Polish Society in Berisso, Argentina (1913-1983)

Abstract

The article presents the origin, development and activity of the Polish Society in one of Argentine cities. Simultaneously, certain problems typisal of all Polish immigrant organizations come out.

In the Inter-war period, Poles were very stubborn and finally successful in obtaining their own centre of Polish education and cultural life. After the war, old Polish organizations suffered from a very serious crisis which they managed to overcome in the early 1980s. They revived in a new form and started to perform entirely new kind of work (Polish folklore, theatre, education). Their revival was influenced to a large extent by the official government policy of multiculturalism.