Window to Freedom: A Journey of Survival
It took Poland fifty years to regain its freedom. For many Poles it took even longer to liberate their memories. Marian Wiacek recorded his for his grandchildren.
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2016 Vol. 8 No. 2—Spring / Books
2015 Vol. 7 No. 1 — Spring / Books
A World Apart
Gustav Herling-Grudziński, Inmate No. 1872, wrote his powerful indictment of the Soviet system of penal camps, the GULAG, not as a description of nations at war, but as a conflict between barbarism and civilization. First published in 1951, this book was quietly but intentionally suppressed for decades.
2015 Vol. 7 No. 1 — Spring / Books / Interviews
Chatting with Greg Archer
Justine Jablonska catches Greg Archer in a serious moment, and the conversation ranges from Cyndi Lauper and Ewan McGregor to his indomitable family and the after-effects of war.
2015 Vol. 7 No. 1 — Spring / Books
Greg Archer’s Grace Revealed
Fast-paced, sometimes self-indulgent but at times furiously funny, Greg Archer looks at his family’s traumatic experience in the Soviet gulag after years of running away from it.
2014 Vol. 6 No. 3 — Fall-Winter / Features
When Rhinos Roamed the Polish Prairie: The Exotic Homeland of Poles in Africa
The world’s largest crocodiles cooled off in nearby water, and hippos and baboons helped themselves to lunch. But it was entertaining. And Irene Tomaszewski was there.
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. 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.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.
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.
2009 — Spring / Features
From the Snows of Siberia to the Snows of Kilimanjaro
The Canadian immigration representative seemed perplexed. What was he think of this Polish matriarchy living in mud huts surrounded by lovely gardens with trimmed hedges and a view of the great mountain in the distance? The children in their smart uniforms didn’t help. He was looking for labour in Canada’s mines and forests.
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