Poles in Australia towards Communism after 1945
Journal: Jagiellonian University Repository (Jagiellonian University)
Year: 2019

The article analyzes the attitude of the Polish immigrant community in Australia towards Communism and the Communist authorities of the Polish People’s Republic. It focuses on the period between the end of World War II and the rise of the Solidarity Movement in Poland. Firstly it presents the confrontation between the majority of the Polish immigrant community and a group of communist immigrants from Poland, who cooperated with the Australian Communist Party in a propaganda campaign for the dipl