Congress Poland

Poland is an eastern European country which borders the Baltic Sea. It is known for its Jewish heritage and medieval architecture. The country of Poland, though full of history and ancient customs that have stood the test of time, has seen much change in religious affiliation and geographical variation in the last few decades. Established and unified in 1025, Poland has lots of Medieval and modern history and has been at the epicenter of many major events. The unification of many tribes in the…

The Germans were successful in taking over Poland because of revenge. Germany had lost land to Poland under the Treaty of Versailles after the First World War, with many German- speaking people still living in areas now a part of Poland as well as to other countries. Germany viewed the Poles as “less than human” and wanted their land for lebensraum, the German notion of needing more living space for the Aryan race. Hitler made extra precautions and created The Nazi-Soviet Pact that ensured that…

Tadeusz Sobolewicz was born on March 25, 1925 in Poznan, Poland.When he was a teenager his life consisted of boy scouts and gymnastics but when the war broke out he and his mother and his younger brother were forced to flee their homes. He became an active member of the Polish Resistance Movement but was arrested under false name on September 1st, 1941 and had been sent to Gestapo Prison. There he was interrogated and severely beaten to disclose other names of the underground resistance. He…

Early life Roman Polanski was born on August 18, 1933, in Paris France. At The age of three, Polanski moved with his family to his father's home city of Krakow, Poland. In 1941 his parents were imprisoned in multiple concentration camps, though Auschwitz was his mother's last, In order to escape from being sent to the camps young roman lived with several polish families over the years until in 1944 he was reunited with his father. As a teenager, Polanski developed acting skills in films and…

the Hungarian rebellion fail during the Cold War? The scope of this investigation is Hungary and Poland in 1956. Two sources that help answer this question are a memorandum of a meeting from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (the CPSU Politburo) and an article authored by Johanna Granville named “1956 Reconsidered: Why Hungary and Not Poland?”. Both encompass the two cases of Hungary and Poland and show the different relationships and how it might have eventually affected each outcome. For…

Amidst the constant evolution of human culture, the presence of stories has remained a consistent and integral part of both society and its folk groups. Often passed verbally through the generations, stories act as an indication of the beliefs and concerns of the people, reinforcing their position and role in their communities. I investigated the transmission and belief of prediction stories in Polish families, where they are called przepowiednie. In this essay, I will discuss whether knowledge…

What do people think about when they hear the word politics? To further that, what do they think of when they hear the term polarization? Congress is in a constant battle between parties, and this, in turn, keeps us in an almost constant state of gridlock. Susan Page, Jim Douglas, Brian Resnick, and Norman Ornstein have all written articles explaining political polarization, civil discourse, or the solutions to these problems. In Susan Page’s article “Divided We Now Stand,” she mainly focuses on…

was my duty to rank the the countries from best to worst ( how well they represented their country), but it was also my duty to protect the interests of Europe. Thus, I judged the countries off of their paper, presentations, and how they dealt with Poland. Before giving my decision I leave you with these words, sine qua non, “if you want peace, prepare for war”. (Ghervas) Every paper was unique, to their understanding of this project. Because of that, I ranked the countries based off the…

When I was writing my final grade twelve history essay on King Casimir III the Great (14th century king of Poland who brought Poland into a golden age), I had a terrible time trying to find good resources and information on the internet that were not scans of ancient Polish chronicles… in ancient Polish. I slaved over my computer for a good week before I thought to myself:…

have made a concrete difference in terms of mitigating AIPAC’s otherwise tremendous influence. With these realities in mind, the interviews conducted above point to a context in which pro-JCPOA forces were effective in terms of directly lobbying the Congress specifically because they were supported by synchronous and concomitant mobilization within American civil society. Grassroots Lobbying and the JCPOA With the above in mind, it is critical to note that civil society’s involvement in the…