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some of his best friends are in fact polish
But somehow Poland remains unbowed; a self-evident disruption and an inviting unity. It was close, but catastrophe is overcome, despite staring it in the face. This disaster that was Poland: a resonance with impacted suffering that somehow fuses a sense … Continue reading →
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Tagged A. Ciborowski, Barack Obama Poland, Bernardo Bellotto polish paintings, Donald Tusk Poland, Hanseatic League, Jan Karski, Konstanty Gebert, Lech Kaczynski, Lech Walesa, Lee Feinstein Poland, Mickiewicz polish poet, Nazi destruction Warsaw, Poniatowski Napoleon general, Szymon Bogumil Zug, Tomasz Markiewicz, Warsaw Postwar reconstruction
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phoenix city
A long night. Fifty years of darkness. A solar eclipse from 1939 to 1989. Poland. A lot of psychological baggage from basically a landlocked nation surrounded, bartered and chatteled off by stronger powers. To rebuild must take place on many … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama Poland, Bernardo Bellotto, Bernardo Bellotto paintings, Claude Lanzmann, david axelrod, David Frum, Donald Tusk Poland, Jan Karski, Jerzy S. Majewski, Nazi destruction Warsaw, Radek Sikorski, Radoslaw Sikorski, Sophie's Choice, Warsaw Palace of Culture, Warsaw reconstruction after WWII
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ghost of the polish rider
The end of WWII confronted many devastated cities in Europe and Asia with a problem: what to do about the relics of their past in rebuilding their future. The experience of these cities was not without lesson for those who … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama Poland, Boleslaw Bierut, dmitry medvedev, Donald Tusk Poland, Edward Lucas, Janowiec and Others, Joy Division Warsaw, Katyn Forest, Lech Kaczynski, Lee Feinstein Poland, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Radoslaw Sikorski, Rembrandt The Polish Rider, Smolensk air disaster, Warsaw Postwar reconstruction
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