[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Recommended Reading

[Richard Benert]

Adam Giesinger's book is a treasure in many ways, but be warned that it says 
next to nothing about
"the history of the migration and formation of the German colonies and rural 
areas in Poland."
He speaks only in general terms about the immigration of Mennonites and the 
Germans from various places who settled in western Poland in the 1790s and 
early 1800s, and who subsequently left for south Russia after 1813.  But 
information about how German colonies in Poland developed is not to be 
found.

Here's the extent of the information about Poland, to be found on p. 44:

"The Polish insurrection against the Russian regime at that time [1830] 
disturbed older Grman settlers in Poland and caused many to look for new 
homes. A group of these established the textile industry at Volnianka near 
Rozhischche. . . .  Others founded agricultural villages in the Rovno 
region.  . . . .

"In the 1860s two events brought a flood of immigrants to this province: the 
abolition of serfdom in 1861 caused Volhynian landowners to send agents to 
Poland and to Germany to find efficient peasants to farm their lands: and 
the second Polish insurrection in 1863 induced more Polish Germans to move 
eastward. These were joined by others from Silesia, from East Prussia and 
from the Austrian province of Galicia, all looking for land, now in short 
supply in their old homes."

I stand to be corrected in case I've missed something regarding Poland. 
Regarding "general history for the migrations," however, Giesinger's book is 
indeed useful.

Dick Benert

-----Original Message----- 
From: mjm1021 at comcast.net
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 5:44 AM
To: ger-poland-volhynia ; Deb
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Recommended Reading

I recommend From Catherine to Kruschev The Story of Russia's  Germans by 
Adam Giesinger
1974
I found it on Amazon.com.  You can also have your local library order it for 
you.

Fran Matkovich



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-----Original Message-----
From: Deb
To: ger-poland-volhynia
Sent: July 2, 2014 at 12:53 AM
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Recommended Reading

Hi all,

I'm looking for some recommendations for books and articles (in English
if in paper form) about the history of the migration and formation of
the German colonies and rural areas in Poland, preferably in the area of
Lodz, but even general history for the migrations would be appreciated.

I've been scouring the web, but as you all probably know, it's a pretty
piecemal history I've been finding.

Thanks in advance for any recommendations.

Debbie Holm
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