There was a temple here, there were Jews here

Minyan Man

By Max Goldberg A week before I was set to arrive in Wrocław,…
Bikes propped up against the entrace to former Płazów concentration camp. Photo by Max Goldberg.

Life After War: The Bad, the Bad, and the Worse

By Anna Sebree There are no two ways about it: life after war…
The Solidarity Center in Gdansk. Photo credit to Connor Arneson

Poland’s Government is Winning the Battle for the Internet

By Connor Arneson Throughout our travels in Poland, we…
A view of the fresco “The Revenge.” This piece depicts the Prussian victory in Paris in 1871

Historical Politics: An Enduring Dilemma

By Sophie Creager-Roberts On November 12, 1989 --three days…
Map of the Eco-Tourist District of Dobków, from: https://media.villagreta.pl/m/2015/09/ekomuzeum.jpg

How Eco-Tourism Provides a Framework to Keep-Out Extractive Industries: Dobków, Poland’s Case for Protecting the Environment

By Harrison Vogt The tale of an industry entering a town, extracting…
Photo of the layout of Treblinka at the Treblinka memorial

Treblinka: The Invisible Extermination Camp

By Capriana Cormier When people learn about the Holocaust,…
“Michael Rubenfeld selling his ‘lucky Jew’ portraits around Krakow. Photo credit FestivALT website httpswww.festivalt.comen-lucky-jew .”

The Fallacy of Jewish History in Contemporary Poland

By Anna Sebree Poland is a beautiful and complicated country.…
Gdansk's Museum of the Second World War. Photo credit Connor Arneson

Poland’s Government Preaches Flawed History… and so Did I

By Connor Arneson Like most other right-wing governments, nationalism…
Interior view of the White Synagogue in Sejny, Poland

The Significance of the Sejny Synagogue

By Ella Farrell The decision to spend a semester in Poland…
Bikes propped up against the entrace to former Płazów concentration camp. Photo by Max Goldberg.

Guarding Memory through Ecology

By Sophie Creager-Roberts Since the end of World War II, Poland…