Poland: Information on the treatment of ethnic Germans
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | POL23316.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Poland: Information on the treatment of ethnic Germans, 1 March 1996, POL23316.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac1698.html [accessed 7 June 2023] |
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For information on the above-mentioned subject, please consult the last two paragraphs of page 13 and page 14 of the Transition attachment of 9 February 1996 by Jakub Karpinski, and the other attachments.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum
Attachments
Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 13 February 1995. BC Cycle. "Unknown Arsonists Attack German War Memorials in Poland." (NEXIS)
Libération [Paris]. 9 July 1995. Véronique Soulé. "En Pologne, le réveil discret de la minorité allemande de Silésie," p. 7.
Nowa Trybuna Opolska [Opole, in Polish]. 29 November 1994. Zbigniew Gorniak. "Problems of Opole Ethnic Germans Discussed." (FBIS-EEU-94-235 7 Dec. 1994, pp. 36-37)
Transiition: Events and Issues in the Former Soviet Union and East-Central and Southeastern Europe [Prague]. 9 February 1996. Vol. 2, No. 3. Jakub Karpinski. "In the New Europe, Poland is Better as a Partner Than an Enemy," pp. 12-14.
_____. Tomasz Kamusella. "Asserting Minority Rights in Poland," pp. 15-18.
