Talk:Polish minority in the Czech Republic

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[edit] Polish and CS border was re-opened 1991?

Presumably this means just some particular section of the border (in Zaolzie, or specifically in Cieszyn?) and not the whole of the national border. Can this be clarified?--Kotniski (talk) 21:57, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, I think the border with Poland was closed as a reaction of Czechoslovak authorities to "reactionary forces" = Solidarność in Poland. I do not know exact year when it was closed but I suppose it was somewhen after martial law in Poland had been declared. It is not just the case of Cieszyn, local people had some ties with the Polish part of Cieszyn Silesia. Closure of borders meant that you couldn't go 200 metres along the same street (in the case of Cieszyn) or that you couldn't visit your uncle living on the Polish side of the border. I also suppose the borders were closed during the Prague Spring of 1968. - Darwinek (talk) 22:11, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

So can we say in the article what part of the border was actually re-opened in 1991? It's just that the way it's worded at the moment, it reads as if the whole PL/CS national border was closed at least between 1989 and 1991 (which I know from personal experience it wasn't). --Kotniski (talk) 22:31, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, this border issue requires further research. From what I know the opening of the border between PL and CS occurred in several phases, which differed regionally. I do not know exact dates of these re-openings, hopefully I will be able to add them in the future. - Darwinek (talk) 22:37, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

For now, then, I'll just edit the sentence to make it less categorical.--Kotniski (talk) 09:44, 18 December 2007 (UTC)