Post Tagged with: "Poland"

Ruthenia, Galicia, Bieszczady: The Land of My Grandmothers
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.

CR Recommends Four Grand Documentaries
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

Books In Brief – Summer 2010
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

Reconciling Past and Present in the Shadow of the Palace of Culture
2010 Vol. 2 No.1 — Spring / Features

Reconciling Past and Present in the Shadow of the Palace of Culture

Is there a parallel between Warsaw’s Soviet-built Palace and Poles’ relationship with their past?

Same Neighborhood. New Friends?
2010 Vol. 2 No.1 — Spring / Commentary

Same Neighborhood. New Friends?

The 1989 generation is the first for hundreds of years which doesn’t have to do anything extraordinarily brave for their country, writes Warsaw-based Krzysztof Bobinski.

Poland’s Best Winter Olympic Games Ever, but…
2010 Vol. 2 No.1 — Spring / Commentary

Poland’s Best Winter Olympic Games Ever, but…

Congratulations to Vancouver Olympic winners Justyna Kowalczyk and Adam Małysz, but… do two athletes make a team?

Reflections: Canadian Minister visits Poland
2010 Vol. 2 No.1 — Spring / Commentary

Reflections: Canadian Minister visits Poland

A Canadian Minister visits Poland: Reflections – a sombre commemoration, a vibrant Poland.

Rome’s Most Faithful Daughter
2010 Vol. 2 No.1 — Spring / Books

Rome’s Most Faithful Daughter

She was, it appears, a rather difficult child, always willful, sometimes disobedient and frequently unpredictable…

Stadium: the Devil’s Playground
2010 Vol. 2 No.1 — Spring / Books

Stadium: the Devil’s Playground

A black author provides a rare look at race relations in Poland.

The Ice Road: An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom
2010 Vol. 2 No.1 — Spring / Books

The Ice Road: An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom

With the Soviet dystopia as background, the book reads like a terror-filled adventure – all the more so because it’s non-fiction.

Chopin with Cherries Review
2010 Vol. 2 No.1 — Spring / Books

Chopin with Cherries Review

Maja Trochimczyk has gathered together poems to commemorate Chopin’s 200th birthday – and they’re as inspiring as they are exhilarating.

The Noble and Compassionate Heart of the Maharaja Jam Saheb Digvijay Sinhi
2009 — Winter / Features

The Noble and Compassionate Heart of the Maharaja Jam Saheb Digvijay Sinhi

Between August 1942 and November 1946, close to 1,000 Polish children and their guardians lived in idyllic settlements on the Kathiawar Peninsula in India not far from the summer residence of the Maharaja Jam Saheb Digvijay Sinhi. They had come at the Maharaja’s invitation from orphanages in Ashkabad, the capital of Turkmenistan, and Samarkand.

Two Generations: 1989 and 2009
2009 — Winter / Features

Two Generations: 1989 and 2009

Don’t stifle the natural optimism of kids, Kris Kotarski finds out in conversations with some very young Poles.