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      Basic Information
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            Administrative and Topographic Maps of Poland
            Historical Maps of Poland 1025-1945
            Bielecki's Historical Maps of Poland 1772-2000
            Interwar Maps of Poland 1918- 1939
            World War II Maps 1939 -1945
            Demographic Maps of Poland
            Ethnicity and Linguistic Maps
      The 24 largest cities
      The Regions of Poland
      Poznan: The legendary cradle of Poland
            Poznan International Fair
            Poznan'S Cathedral
            Poznan's Institutions of Higher Education
            Ratusz (Town Hall)
            The Fara Church
            The Raczynski Library
            The National Museum
                  Piotr Michalowski (1800-1855)
            Hotel Bazar
            The Okraglak
            The Oopera - Teatr Wielki
            Imperial Palace Cultural Center
            Monument to the Victims of June '56
            A City in Poland: Poznan
            Poland: Economic Comparisons

Historical
      Short History of Poland
      Last two and a half Centuries
      Library of Congress History of Poland: The Historical Setting
            Early History Until 1385
            The Jagiellonian Era, 1385-1572
            The Noble Republic, 1572-1795
            Partitioned Poland
            Independence Won and Lost, 1914-45
            The Polish People's Republic
      The roots of Polish National Identity
      The History of Poland and its Literature since 1918

Symbols of Poland
      The Constitution of May 3, 1791
      The White Eagle
      The Flag
      Poland's National Anthem
      Virtuti Militari Medal

Distinguished Polish Personalities
      Nicholas Copernicus, he who Moved the Earth
            Nicolaus Copernicus: His Place in the History of Astronomy
            When the Earth Moved: Copernicus and his Heliocentric System
      Walery Goetel, geologist, ecologist, conservationist
      Jan Karski, wartime courier and hero
            A note by Michael Szporer
      Ryszard Kapuscinski, Third World journalist extraordinary
            Ryszard Kapuscinki: From Reporting to Literature
            Idi Amin Dada and African Dictatorships
      Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a Military Genius
            Tadeusz Kosciuszko Gallery -- Monuments
            Tadeusz Kosciuszko Gallery -- Monuments - Slideshow
            Tadeusz Kosciuszko Gallery - Portraits
            Tadeusz Kosciuszko Gallery - Portraits - Slideshow
            Tadeusz Kosciuszko Gallery - Historical Paintings
            Kosciuszko's victory at Raclawice
            The Military Genius of Tadeusz Kosciuszko
            Tadeusz Kosciuszko: A Polish Son of Liberty
            Kosciuszko and West Point
      Rafal Lemkin and Genocide
      Adam Mickiewicz, a Cultural Icon
            Adam Mickiewicz, Poet, Patriot and Prophet
            Andrzej Wajda and the filming of Pan Tadeusz
            The Storyline and Context of Andrzej Wajda's film Pan Tadeusz
      Jan Matejko, Painter and Patriot
            Jan Matejko, Fostering Polish Nationalism
            Understanding Matejko'sThe Battle of Grunwald
      Czeslaw Milosz, poet and Nobel laurate
            Avantgarde & Classicism
            Czeslaw Milosz: Catastrophism
            Czeslaw Milosz: Rescuing poetry
            Czeslaw Milosz: Campo di Fiori
            Czeslaw Milosz: Triumphal Poems
            Czeslaw Milosz: "Ars Poetica"
            Czeslaw Milosz: About Emigration
            Czeslaw Milosz: Polish Character
            Czeslaw Milosz: Milosz - the Moralist
            Czeslaw Milosz: Milosz - the Translator
            Czeslaw Milosz: The Socrealism
      Ignacy Jan Paderewski: Patriot and Piano Virtuoso
            Time-line
            Paderewski: Sensational Pianist
            Patriot, Composer, Piano Virtuoso, Philanthorpist, Statesman
      Kazimierz Pulaski: Father of American Cavalry
            Kazimierz Pulaski Gallery: Monuments
            Kazimierz Pulaski Gallery of Paintings
            The Deeds of Kazimierz Pulaski
            Casimir Pulaski Commemorative Stamp
            Casimir Pulaski Commemorative Postal Card
      Wladyslaw (Wladyslaw) Reymont: Master of Descriptive Prose
            Time-line
            The Promised Land: Lódz was waking
            Keen Observer and Master of Descriptive Prose
            Strike! Adapting to the Industrial Revolution
            Wladyslaw Reymont: Autobiographical Notes of the Nobel Laureate
            Reymont in America
            The Nobel Prize: A Bitter Irony
            "The Promised Land": Three comments
            Wajda and the making and revising of The Promised Land
            Wajda's use of Contrasts: Aesthetics and Style
            The Knightly Ethos: Its Disintegration
      Tadeusz Rózewicz: A Giant of Polish Postwar Literature
            The Witnesses - Text and Subtext
      Bruno Schulz: Creator of Dream-like Fiction
            Bruno Schulz Timeline
            Bruno Schulz and Psychoanalsis: The Images of Women in August
      Irena Sendler: WWII Rescuer and Hero
      Bona Sforza: Poland's Italian Queen
            Poland's Italian Queen
            Karol Szymanowski, a Leading Composer for the Stage
            Karol Szymanowski, A Leading Composer of the Modern Music Theater
      Wislawa Szymborska, the Mozart of Poetry
            Poem: Some Like Poetry
            Delightful Inventiveness, Prodigious Imagination
            The Search for the Word: a guided tour of the exhibition
            The Search for the Word: The Exhibition
      Stanislaw Wyspianski, Painter and Formost Dramatist
            Time-line
      Witkacy: S. I. Witkiewicz, Avant-garde Dramatist and Artist
            Biography
            Witkacy's Search for Self: An Introduction
            Witkacy: Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz 1885-1939
            The Theater of Life or The Search for Self

Notable Polish Americans
      Ralph Modjeski, Civil Engineer
            Ralph Modjeski, Bridge Builder Extraordinary
      Matt Urban, Most Decorated WWII Soldier
            The Lt. Col. Matt Urban Story
            Congressional Medal of Honor Citation
      Polish American Authors
            Eva Hoffman, Author and editor
            Leslie Pietrzyk, Chronicler of Polish-American women's lives
            Witold Rybczynski, Architect and Accomplished Author
            Suzanne Strempek Shea, A touch that could not be more tender

Events in Polish History

      The
Beginnings of the Polish State (922-1025)
            Mieszko I and Boleslaw Chrobry
            Poland in the Early Chronicles

      The Battle of Grunwald (Tannenberg) (1410)
            Understanding Matejko's The Battle of Grunwald
            Grunwald: A Monument to Hearten Polish Spirits
            Tannenberg: a Monument of German Pride

      The reign of the
Vasa dynasty (1587-1668)
            Introduction and the events of the Swedish Deluge: 1655-1660.
            Henryk Sienkiewicz's epic novel: Potop (The Deluge)
            Potop (The Deluge) - A film by Jerzy Hoffman

      The Second World War: 1939 - 1945
            The Siberic Gehenna
            The Millions of Poles Deported to the USSR in 1939-4
            The Travails of the Poplewski Family

            Atrocities
            The Jedwabne Tragedy
                  Jedwabne: History - 60 Years Later
                  Poland's President on the subject of Jedwabne
                  Living in Truth
                  Poland's Institute of National Memory
                  Jedwabne: Guilt Justly Acknowledged
                  Trivializing Barbarity
                  The Need for Atonement
                  Remembering the righteous ten
                  Open Letter regarding Jedwabne
                  Bishop Gadecki about Jedwabne
                  Jedwabne shoud be a symbol of reconciliation
                  We trusted each other
                  Poles and the Jews: How Deep the Guilt?
                  The Germans were forcing Poles to take part in the murders
                  Readers doubt credibility of war crime account by historian
                  Were the Jews in Jedwabne killed by the Gestapo?
                  The Jedwabne Matter: Did Gross Commit a Crime?
                  The prosecutor's office in Sejny has refused . . .
                  To the Moskals Friends
                  A Monument Made of Words
                  Goldhagen for Beginners
                  Regret without Guilt
                  Jedwabne, that's the new name of the Holocaust
                  Hell's last circle
                  Sixty Years Ago . . .
                  Jedwabne, 10th July, 1941
                  Jedwabne: Final Findings
            The Koniuchy Massacre

            The Warsaw Ghetto
            Life and Death in the Ghetto established by the Germans
                  Introduction
                  Gallery 1
                        1938. The Jewish population of Warsaw
                  Gallery 2
                        Blood was staining his white beard"
                        Death sentence for leaving illegally the Jewish residential district
                        "Every step a corpse"
                        "Mendele had bloody diarrhea"
                  Gallery 3
                        July 22, 1942: A massive "resettlement" begins
                        "Now the selection . . ."
                        Who looked around, got killed . . ."
                        "For those volunteering for relocation - three kilos of bread
                        August. 3, 1942: Concealment of Ringelblum's Archive
                        September 8, 1942: After the deportation of 400,000 people
                        January 19, 1943: determination to resist deportation with force .
                        Poles, Citizens, Freedom's Soldiers.
                        April 19, 1943. Orders from Himmler: Destroy the Ghetto
                  Gallery 4
                        "All . . . were taken alive.The lives of none were spared."
                        "Jews were burnt to death . . ."
                        "Some swore . . ."
                        May 8, 1943: The uprising's leaders die by their own hand . . .
                        May 19, 1943: . . . we succeed in destroying 56,065 Jews
                        April 19, 1993: On the 50th anniversary
                  Poetry Room
                        Itzhak Katzenelson - I had a Dream
                        The Living Were Dying - Tadeusz Rózewicz
                        Still - Wislawa Szymborska
                        Campo dei Fiori - Czeslaw Milosz
                        Here Too as in Jerusalem - Mieczyslaw Jastrun

            The Warsaw Uprising - 1.VIII.1944
            An assertion of sovereignty and hope - Start
            Introduction
            Gallery 1
                  Historical Context
                  "As the 'W' hour approached . . ."
                  "I was 23 when the Uprising started . . ."
            Diaries
                  As the "W" hour approaches.
                  Women couriers brave German fire
                  The cathedral of St. John collapsed to-day
                  Women delivering ammunition through the sewers
                  Shelled by German artillery
                  Evacuation through the sewers
                  Attacks decimate the civilian population
            Recollections
                        I was 16 at the time
                        "You will be lame, but you won't die."
                        I checked and rechecked my aim
            "For over two months..."
            The Warsaw Uprising

            Battle of Britain
            The Great Air Battle

Religions
            Eastern Rite Churches

Issues
            "Woman Question" Returns to Poland
            Racist Language
                  Racist Language and the Polish-Jewish Discourse
                  I am ... a countryman of Jan Karski
            Finding Families
                  Looking for a village and finding a family

Art
            History's Impact on Polish Art
            Poetry
                  The poetry of Halina Poswiatowska
            Polish Cinema
                  Kanal - A film by Andrzej Wajda
                  Lotna - A film by Andrzej Wajda
                  Fever: The Tale of a Bomb
                  Quo Vadis?- A film by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
                  Pan Tadeusz A 1999 film by Andrzej Wajda
                  The Storyline and Context of Andrzej Wajda's film Pan Tadeusz
                  Potop (The Deluge): - A 1974 film by Jerzy Hoffman
                  Wesele (The Wedding) A film by Andrzej
            Polish Poster Art
            Art from the Socialist Realism Period
            Totalitarian Art
                  The depth of the destruction
                  Monumental public works
                  Nazism and degenerate art
                  The ideologues of the "Kampfbund"
                  Critics of the "Kunst der Nation"
                  The Exhibition "Entartete Kunst"
                  Artwork shown in Official Exhibitions
                  Communist Realism
                  The Ideas of Revolution
                  A Generally Enforced Style
                  The Period of Social Realism
            Theater - The Association of Theatrical Practices Gardzienice

Customs
            Christmas in Poland and Polonia
            Wycinanki: Polish artistic papercuts
                  Lowicz Wycinanki
                  Kurpie Wycinanki
                  British Airways - Celestial Art
                  Wycinanki - Then and Now
                  Wycinanki: 1957

Reference Section
            Glossary
            Reading Lists
                  Recommended Reading: Polish History
                  Recommended Reading: 20th Century Polish History
                  Recommended Reading: Polish Military History
                  Recommended Reading: Polish-American Issues
                  Recommended Reading: Holocaust Studies, Polish-Jewish Relations
                  Recommended Reading: Polish Social & Cultural Issues
                  Recommended Reading: Memoirs
                  Recommended Reading: Literature & Fiction
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                  Holland, Agnieszka
                  Janusz Kaminski
                  Kieslowski, Krzysztof
                  Polanski, Roman
                  Wajda, Andrzej
            Controversial potrayals of Poland
                  Uprising
            Polish Films
                  Ashes and Diamonds
                  Fever
                  Lotna
                  Kanal
                  Korczak
                  Pan Tadeusz
                  The Pianist
                  Potop
                  (The Deluge)
                  Quo Vadis
                  Promised Land
                  With Fire and Sword
                  Wesele (The Wedding)
      Culinary Arts
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      Folk Arts and Customs
            Bookstores, etc.
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            Wycinanki
      Icons of Poland
      Language
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                 Bukowski, Anthony
                 Hoffman, Ewa
                 Pietrzyk, Leslie
                 Rybczynski, Witold
                 Strempek Shea, Suzanne
                 Zelazny, Roger
            Fairy Tales
                 The Dragon of the Wawel Hill
                 Janosik who robbed the rich and gave to the poor
                 Jurata, the Queen of the Baltic Sea
                 The Sleeping Knights
                 Lech and the White Eagle
                 Legends about the Linden Tree
                 The Trumpeter of Krakow
                 The Mermaid of the Vistula
                 Queen Wanda who wouldn't marry a German
                 How the Pussy Willow Got Its Fur
                 St. John's night
                 The Origins of the Piast Dynasty
            Poetry
                  General
                  Hymns & Anthems
                         General
                         Bogurodzica
                         Boze, cos Polske
                         Boze Ojcze, twoje dzieci
                         Czerwone Maki Na Monte Cassino
                         Gaude, Mater Polonia
                         Hymn do milosci ojczyzny
                         Kiedy ranne wstaja zorze
                         Mazurek Dabrowskiego
                         Nie opuszczaj nas
                         Rota
                         Z dymem pozarow
                         Zeby Polska byla Polska
                  Old Polish Literature
                          Middle Ages
                                Religious Poetry
                                 Secular Poetry
                          Renaissance
                                 Janicjusz, Klemens
                                 Kochanowski, Jan
                         Baroque
                                 Naborowski, Daniel
                                 Szarzynski, Mikolaj Sep
                  Baczynski
                  Baranczak
                  Bialoszewski
                  Herbert
                          Biographies, etc.
                          Poems
                  Karpowicz
                  Lipska
                  Mickiewicz
                          Biographies, etc.
                          Poems
                  Milosz
                         Biographies, etc.
                         Poems
                  Norwid
                         Biographies, etc.
                         Poems
                  Poswiatowska
                  Różewicz
                         Biographies, etc.
                         Poems
                  Słowacki
                         Biographies, etc.
                         Poems
                         Prose
                  Stachura
                  Szymborska
                         Biographies, etc.
                         Poems
                  Wat
                  Wyspianski, Stanislaw
                        Biographies, etc.
                        Paintings etc.
                        Works
                              Wesele (The Wedding)
                  Zagajewski
                         Biographies, etc.
                         Poems
            Prose
                  Andrzejewski
                  Chwin
                  Conrad
                  Gombrowicz
                  Jasienski
                  Kapuscinski
                  Lem
                  Lewkowicz
                  Pilch
                  Prus
                  Reymont
                  Schultz
                  Sienkiewicz
                        biographies, etc.
                        texts
                  Stachura
                  Tokarczuk
                  Witkacy
                  Wittlin
                  Zeromski
            Playwrights
                  Glowacki
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                 Loeffler, Leopold
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                 Rzepinski, Czeslaw
                 Schultz, Daniel
                 Setkowicz, Adam
                 Sidorowicz, Zygmunt
                 Siemiradzki, Henryk
                 Simmler, Jozef
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                 Stattler, Wojciech Korneli
                 Stazewski, Henryk
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                 Suchodolski, January
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                 Tricius, Jan