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The Polish Experience through World War II explores Polish history
through the lives of people touched by the war. The touching and
terrible experiences of these people are laid bare by
straightforward, first-hand accounts, including not only the
hardships of deportation and concentration and refugee camps, but
also the price paid by the officers killed or taken as prisoners
during WWII and the families they left behind. Ziolkowska-Boehm
reveals the difficulties of these women and children when, having
lost their husbands and fathers, their travails take them through
Siberia, Persia, India, and then Africa, New Zealand, or Mexico.
Ziolkowska-Boehm recounts the experiences of individuals who lived
through this tumultuous period in history through personal
interviews, letters, and other surviving documents. The stories
include Krasicki, a military pilot who was on of around 22 thousand
Polish killed in Katyn; the saga of the Wartanowicz family, a
wealthy and influential family whose story begins well before the
war; and Wanda Ossowska, a Polish nurse in Auschwitz and other
German prison camps. Placed squarely in historical context, these
incredible stories reveal the experiences of the Polish people up
through the second World War.
The Polish Experience through World War II explores Polish history
through the lives of people touched by the war. The touching and
terrible experiences of these people are laid bare by
straightforward, first-hand accounts, including not only the
hardships of deportation and concentration and refugee camps, but
also the price paid by the officers killed or taken as prisoners
during WWII and the families they left behind. Ziolkowska-Boehm
reveals the difficulties of these women and children when, having
lost their husbands and fathers, their travails take them through
Siberia, Persia, India, and then Africa, New Zealand, or Mexico.
Ziolkowska-Boehm recounts the experiences of individuals who lived
through this tumultuous period in history through personal
interviews, letters, and other surviving documents. The stories
include Krasicki, a military pilot who was on of around 22 thousand
Polish killed in Katyn; the saga of the Wartanowicz family, a
wealthy and influential family whose story begins well before the
war; and Wanda Ossowska, a Polish nurse in Auschwitz and other
German prison camps. Placed squarely in historical context, these
incredible stories reveal the experiences of the Polish people up
through the second World War.
When an independent Poland reappeared on the map of Europe after
World War I, it was widely regarded as the most Catholic country on
the continent, as \u201cRome\u2019s Most Faithful Daughter.\u201d
All the same, the relations of the Second Polish Republic with the
Church-both its representatives inside the country and the Holy See
itself-proved far more difficult than expected. Based on original
research in the libraries and depositories of four countries,
including recently opened collections in the Vatican Secret
Archives, Rome\u2019s Most Faithful Daughter: The Catholic Church
and Independent Poland, 1914-1939 presents the first scholarly
history of the close but complex political relationship of Poland
with the Catholic Church during the interwar period. Neal Pease
addresses, for example, the centrality of Poland in the
Vatican\u2019s plans to convert the Soviet Union to Catholicism and
the curious reluctance of each successive Polish government to play
the role assigned to it. He also reveals the complicated story of
the relations of Polish Catholicism with Jews, Freemasons, and
other minorities within the country and what the response of Pope
Pius XII to the Nazi German invasion of Poland in 1939 can tell us
about his controversial policies during World War II. Both
authoritative and lively, Rome\u2019s Most Faithful Daughter shows
that the tensions generated by the interplay of church and state in
Polish public life exerted great influence not only on the history
of Poland but also on the wider Catholic world in the era between
the wars.
When an independent Poland reappeared on the map of Europe after
World War I, it was widely regarded as the most Catholic country on
the continent, as \u201cRome\u2019s Most Faithful Daughter.\u201d
All the same, the relations of the Second Polish Republic with the
Church-both its representatives inside the country and the Holy See
itself-proved far more difficult than expected. Based on original
research in the libraries and depositories of four countries,
including recently opened collections in the Vatican Secret
Archives, Rome\u2019s Most Faithful Daughter: The Catholic Church
and Independent Poland, 1914-1939 presents the first scholarly
history of the close but complex political relationship of Poland
with the Catholic Church during the interwar period. Neal Pease
addresses, for example, the centrality of Poland in the
Vatican\u2019s plans to convert the Soviet Union to Catholicism and
the curious reluctance of each successive Polish government to play
the role assigned to it. He also reveals the complicated story of
the relations of Polish Catholicism with Jews, Freemasons, and
other minorities within the country and what the response of Pope
Pius XII to the Nazi German invasion of Poland in 1939 can tell us
about his controversial policies during World War II. Both
authoritative and lively, Rome\u2019s Most Faithful Daughter shows
that the tensions generated by the interplay of church and state in
Polish public life exerted great influence not only on the history
of Poland but also on the wider Catholic world in the era between
the wars.
In the eyes of the world, no European country appeared more
vulnerable to its enemies or less likely to establish peace with
them than inter-war Poland. This is the first full-length study of
relations between Poland and the U.S. following World War I, as
Poland turned to America to buttress its precarious position. Pease
lucidly examines how Polish leaders of the 1920s, discerning
America's essential aim of fostering stability in Europe, sought to
enlist U.S. political and financial support on behalf of their
beleaguered state. Drawing on exhaustive archival research, Pease
unravels the fascinating ties between these unlikely diplomatic
partners. He reveals how Poland not only had to fight an uphill
battle against inter-war America's isolationism, but also had to
counter America's reluctance to underwrite a nation surrounded by
two strong and hostile neighbors, Germany and the Soviet Union.
Poland's plea for political and financial backing was ultimately
denied by both the White House and Wall Street with dire
consequences for Poland's future and Europe's fragile peace.
Authoritative and original, this book is valuable contribution to
our understanding of America and Europe during the interwar years.
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