. Gierek If nothing helped, and even very harm Dabrowa and its indigenous people can do something good for the Sosnowiec so often mentioned? Anyone who knows Sosnowiec rather not have illusions about it ... Gierek probably just liked the name "Sosnowiec" and that is why in 1975 the city joined the Casimir Zagórze and Mining. One at the time, weighed more toward Dabrowa so it was not a rational decision, but he could now say that it is derived from Sosnowiec (and not from the village Zagórze) and it is probably mostly the point. Its regional identity was very shallow. Judging from what takes the decisions, it is clear that he cared primarily about its influence in the Communist Party. Large province are more voices at conferences so delegates Edward did everything he could to strengthen ties dąbrowsko-Silesian and Silesian not estrange the "Katowice".

Dąbrowa County

In 1975, the reform of the administrative division of the country introducing the 49 provinces. "Beloved" Gierek region of the province, however, has not been, and although the area and population to any, to carve out. I could not here in any way interfere with the proximity of Katowice as Torun is far from Bydgoszcz to 40 km, and although there were two provinces. The status of provincial capital tied up in that time with numerous benefits. Formed independent universities, public buildings, strengthen ties with regional, provincial capitals benefited from development programs and various grants from the state budget - all this for Gierek poskąpił Sosnowiec (or Dabrowa, decydowało Zagórze everything that could be a district DG, and then she would be the largest). Provincial towns then stayed even small centers, for example - Chełm province - population 230 thousand people of whom 70,000 Chelm. More about the then provinces here. A city that he could not be Sosnowiec, Sosnowiec because according to the concept Gierek had to vegetate in Silesia. This was not the largest provincial city in Poland - as Gierek support this region. Today one can say quite safely that this second chance to own Dabrowski Basin region does not get anymore.

examples of harmful activity Gierek on specific cases involving the Basin could be multiplied ... Those who have traveled to Poland, moreover, know that the city region Dabrowski something positive does not stand out compared to other cities Gierek those years. So where did this myth about the benefits Dabrowski Basin has had his day? Besides blokowiskami ironworks and steaming it did nothing for this region. By the way, would still ask why the mill? Why do not FSM or some other company that would not until such havoc in the ecosystem of the region? FSM was founded at the same time, but in Tychy - today This is Fiat Auto Poland.

last years of his life were spent in Edward Gierek Ustroń - where clean air, where integrated into the community ... The changes that have taken place for his misbehavior in the ZD can be seen, and he himself did not like what is the best summary of his activities here.


Gierek evil itself?

Do not really have anything positive to what would be the person E. Gierek? Of course you can also look for positives ... Gierek was a form of media, communicative, well worn and he could win the sympathy. After the gray and strange, "accompanied by a communist" was the first which presents the good impression as a person Secretary of Communist Party. Translate it to assess its achievements and to this day, it happens that someone criticizes him, but then quickly adds, "it was his man, he wanted good." Gierek was the first communist leader owskim who had good contacts with the West. Friends with many personalities behind the then Iron Curtain, in particular with the French president. Valery Giscard d'Estaing in his memoirs wrote that of all the leaders of those years to Gierek felt the greatest respect. Gierek also had ambitions - One of his slogans was: "Poland in 1910-the economic power of the world." It would be pleasing in zakompleksionej hungry for success and Poland, which then belonged to a poorer world. The standard of living in a period when he was First Secretary has improved, many were built (although, unfortunately, worse quality), developed industry and infrastructure ... To this day, so he has his supporters, who believe that communism was the best owskim leader. And indeed, on the background Bierut, Gomulka and other politicians of that era, Gierek falls pretty well. But you must always be assessed all the achievements, as a politician above all his deeds and the final effects of his actions, not just words, and what makes an impression on others. The end of Gierek era has definitely looked dull.


assessing the facts and actions, separating it from the words of sympathy which Gierek Dabrowski did not spare the region (and which cost nothing) should be the scale of its operations in the same region as clearly harmful. However, across the Polish evaluation may not be as clear and hard here about the categorical judgments given by the then circumstances and political conditions in which E. Gierek came to work. One thing is certain - disputes around him will be long lasting, especially among the older generation, or rather no one here has one of its arguments are not convincing.