Polish immigration to Mexico

Polish Mexicans
polaco-mexicanos

File:Muestra folklórica de la comunidad polaca de México (2).JPG Folk dance by the Polish community of Mexico City
Regions with significant populations
Central Mexico
Religion
Christianity, Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Polish diaspora

There is a small Polish diaspora in Mexico. According to the 2005 census, there were roughly 971 Polish citizens living in Mexico. 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.

Migration history

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

The first Poles arrived in Mexico during the years prior to World War II. 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.

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

Notable Polish-Mexicans

Athletics

• Helen Plaschinski, Mexican former Olympics freestyle swimmer for Summer 1980 of Polish descent.
• Leandro Augusto, Brazilian-born Mexican football midfielder of Polish descent.
• Angelica Zawadzki, Mexican sprint canoer of Polish descent.

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.

Movies/television/media

• Jacobo Zabludovsky, Mexican journalist and brother of Abraham Zabludovsky.
• Abraham Zabludovsky Nerubay, Mexican journalist and son of Jacobo Zabludovsky.
• Dominika Paleta, Polish-born Mexican actress.
• Ludwika Paleta, Polish-born Mexican actress and model.
• Ludwik Margules, Polish-born Mexican theatre, opera and film director.
• Kristoff Raczyñski, Russian-born Mexican actor, film producer, screenwriter and TV host of Polish descent.
• Maya Mishalska, Polish-born Mexican actress, violinist and TV presenter.
• Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, Mexican-born Polish actress and singer.
• Helen Kleinbort Krauze, Polish Jewish-born Mexican journalist.
• León Krauze, Mexican journalist, author and news anchor of Polish descent.
• Arleta Jeziorska, Polish-born Mexican actress of films and telenovelas.
• Alfredo Ripstein, Mexican film producer to Polish Jewish father.
• Arturo Ripstein, Mexican film director.
• Mauricio Kleiff, Mexican screenwriter of Polish descent.

Literature

• 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

• Sara Topelson de Grinberg, Polish-born Mexican architect to Russian father and Polish mother.
• Jerzy Rzedowski, Polish-born Mexican botanist.
• Abraham Zabludovsky, Polish-born Mexican architect.
• José Woldenberg, Mexican political scientist and sociologist to Polish father and Lithuanian mother.
• Arturo Warman, Mexican anthropologist to Polish Jewish parents.

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

• Mexico–Poland relations

External links

• Mexico and Poland: Centuries of Cultural Relations