Kresy: First the Forest
For centuries, the biodiversity of the great forest of Poland’s eastern borderlands was the natural habitat for a diversity of cultures.
2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer
2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Features
2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Features
Poland, Russia, and Katyń – Is Reconciliation Possible?
Thoughts on reconciliation by no less a Katyń authority than Professor Anna Cienciala.
2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Films / Interviews
The Officer’s Wife: A Conversation with Director Piotr Uzarowicz
Piotr Uzarowicz’s grandfather was one the officers murdered at Katyń. His moving film examines how a political conspiracy of silence left bare his family’s wounds of war.
2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Travel
Day-Tripping in… Białystok
Christian Davies and Eric Bednarski take a day trip to Białystok, and find that it’s a fitting analogy to Poland as a whole.
2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Features / Travel
A Son’s Pilgrimage to Monte Cassino
A pilgrimage is a journey to a shrine, holy place or any place of historical interest. Monte Cassino turns out to be all three.
2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Travel
Not Your Grandma’s Pierogi: A Guide to Polish Food in Chicago
Justine Jablonska’s top picks for Polish food in that quintessentially Polish-American city: Chicago.
2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Travel
Ruthenia, Galicia, Bieszczady: The Land of My Grandmothers
A 4-month long round-the-world adventure brings the author to the lands of her ancestors. Anna Tomascovic-Devey explores the mountain ranges, valleys, forests, and cities of Poland and Slovakia.
2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Features
Uprooting Halina – A Journey From Siberia to Iran and Canada
Kinia Adamczyk’s short film captures the indomitable spirit of Halina Babinska, remarkably courageous at the age of 10, still an inspiration 60 years later.
2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Films
CR Recommends Four Grand Documentaries
• Children in Exile
• Modjeska, Woman Triumphant
• Nine Days That Changed the World
• The Soviet Story
2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Books
Polish Orphans of Tengeru: The Dramatic Story of Their Long Journey to Canada 1941-49
Author Lynne Taylor documents the dramatic story of a group of Polish orphans who were exiled to Siberia, escaped via the Middle East, and grew up in Africa. They finally came to Canada – in defiance of claims by the communist regime that the children belong to them.
2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Books
Katyń: Stalin’s Massacre and the Triumph of Truth
Allen’s Paul newest book, marking the 70th anniversary of the 1940 Katyń massacre, reviewed by Jane Urbanski Robbins.
2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Books
A Long, Long Time Ago & Essentially True
Nina Jankowicz reviews Brigid Pasulka’s quirky, highly original novel about the resilience and the strength of the Polish spirit.
2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Books
Books In Brief – Summer 2010
• Code Name: Żegota: Rescuing Jews in Occupied Poland, 1942-1945: The Most Dangerous Conspiracy in Wartime Europe
• Warsaw Spring
• A Hint of Rain
• Quiet Hero
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