Os imigrantes poloneses em São Paulo pela lente do DEOPS

Abstract

The main task of this article is to study political activities of Polish immigrants rooted in the state of São Paulo under the scrutiny of the Political Police between 1930 and 1950. We will use as sources the files of the Departamento de Ordem Política e Social (DEOPS/SP), in charge of São Paulo State Archive. We try to understand the struggles inside these communities, born of antagonistic political views, specially between communists and anti-communists. The production and circulation of newspapers and political literature, printed in Brazil, as well as from other countries of the American continent or from Europe is analyzed.