History

„Each factory was a cacophony of noise, a cloud of noxious vapor, a sewer of pollution. Each factory devoured people whole, laborers and managers both.” The ninth chapter of the book by David R. Pichaske about Poland between 1989 and 1991.

„Łódź is never going to compete with Kraków and Gdańsk, and its citizens admit the obvious.” Join David Pichaske and discover the beauty and hidden secrets of one Polish city.

“Proszę?” “Six small rolls, one chleb, one angielka.” “6,450 złotych, please.” “Thank you.” “You are welcome. Please?” “One chleb.” “2,400 złotych. Do you have four hundred złotych?” “Dziękuję.” “You are welcome. Please?” “Two angielka…”

March ‘68 is a complex and multifaceted event in Polish history. Jakub Majmurek in conversation with Janina Jankowska and Seweryn Blumsztajn, two journalists who during communism were active in the opposition, but they nowadays quite oppose in political preferences.

Could you feel in Krakow in 1989 same as in Paris in 1958? Read the sixth chapter of the book by David R. Pichaske and enjoy this extraordinary journey to Poland between 1989 and 1991.

The birds sing in the branches of these trees, and the bells of the Catholic Church sing to the living. The earth rises to reclaim her own, and the grass, the grass, the grass—it covers everything. The fifth chapter of the book by David R. Pichaske.

Fifty years after the student protest against censorship a special pop-up museum on the spirit of 1968 in Europe is opened in Nowy Teatr On the occasion of the opening there will be the Big 8 March Media Debate. The event will be held on 8 March at 7 PM in Nowy Teatr, Warsaw.

„Professional peddlers piled up a good amount of money, and more is being made as prices rise even higher and a system of wholesaling develops. That this new wealth is not effectively taxed is the government’s fault, not the peddlers.” Read the fourth chapter of the book by David R. Pichaske.

It is not fair to love a country because it appears to be backward—although I could name half a dozen towns in Western nations that make handsome currency off their refusal to enter the twentieth century. I treasure in Poland an Old which is hard to come by in the West.

The second chapter of the book by David R. Pichaske: „The long, low light of late afternoon washes the scene in the warmth peculiar to that time of day, and for a second I think I’ve wandered into some nineteenth century landscape… or one of those village scenes, painted just last year in the style of the Old Masters, sold in Łódź art galleries for $20.”