Kraków

I’m on seven episodes of “When Calls the Heart.” What are some favorite moments you have had during filming? I had some really special lines and scenes with Erin {Krakow}, and I got to ride a horse. I also got to be around a dog. Gracyn {Shinyei} is one of the other girls that watches out for me, and she takes me by the hand lots of times and helps take care of me on the show. Who is your favorite actor/person to…

This painting is called Lady with an Ermine. This painting is oil on a wooden panel and the person in the painting is a woman named Cecilia Gallerani. The painting is displayed in the Czartoryski Museum, in Krakow, Poland. Leonardo da vinci made many famous paintings. He had many accomplishments in different areas of study. Leonardo da VInci’s famous painting the Mona Lisa is very well known. The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings of all time…

lot more culturally aware of what it was like for those in Europe and specifically Eastern Europe to experience the Holocaust and the communist regime. I even feel more connected to the film because of the trip some of us took to Poland. Going to Krakow was an amazing experience I will never forget, I went to jazz clubs while there and was satisfied to see that Ida also went to jazz clubs. My connection to the…

The story Serina began in Kazimierz a suburb in Krakow in the year 1899. Serina was the carefree eldest daughter of a wealthy Jewish family, spoiled by her parents and Johanna, her Polish maid. At home on one normal Friday night, Serina watched her siblings while her parents were at shul, but that Friday night was anything but normal. For that night Serina was taken from the only home she had ever known was taken and given over to the hands of Felician nuns by non-other than her faithful family…

and his strong will to defend his theories despite the population opposing him. Although Copernicus is considered “The Father of Astronomy”, he also had may accomplishments in the economical field. In 1491, Copernicus attended the University of Krakow to study art, mathematics, and economics. Nicolaus Copernicus is credited with creating the Quantity Theory of Money in 1517. His theory basically is the basis of money inflation. The theory says that the circulation and supply of money directly…

Nicholas Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland in 1473. His father died when he was around ten years old, so he lived with his uncle. His uncle was the bishop of Ermland. He had a wonderful childhood education, and went on to study at University of Krakow in 1491. There he developed his love for astronomy, but studied law and medicine. He became a doctor of law in 1503 and had a big participation in the humanist movement, as seen in his translation from greek into latin of a Byzantine Poet’s…

for people that would hide in forests with weapons and when a Nazi passed by the Ghetto group would shoot at the Nazi and kill them. One German manufacturer worked with multiple Jews. The German helped thousands of Jews escape to the outskirts of Krakow, Poland. If somewhere the Nazi found out that you were helping Jews than you would most likely be killed. That is why not a lot of people helped Jews. A pastor helped hide about three thousand Jews escape to France. The Jews would then hide in…

In 1936, Oskar Schindler became a spy for the Nazi’s. He was soon arrested for treason under the Czech government, which lead to him being released under the Munich agreement. The Munich agreement is a settlement permitting the Nazi Germany's annexation of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was originated. Once bailed from jail, he decided to continue gathering information from his last mission as…

the hatred for Jews is justified, for they were the roots of all of Germany’s defeats. I was however; surprised that Poland’s conditions were as terrible as Germany’s conditions. I remember during my travel to Poland, walking through the Ghetto of Krakow, and seeing what their world was like today. I couldn’t imagine what life could have been like. It was crazy to see the contrast of what I saw, to what Hagen writes of. It is completely unimaginable. I remember the chair memorial,…

Schindler’s List Questions 1. In making Schindler’s List, Spielberg says he tried to be “more of a reporter than a passionate, involved filmmaker—because I wanted to communicate information more than I needed to proselytize and convert. The information is so compelling because it wasn’t written by Hollywood authors. It comes out of the human experience… [But] out of history.” That vision influenced many of his decisions as the film’s director. Identify and describe 3 scenes that reflect…