''Głos'' (meaning ''The Voice'') (formerly ''Głos Ludu'', meaning ''The Voice of People'') is the main and largest Polish newspaper in the

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. It represents the

Polish minority in the Czech Republic The Polish minority in the Czech Republic is a Polish national minority living mainly in the Zaolzie region of western Cieszyn Silesia. The Polish community is the only national (or ethnic) minority in the Czech Republic that is linked to a spec ...

, especially the

Zaolzie Trans-Olza ( pl, Zaolzie, ; cs, Záolží, ''Záolší''; german: Olsa-Gebiet; Cieszyn Silesian: ''Zaolzi''), also known as Trans-Olza Silesia ( Polish: ''Śląsk Zaolziański''), is a territory in the Czech Republic, which was disputed betwe ...

region.

History and profile

The first release of the ''Głos Ludu'' appeared on 9 June 1945, in Frysztat (Fryštát). It firstly appeared weekly, then two times a week, from April 1946 three times a week. The circulation in the 1960s was 12,000.Kenig 1998, 48. The editorial staff moved from Frysztat to Czeski Cieszyn and later to

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, and since 2003, has been housed in Czeski Cieszyn (Český Těšín) again. For 45 years, it was published by the

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, and since 1991 by the Congress of Poles. Since 2011 it is a member of the European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages. ''Głos Ludu'' appeared on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays until 2018. Since 2018, the newspaper has been renamed to ''Głos'' and transformed to full-color format. It now appears on Tuesdays and Fridays with a circulation of 5,000. Published by the Congress of Poles, it is financially supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic. The current editor-in-chief is Tomasz Wolff.

Editors-in-chief

* Henryk Jasiczek (1945–1957) * Jan Szurman (1958–1964) * Tadeusz Siwek (1964–1969) * Stanisław Kondziołka (1969–1986) * Henryk Kiedroń (1986–1991) * Marek Matuszyński (1991–1992) * Marian Siedlaczek (1992–1994) * Władysław Biłko (1994–2000) * Henryka Bittmar (2000–2003) * Danuta Branna (2003–2005) * Beata Schönwald (2005–2008) * Wojciech Trzcionka (2008-2010) * Tomasz Wolff (2010-)

Footnotes

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External links

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Official website
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