Post Tagged with: "WWII"

The Death of Captain Pilecki and Dealing with the Communist Past
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.

Pilecki, Poland and Hollywood: A Conversation with Marek Probosz
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.

Hacienda Santa Rosa: a Polish Refuge in Mexico
2011 Vol. 3 No. 4 — Winter / Features

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.

Stefan Norblin: An Artist Comes Home
2011 Vol. 3 No. 3 — Fall / Features

Stefan Norblin: An Artist Comes Home

The largest single collection of Polish art is not in Poland, but in India. A special exhibit brings it home, at least for a visit, attracting thousands of visitors to a visual feast.

Agnieszka Holland’s In Darkness – A Promise Fulfilled
2011 Vol. 3 No. 3 — Fall / Films

Agnieszka Holland’s In Darkness – A Promise Fulfilled

Agnieszka Holland’s latest film is dedicated to Marek Edleman, the legendary leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and evokes passages of his book: “And there was love, too, in the ghetto…”

Children in Exile: Recollections of Children Deported to the Soviet Gulag
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.”

Lost Between Worlds
2011 Vol. 3 No. 3 — Fall / Books

Lost Between Worlds

Exquisitely graceful prose and a powerful story make Edward Herzbaum’s journals read like a novel, a timeless telling of the years 1939-1945.

Passage from England: A Memoir
2011 Vol. 3 No. 3 — Fall / Books

Passage from England: A Memoir

Frank Zajaczkowski’s memoir about growing up in a dysfunctional family and eventually learning his father’s story and coming to understand it.

Maps and Shadows
2011 Vol. 3 No. 3 — Fall / Books

Maps and Shadows

Krysia Jopek’s story of a gentle family uprooted by people who rearrange borders without hearing the gunshots or seeing the victims.

The Labyrinth: The Testimony of Marian Kołodziej
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.

Wojtek the Bear: Polish War Hero
2011 Vol 3. No. 2 — Summer / Books

Wojtek the Bear: Polish War Hero

Private Wojtek really was a member of the Polish II Corps, saw action at Monte Cassino, Ancona and Bologna. As one Italian newspaper put it: Wojtek l’orso che libero l’Italia. Wojtek now has a monument in Edinburgh and in Poland. Rome, anyone?

Scotland and Poland: for Auld Lang Syne
2011 Vol 3. No. 2 — Summer / Books

Scotland and Poland: for Auld Lang Syne

By the time the Scots and the Poles renewed their acquaintance during World War II, “the Poles often began by assuming that the Scots were a sort of English… and the Scots in turn by assuming that Poles were a sort of Russian.” A temporary misunderstanding that soon led to a solid friendship.

The Katyń Order – A Novel of WWII Reviewed
2011 Vol 3. No. 2 — Summer / Books

The Katyń Order – A Novel of WWII Reviewed

American novelist Doug Jacobson weaves a fictional tale against the background of the great crime.