Tatars in Poland: Adopted Homeland
Join us on a podcast journey into the rich and often overlooked world of the Tatars in Poland—a Muslim community with over six centuries of history in the heart of Central Europe. Hosted by Maurits Berger, professor of Islam and the West at Leiden University, and Ewa Górska, socio-legal researcher at the University of Wrocław, this podcast explores the cultural heritage, everyday lives, and religious practices of Polish Tatars. Together, we travel across the Polish landscape meeting Tatars from different backgrounds and discovering stories that reveal their past and present.
Episodes
Ewa and Maurits travel to Kruszyniany, a quiet village on Poland’s eastern border—and the heart of the country’s Tatar heritage. What they find is part cultural revival, part tourist attraction. Over meals, mosque visits, and long conversations with local Tatars, they uncover stories of resilience, memory, and unexpected religious traditions. What does it mean to preserve identity in a place where Islam blends with local customs—an...
In this opening episode, we begin our journey with the legendary trumpet call in Krakow and the story that frames the Tatars as ancient invaders. But the truth is far more complex.
Hosts Ewa Górska and Maurits Berger trace the history of Tatar warriors who became part of the Polish nobility and military tradition. Along the way, they visit a mosque in Gdańsk, meet a Turkish imam, and reflect on what happened to Poland’s Tatar Musli...
Join hosts Maurits Berger and Ewa Górska as they introduce Tatars in Poland—a podcast exploring the rich, six-century history of Poland’s Muslim Tatar community. In this series, we travel across the country to meet Tatars from all walks of life, uncovering stories of faith, heritage, and identity in a largely Catholic society. This trailer sets the stage for a journey into one of Europe’s most overlooked yet enduring Muslim communi...
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