Monday, December 21, 2009

The Stories of Four Poles

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The population of Poland was about 36,000,000 when the Nazis decided to destroy the country and its people. Six million of them died. The ...
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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving Day

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My people were all poor people, the ones who survived to look in my eyes and touch my fingers and those who didn’t, dying instead of fever, ...
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Saturday, October 31, 2009

All Souls Day

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When I was a child growing up in Chicago, All Souls Day wasn't a big deal. My parents would tell me stories about what it was like in P...
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt: War Through a Woman's Eyes, 1939-1940

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I've been looking forward to this memoir by Rulka Langer for a very long time. It's the first publication of Aquila Polonica , a ne...
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Thursday, September 17, 2009

The Men From the East Were Terrible

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70 years ago today the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east and divided up the country with the Nazis. In some places in Poland, they l...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Waiting to Be Heard: The Polish Christian Experience Under Nazi and Stalinist Oppression 1939-1955

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I first met Dr. Bogusia Wojciechowska over the internet about five years ago. Someone sent me a note about her and her work, and I got in...
Monday, September 14, 2009

Poland to Buffalo Through World War II

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  I recently received the following information regarding the upcoming conference (Oct. 3-4) sponsored by the Andy Golebiowski and the Poli...