Reference Type: Book Section
Author: Anghel, Florin
Year: 2007
Title: Identitary Alienation in Colonized Territories. Polish Communities in Dobrudja in the Former Half of the Twentieth Century
Editor: Ţighiliu, Iolanda - Cojoc, Marian
Book Title: Dobrudja: A Cross Cultural Pool. A9Multi- Ethnic Space
City: Târgovişte
Publisher: Editura Cetatea de Scaun
Pages: 155-166.
Language: English
Keywords: Polish minority, interdisciplinary, ethnic identity, assimilation, politics
Abstract(EN): Nothing substantial has ever been written about the Polish communities in Dobrudja, no one has chronicled their settlement in the province lying between the Danube and the Black Sea. We have not been able to find any clear data concerning the numerical evolution of those who lived here, nor have we identified any conclusive evidence of their ethnic identity: churches, graveyards, schools, or publications. The reasons for the status quo is that, on the one hand, the Polish community in Dobrudja never numbered more than a few hundred souls, mainly scattered in cosmopolitan urban areas (Tulcea, Sulina, Constanţa). This fact only points out that the pontic area drew attention only to those ethnic and religious communities - Turks, Tartars, Bulgarians, Armenians, Albanians, and Germans - that were not so massively present in other regions of the country.