Editing Sorbs (section)

====After World War II====
Prołuż founded in [[Krotoszyn]], expanded to all Poland (3,000 members). It was the biggest non-communist organization that dealt with foreign affairs. This youth organization was created during the Soviet occupation and its motto was "Polish guard over Lusatia" (Polish: ''Nad Łużycami polska straż''). Its highest activity was in the region of [[Greater Poland]]. After the creation of [[East Germany]], Prołuż was dissolved, and its president historian from Poznań Alojzy Stanisław Matyniak was arrested.<ref>"Prołuż Akademicki Związek Przyjaciół Łużyc" Jakub Brodacki. Polska Grupa Marketingowa 2006 {{ISBN|83-60151-00-8}}</ref>

In 1946, the establishment of a gymnasium for Sorbs in [[Zgorzelec]], Poland, was initiated, and the registration of Sorbian students at Polish universities resumed.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Pałys|first=Piotr|year=2002|title=Próby utworzenia w Zgorzelcu w latach 1946–1948 gimnazjum łużyckiego|magazine=Rocznik Lubuski|language=pl|location=Zielona Góra|volume=XXVIII|issue=1|page=90|issn=0485-3083}}</ref> Despite the readiness to accept Sorbian youth in 1946, the gymnasium was not opened as the Sorbs had not yet obtained border passes to Poland.<ref>Pałys, p. 92</ref> The launch of the gymnasium was postponed by a year and free boarding and scholarships were prepared for the Sorbs, but in view of the continued lack of border passes to Poland and the establishment of a Sorbian gymnasium in Bautzen, the idea was abandoned.<ref>Pałys, pp. 94–95</ref>

One of the main centers of pro-Sorbian initiatives in post-war Poland was Wrocław, with a branch of the Prołuż organization, and several articles about the Sorbs were published in local press.{{sfn|Pałys|2008|p=134}} In 1946, Associations of Friends of Lusatia were founded in [[Opole]] and [[Prudnik]].{{sfn|Pałys|2008|p=136}} In 1947, eight Sorbian students established the "Lusatia" Association of Sorbian Students of Higher Education of Wrocław, with eight more joining the following year.{{sfn|Pałys|2008|pp=134–135}} Also local press in Katowice, Opole and Prudnik published articles about the Sorbs and Lusatia.{{sfn|Pałys|2008|p=135}}

In Opole, the "Lusatian Days" (''Dni Łużyckie'') are organized annually, and the ''Pro Lusatia. Opolskie Studia Łużycoznawcze'' yearbook is published since 1999.{{sfn|Pałys|2008|p=136}} The Polish-Sorbian Association Pro Lusatia was established in Poland in 2004.{{sfn|Pałys|2008|p=136}}

After a proposal to rebuild a pre-war statue of [[Otto von Bismarck]] in Bautzen (''Budyšin'') appeared in 2021, the Sorbs objected and the Serbski Institut, in an open letter, reasoned the objection with the Bismarck government's repressions of the Sorbs, Poles, as well as [[Danes]] and [[French people|French]], and Bismarck's calls for the extermination of Poles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.serbski-institut.de/offener-brief-zum-beschluss-des-hauptausschusses-des-bautzener-stadtrats-vom-6-oktober-2021-zur-wiedererrichtung-eines-bismarck-denkmals/|title=Offener Brief zum Beschluss des Hauptausschusses des Bautzener Stadtrats vom 6. Oktober 2021 zur Wiedererrichtung eines Bismarck-Denkmals|website=Serbski institut|author=Joanna Banik|date=11 October 2021|access-date=15 October 2023|language=de}}</ref>