@misc{Godlewski_Piotr_Kontakty, author={Godlewski, Piotr}, howpublished={online}, publisher={Zielona Góra: Lubuskie Towarzystwo Naukowe}, language={pol}, abstract={Cooperation in sports between Poland and GDR was the cooperation of two totalitarian countries, which made this realm of social life an important tool in domestic and international politics. Sport was to play an important role in propaganda, showing the progress in this field as a significant factor of civilization development. Moreover, in GDR it was used as one of the main factors shaping the GDR`s national identity in the international arena.}, abstract={The forty-year collaboration was parallel to sports armaments race between the countries belonging to antagonistic political blocks. The basis of cooperation were bilateral agreements and decisions of local party and government authorities. The main objective of sport cooperation between Poland and GDR was, apart from educational reasons, the realization of common politics with respect to the international sports movement within the countries of the socialist camp.}, abstract={The German side was particularly keen on Polish support for sports rivalry with FRG. Formalized procedures were not conducive to the process of authentic close-up. Imposed, politically opportunistic cooperation did not bring the expected results. What is more, the imposed friendship between Polish and German sportsmen ended in a fiasco.}, abstract={However, the cooperation also brought significant benefits, including good relationships between border towns and regions of Poland and Eastern Germany. Moreover, it needs to be emphasized that as far as many disciplines are concerned, the sport in GDR was undoubtedly ahead of the sport in Poland, and the mutual relationship resulted in tangible effects of training.}, type={artykuł}, title={Kontakty sportowe PRL-NRD ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem współpracy przygranicznej = Socio-cultural cooperation on the German-Polish borderland with the particular emphasis on sporting relations}, keywords={sport, PRL, NRD, stosunki polsko-niemieckie, pogranicze polsko-niemieckie}, }