The Fourth Partition
The Fourth partition tells the history of Polish immigrants in the United States from their arrival in 1608, to the end of World War One when Poland became a free country. Award winning filmmakers, historians and professors tell the story of over 4,000,000 Poles immigrated to the United States between 1870 and 1920, and their political and cultural center which was Chicago.
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The Fourth Partition
At the Dawn of the 20th century, Chicago was the second largest city in the United States with over 2,000,000 residents. It was also the center of Polish culture and political activism in America. With Poland partitioned between Russia, Austria and Germany, over 4,000,000 Poles immigrated to the ...
