Image of the Pole in the Latgalian Press (1920–1934)
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Keywords

Poles
Latgalians
Latgalian press
Latgale

How to Cite

Malahovskis, V. (2019). Image of the Pole in the Latgalian Press (1920–1934) . Bibliotekarz Podlaski, 45(4), 67–81. https://doi.org/10.36770/bp.217

Abstract

The aim of the article is to find out the position of the Latgalian press in the formation of opinion shared by the local people on the Polish minority in Latgale (1920–1934). The research is based on around 40 articles published in the Latgalian newspapers: “Latgolas Vōrds” ῾Latgales᾿s Word᾿, “Latgalits” ῾The Latgalian᾿, “Jaunō Straume” ῾The New Stream᾿ and “Zemnīka Bolss” ῾The farmer᾿s Voice᾿. The results are produced by a DHA-based qualitative analysis of data, using the discursive construction of “we”–”they” e.g., in the context of the artic- le – “the Latgalians” – “the Polish”.

In the early 1920s, newspaper articles related the Poles mostly to the nobility desiring to reinstatethe old good times. At that time, the Poles were the dominating social class in Latgale. In the following years, the Polish were largely reflected as a minority disloyal to Latgalians and hostile to the Latvian state. The negative image of the Pole was justified also by the fact that the Poles opposed the expressions of the Latgalian ethnic self-awareness through their educational establishments and Catholic Church. Thus, the authors of the articles raised the issues of the Polonification process, which in their view was taking place in Latgale. In many cases publications about the Polish minority are contradictory – A negative image of the Poles were foud next to positive references to them being “brothers in faith” and therefore allies.

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