Z SAMBORA „DO RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ”. AKCJA PRZESIEDLEŃCZA 1944–1946 W DOKUMENTACH I PAMIĘCI SAMBORZAN

The paper focuses on resettling people from the Eastern Borderlands to the Recovered Territories in the years 1944-1946 presenting the case of Polish people from Sambir. It considers the public feeling at the end of the war, the motivation to leave as part of the “repatriation” campaign, the preparation and process of the resettlement action and the first moments in the new place. The author discusses the process of adaptation to the new environment, attempting to assume the vantage point of the members of community, using not only documents from the local repatriation office, but also Sambir people’s memories. What concludes the text is an attempt to answer the question what place the resettlement action occupies in their collective memory.