Abstract
The contribution will focus on the history of the community Zelów in Poland, founded in 803 by the protestant colonists from the Czech Lands. Thanks to the interest and work of Jan
Auerhan, Josef Folprecht and other researchers around the magazine Naše zahraničí, missionary priests from Kostnická jednota , the Czech foreign enclaves were gradually mapped. Owing to targeted compatriot care, Zelowian were aware of the Czech history, which was supported by the work of the pastor Bohumil Radechovský in the years 1909-1919.
This include attempts to repatriate several families from Zelów to the newly founded
Czechoslovakia. The aim of this arcticle is to present the tendentious perception of Zelów as a diaspora of the separated compatriots and the subsequent nationalization efforts of the compatriot care typical for the 20th century.