Świętowanie w opowieściach wspomnieniowych Wilamowian o powojennych prześladowaniach

Król, Tymoteusz

doi:10.35757/kis.2022.66.1.4

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“…In the 20 th century, the Vilamovian community was faced with many changes associated with political transformations, great wars (Fic, Meus, Krzyżanowski 2018), persecutions, expulsions (Król 2022b;2022c;2022d), allegations of endogamy, as well as folklorisation, the activity of regional folk bands and the arts and crafts chain store exoticised Vilamovians has made it less attractive than the trader ethos. Each historical period has its own storytelling culture, which changes with every generation (Lehmann 2007: 13).…”

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Farmers and traders: two ethe of work, two conventions of storytelling in memory-based stories told by the Vilamovians about the Second World War and the post-war persecutions

Król

2023

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The Vilamovians are an ethnic group living in the town of Wilamowice in the borderland of Silesia and Lesser Poland. Literature has presented them as a homogeneous group whose members were famous for being traders, yet in reality the Wilamowice community was divided into several social strata. Especially the two dominant ones – large farm owners and traders – represented different ethe, which influenced two storytelling conventions, one focused on trade, the other – on agriculture. These conventions are apparent in memory-based stories told by the Vilamovians. In the former, it is work that constitutes the central motif and is valued in itself; in the latter, work is only the means to an end, which is to acquire more wealth. Today, as a result of the fabulisation and folklorisation of the content disseminated in the media, the trade-oriented convention has become dominant. Meanwhile, the work-oriented convention was more popular among the older generation, and is still clearly discernible today in memory-based stories about the Volksliste and the post-war persecution of the inhabitants of Wilamowice. These stories, however, do not tell us how the Vilamovians really behaved, but about what values the narrators professed at the time of conveying the given message. Their form was influenced by the narrative tradition of the given community – be it ethnic or professional.

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Farmers and traders: two ethe of work, two conventions of storytelling in memory-based stories told by the Vilamovians about the Second World War and the post-war persecutions

Król

2023

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The Image of the First Vilamovians in the Narrative of the Wymysorys-Centric Communication Community

Król

2024

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The legend of exotic (i.e. non-German and non-Polish) roots is an important part of the modern narrative about Vilamovians, and it is present in both academic and journalistic discourse. Linguists and anthropologists have offered many theories about their ethnogenesis. According to most of them, it is the Wymysorys language that should be considered the living proof of Vilamovian origin, but only a few focused on the legends. In this paper, I do not analyze whether these legends are “true” or “false”. Rather, I reconstruct the image of the first settlers which is present in the colloquial narratives of Vilamovians, both in legends as well as in memory-based stories and comments. Considering the legends, the most important research questions are: How did the first settlers look? What language did they speak? Why did they choose to settle in Wymysoü? Who was their leader? Following a presentation of Vilamovian narratives about these issues, I argue that the image of the first settlers is crucial for the identity of young members of this community and their sense of belonging.

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Św. abp Józef Bilczewski: biografia językowa i jego wpływ na sytuację językową w Wilamowicach

Król¹

2022

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Józef Bilczewski (1860-1923, the Archbishop of Lviv, was born in Wilamowice, a small town located on the borderland of Silesia and Lesser Poland, which is inhabited by an ethnic group called Vilamovians. They are the descendants of settlers of Western origin who came to this place in the 13th century. The Germanic Vilamovian language (Wymysorys), which is spoken in Wilamowice to this day, is one of the most important markers of Vilamovian identifi cation. It was the primary language of Bilczewski, at least until he fi nished primary school. After that, he spoke fl uent Polish and German. As a result of later education, Polish became his primary language, and this did not change until the end of his life. The Wymysorys language remained the language of family contact. He must have also had a good command of the German language -he used it as a student, a scholar, and the Metropolitan of Lviv. Bilczewski also had a signifi cant infl uence on the language situation in Wilamowice. He supported and founded a kindergarten and school, which were to strengthen the position of the Polish 1 Praca naukowa fi nansowana ze środków budżetowych na naukę w latach 2016-2022 jako projekt badawczy w ramach programu "Diamentowy Grant" z funduszy Ministerstwa Nauki i Edukacji. Projekt "Góry, pagórki, przykryjcie nas -Wilamowianie wobec powojennych prześladowań".

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Świętowanie w opowieściach wspomnieniowych Wilamowian o powojennych prześladowaniach

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Farmers and traders: two ethe of work, two conventions of storytelling in memory-based stories told by the Vilamovians about the Second World War and the post-war persecutions

Farmers and traders: two ethe of work, two conventions of storytelling in memory-based stories told by the Vilamovians about the Second World War and the post-war persecutions

The Image of the First Vilamovians in the Narrative of the Wymysorys-Centric Communication Community

Św. abp Józef Bilczewski: biografia językowa i jego wpływ na sytuację językową w Wilamowicach

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