Polish Mexicans

Polish Mexicans
polskie meksykanie
polaco-mexicanos
Folk dance by the Polish community of Mexico City
Total population
1,169 Poland-born residents (2015)[1]
Unknown number of Mexicans of Polish descent
Regions with significant populations
Mexico City
Religion
Christianity, Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Other Polish diaspora

There is a small Polish diaspora in Mexico. According to the 2005 intercensal estimate, there were 971 Polish citizens living in Mexico.[2] Furthermore, by the estimate of the Jewish community, there may be as many as 15,000 descendants of Jewish migrants from Poland living in Mexico.[3]

Migration history

Polish children that arrived as refugees in Santa Rosa, Guanajuato.

The first Poles arrived in Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico. In May 1942, Mexico declared war on Germany. To show solidarity with the Polish people, Mexico accepted in 1943 over 2,000 Polish refugees including 1,400 Polish orphans to settle in the state of Guanajuato in central Mexico. After the war, many of the refugees remained to live in Mexico.[4]

Two of the best known Polish-Mexicans are the journalist Jacobo Zabludovsky, and his brother, the architect Abraham Zabludovsky.

Notable Polish-Mexicans

Athletics

Artist/Musician

  • Henryk Szeryng, Polish-born Mexican violinist and composer.
  • David Ostrosky, Mexican actor to Polish mother.
  • Xawery Wolski, Polish-born Mexican artist and sculptor.
  • Eva Maria Zuk, Polish-born Mexican piano concertist.
  • Erika Dobosiewicz, Polish-born Mexican violin concertist.
  • Fanny Rabel, Polish-born Mexican artist.
  • Zbigniew Paleta, Polish-born Mexican violinist and composer for telenovelas and the Cinema of Mexico.
  • Pawel Anaszkiewicz, Polish-born Mexican artist.
  • Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-born Mexican Art Deco painter.
  • Basia Batorska, Polish-born Mexican painter and graphic artist.

Movies/television/media

Literature

  • Anna Zarnecki, Polish writer, pinter, activist and politician.
  • Elena Poniatowska, French-born Mexican journalist and author to French-Polish father.
  • Rodolfo Usigli, Mexican playwright to Italian father and Polish mother.

Politics

  • Salomón Chertorivski Woldenberg, Mexican politician and economist of German and Polish descent.
  • Julio Boltvinik Kalinka, Mexican academic and politician of Polish descent.
  • David Goldbaum, Mexican surveyor and politician to Polish Jewish father of German and Polish descent.

Science

Miscellaneous

  • Enrique Krauze, Mexican public intellectual, historian, essayist, critic, producer, and publisher of Polish Jewish descent.
  • Moisés Kaiman, Polish-born Mexican Rabbi for the Jewish Community of Monterrey, Mexico.
  • Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez, Mexican prelate of the Roman Catholic Church of Polish descent.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Table 16: Total migrant stock at mid-year by origin and by major area, region, country or area of destination, 2015". United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Los extranjeros en México" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-02-14. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
  3. ↑ Poles in Mexico
  4. ↑ Hacienda Santa Rosa: a Polish Refuge in Mexico
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