“Warsaw is also a city with a queer history and a queer identity,” says the deputy mayor.
History
German government approves memorial in Berlin for Polish WWII victims
The suffering of Poles under German-Nazi occupation is “still not well known” among Germans today, says the government.
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Books are weapons: the Polish opposition press and the overthrow of communism
Siobhan Doucette
Siobhan Doucette discusses the content of her first book, “Books Are Weapons: The Polish Opposition Press and the Overthrow of Communism”.
Lech Wałęsa and the politics of history
Siobhan Doucette
Siobhan Doucette discusses the figure of Solidarity hero Lech Wałęsa and the accusations that he informed on fellow dissidents to the SB.
The politics of heroism: the museum of Poles saving Jews in World War II
Stanley Bill
Stanley Bill examines how the PiS government engages in martyrology and seeks to privilege the narratives of Poles who helped saved Jews; a new museum opens in the village of Markowa.
The “compelling need for truth”: reflections on Sandomierz’s blood-libel plaque
Daniel Tilles
Daniel Tilles examines a new plaque placed alongside the infamous Jewish ritual murder painting in the Sandomierz Cathedral, proposing that the plaque represents both a sign of positive progress and a missed opportunity to offer a more honest appraisal of a dark episode in the history of the town and the Catholic Church in Poland.
