Poland As An Ally: WWII Photo Essay
From Norway to Africa, from Russia to the Atlantic, in the air and on the sea, the Polish forces were there for their allies. Justine Jablonska pays tribute to the bravest and most loyal men and women of WWII.
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2015 Vol. 7 No. 3 — Fall / Features
2015 Vol. 7 No. 1 — Spring / Music
Mieczysław Weinberg’s Opera The Passenger: On Memory and Forgetting
Mieczysław Weinberg’s opera, The Passenger, is not only a complicated work of art, but a complicated work of historical trauma. Magda Romanska reviews the work with a brilliant survey that covers the opera, the history, the novel by Zofia Posmysz, the film by Andrzej Munk, and the responses to the production.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 1 — Spring / Books
“The Driest of Facts:” Witold Pilecki’s Mission in Auschwitz
Michał Kasprzak’s brilliant review cuts to the essence of The Auschwitz Volunteer.
2012 vol. 4 no. 1 — Spring / Commentary / Features
The Death of Captain Pilecki and Dealing with the Communist Past
Poland’s magnificent non-violent revolution altered the course of history. Justice demands that this history be not forgotten.
2012 vol. 4 no. 1 — Spring / Interviews
Pilecki, Poland and Hollywood: A Conversation with Marek Probosz
In a conversation with Justine Jablonska, the multi-talented actor/writer/director speaks of the honor and responsibility of playing Witold Pilecki, a hero whose story could not be suppressed.
2011 Vol. 3 No. 3 — Fall / Films
The Labyrinth: The Testimony of Marian Kołodziej
Recovery following a near fatal stroke unlocks memories buried for more than 50 years, which Marian Kołodziej renders into pen and ink drawings covering several rooms of his Labyrinth in the town of Harmęże, Poland. Ron Schmidt’s brilliant film allows you to enter that labyrinth, alone and in silence.
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