Tatars in Poland: Adopted Homeland
Episodes
8. Last Words
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Almost two years after the roadtrip, when the podcast is finished after much work, Ewa and Maurits meet online to evaluate their findings. Was it what...
7. The Next Generation
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ewa and Maurits are heading back to Gdansk. During the long ride from Podlachia, they discuss everything they heard and Ewa makes a confession. Halfwa...
6. The Imam and the Mufti
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ewa and Maurits meet some of the leaders of the Tatar community, including the mufti. They learn how the Polish state structure works, and how the com...
5. The Headscarf
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ewa and Maurits travel to Białystok, the symbolic heart of Tatar Islam in Poland. They begin at a strikingly modern mosque surrounded by grey communi...
4. Religion or Culture
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it really mean to be a Tatar in Poland today? In this episode, Ewa and Maurits explore the blurred lines between religion, culture, and iden...
3. The Cemetery
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ewa and Maurits travel through Poland’s eastern borderlands of Podlachia (Podlasie)—once the heart of the Polish-Lithuanian Commo...
2. The Tourists
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
1. The Warrior
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Trailer
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...