RFE/RL on ethnic minorities in Poland

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RFE/RL on ethnic minorities in Poland


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RFE/RL Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine Report
Vol. 1, No. 16, 14 September 1999
 
A Survey of Developments in Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine by the
Regional Specialists of RFE/RL's Newsline Team.
 
POLAND

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WHAT DO POLES KNOW AND THINK ABOUT ETHNIC MINORITIES? It is estimated
that ethnic minorities in Poland make up 3.5 percent of the country's
40 million people. According to the estimates reported by PAP on 9
September, Poland has 700,000 Germans, 250,000-300,000 Ukrainians,
250,000 Belarusians, 25,000-30,000 Slovaks, 15,000-20,000 Lithuanians,
10,000 Roma, 5,000 Jews, and a small number of Czechs, Russians, and
Greeks.
         
In a poll conducted by CBOS in August among 1030 Poles, respondents
were asked to answer a number of questions about their knowledge of
and attitude toward Poland's minorities.

Some 35 percent of respondents correctly estimated the number of
people of non-Polish ethnic origin; 34 percent overestimated and 8
percent underestimated that number; 23 percent were unable to answer
this question.

Asked to indicate the largest minorities in Poland, the respondents
named respectively Germans, Jews, Roma, Ukrainians, and Belarusians.
"It seems that the respondents overestimate the numerical strength of
Jews and Roma," CBOS commented.

Asked to indicate whom they like and dislike, more than one-third of
those polled declared their dislike of Roma, Jews, and Ukrainians. The
most likable Polish minorities are Czechs (43 percent of respondents)
and Slovaks (42 percent).

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