Posts by Gene Sokolowski
Outlines of Memory
Published by the Pilecki Institute, with the Hoover Institution and Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance as partners, Outlines of Memory presents the accounts of Polish citizens who were victims of German and Soviet totalitarianism crimes during World War II. Their testimonies are supplemented with illustrations drawn by contemporary Polish artists who have utilized their distinct…
Read MoreNever Again Will I Visit Auschwitz
Traumatized author’s anti-Polonism and ignorance of relevant history is openly displayed in his comic book novel that recounts relatives who survived the Holocaust and his frustrating visit to Auschwitz. Ari Richter, a professor of fine arts at the City University of New York, describes in his 256-page comic book the experiences of four generations of…
Read MoreCaptain Witold Pilecki: Witold’s Report from Auschwitz
(For professors, college students, and interested adults) This book is available free of charge online at this link. The following is reprinted from “Foreword by Andrzej Duda, the President of the Republic of Poland”, page iv. Cavalry Captain Witold Pilecki was one of the greatest heroes of Poland, Europe and the entire free world in…
Read MoreThe Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
(For professors, college students, teachers, and interested adults) The phrase “Holocaust Industry” is one with which most Americans are unaware. It became popular after Norman Finkelstein, a former professor at DePaul University, published his book, titled The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering. In it, he presents extensive evidence of Jewish extortionist…
Read MorePersecution For Providing Help to Jews in Occupied Polish Territories During World War II, Volume 1
This publication by Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance presents the preliminary results of work carried out within the “Index of Poles murdered or persecuted for helping Jews during World War II” program. The main, and at the same time, overriding aim of the activities undertaken as part of the “Index” project is to establish the…
Read MoreAgent Zo: The Untold Story of a Fearless World War II Resistance Fighter
(For college professors and students, parents, teachers, and adults). This well-researched work by British author and historian Clare Mulley presents the amazing story of Elzbieta Zawacka, a Polish World War II resistance fighter whose exploits are truly exceptional and helped restore Polish women to their rightful place in the historical record. Born in 1909, her…
Read MoreSelected Polish Artists of the 19th and 20th Centuries
Polish artists and their paintings generally are not well-known but certainly should be.One reason for this is Poland’s disappearance from Europe’s map after having been divided up by Russia, Prussia, and Austria in 1795. After 123 years, Poland was recreated in 1918 at the end of World War I. A second reason is the theft…
Read MoreThe Volunteer: One Man, an Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz
(For high school students, teachers, college students, and adults). As one review of Jack Fairweather’s book notes, this is the true story of Witold Pilecki’s unprecedented heroism. In September 1940, he volunteered for a suicidal reconnaissance mission and allowed himself to be arrested by the Germans and sent to Auschwitz. There were informal reports of…
Read MoreBig Bulletin: Polish Non-Complicity in the Holocaust
The information below is an analysis written by Jan Peczkis, who has analyzed over 1,800 works by Jewish and non-Jewish authors on historical and contemporary Polish-Jewish interrelations. We feature Jan’s database website on our Resources webpage in the section titled “Polish-Jewish Relations”. The article titled “Jan Peczkis’s 1,800 book reviews will improve your understanding of…
Read MorePoland and Russia: The Neighborhood of Freedom and Despotism in the X-XXI Centuries
(For professors, college students, teachers, and adults). In this scholarly work, Professor Andrzej Nowak reviews the history of Poland through the lens of its relations with Russia and presents the ideological beliefs Russia employed throughout its history to achieve its foreign policy objectives through interactions with Poland and the region’s Central and Eastern European states.…
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