Nineteenth-century polonics in selected countries of the Balkan Peninsula: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia

Abstract

The article presents 19th-century Polonica from three countries located on the Balkan Peninsula: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. In these countries, which are the successors of Yugoslavia, there is a wealth of documents related to Poland and Poles. These are most often materials such as official documents produced by Polish officials, doctors, etc., as well as correspondence. Many prominent Croats, Serbs, and Bosniaks maintained correspondence with Polish journalists, philologists, or representatives of other sciences. Another important source for learning about the fate of Poles are different types of Polonica, such as tombstones in cemeteries or buildings—either erected by Poles or inhabited by them.