%0 Journal Article
%T Polska emigracja niepodległościowa w Tel Awiwie po drugiej wojnie światowej (1945–1948)
%A Patek, Artur
%J Studia Środkowoeuropejskie i Bałkanistyczne
%V 2016
%R 10.4467/2543733XSSB.16.007.6249
%N Tom XXIV
%P 99-120
%K Polish Emigration of Independence, Tel Aviv, Jaff a, Palestine, Polish refugees of war, Poles in Tel Aviv
%@ 2451-4993
%D 2017
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/ssb/artykul/polska-emigracja-niepodleglosciowa-w-tel-awiwie-po-drugiej-wojnie-swiatowej-1945-1948
%X 
	During the Second World War and in the early post-war years, one of the most important centers of Polish Emigration of Independence was formed in Tel Aviv. In January 1945, 2291 Polish civil refugees resided in the city (with the total of 6718 Poles throughout all of Palestine). Among them, there were numerous representatives of the pre-war elite from the world of science, culture and politics. Poles developed a rich socio-cultural activity. Tel Aviv became home to a number of Polish organizations and schools; in the city, Polish newspapers and books were issued, and the health care system and Polish church ministry was also organized. A kind of national life abroad was success fully created. However, the situation of refugees changed in July 1945, when Great Britain and the United States annulled the recognition of the Polish Government in Exile.
	This brought about the gradual liquidation of institutions associated with the government. In 1946, the responsibility for refugees was assumed by the UNRRA. A vast majority of Poles remained loyal to the Polish government in London and decided not to return to their homeland where the Communists took over the government of the state. Soldiers and their family members were evacuated to Great Britain. The IRO took care of others, transporting them to temporary camps in Europe. The Arab-Jewish confl ict wasn’t conducive to a prolonged stay of Poles in Palestine. In 1948, the Polish Emigration of Independence in Tel Aviv gradually disappeared.