Hacienda Santa Rosa: a Polish Refuge in Mexico
A harrowing 20-thousand kilometer odyssey ended with an unforgettable welcome in Mexico. Piotr Piwowarczyk, who is making a film about it, tells the story.
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2011 Vol. 3 No. 4 — Winter / Features
2011 Vol. 3 No. 3 — Fall / Films / Interviews
Children in Exile: Recollections of Children Deported to the Soviet Gulag
Chicago-based filmmaker Chris Swider discusses his award-winning documentary, and why he chose to focus on the youngest “enemies of the State.”
2010 Vol. 2 No.1 — Spring / Features / Interviews
Recovering a Stolen Childhood
Wesley Adamczyk survived deportation to Siberia and exile to chronicle that journey in When God Looked the Other Way, published by the University of Chicago Press in 2004. His father, Jan Adamczyk, was one of tens of thousands of Polish officers killed in the Katyń massacre.
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