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POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JULY 2013 www.polamjournal.com 1 JULY 2013 • VOL. 102, NO. 7 $2.00 PERIODICAL POSTAGE PAID AT BOSTON, NEW YORK NEW BOSTON, AT PAID PERIODICAL POSTAGE POLISH AMERICAN OFFICES AND ADDITIONAL ENTRY JOURNALESTABLISHED 1911 www.polamjournal.com TRAVELOGUE: FIVE DAYS IN POLAND DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION AND CONTINUANCE OF POLISH AMERICAN CULTURE PAGE 5 TIME FOR A POLISH “GATHERING” • KUDOS FOR ROG • BISHOP VS. NUN ON GAY MARRIAGE • WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ONLINE SOURCES OF POLISH RECORDS • A REPORT FROM THE PUNISHMENT COMPANY • THE RETURN OF COACH K SAFE! BASEBALL IN POLAND • FAVORITE FRUIT DISHES TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SUMMER’S BOUNTY Cementing the Bonds of Friendship Brzezinski NEWSMARK Questions U.S. WORKING WITH THE BEST. Nearly 100 airmen with the Policy on Syria Wisconsin Air National Guard arrived at Lask Air Base, Poland, to train with the Polish Air Force. WASHINGTON, N.Y. — The event is geared toward enhancing the skills of U.S. Talking on MSNBC’s “Morn- and Polish F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots as they conduct ing Joe,” June 14, former simulated air-combat scenarios with other aircraft, includ- National Security Advisor ing MiG-29s and Su-22s. Zbigniew Brzezinski called Polish Air Force Colonel Krystian Zięƈ, 32nd Tactical the Obama Administration’s Air Base commander, said this is a unique opportunity for strategy the United States and Poland to strengthen interoperability to the as NATO allies. growing “Frankly speaking, the U.S. Air Force, as far as I’m con- confl ict in cerned, is the best air force in the world,” Zięƈ said. “If we Syria as have the opportunity to fl y and train, we want to do that “chaotic.” with the best.” O n June 13, DIARY MAY PROVIDE CLUES. Federal authorities have Adminis- found 400 long-missing pages from a diary kept by a key tration of- BRZEZINSKI aide to Adolf Hitler at a small academic publishing house fi cials say in Lewiston, N.Y. Experts say the fi nd may shed new light the regime of Bashar Assad on the extermination of millions during World War II. had crossed a “red line” when The missing diary pages, written by Hitler confi dant it began the use of chemical Alfred Rosenberg, turned up in the possession of Herbert BIPARTISAN SENATE CAUCUS ON POLAND FORMED. On Tuesday, June 4, Senate Polish weapons in its fi ght against Richardson, the head of Edwin Mellen Press, a small aca- Caucus Co-Chair Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) along with Senators Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and opposition forces. President demic publishing house based near Buffalo. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) met with Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski and Polish Ambassador Obama has authorized direct The diary is the second major trove of Nuremberg war Ryszard Schnepf in the U.S. Capitol to announce the formation of the Senate Caucus on U.S. military support to the crimes trial evidence to be found in Richardson’s posses- Poland to promote and strengthen the historic friendship between the United States and rebels. sion in the past 13 years. Poland. Brzezinski said the White Rosenberg was a Nazi government minister and Hitler House has not developed a WASHINGTON, D.C. – Schnepf. Members of the bi- and enduring relationship be- adviser who was convicted of crimes against humanity at specifi c strategy, noting the U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mi- partisan Senate Caucus on tween the United States and the international war crimes trials at Nuremberg in 1946 U.S. is using “slogans” about kulski (D-Md.) was joined by Poland will work together to Poland,” Senator Mikulski and subsequently hanged. how many people Assad’s re- co-chairs Senators Jim Risch promote and strengthen the said. “The Polish people re- gime has killed — when, in AP SAYS FORMER NAZI LIVING IN MINNESOTA. An (R-Idaho) and Chris Mur- historic friendship between sisted the yoke of communist fact, there’s killing on both Associated Press report said a 94-year-old Ukrainian im- phy (D-Conn.) to announce the United States and Poland. oppression for decades after sides. migrant in Minneapolis is a former Nazi unit commander, the formation of the Senate “Today I’m proud to be World War II, and their he- “It all seems to me rather responsible for the deaths of Poles during World War II. Caucus on Poland during a joined by my colleagues to roic and peaceful resistance sporadic, chaotic, unstruc- Prosecutors in Poland, where Michael Karkoc report- meeting at the United States announce the formation of hastened the end of the Soviet Capitol with Polish Foreign the bipartisan Senate Cau- Union and the emergence of tured,” he charged. “I don’t edly served, announced they would investigate Karkoc and see any real strategic guid- give “every possible assistance” to the US Department of Minister Radek Sikorski and cus on Poland to promote one Europe, whole and free. Justice, according to AP. The report added that German au- Polish Ambassador Ryszard and strengthen the endearing See “Caucus,” page 4 See “Syria ...” page 4 thorities were also looking into the allegations with an eye toward prosecution. Mitchell Wins Though Karkoc served in two units that were on a U.S. Speaking as “Polish Americans” blacklist — the Ukrainian Self-Defense Legion, which has An Interview with Dr. Thaddeus “Ted” Radziłowski Tony Award been accused of burning villages full of women and chil- Dr. Thaddeus (“Ted”) constants here: Polonia from dren, and the Galician Division of the SS — he emigrated Radziłowski is currently its origins was a new Ameri- to the United States in 1949 by lying about his military President of the Piast Institute can society with deep roots service, AP reports. He became a naturalized American in Hamtramck, Michigan, a in Polish culture and his- citizen in 1959. leading think tank dedicated tory and a large contingent Karkoc’s family said the AP report is truthless, calling it to Polish American issues. of foreign-born members. “sensationalistic and scandalous.” Prior to assuming leadership The foreign-born cohort has TRAGEDY AVERTED. A 16-year-old Detroit resident of Piast, Radziłowski—a pro- declined signifi cantly. About is accused of domestic terrorism for making “credible” fessional historian with ex- 125,000 people who identify threats of violence against the St. Mary’s Polish Festival pertise in Russia (Ph.D., Uni- themselves as Polish-Ameri- in Orchard Lake, Oakland County sheriff’s offi cials say. versity of Michigan)—was cans—and I stress they self- The teen now faces a 20-year felony and is being detained President (1995-2003) of St. identify—are of mixed race. in Oakland County’s Children’s Village juvenile facility. Mary’s College, the now de- They are, perhaps, forced The Orchard Lake Police Department and Oakland funct college-level program to think more deeply about County Sheriff’s Offi ce received information from the par- of the Orchard Lake Schools whom they are and how they ents of an Orchard Lake St. Mary’s student about threats in Michigan. He was also a are Polish than the rest of us. MITCHELL. Tony number he’d seen made against the festival on social media. professor of history at South- In this age of multiple iden- two. The fair draws more than 100,000 visitors over the Me- western Minnesota State RADZIŁOWSKI tities an example to all of us by Staś Kmieć morial Day weekend. University (where he played with a major transfusion of to ponder more deeply how NEW YORK — Jerry a major role in the institu- political émigrés after World we are Polish. We need to be Mitchell brought home his WHAT COMES AROUND … A Foucault Pendulum, over tion’s Polish American archi- War II. Today, immigration proud of and confi dent in the 2nd Tony Award at this year’s 100-feet long, has been installed in Torun, birthplace of as- val program) and at Madonna has slowed. What does Amer- attractiveness of our culture ceremony on June 9 for his tronomer Copernicus (nee Mikołaj Kopernik), the discov- University. He was awarded ican Polonia look like as a and history. They re-affi rm choreography in Kinky Boots erer of the heliocentric universe. the Polish Order of Merit in community today? that. – which received 6 Awards The pendulum, which demonstrates the Earth’s rota- 1999. He spoke with John There are lots of Polish About 95% of current Po- including “Best Musical.” tion, is the fi rst major exhibit to be installed at the emerging Grondelski: immigrants—legal and il- He was also nominated in the Mill of Knowledge Modernity Centre. The exhibit follows lonia is made up of people legal—from the 1980s and Although American Polo- born in the United States. “Best Director” category. French physicist Leon Foucault, whose famed pendulum 1990s. Today, that pressure Born in Paw Paw, Michi- was a landmark device in demonstrating how the earth re- nia’s roots go back to Panna Only 5% were born abroad, seems off, as the stream to- Maria in 1854, massive Pol- mostly in Poland, and half gan, Mitchell is proud of his volved. Foucault performed the fi rst public demonstration wards America is getting half-Polish lineage. in Paris in February 1851. ish immigration arrived in of them (48.1%) came be- the late 1800s/early 1900s, fore 1990. There are certain See “Radzilowski,” page 3 See “Mitchell,” page 4 2 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JULY 2013 ALMANAC VIEWPOINTS Follow us on Facebook or visit us Time for a Polish “Gathering” on the internet at: polamjournal.com 2013 is the “Year of the Gather- mer schools, golfing vacations, high We’d welcome to see the Polish would be good times to plan such ing.” What’s that, you ask? If you are school and family reunions, fairs, National Tourist Office do some- an affair.