Poland

I can still remember that day. If someone asked me, I thought the world was coming to a blazing end. Well, at least my world. It was a very warm and humid spring afternoon. It was unusually warm, especially for this time of the year in Poland, as Poland does not experience humidity, especially not in the spring. Instead, this was the typical type of weather found in the east coast of the United States: hot, humid, and almost unbearable. It was quite a coincidence actually; since this was the…

of the Polish women in her films as greedy and incompetent (5). In the film “Passenger” which was directed by Andrzej Munk, Munk decided to play down the prisoners nationality saying it could have happened to any country in Europe and not just in Poland (8). Since Munk was not able to finish the film because he was killed in a car accident, the film was completed by his collaborators and we should (but are unable to) determine if they had any bias, motives or hidden agendas that were made…

The integration of West Germany into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) petrified the Soviet Union and caused them to create their own military and economic alliance known as the Warsaw Pact. Even though it was initially referred to as a Treaty on Friendship, the Soviets became increasingly authoritative in regard to the actions of their so called allies and provided these nations with the impetus to withdraw from the Pact. Two countries that felt the sting of Russian authoritarianism…

The power of race and the beauty of ethnicity has shaped and developed America into the influential nation it is today. As the child of two immigrants from Poland, I can define myself as Caucasian and 100% Polish America with roots that stem back to Rzeszow and Wiesbieza, Poland. In an era of multicultural inspiration and education, interpersonal treatment of my own race and ethnicity can be my roots, I can easily identify myself with other Polish Americans through analyzing the representation,…

In Poland where her main language was Polish, Hoffman’s identity was firmly rooted in Polish culture. However, when she emigrates and is forced to speak English, she writes multiple times about how the new language is shattering her once solid identity. She…

victory against the Germans and their subsequent freedom. The Red Army’s actual occupation of liberated towns in Poland was not very different from German occupation, they were strict and enforced a curfew among other rules, confiscated goods and threatened death if not obeyed but were never spontaneously cruel, which was the only real positive for the Poles. The Soviet presence in Poland sparked the Warsaw Uprising, where the Polish Home Army and resistance force tried to claim Warsaw from the…

World War II, along with the Holocaust, is one of the most historically meaningful periods in history. The Nazi soldiers, under the direction of Adolf Hitler, were responsible for the genocide of millions of Jews and other undesirables in Poland and the death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau. Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, I: My Father Bleeds History and Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, II: And Here My Troubles Began, are graphic novels written my Art Spiegelman. Chronicling the story of the Holocaust through…

Countries like Germany and England, who are well known for their work ethic had become resentful that they are expected to support poor-er and less hard working countries, such as Greece or Poland. With the introduction of the Euro, poor countries also significantly decrease the value of the European dollar, to the extent that the United Kingdom is looking into leaving the European Union, which could result in the gradual dissolving of the…

The movie Europa, Europa is a 1990 film based on the 1989 autobiography of Solomon Perel. After reading the book, Europa Europa by Solomon Perel in tandem with watching the film I found that there are some factual misrepresentations between the book and the movie. Nonetheless, the movie is well made and adheres the majority of the facts presented in the autobiography. Solomon Perel was a German Jewish boy who escaped the holocaust by faking his identity as an elite Aryan German, which led to…

1. Where were the three European fronts in the war? The three fronts in the European war were the Westerns, the Balkans and the Russians (eastern). 2. Briefly describe what happened on each of these three fronts. On the western front they were struggling with putting up a good defense but with their strategy of using attrition they became more successful. They still had many casualties because the enemies were using deep trenches, barbed-wire everywhere, land mines and huge amount of machine…