In this episode you will hear: What an animal psychologist can teach us about our love for animals How a Polish virtuoso pianist and politician is celebrated in the US How a father’s teaching assignment at Polish universities in the 1980s shaped the life of an American historian specializing in Poland and Eastern Europe. Interviews: • Dorota Wiland, an animal psychologist and animal rights activist from Poland, talks about our misconceptions about wild animals • Prof. Laurie Koloski, a historian of Poland and Eastern Europe at the College of William & Mary at Williamsburg, Virginia, talks about how her stay…
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This story was featured in: Episode 32 Whoever destroys a soul, it is considered as if he destroyed an entire world. And whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world. Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5; Yerushalmi Talmud 4:9, Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin 37a. The event: Presentations of the panelists Prof. Samuel Kassow: Prof. Dariusz Stola: Prof. Joshua Zimmerman: On Żegota: • Wikipedia • ZEGOTA: THE COUNCIL FOR AID TO JEWS IN OCCUPIED POLAND 1942-1945 by Irene Tomaszewski and Tecia Werbowski About The Righteous Among The Nations at Yad Vashem
In this episode you will hear: Part 2 of our interview with a Canadian Polish photographer/author who had unprecedented access to women’s prisons in Afghanistan More about famous Poles, but this time not ones that we can be proud of. About a unique underground organization helping the Jews in German occupied Poland during WW2. Interviews: • Gabriela Maj, a Canadian Polish photographer in Dubai, talks about 5-year work on her critically acclaimed “Almond Garden” showing women’s prisons in Afghanistan • “Żegota” – Council for Aid to Jews, the only such organization in German occupied Europe – a panel discussion at the University of Toronto…
In just a year, Law and Justice has shown how a far-right nationalist government in Europe really governs — and how far it can push the limits of democracy. Last May, Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party, a right-wing nationalist party committed […]
In just a year, Law and Justice has shown how a far-right nationalist government in Europe really governs — and how far it can push the limits of democracy. Last May, Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party, a right-wing nationalist party committed […]…
This story was featured in: Episode 32 and Episode 31 GABRIELA MAJ Gabriela grew up in Poland, Germany and Canada. Her photography and writing has been published by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Vice, National Geographic, Esquire Magazine and featured on CNN, BBC and Frontline. She has worked as photographer for FRONTLINE, Getty Images, Bloomberg News and has covered stories in Iran, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka and Syria among others. Her book “Almond Garden” (Daylight) showing images and telling stories of women prisoners inarcerated in Afghanistan received glowing reviews all around the world. It was listed in…
In this episode you will hear: About a Canadian from a Chinese family who got fascinated with Polish history and who feels really at home in… Warsaw About November the 1st being a very special day for Poles How a Polish passport helped a Canadian photographer get into places in Afghanistan that are inaccessible to others and what came out of this. Interviews: • Nathan Tang is of Chinese descent, a student of Polish history in Poland, now doing his PhD in Paris, talks about his love for Poland • Gabriela Maj, a Canadian Polish photographer in Dubai, talks about 5-year…
This story was featured in: Episode 30 Katka Reszke Sometimes it takes years to discover who you really are. Sometimes this moment is preceded by years of suspicions, by an almost irrational hunch that is impossible to explain. How does it change your life, how can it be explained and what if you find out that your story is not unique. Katka Reszke is a highly accomplished Polish-born, U.S.-based writer, documentary filmmaker, photographer and researcher in Jewish history, culture, and identity. Her own story turned out to be like that of many others and exploring this phenomenon has become her…
This story was featured in: Episode 30 Wanda Kościa Thanks to a recent BBC film we learn that there is an area of Poland which is particularly prone to treasure hunting. Local inhabitants do search for treasures and often find some. The one that motivated the filmmakers to make this film was pretty special – a train full of gold, which allegedly had been hidden in the mountains in the area known as Lower Silesia by the Nazis. The BBC film “Hunting the Nazi Gold Train” was directed by Wanda Koscia. Wanda Koscia is a London-based Polish-born director, producer and…
In this episode you will hear: About Poles as treasure hunters as shown in a BBC film A Field-marshal of the Ottoman Army and the Governor of Aleppo – what does he have to do with Poland? What happens when your hunch that you are not who everybody thought you were in finally confirmed. Interviews: • Wanda Kościa, a Polish filmmaker living in London, talks about her BBC documentary “Hunting the Nazi Gold Train” • Katka Reszke, a Polish-born, U.S.-based writer, documentary filmmaker, photographer and researcher in Jewish history, talks about her own identity mystery Also in this episode: • Non-Poles…