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Wroclaw workshops: On the anti-fascist Germans in Poland and a few other things
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An alternative guide to Wrocław and life in Poland. Monday, 14 November 2011. On the anti-fascist Germans in Poland and a few other things. Just one more article (following the last one. About last Friday's events (EDIT: alright, I have one more, which I'll probably do next week.). Those dangerous anti-fascists in Warsaw. You've heard about those anti-fascist Germans who came to Poland to confront the far-right? Well I was with some of them. I know what they did. You see this attack? Alright, the other.
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Wroclaw workshops: Stranger in a strange land (or, ‘Poles don’t do small talk’)
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An alternative guide to Wrocław and life in Poland. Thursday, 24 March 2011. Stranger in a strange land (or, ‘Poles don’t do small talk’). Disclaimer: This article contains a selection of impressions. Now, impressions are a tricky ground. Usually I like to write and speak of issues which involve clearly. I thought to myself, do Poles really not do small talk? I tried to think of examples:. 8217; In other words, my comment was seen as a business transaction, not small talk. Me: Hi *gives hand to shake*.
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Wroclaw workshops: Bar Mleczny
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An alternative guide to Wrocław and life in Poland. Wednesday, 30 March 2011. Part of the reasons for me doing this blog is to highlight those areas of. Aw that one doesn’t hear about in the English speaking world. I like to write articles about issues and things that one doesn’t read about in tourist literature or state websites. On this blog you can read about the real Wroc. Aw, or real Poland, as seen through my eyes. My example for today are Bar Mleczny. From my point of view, they remind me of what ...
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Wroclaw workshops: Holocaust Memorial Day 2012
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An alternative guide to Wrocław and life in Poland. Friday, 27 January 2012. Holocaust Memorial Day 2012. It's too late now. It should be hopefully increasingly clear that the way in which anti-prejudice work can, to put it mildly, be lacking of a certain commitment to, err, anti-prejudice work. As I pointed out here. Roots being one example. Anti-prejudice work can sometimes involve the maintaining, spreading and strengthening of prejudice. Why I am telling you this? It is right to consider what has hap...
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Wroclaw workshops: Jewish cemetary, Oświęcim/Oszpicin
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An alternative guide to Wrocław and life in Poland. Monday, 21 November 2011. Jewish cemetary, Oświęcim/Oszpicin. All photos are by myself. You are welcome to copy them, but I would ask you to display my blog address. My blog is dead good and I need some publicity. Oświęćim is of course a place well-known for the fact that Germans built a concentration camp. There (and an 'extermination'. Gives one a lot of information (including photos and videos) of 'Oszpicin' (to give the town its Yiddish name). After...
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Wroclaw workshops: Bożena Umińska-Keff
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An alternative guide to Wrocław and life in Poland. Friday, 20 May 2011. Here is the promised review of the evening with. Bożena Umińska-Keff, the noted feminist, Jewish Polish woman which was at the Edith Stein House, as part of the ' Three Women. Before I shall do the review, I shall give you a brief summary of feminism in Poland (a longer version is on wikipedia. Feminism from 1800 till now. The new Polish state of 1918 brought changes, and led some women to believe that their liberation has having oc...
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Wroclaw workshops: Brits and Poles discuss life in Poland
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An alternative guide to Wrocław and life in Poland. Monday, 4 April 2011. Brits and Poles discuss life in Poland. Most of the text underneath is shamelessly borrowed from this link. Yes, two articles in one evening. Haven’t I got owt better to do? Well, I just was reading through some comments on the article I quoted earlier on The Guardian, that I thought you may be interested. How Brits and Poles see Poland:. I moved to Southern Poland 2 years ago after 60 years in the UK. I would never return! A basic...
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Wroclaw workshops: Response to Timothy Garton Ash's article about Poland in The Guardian
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An alternative guide to Wrocław and life in Poland. Monday, 4 April 2011. Response to Timothy Garton Ash's article about Poland in The Guardian. The British newspaper ‘ The Guardian. 8217; is doing a week-long focus on Poland as part of its interest in ‘Europe’ (a term which in GB means continental Europe.). In the article ‘ Poland: a country getting to grips with being normal at last. I shall come to a few points he raises, but first I wish to note something. What I can say more about is another aspect ...
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Wroclaw workshops: Wachet auf! (Or, "Against right-wing and police extremism")
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An alternative guide to Wrocław and life in Poland. Sunday, 27 November 2011. Or, "Against right-wing and police extremism"). The good thing about having a vaguely negative view of political developments is that one doesn't have to wait long to have ones negative view confirmed. Just over a month ago I wrote this article. Which actually reflected my views from June) where I said, to summarise:. Then, lo and behold, this news. It can't have been German Neo-Nazis, it must have been the victims themselves".
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Wroclaw workshops: Is it better to live in Britain or in Poland?
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An alternative guide to Wrocław and life in Poland. Saturday, 25 February 2012. Is it better to live in Britain or in Poland? A long time ago a dodgy liberal British newspaper ran a series on Poland, and here. I gave a link to a number of comments by both British and Polish people regarding living in Poland. Like with the animation of Jan Lenica (here a still from "Labirynt") there are many hidden treasures in Poland. While this article gives a contrary view, " Poland better than Britain? 3 bakeries and ...