Monday, November 3, 2014 I attended a memorial gathering in eastern Poland in a little town, Orla (in Polish “of the eagles”), near Bialystok. The following video captures the mood of the memorial service. Orla is typical of hundreds of villages throughout Poland. An out of the way village on the Russian-Polish border not far from […]
Bogdan’s Journey: the Memory of Kielce and Beyond
In the documentary Bogdan’s Journey you will meet a courageous teacher, psychologist, and charismatic public intellectual Bogdan Bialek. Bogdan’s life work has been devoted to building trust and understanding in one town, Kielce! The film, Bogdan’s Journey, tells his story and that of Jews and other Poles he invites into the effort of reconciliation. As a resident of Kielce, […]