Abstract
As a result of Operation „Vistula”, the Ukrainian population, including Lemkos, was dispersed in the Western and Northern Territories of Poland. The authorities assumed that they would have submitted to the rapid national assimilation there. However, the deported population aimed to return to their homeland and preserve their national identity. To this end, the representatives turned to the authorities with particular demands. Lemko activists in the Rzeszów Voivodeship were very active in this field. Taking advantage of the political crisis in Poland caused by the events of March 1968, they asserted constitutional rights and compensation for the harm done to the forcibly relocated population. These efforts resulted in failure because the authorities did not intend to change the current national policy of assimilation.
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