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Środowisko polskich uchodźców w Pradze okresu Wielkiej Wojny (1914-1918)

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In 1914 Prague became one of the places where Polish refugees were hiding from the Russian soldiers' harassment. In order to help them, numerous committees were organised, among which the most prominent was Polish refugees' Committee ledby a Benedictine - father Klemens Dąbrowski. He was also a patron for Society of Saint Vincent de Paul and Students' Fraternity. The organisations donated food and clothes; their members also animated cultural life - opened librariesand organised patriotic meetings. Czech peoplc, mostly intelligentsia and clergy, provided help as well. However, many citizens of Prague were hostile towards the refugees, and when the military operation finished, most Poles left the city.