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Czas Baltimorski
The cover page of the August 15, 1940 issue of Czas Baltimorski
Type Weekly newspaper
Founder(s)Wladyslaw A. Wusza
PublisherPolish-American Times, Inc.
FoundedJuly 11, 1940
LanguagePolish
HeadquartersBaltimore, Maryland
OCLC number 18793111

Czas Baltimorski (lit. Baltimore Times) was a short-lived weekly Polish-language newspaper that began publication on July 11, 1940, in Baltimore, Maryland. [1] It was published by the Polish-American Times, Inc. with Wladyslaw A. Wusza as founding editor. [2] Wusza and his English language editor Stanley A. Ciesielski were both young, second generation Polish-Americans, and Wusza's father had been editor of a Polish-language newspaper in New York City. [3]

Czas Baltimorski chronicled developments in Europe with an emphasis on Poland, in addition to reporting on local events, sports, and religious and cultural news of interest to the Polish-American community in Baltimore. [4] Both editors enlisted in the United States armed forces after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941; after their service, Wusza was an economic advisor to the post-war Polish government, and Ciesielski served in the Central Intelligence Agency until his retirement, when he became president of the Polish Heritage Association. [5]

The exact date that publication of the Czas ceased is unknown; the last issue digitized by the Library of Congress was the January 23, 1941 issue. [6]

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References

  1. ^ "About Czas Baltimorski". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  2. ^ Wepsiec, Jan (1968). Polish American Serial Publications, 1842-1966: An Annotated Bibliography. p. 119.
  3. ^ Hollowak, Thomas L. (1992). Baltimore's Polish Language Newspapers: Historical & Genealogical Abstracts, 1891-1925. Historyk Press. ISBN  1887124101.
  4. ^ Hollowak, Thomas L. (2002). A Brief History of Baltimore's Polonia. Historyk Press. ISBN  1887124128.
  5. ^ Kajencki, Francis C. (2004). The Pulaski Legion in the American Revolution. Southwest Polonia Press. p. 342. ISBN  0962719072.
  6. ^ "Browse Issues: Czas Baltimorski". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 December 2018.