Głos Ludu

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Głos Ludu
Special sport issue of Głos Ludu featuring Polonia Karwina, 16-17 July 1949
Special sport issue of Głos Ludu featuring Polonia Karwina, 16-17 July 1949
Type Newspaper
Format Compact

Owner Kongres Polaków
Publisher Kongres Polaków
Editor-in-Chief Beata Schönwald
Founded 1945
Language Polish
Headquarters Czeski Cieszyn
Circulation 5,000
ISSN 1212-4222

Website: http://www.glosludu.cz/

Głos Ludu (meaning "The Voice of People") is the main and largest Polish newspaper in the Czech Republic. It appears on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, with a circulation of 5,000. Published by Kongres Polaków, it is financially supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic. The current editor-in-chief is Beata Schönwald.

The first release of the Głos Ludu appeared on 9 June 1945, in Frysztat (Fryštát). It firstly appeared weekly, then two times a week. The editorial staff moved from Frysztat to Czeski Cieszyn and later to Ostrava, and since 2003, has been housed in Czeski Cieszyn (Český Těšín) again. For 45 years, it was supported by the Communist Party, and since 1991 by Kongres Polaków.

[edit] Editors-in-chief

  • Henryk Jasiczek (1945-1957)
  • Jan Szurman (1958-1964)
  • Tadeusz Siwek (1964-1969)
  • Stanisław Kondziołka (1969-1986)
  • Henryk Kiedroń (1986-1991)
  • Marek Matuszyński (1991-1992)
  • Marian Siedlaczek (1992-1994)
  • Władysław Biłko (1994-2000)
  • Henryka Bittmar (2000-2003)
  • Danuta Branna (2003-2005)
  • Beata Schönwald (2005- )

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Radłowska-Obrusnik, Martyna; and Otylia Toboła (1997). Leksykon PZKO. Czeski Cieszyn: Zarząd Główny PZKO. 
  • Zahradnik, Stanisław; and Marek Ryczkowski (1992). Korzenie Zaolzia. Warszawa - Praga - Trzyniec: PAI-press. 

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