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JOURNALDEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION AND CONTINUANCE OF POLISH AMERICAN CULTURE POLISH MUSEUM OF AMERICA HONORS FIRST ESTABLISHED 1911 MARCH 2019 • VOL. 108, NO. 3 • $2.25 www.polamjournal.com CURATOR — PAGE 7 GRONKOWSKI, GOSTOWSKI LEAD PATRIOTS IN SUPERBOWL LIII • BATORY’S VISION CITED • JOYFUL NOISE PAHA’S VALUE TO POLONIA AND TO ITS MEMBERS • PSFCU OPENS IN PENNSYLVANIA • THE POLISH LIBERATORS HOW THE U.S. HELPED POLAND IN 1919 • FRIDAY FISH FRY ALTERNATIVES • ECO-CONSCIOUS COUTURE V4 Summit NEWSMARK Pence, Pompeo Take Message to Warsaw PHOTO: JAKUB SZYMCZUK / OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT (KPRP) Cancelled Amid Agriculture Minister Slams Protest Polish-Israeli WARSAW — Farmers from across Poland protested Tensions outside the presidential palace, Feb. 6, demanding restric- WARSAW (Radio Po- tions on food imports in a move slammed by Agriculture land) — Poland’s prime min- Minister Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski, who said the protest ister pulled his country out of was “a political project.” He accused the farmers of “com- plete ignorance” of the role of national and EU authorities a summit in Jerusalem after in agricultural policy. a senior Israeli politician re- The farmers demanded limits on imports, complaining portedly claimed that Poles of high production costs and low prices for their products, “suckled anti-Semitism with according to Polish press agency PAP. their mother’s milk.” “Imports are killing Polish agriculture,” said Michał The move by Poland’s Ma- Kołodziejczak, one of the leaders of the AGROunia group, teusz Morawiecki came after which organized the protest. The demonstration had been Israel’s interim foreign min- billed by farmers as the “Siege of Warsaw.” ister, Israel Katz, reportedly “This is far-reaching megalomania, which results, accused “many Poles” of col- among other things, from ignorance of agricultural man- laborating with the German agement procedures, complete ignorance of the division Nazis during the Holocaust. of competences between the European Union, the EU au- Poland’s PAP news agen- thorities and Poland,” said Kołodziejczak. cy reported that the summit of the Visegrad Group, a re- gional cooperation platform FM Attends anti-ISIS Coalition Conference Poland’s President Andrzej Duda with First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda, and U.S. Vice President Michael Pence and his wife Karen visiting the former German Nazi concentration which brings together Po- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Polish Foreign Minister camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. land, Hungary, the Czech Re- Jacek Czaputowicz attended a global conference of na- public and Slovakia, planned tions fighting the Islamic State militant group. The high- Vice President urges Iran and world powers, one that President in Jerusalem Feb. 18-19 had level meeting took stock of the achievements of the Global Europe to Quit Iran deal, Donald Trump’s administration has already been called off. Coalition to Defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria, and to decide abandoned. Stop Breaking Sanctions Amid an escalating spat about its future course of action, according to the Polish He urged U.S. allies to back Washington’s between Poland and Israel, foreign ministry. sanctions on Iran, re-imposed after Trump Morawiecki earlier slammed “Poland intends to remain actively involved in the Co- WARSAW — Vice President Mike Pence exited the 2015 accord last year. Long-stand- and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took the Katz for “reprehensible, un- alition, both in its military and stabilization dimensions,” ing U.S. allies in Europe favor staying in the acceptable and simply racist said the foreign ministry before the meeting. White House’s aggressive anti-Iran message deal and have sought ways to keep open trade to a U.S.-sponsored meeting in Poland on words.” In Washington, Czaputowicz emphasized Poland’s and financial dealings with Iran. Morawiecki told report- broader efforts to stabilize the Middle East. peace and security in the Middle East. Disagreement over the issue is what partly Pence used his address to the conference ers: “This is an example of “Stability in the Middle East is key to global security,” led to Germany, France and other major U.S. racist anti-Polonism.” said Czaputowicz. in Warsaw to demand that European coun- tries withdraw from the nuclear deal between See “Pence ...” page 4 Morawiecki said that Poles, alongside Jews and Zakopane History at UM Roma, had suffered the most ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Copernicus Program in Lenten Customs Survive during World War II. He Polish Studies (CPPS) at the University of Michigan is pre- added that Poles had saved senting an exhibition and related lectures on Zakopane, a huge number of Jews after Poland through May 3, 2019. Nazi Germany instigated the “100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is Holocaust. an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra The Polish prime minister Museum in Zakopane. It tells the unique story of the short- earlier announced he would lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the not take part in a meeting of concluding weeks of the First World War. the Visegrad Group in Jeru- The exhibit at UM’s International Institute Gallery salem. He had delegated Po- opened Feb. 4, with a lecture by former BBC World Ser- land’s Foreign Minister Jacek vice producer Maciej Krupa, a journalist and mountain Czaputowicz to attend the guide who lives and works in Zakopane. gathering. CPPS has curated the exhibit and organized public lec- Tensions between Poland tures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam and Israel flared after com- Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part ments reportedly made by of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program com- Israeli Prime Minister Benja- memorating the centenary of Poland regaining Indepen- min Netanyahu during a con- dence. ference on the Middle East in Warsaw the week prior. Reaching back to the pre-Christian era when the forces of nature were worshipped as Auschwitz Exhibition in New York gods, the egg is the essence of the Easter celebration. As a symbol of life’s initial stages, it Netanyahu’s reported NEW YORK — An exhibition about the Nazi German was offered to the sun-god, whose return gave new life to nature. comments were seen as sug- concentration camp of Auschwitz is scheduled to go on gesting Polish complicity in show at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York later By Fr. Basil Janasik, O.F.M. fied with bread, dried fruits and smoked the Holocaust. this year. fish. Later, fast was observed on Mondays, But Netanyahu’s office “Auschwitz. Not so long ago. Not so far away,” had a Polish American Lenten customs were Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays of the has said that the Israeli prime successful run at Madrid’s Arte Canal Exhibition Cen- at first transplanted without much change, entire Lenten season and special mortifica- minister “spoke of Poles and tre, where it was extended twice and attracted more than though in time modifications set in to pro- tions were observed during the first and last not the Polish people or the 600,000 visitors.The travelling exhibition is a joint project duce variations in usage. weeks. Bread only was eaten on the Satur- country of Poland. This was by the Auschwitz Memorial Museum in Poland, experts In the first centuries after Poland accepted days in Lent. misquoted and misrepresent- from other countries, and Spanish company Musealia. Christianity in the year 966, the Lenten fast The Poles abstained from wine on Fridays ed in press reports and was The exhibition is due to open at New York’s Museum of was observed so strictly that nothing cooked but allowed themselves beer once a week. subsequently corrected by Jewish Heritage on May 8 and run until January 3, 2020. or warm was eaten from the middle of Lent the journalist who issued the until Easter Sunday. The people were satis- See “Lenten Customs,” page 11 initial misstatement.” 2 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • MARCH 2019

ALMANAC JUST BETWEEN US POLISH Follow us on Facebook, AMERICAN and on the web, too, at: www.polamjournal.com Preparing for Lent and Easter JOURNAL by Mark Kohan Wanted: Easter Mass and easier-to-read typeface for the pa- Q Dedicated to the Promotion March Marzec Blessing Schedules per’s body copy. Easter?! How can that be? For over a century, Times (and and Continuance of Readers are asked to let us know Gdy w marcu niebo The thought of searching for its refined sister, Times New Ro- Polish American Culture od południa ryknie, when their parish will hold Easter Easter decorations while still shak- man), have been the standard type- ESTABLISHED 1911 rok wszego dobra Masses and basket blessings. Please z tego wyniknie. ing off winter’s last flakes does faces in the newspaper business. It IGNATIUS HAJDUK • Founder 1911-1920 include: Name of church, address, JOHN DENDE • Publisher 1920-1944 seem daunting. Thank goodness the has been used at the PAJ since Day state, zip code, telephone number; HENRY J. DENDE • Publisher 1944-1983 If March’s sky from the promise of warmer weather makes One, when the paper was published Mass schedule for Easter weekend USPS 437-220 / ISSN 0032-2792 south does roar, it bearable. in the Polish language. A good year ahead is in store. (including Easter Monday), and Published monthly in four editions This month’s paper has several time and location for basket bless- To choose a new typeface, we (Buffalo, Polish Beneficial Association, 1 1634. Polish King Władysław IV articles that will help you prepare ing if not being held in church reset several past editions with a National, and Digital editions) by: PANAGRAPHICS, INC. beats the Russians in the Smolensk for Easter and the weeks of Lent building (e.g.: parish social center). variety of fonts. The result? We are War, a two-year conflict fought be- beforehand. staying with Times New Roman. It P.O. 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Death of Cardinal John excellent outline of customs from Easy on the Eyes mines how letters interact with each OFFICES Krol, Archbishop of Philadelphia, the time of Poland’s acceptance of other. POSTMASTER: first Polish American Cardinal. Regular readers of the Polish Send address changes to: 1918. Signing of the Treaty of Christianity to modern times. The American Journal will notice the We are also taking the advice POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL Brest-Litovsk. Polish Chef offers suggestions for paper has a little different look to it found in graphic art and typesetting P.O. BOX 198 4 ST. CASIMIR Lenten meals other than the Friday this month. websites, and have pared down the BOWMANSVILLE, NY 14026-0198 1386. Coronation of Władysław II fish fry, and gives you a head start number of headline styles we will Jagiełło. Realizing the majority of our Editor in Chief Mark A. Kohan 5 1940. Stalin — among others — on recipes for Easter favorites. You readers are middle-age and older, be using. [email protected] will find other articles about Lent Associate Editors Benjamin Fiore, S.J., Mary signs an order for the Katyń For- we are taking the advice of several We hope these changes prove E. Lanham, Jennifer Pijanowski, Staś Kmieć, est Massacre. and Easter throughout the paper. of them, who suggested a larger, helpful. Thomas Tarapacki 6 ASH WEDNESDAY Contributing Editors John J. Bukowczyk, Thad 1745. Birth, in Mazowia, Poland, of Cooke, Mirek Denisiewicz, John Grondelski, VIEWPOINTS Sophie Hodorowicz-Knab, Steve Litwin, James Casimir Pułaski, American Revo- Pula, John Radzilowski lutionary War hero, general, and BUREAUS. Chicago Geraldine Balut Coleman, father of the American Cavalry. Minneapolis Mark Dillon; Toledo Margaret 7 966. Mieszko I, Duke of Poland, ac- PAHA’s Value to Polonia and to its Members Zotkiewicz-Dramczyk; Warsaw Robert Strybel; cepts Christianity. and maligned white ethnic groups zation per se, but has welcomed a Washington Richard Poremski by John J. Bukowczyk Columnists Mary Ann Marko, Ed Poniewaz, 8 WOMEN’S DAY for respect and recognition. In this diversity of persons to member- Matthew Stefanski, Stephen Szabados, Greg 9 1497. Nicholas Copernicus (1473- Below are revised excerpts from sense, the lay Polish-American ship and officer positions and has Witul, John Ziobrowski 1543), makes first recorded astro- Newsclippers John Armstrong, Mr. & Mrs. nomical observation. “The Polish American Historical scholars who steered PAHA in re- published and recognized scholar- Jacob Dvornicky, Henry J. Kensicki, Walter 11 1913. Birth in Paris of American Association—Its Place, Role, and cent decades have shared much in ship on Polish-American topics re- Piatek, John Yesh fashion designer Paris as Oleg Legacy within the Field of U.S. Eth- common with the nuns and priests gardless of the ethno-religious or Proofreader Larry Trojak Circulation Manager John Tanner Cassini Loiewski. nic History,” keynote address given who went before them; all have ethno-cultural background of its 12 ST. GREGORY at the 75th anniversary conference been, in a sense, emissaries, mis- authors. Its conferences and other TO ADVERTISE IN THE PAJ CALL 13 1995. Death of Franciszek Ga- of the Polish American Historical sionaries, and flagbearers. programs, meanwhile, have includ- 1 (800) 422-1275 jowniczek, Auschwitz prisoner Association at Loyola University in The Polish American Historical ed—indeed, invited—participation Regular rate: saved from death by Fr. Maximilian $12.50 per column inch Kolbe, who later became a saint. 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NAMES IN THE NEWS Barcikowski Named 2019 Grand Marshal Amstrong Appointed to the Senior Foreign Service WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald J. Prior to this position, he was the Director of the Wash- Trump appointed Minnesota Polish American John ington Passport Agency. He is an honors graduate of Lowell Armstrong and 87 others to the U.S. Senior the University of Wisconsin in Madison (MA) and the Foreign Service at on January 31. The U.S. Senate University of Minnesota in Minneapolis (BA). He was had previously confirmed these diplomats on January a Fulbright Researcher at Marie Curie-Sklodowska 2. Armstrong and his colleagues received the rank of University in Lublin, Poland, in 1990-92. He is a grad- Counselor, which is the Foreign Service equivalent of uate of Patrick Henry High School in Minneapolis. a Brigadier General. Armstrong is married to Alina Armstrong, his wife Armstrong joined the U.S. Foreign Service at the of 31 years. They have three children and two grand- State Department in 1994. He served overseas at U.S. children. Alina Armstrong was born in Lublin, Poland, Embassies in Romania, Ukraine, Poland, and The Ba- while John Armstrong’s great-grandparents immigrat- hamas. He served in Washington, D.C., as Senior Polit- ed to central Minnesota from Polish Silesia in the late ical Officer in the Office of Russian Affairs in 2005-07 1800s. Armstrong has been known for his enthusiasm and as Belarus Desk Officer in 1999-2001. Currently, in supporting Polonian organizations in Minneapolis, he is serving at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, Poland. Madison, and the greater Washington, D.C., area. DAREK BARCIKOWSKI of Hartford, Conn. was sashed as the Grand Mar- shal of the 2019 Pulaski Day Parade at a ceremony which took place at Franczyk to Leave Council After 32 Years Batory’s Vision Cited the Consulate of the Republic of Poland in New York, January 31. BUFFALO, N.Y. — An era in He may be retiring from the PHILADELPHIA — Joseph Barcikowski, who serves as Connecticut’s first Honorary Consul for Buffalo City Hall is drawing to a Council, but Franczyk says he still Batory received the 2019 “Inspire” the Republic of Poland and is the managing partner and publisher at close. Longtime Council Member award at The Ethical Society, Feb. White Eagle Media — a Polish newspaper publishing company based in David Franczyk will not be run- 2. The award recognizes an individ- New Britain, is the first grand marshal in the parade’s 82-year history ning for reelection. ual who has significantly influenced from the state of Connecticut. “I figure it’s just time. At some large numbers of young people Consul General of the Republic of Poland in New York Maciej Golu- point, like, you know the Kenny through music education. biewski thanked and congratulated the outgoing 2018 grand marshal, Rogers song, ‘You gotta know when While superintendent of schools Thomas Duch. In welcoming 2019’s marshal, he said “We will be making to fold ‘em,” said Franczyk. He has in Upper Darby, Pa., Batory in- history this year as Darek Barcikowski will be the first Honorary Consul spent more than three decades rep- spired and motivated music educa- of Poland to lead the parade which means that not only the Polish com- resenting the Fillmore District, tion for all students, and advocated munity but also Poland has a stake in this year’s parade. which encompasses the city’s his- for the growth and development of torical Polish American district. high-quality performing groups State Senators Kulik, Scibak Retire Franczyk says he has no regrets throughout the school system. He about not running for mayor. also founded the Upper Darby Arts BOSTON — Massachusetts like they had a voice.” “I like the freedom of being a & Education Foundation, which State Senators Stephen Kulik (D- The two veteran lawmakers council member. With the mayor has now raised more than $3 mil- Worthington) and John Scibak were co-grand marshals of the you’re 24/7,” Franczyk said. lion and returned all of it to Up- (D-South Hadley), retired with a 32nd annual Pulaski Day Parade Along with working to address plans to be involved in politics. In per Darby educators through more combined 41 years of public ser- in Northampton, last year. They crime, illegal drugs and slum lords, fact, he says, he’s considering a run than 900 mini-grants for initiatives vice. replaced former grand marshal Franczyk says he’s fought to protect for Buffalo comptroller. He said he which might otherwise not have “The impressions they left have Rep. Peter Kocot (D-Northamp- the city’s historic architecture. He will keep his job as a history and Been possible. been unambiguously positive,” ton), who passed away earlier last says he’s the longest serving coun- social studies professor at Buffalo Inspire award sponsors Musico- said Matt Szafranski, editor-in- year. cil member in the city’s history. State College pia is credited with restoring and re- chief for Western Massachusetts The legislators were good “George Arthur was 28 years. I Franczyk once served as editor invigorating music and the arts for Politics & Insight. “They were friends. think, Jim Pitts was 26 years. And of the Polish American Journal. His Philadelphia school children who dedicated to the issues people in “We have been called the three I’m 32. So the record’s there to be father, Stan, was a columnist for the have been denied or limited in ac- their districts cared very deeply amigos,” said Kulik. “The three shattered if you chose to be a career PAJ, and was Buffalo city assessor. cess to these opportunities. about ... activist communities felt Polish amigos.” politician like I was. And I don’t His uncle, “Gus” Franczyk, was on think that’s a dirty word because St. the Erie County board of supervi- Augustine said: ‘it’s the most noble sors, a council member, council ma- CELEBRATE EASTER WITH US! of professions if practiced honor- jority leader, and commissioner of ably and honestly.’ And so that’s City Parks. Weso³ego what I’ve tried to do,” Franczyk — from WBFO and said. Am-Pol Eagle reports Alleluja! 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Don’t be left out! 4 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • MARCH 2019 ACROSS AMERICAN POLONIA A Date to Remember ILLINOIS ing until 11:00 p.m. in 2015. NILES — The Niles-Maine Dis- NEW YORK PENNSYLVANIA trict Library will present Joseph SARATOGA SPRINGS — VILLANOVA — One of the Zurawski, March 3, 2019, 2:00 Coming this May, the Alfred Z. newer clubs on the Villanova cam- p.m. in Commons Meeting Room A Solomon Trust presents Ad Astra pus is the Villanova Polish Ameri- & B. He will discuss his latest book, Theatre Troupe’s “Trojan Women,” can Cultural Society, or VPACS. “The Polish Presence in American adapted by Saratoga Springs-based The club, as the name implies, was Screen Images.” teen writers, Padraig Bond and Cat- formed to celebrate and inform Zurawski, author and educator, ie LeCours. Padraig will be direct- about the culture of the Polish peo- will review the history of Polish ing. Grace Alberti, also a teen, is ple at Villanova University, which Americans in film, show selections the producer. All three are of Polish is just outside Philadelphia. from three films, and invite com- descent. VPACS held its first event of the ments and questions for the discus- Based on the Euripides’ classic year, a Polish Wigilia, on January sion. play, the story begins in the wake of 24, coordinated by Basia Fiedorow- There have been well over 1300 Troy’s sacking, following the lives icz and Mateusz Ziarnik, two Vil- films shown in the United States of its women left behind and those lanova undergraduate students. At that feature or make reference to a who seek to enslave them. Rehears- the Wigilia, attended by over 50 Polish American character, phrase, als will start this month, and perfor- students and 15 faculty members, name or setting. mances will take place in late May the group presented a video cel- Richard Poremski, Polish American Journal, Washington, D.C. Bureau, and MICHIGAN and early June. ebrating 100 years of Polish inde- Adam Mazurek, librarian and Polish culture keeper, are in the sound booth DETROIT — The Consulate This is Ad Astra Theatre pendence from Germany, Austria, at radio station WYPR 88.1 FM with On the Record host and moderator General of the Republic of Poland Troupe’s third season. For more and the Russian empires after the Sheilah Kast after recording a program about Poland’s 100th anniversary in Chicago is organizing a con- information, visit www.adastra- end of World War I. of its independence. sular visit to the Piast Institute, troupe.org. During the bread breaking cer- emony, attendees were encouraged 11633 Joseph Campau, Hamtramck, OHIO by Richard P. Poremski political reality. Over the following to go around the room and wish years, November 11th in the United March 16 and 17. CONCORD — Concord Ca- each other well in the coming year. BALTIMORE — On the Record States eventually segued officially During the visit the Consulate simir made his much-anticipated The attendees then had their Pol- is an hour-long program produced into Veteran’s Day to honor all who will only address applications or forecast, Feb. 2, at Ellison Creek ish feast with foods such as pierogi by Sheilah Kast that is broadcast served in all of America’s wars and renewals of a Polish passport. Ap- Knob in Concord (Polish Ameri- and kielbasa, coming from Golden daily on NPR radio station WYPR conflicts. The duality of Armistice plicants are required to bring two can Journal, Feb. 2019). The feline Eagle, a restaurant in Garfield, N.J., 88.1 FM. The Nov. 5, 2018 program Day and Veteran’s Day provided passport photos. The Piast Institute celebrity — found abandoned at with baked goods such as chrusciki included a 30-minute segment titled the direct correlation between both cannot schedule appointments. Ap- Cleveland’s St. Casimir Church and and makoweic coming from Banas “The Importance of Poland’s 100th segments of the radio broadcast as plicants must call the Consulate at now in the care of Concord’s John Bakery, a Polish bakery in New Jer- Anniversary” featuring interview- recorded and presented. (312) 337-8166, ext. 229 or ext. 231 Niedzialek — boasts a perfect re- sey, and Café Riviera, a café in New ees Richard Poremski of the Polish The moderator was keenly in- to set up an appointment. cord as a weather prognosticator. York City. American Journal’s Washington terested in the significance and How does he do it? NEW JERSEY The Villanova Polish American Bureau, and Adam Mazurek, a re- importance of Poland’s centennial “It’s all in the way Casimir eats CLARK — The Polish Univer- Cultural Society (VPACS) is open tired professional librarian now in today’s Polonia. Polish commu- his pierogi,” said John Niedzialek. sity Club of New Jersey will hold to new members and meets biweek- residing at the Henryk Sienkie- nity representatives Mazurek and This year, Casimir was seen eat- its 90th Anniversary Scholarship ly Thursday in 217 Tolentine Hall at wicz Polonia Library at the Polish Poremski were very knowledgeable ing his game day pierogi very slow- Ball, Sat., March 16 at the Grand 9:15 p.m. National Alliance - Council 21. and adept at supplying answers to ly and patiently, which “can only Bethwood, in Totowa. Mazurek is also a recognized and the questions posed, as well as voic- mean one thing,” said Niedzialek: The Ball is the organization’s POLISH-ENGLISH welcomed story teller of Polish folk ing their own personal and general “We will go through some cold and fundraiser for the Scholarship tales and legends, and Poremski is relevant observations on Poland’s snowy periods yet, but we will ex- TRANSLATOR Fund. Since its inception, over a presently chairman of the National history, culture and its unvan- perience some real nice days, soon million dollars has been awarded to • Official documents, letters, Katyn Memorial Foundation. quished national patriotism – espe- so just be patient.” e-mails, etc. 575 students of Polish heritage The second half of Kast’s the cially in the many times of foreign Niedzialek, an assistant pro- • Reasonable rates. For tickets or to make a donation show dealt with the reemergence of invasion and dominance. fessor at Lakeland College, is a • Fast, reliable service by e-mail to the Fund, contact Joan Furman. Poland as a nation state on Novem- To listen to the program, log weather enthusiast retired from the or regular mail. 336 West Shore Trail, Sparta, NJ • Translation to/from other ber 11, 1918 after having been parti- onto the WYPR 88.1 FM website, U.S. Department of Agriculture. He 07871. Tickets are $125.00 per per- languages available as well. tioned off of the map of Europe for click the On the Record tab, and volunteers at St. Casimir Church, son, and include 6:00 p.m. cocktail • Over 40 years experience 128 years by Russia, Prussia, and then select the program that aired where he found Casimir on its steps working with genealogists, attor- hour, followed by dinner and danc- neys, businesses, film-makers, Austria. From the outset, this im- on Thursday, November 8th, 2018. government, medical profes- portant date was celebrated official- You can fast forward the record- SUPPORT THE PAJ PRESS FUND sionals, etc. ly as Armistice Day both in Europe ing to minute 14:55 to go directly ANDY GOLEBIOWSKI and the United States, to mark the to the Poland Independence Day n 1978, a voluntary fund-raising campaign was launched by a group 109 Rosemead Lane end of World War I – an ending that portion of the program if you wish, Cheektowaga, NY 14227 of loyal readers of the Polish American Journal entitled “We Love the sparked a providential beginning or just enjoy the entire, very inter- (716) 892-5975 esting, program from beginning to PAJ Press Fund” in order to help cover rising postage, material [email protected] for Poland that directly enabled its I reemergence as a geographic and end. and production costs. Donations to the PAJ Press Fund are also used to support our reader services (postage, telephone, research, etc.), provide newsclippers with stamps and envelopes, and cover extraordinary expenses in producing Pence. Paid Respect to Jews and Poles who suffered under German occupation the paper, most recently, replacing a computer workstation. The Pol- continued from cover forces were gestures of friendship The Polish and Israeli nations ish American Journal is not a profit-making venture. Thanks to its to two of America’s closest allies, have built their modern identities dedicated staff, the PAJ is pub­lished as a “public service” for American allies not sending their top diplo- Israel and Poland. They came a day on the lessons of World War II, and Polonia. mats to the summit in Poland. before Pence made his first visit to the respective uprisings remain to Donations to the PAJ Press Fund will be acknowledged in the paper Iran quickly linked the attack to Auschwitz, the memorial site where this day sources of pride and honor. unless otherwise directed by the contributor. the Warsaw conference, where sup- Nazi German forces killed 1.1 mil- Mischaracterization of responsibil- porters of the formerly armed oppo- lion people, in what was then occu- ity for crimes also causes huge of- A sincere “THANK YOU” for your donation to the PAJ PRESS FUND: sition held protests. pied Poland. fense. Norb Gapczynski, South Bend, Ind.; Richard L. 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They grew weak and suscep- the many challenges of a newcomer in England without challenges many negative and harmful stereotypes in will, beat the odds to find their way tible to disease and infection and sugarcoating. Work exploitation, lack of money, house Brexit Britain directed at immigrants. Her dream is to back to each other to bring their countless died. moves, poverty, sexual harassment at work but also show the world the Truth and not the harmful politi- family back together. Through all this, the thoughts of miraculous support form complete strangers are only cal propaganda, challenging people’s judgments based Born in a village in eastern Po- reuniting with her two daughters some of the elements in the story where human nature on the lack of knowledge of what it truly means to be land in 1914, Maria grew up on a and husband gave her the strength is explored from every possible angle. Her 13 years in an immigrant. 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They Wisniewska’s new book, “Polish Girl in Pursuit of anywhere in the world. old enough to be married. The next had other plans and made their way year she was betrothed to a young to Guzar, Uzbekistan to join the “Polonian Legacy” Now Available from PAJ Bookstore man of her father’s choosing. Ma- Polish Army. She was assigned to “The Polonian Legacy of Western New York (Ca- Side; and Mother Mary Simplicita, whose dedication ria broke off the engagement after the kitchens working long shifts in nisius College Press, 2005), edited by Edward R. to vocation and superb leadership of the area’s Felician she saw that he would not put her order to feed the thousands of sol- Szemraj and Wanda M. Slawlinska, is now being of- Sisters spans generations. The book also examines the first. She convinced her father to let diers stationed there. fered by the Polish American Journal Bookstore. lasting friendship between Buffalo’s renowned Dr. her marry a man that she chose. 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Soon after, she and Jozef education, earning her bachelors in LOS ANGELES — Polish poet Adam Za- ture at Canisius College is hosting a benefit concert at St. Mi- were taken by Lithuanian soldiers English and secondary education, gajewski is among the finalists for the 2019 chael Church, 651 Washington St., Thurs., March 14, 2019 at and put onto a train to Moscow. and her M.A. in American Litera- awards of the National Book Critics Circle in 7:00 p.m. The concert, “Make a Joyful Noise,” features young When they arrived there, they were ture from St. John’s University. She the United States. He is one of five nominees artists including soprano Brittany Mruczek, a recent gradu- put in separate sections of a prison. was a high school English teacher in the poetry category for his volume of poems ate of the Steinhardt School at New York University with a They saw each other rarely in pass- for over two decades, and an ad- “Asymmetry,” translated by Clare Cavanagh masters in vocal performance; a Mississauga, Ontario native ing until the day that Maria was junct professor in the English De- and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. and pianist Dominik Wrona, studying under Russian concert “sentenced” by Russian soldiers to partment at Long Island University Zagajewski was born in 1945 in Lwów (now pianist, Dr. Natalia Tyomkina; and Cantata Omnes, a young work in a slave labor camp. Post. 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RELIGION Priest Put on Forced Sabbatical for Defending Against Abuse the situation. He also became aware Fr. Kalchik must take time away were Polish Americans, including in New York. Knoxville, Tenn. that other clergy were quietly re- from the parish to receive pasto- some of the founding members. Bishop Richard Stika and Tyler, moved from ministry and housed ral support so his needs can be as- The Redemptorist Santa’s deci- Texas Bishop Joseph Strickland near churches and schools without sessed,” said Cardinal Cupich. sion went into effect immediately, both support Cuomo’s excommu- alerting school officials, law en- and Mass has been discontinued at nication. New York Cardinal Dolan forcement, or parents. His appeal POPE APPROVED POLISH VEN- the Church of St. Austin. has balked at taking that measure. to Rome was taken by his bishop as ERABLE. The heroic virtues of the evidence that he should be removed Servant of God Anna Kaworek, ILLINOIS BISHOPS OPPOSE LE- FROM ORPHANAGE TO AFFORD- from his own parish ministry. Local co-founder of the Congregation of GALIZED MARIJUANA. The six ABLE HOUSING. Our Lady of news outlets began reporting on the the Sisters of Saint Michael Arch- Catholic bishops in Illinois, Bishop Grace Village Groundbreaking situation last fall. The diocese had angel, were approved by Pope Fran- Thomas Paptrocki among them, Ceremony took place on a snowy no response when asked for com- cis. The new Venerable was born in issued a joint statement noting the November day in Newark, Del., ment. Biedrzychowice, Poland on June 18, peer-reviewed research affirming with Fr. Joseph Piekarski, pas- In another case, former priest 1872 and died in Miejsce Piastowe the addictive nature of the drug tor of St. John the Beloved parish Robert Ciolek, who left the priest- on December 30, 1936. which supporters of legalization in Wilmington offering the bless- hood in the wake of abuse of him by deny. ing. Several Felician Sisters from Fr. Peter Jankowski was removed Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, CHURCH THAT RESISTED DIS- The push for legalization in Il- Lodi, N.J. also attended, including as pastor from St. Patrick’s Catho- expressed disbelief of Donald Car- GRACED ARCHBISHOP CLOSED. linois is led by State Sen. Heather SM Bridget Becker, SM Charlotte lic Church in Joliet, Ill., and put on dinal Wuerl’s claim that he knew Fr. Thomas Santa closed the Steans and State Rep. Kelly Cassi- Wszolek, SM Barbara Ann Kem- a forced sabbatical by his ordinary, nothing of McCarrick’s inappro- Church of St. Austin in Minne- dy, both Democrats. Ten states and merer, S Marie Alexander Siegel, Bishop R. Daniel Conlon. priate conduct while he was bishop apolis, Jan. 28. He justified this ac- the District of Columbia have so far SM Elaine Lechert, and S Lenore of Pittsburgh. Confronted with the tion as pastor primarily due to what legalized recreational use of mari- Marie Murawski. Our Lady of facts of a letter Ciolek sent him and he described as a need for unity in juana and the issue is being pro- Grace Village replaces an orphan- by Benjamin Fiore, S.J. his forwarding the information to the Parish of St. Bridget, which had moting in several more, New York age previously run by the Felician higher Church authorities, Cardinal maintained two church buildings included. The state foresees a multi- Sisters. Fr. Peter Jankowski, a priest Wuerl subsequently admitted that since the forced merger of St. Aus- million-dollar windfall in taxes as a of the RC diocese of Joliet, Ill., he did in fact know of the charges tin into St. Bridget in 2012. Report- result of the measure, but the bishop MUSIC CAREER FROM HUMBLE was removed as pastor of St. Pat- against McCarrick. edly, there have been appeals of the urge state officials to look after the BEGINNINGS. Kelly Zimba, prin- rick Church in Joliet by his ordi- In a third situation, Chicago’s closure decision. common good and the protection of cipal flutist for the Toronto Sym- nary, Bishop R. Daniel Conlon, last archbishop Blasé Cardinal Cupich John Nienstedt, the disgraced its citizens. phony Orchestra, had her start as July. Forced into a sabbatical, Fr. removed Fr. Paul Kalchik from former Archbishop of St. Paul and Canadian bishops lament the a student at St. Louise de Marillac Jankowski is being punished for Resurrection Parish in the wake of a Minneapolis, carried out the merg- ethical problems involved with the School in Upper St. Clair, Pa., when expressing his concern both to the disagreement over whether Fr. Kal- er over the protests of St. Austin’s recreational use and abuse of the she earned a spot on the South Dis- bishop and then to Rome over falla- chik should have burned a rainbow Parish Council, trustees, and pa- drug, as well as the growing prob- trict honors band. She told Sr. Se- cious background checks of people pride flag previously used in the rishioners. Faithful from St. Austin lems of a society more and more rafina Viagrande who headed the working with children at his parish parish after he found it in storage. appealed the elimination of their dependent on drugs and alcohol. Diocesan Instrumental Music pro- conducted by the former pastor Fr. He burned it in a private ceremony parish to the Vatican, which upheld Canada legalized recreational use gram for many years that her work James Lennon. with some parishioners and includ- Nienstedt’s decision. Catholics from of marijuana last year. meant a great deal to her and to He also called the bishop’s atten- ed prayers of exorcism. Fr. Kalchik St. Austin joined a “Don’t Merge budding young musicians. tion to the frequent visits to his par- was himself a victim of abuse by a Our Parishes!” rally outside the St. BP. PAPROCKI DISINVITES ish by Fr. Lennon and a number of priest when he was 19 and by an- Paul Cathedral in August 2011. The DURBIN FROM COMMUNION. NAMESAKES FETED. The Or- priests who had been removed from other man when he was a child. rally was organized by parishioners Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin has chard Lake Schools celebrated a active ministry because of credible Cardinal Cupich complained that from Holy Cross, the largest Polish persisted in manifesting grave sin Patronal Feast of Ss. Cyril & Meth- allegations of sex abuse. He ob- the Church is becoming distracted parish in Minneapolis, which was (Canon 915) by his unwavering odius, the schools’ patrons, Byzan- jected to this in order to protect the by sex abuse scandals instead of fo- also on Nienstedt’s merger list. support of abortion and opposition tine Greek brothers who became children in his parish school. cusing on the environment and pro- St. Austin Parish was founded to any limitation of it. As a result, missionaries among the Slavic peo- Fr. Jankowski took his com- tecting migrants. in 1937. While not an ethnic Polish Springfield, Illinois Bishop Thom- ples of the Great Moravia and Pan- plaints to Rome only after receiv- “It has become clear to me that parish, 10-15% of the parishioners as Paprocki — citing the hesitance nonia. They influenced the cultural ing no action from his bishop about of his former pastor Msgr. Kevin development of all Slavs, for which Vann and his former bishop George they received the title, “Apostles to Lucas to offer him communion — the Slavs.” They are credited with announced that Sen. Durbin should devising the Glagolitic Alphabet, not receive Holy Communion in his the first alphabet used to transcribe diocese. Old Church Slavonic. In 1980, Pope He added that the decision was John Paul II declared them co-pa- not intended to punish, but to bring tron saints of Europe. about a change of heart. Each year, the Orchard Lake Calls for similar and even more Schools honors them with prayer severe actions have arisen in New and a community gathering of York after Governor Cuomo’s defi- friends and benefactors. This year’s ant celebration of the passing of a celebration, Feb. 15-16, opened bill that expanded abortion access with traditional Polish singing in the Seminary Chapel, followed by the Exposition of the Most Blessed FREE CATALOG! Sacrament throughout the night. HEAR ALL THE POLKA STARS Saturday’s events included a on 9:00 a.m. benediction and morning prayer at the Chapel. A Holy Mass SUNSHINE at the Archdiocesan Shrine of St. John Paul II/Chapel of Our Lady of SEND FOR A FREE CATALOG SUNSHINE Orchard Lake was held at 4:00 p.m., PO BOX 652 followed by an auction to benefit W. SENECA, NY 14224 seminarians’ room renovations, a CDs $12 each cocktail hour, and dinner in the St. $2.00 SHIPPING & HANDLING Mary’s Preparatory Dining Hall.

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HAPPENINGS: CHICAGO STYLE Coming Together – Celebrating Polish Culture by Geraldine PHOTO: ANDRZEJ MIKOLAJCZYK collector, archivist, librarian, and Ariel Reboyras, Illinois Comptrol- personal and family histories, pets, Balut Coleman the first curator of The Polish Mu- ler Susana Mendoza with her hus- and mourning, to Polish immigra- seum of America. band David Szostak, the mayor of tion, language, Jim Morrison, the CHICAGO He led the Polish American His- Schiller Park Nick Caiafa, and Jan Doors, and other feminist fiber art- — Over the last torical and Museum Society which, Kopeć, president of the Alliance of ists. The exhibition’s title is taken decade, organiz- from 1936, published the historical Polish Clubs. All sang Polish and from Joan Didion’s “The Year of ers of the “Com- “Annals of the Polish Roman Cath- English Christmas carols and many Magical Thinking,” a book about ing Together” olic Union Archives and Museum.” wore symbolic crowns. The pro- her husband’s death, which has been program have PHOTO: ANDRZEJ BARANIAK significant to KG, as she grieves her celebrated the own father’s passing, and her life- cultures of the time obsession with rock and roll Filipinos, Greeks, artist Jim Morrison’s mythical and Asian-Hindus, mysterious life and death. Gna- Koreans, Latinos, towski’s art exhibit is available for Chinese, Assyr- viewing until March 31. ians, Spaniards, and, last year, CHICAGO SOCIETY HOSTS 2019 Muslim-Ameri- BALL. The Chicago Society of the cans. In 2019, the Polish National Alliance (PNA) focus will be on 2019 Annual Inaugural Ball and the celebration of installation of officers and direc- Polish culture. tors was held Jan. 26 at the Victoria Skokie Mayor Alan Krashesky and Mayor Przybylo. in the Park Banquet Facility in Mt.

George Van Du- PHOTO: PMA Prospect, Ill. This year, the Soci- sen, Lincolnwood Mayor Barry ety honored the Polish American Bass, and Niles Mayor Andrew Chamber of Commerce, which is Przybylo along with other offi- Three Kings on Belmont Avenue. dedicated to fostering its members’ cials, gathered on January 10 at business interests, educating and the Niles-Maine District Library to Until his death, he managed the cession ended at the hold a press conference promoting Polish American Historical Asso- Nativity scene in the upcoming 10-week celebration ciation (PAHA). Its journal, “Pol- front of St. Ladis- with events highlighting the ethnic ish American Studies,” is still pub- laus, where a local St. and cultural diversity that is Polish. lished today. He was the recipient Nicholas handed out The programs will include an array of numerous awards from Poland gifts for the children. of Polish arts, theatre, music, films, and the United States, including the Father Janowski then cuisine, and crafts. Order of Polonia Restituta (1932), invited everyone to the The program chair Sharon Van Laureate of the Polish Academy of parish hall for refresh- Dusen notes that 2019 is a fitting Literature (1935), the Golden Or- ments. year to celebrate Polish culture der of the Legion of Honor of the Procession orga- because Poland celebrates its 100 Polish National Alliance in Amer- nizers would like to years of independence and the 30th Haiman ica (1936), and an award from the thank parish volun- Polish Roman Catholic Union in teers who helped with anniversary of the fall of Commu- PMA HONORS ITS FIRST CURA- America (1938). refreshments, District nism and Soviet Union domination TOR. On January 15, 2019, The in Poland. Polish Museum of America (PMA) The PMA holds a collection of 25 of the Chicago Over 800 people attended the of- commemorated the 70th anniver- Mieczysław Haiman’s personal Police Department ficial opening ceremony ofComing sary of the death of one of its found- items, which are on display at his for providing safety Together which began on January ers, the outstanding Polish historian desk in the Ignacy Paderewski on the processional Room. route, 27 at Niles West High School. Alan and Renaissance man, Mieczysław Joseph Sitko who provided the Krashesky, ABC-WLS-TV anchor, Haiman (1888-1949). emceed the day’s events that in- Haiman was a pioneer research- A POLISH MAGI PROCESSION IN horses, the Jesuit cluded performances from the Niles er of Polonia who studied early Pol- THE HEART OF CHICAGO. For the Millennium Center, Gnatowski tapestry West High School Choir, the Skokie ish emigration to the United States sixth year in a row, the Three Kings and Montrose Deli, Valley Symphony Orchestra, the in the 17th-19th centuries. He wrote — Balthazar, Kasper, and Mel- Lowell Foods, Alex Deli, Rich’s facilitating commercial contacts, Paderewski Symphony Orchestra, in both Polish and English describ- chior — rode on horseback down Fresh Market, Kurowski Deli, An- and building relations among its the Polonia Ensemble, Whispers ing the lives of Poles who settled Belmont Avenue, one of the busi- dy’s Deli, Szymański’s Deli, and constituents. As a voice of Polish Center for Artistic Expression, and in various states and their partici- est streets on Chicago’s Northwest Laramie Bakery for the refresh- American business men and women the children’s theater group “Little pation in the American military. Side, from St. Ferdinand Church ments. in the Chicago area, the Chamber’s Stars.” The organizers also invited He remains one of the most distin- to St. Ladislaus Church. On Janu- goal is to serve the best interests of everyone to view exhibits entitled: guished figures both in American ary 6, over 1,500 participants began GNATOWSKI: SOME KIND OF its members and to help influence “Zamenhof” and “Women of Inde- Polonia and in Poland. the more than one-mile procession DUTY. On Jan. 17, the DePaul Art decisions and actions which im- pendence.” Born near Lviv, he was a sailor to celebrate the Feast of the Magi, Museum celebrated the opening of prove their economic vitality. The January 27 event opened a and a traveler, an active member the Epiphany. Three men dressed “Karolina Gnatowski: Some Kind The evening started with a 10-week series of events that will of the Polish Falcons of America, in the regal attire of the Magi led of Duty.” The exhibit featured cocktail hour followed by din- end on April 7. This project is sup- a poet, journalist, and writer of 14 the group that included the pastors handmade weavings by Polish- ner, the installation of officers and ported by educational institutions, books, five academic dissertations, of both parishes, Rev. Zdzisław born, Chicago-based artist, “KG,” directors, and presentation of the public libraries, and community or- 20 popular publications, 65 ma- (Jason) Torba and Father Marek as she likes to be called. Her monu- honoree. Music was provided by ganizations in Skokie, Niles, Mor- jor newspaper articles, two short Janowski, S.J., and Poland’s Vice mental and small-scale tapestries Chicago Society member Anthony ton Grove, and Lincolnwood. stories, 51 poems, and two trans- Consul Piotr Semeniuk. Also incorporate subjects ranging from Kawalkowski and his Orchestra. Approximately 33 events for lations, a total of 159 titles. Addi- walking during a portion of the pro- adults, 18 for children, 16 geared tionally, he was an émigré activist, cession were 30th Ward Alderman to teens, and 27 slated for families EASTER BUTTER LAMB MOLD are scheduled in this series. For a FOR BUTTER OR CHOCOLATE schedule of events, visit the web- STO LAT BIRTHDAY CARD Easy to use. 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MINNESOTA VOICE Independence from Hunger: How the U.S. helped Poland in 1919 by Mark Dillon Bell’s library includes many 16th America, arrived in Danzig loaded and 17th century trading records with wheat flour. By February 19, As significant as it was for Po- and maps of the Poland-Lithuanian the flour arrived in Warsaw,” Ad- land to achieve and maintain politi- Commonwealth. (See lib.mnu.edu) ams wrote.. cal independence in 1918, the battle At a grassroots level, many of In this environment, Hoover’s against hunger in the months that the same people involved in recruit- team was as efficient as it was in- followed was equally arduous. ing 335 volunteers from Minneapo- novative. Today, some online chari- The victory was led by Hebert lis and St. Paul to serve in the Pol- ties retain as much as a 12% admin- Hoover, who, as director of a newly ish Army in France (Haller’s Army) istrative fee for various overseas formed American Relief Adminis- beginning in autumn 1917, led the assistance initiatives, typically in tration, helped Poland obtain more fight to win the peace in 1919 with the Middle East, Africa, or Latin than $55 million church fund-raisers and fraternal America. Hoover’s ARA accom- in food assis- donations for food, shoes, clothing plished his task with an overhead tance at a time and care of orphans. expense ratio of less of 1.5%, as re- of widespread At Holy Cross parish in Min- ported by the agency in 1922. famine. Those neapolis, one of the first U.S. Such was Poland’s gratitude for 1919 dollars branches of the Polish Red Cross ARA efforts that there is still a Her- would be more was formed after being founded in bert Hoover Square today in War- than $1 billion Warsaw in January 1919 by Helena saw. An outdoor sandstone statue today, adjusting Paderewska, wife of pianist Ignacy in the square labeled “Gratitute to for inflation. Paderewski, Poland’s first prime America,” built in 1922, fell apart “To the Poles minister following independence. due to the elements in 1930 (See in 1919, the “American residents could buy photo). The base of the statute was name Woodrow JAMES F. BELL food drafts to send to relatives at removed by Poland’s Communist Wilson spelled The founder of 20,000 banks in America. They government after World War II. A freedom, while General Mills and could pick either a $10 draft for 24 A LOOK AT THE FOOD SHORTAGE IN EUROPE AFTER WORLD WAR I. small marker remains. the name Her- senior executive ½ lbs. of flour, 10 lbs. of beans, 8 This illustration depicts continent-wide famine conditions a month af- bert Hoover of a predeces- lbs. of bacon, and 8 cans of milk, ter Poland regained its independence in 1918. At this point America was spelled life,’ sor company, he or a $50 dollar package with 140 committed to help feed Belgium, devastated by four years of warfare. wrote Jagiello- helped get grain lbs. of flour, 50 lbs. of beans, 16 lbs. News about Central Europe’s severe food crisis, also a byproduct of the nian University to Poland under of bacon, 15 lbs. of lard, 12 lbs. of war, led the U.S. Congress to authorize $100 million more in assistance researcher Mat- Herbert Hoover’s corned beef, and 48 cans of milk. on Jan. 28, 1919. Relative food security in the Ukraine compared to Rus- thew Lloyd Ad- leadership. For the Jewish population there was sia during the war’s aftermath also fostered envy that Russia’s Stalin ams in 2009, paraphrasing Hoover’s also the option of buying a kosher would later use in 1932-1933 to create the Holodomor, the manmade assistant at the time, Dr. Vernon package,” Adams report explained. famine genocide in the Ukraine. Source: Hoover Institute Kellogg of Kansas. In the month of January 1920, sity as Warsaw fell to the Germans dura of Rochester, N.Y. gave up a Adams’ work, published by the the ARA program fed 1.2 million in 1916. chance to see her Polish American European Journal of American Polish children and provided them While spared the devastation of husband in Warsaw for the first Studies, concluded that between with 700,000 sets of clothing. More artillery fire and trampling armies, time since he had left two years ear- April 19, 1919, when the first food than 751,135 tons of food were giv- food shortages around Krakow also lier to join Haller’s Army. She said shipment for children arrived in en out at soup kitchens, schools, grew intense as World War I pro- her relief work assignment in Kalisz Warsaw, and mid-1921, American gyms and other distribution points gressed, to the point where even took priority over a reunion, wrote support was vital to Poland’s recov- that first year, ARA records show. the area’s religious such as Brother Frank Thackeray in The Polish Re- ery from both four years of war- Major nationwide non-profit U.S. Alojzy Kosiba, tasked with gather- view in 1990. time damage and ”tantamount to contributors included non-Polish ing alms for orphans at a Francis- The work of the Grey Samari- Poland’s survival” during and after groups such as the Knights of Co- can monastery in Wieliczka, found tans continued during the Polish- the 1920 Soviet invasion. lumbus, the YMCA, the YWCA it challenging to do so. Bolshevik War and after the Treaty “In their time of need (ARA) and the Federal Council of Church- A post-war study of Krakow of Riga that ended it in March 1921. stepped in and gave the Poles the es of Christ. school records by Polish history One of their ranks was said to have crucial relief they desperately re- professor Bartosz Ogorek found delivered six babies one night dur- quired. ARA staff fed hungry peo- that the average height of boys who ing the winter of 1921 from among ple; they helped restart industries; became teens in the World War I some 600 refugees whom a Rus- they helped in rebuilding com- era fell by as much as 10 centime- sian train had abandoned at a bor- merce; and they provided clothing ters (about four inches) compared to der crossing without food or shelter and care for children. The ARA aid pre-1900 heights. (Source: Erla Rodakiewicz, The As- played an important role in bring- In 1919, as politicians sat around sociation Monthly) ing about stability,” wrote Adams, a table at the Versailles Peace Con- now at Savannah State University. ference to adjust Poland’s new bor- OVERCOMING OBSTACLES. How MONUMENT OF GRATITUDE TO ders, Hoover and a coalition of U.S. bad were conditions that most relief AMERICA. Dedicated on Oct. 29, CONGRESS STEPS IN. January 28, charities and private citizens made workers faced? ARA’s reports show 1922, this sculpture once stood in 2019 marked the 100th anniversary it their business to create an effec- that malnutrition among an estimat- Hoover Square, Warsaw and was of the U.S. Congress’ authorization tive global private-public partner- ed three million children and com- created Xawery Dunilkowski to of $100 million in aid to help all of ship to put food on Polish tables. municable diseases such as tuber- recognize U.S. food assistance ef- Central Europe and the Balkans re- “Herbert Hoover took many bold culosis were rampant. Farm output forts in 1919. It depicted a mother cover from World War I, an effort though calculated steps to arrange at the end of the war was half that in holding two Baroque-style chil- that for Poland was augmented by food relief in Poland, including the 1913. Half the rail rolling stock and dren on both shoulders. Source: millions of dollars of individual and establishment of the Polish relief more than half the livestock were Hoover Institute corporate charitable gifts, as well as organization and the introduction of gone, and industrial worker unem- professional support, from Ameri- the young Polish American women ployment was 85%. (Source: The FURTHER READING can Polonia, fraternals and veterans A poster urged New Yorkers to sup- into the field,” Adams wrote. Polish Review, Vol. 34, No. 1). The • Report of the American Relief Ad- groups. ministration European Children’s port assistance to Poland through ARA decided to focus first on help- Fund Mission to Poland 1919-1922; One key person from Minne- a group organized by the wife of POLISH AMERICAN ANGELS OF ing children, as starvation appeared Hoover Institution, Stanford Uni- sota who was part of the post-war Ignacy Jan Paderewski. (Source: MERCY. Known as the Grey Sa- imminent. versity relief effort was James Ford Bell, Hoover Institution, Stanford Uni- maritans for their YWCA uniform, Just getting foodstuffs from the • Herbert Hoover and the Organiza- founder of General Mills, which versity) more than two dozen U.S. women U.S. to Gdansk required Hoover to tion of the American Relief Effort in operated the Washburn Crosby Co. obtained medical training in New work around multiple bureaucratic Poland (1919-1923) by Matthew (Gold Medal flour) During the war RESOURCES PLUNDERED BY York and assisted relief efforts and diplomatic obstacles. Even Lloyd Adams, European Journal of Bell headed the Milling Division of THE PARTITIONING POWERS. throughout Poland, traveling to Eu- though the trench fighting stopped American Studies, Autumn 2009 the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis- Hoover and Bell first learned of Po- rope on the French steamship SS on Nov. 11, 1918 in Western Europe, • When the Prussians Came to Poland tration. The grain industry trade land’s plight in 1915, when a then- Rochambeau. Great Britain and France would not by Laura de Gozdawa Turczynow- icz, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1916. at the time was highly regulated to neutral United States was providing One nurse would be remembered lift a Baltic Sea-wide naval block- provide food for U.S. troops, but food relief to civilians in Belgium. for criticizing the train station mas- ade until July 1919. There was also • Into Free Poland Via Germany by Hoover also did not trust the U.S. In touring German-occupied ter- Martha Chickering, 1920 Kissinger ter in Poznan for displaying region- fighting in Ukraine, and civil unrest Legacy Reprints Department of Agriculture to co- ritory, Kellogg found that its mili- al bias against Poles from the Rus- in Silesia and Poznan. • To Serve the Cause of Poland: The manage the newly formed ARA. tary had plundered Polish resources sian partition, declaring that all of “Herbert Hoover, without Allied Bell logistically helped get food following the May 1915 Gorlice- Polish Grey Samaritans, 1919–1922, Poland was now united. support, arranged for special chil- The Polish Tarnow offensive, land that itself by Frank W. Thackeray onto ships from the Midwest to “She strongly suggested that dren’s milk shipments by rail from Review, Vol. 35, No. 1 (1990), Uni- Poland mainly through the port of had been conquered by Russia from Poles look to America as model Switzerland during the first week versity of Illinois Press Gdansk (then Danzig), and years Austria-Hungary in the autumn of for a much needed spirit of unity” of February 1919. By February • An Act of Devotion: The Polish Grey later founded a Minneapolis library 1914. Moreover, as the Russians wrote Martha Chickering in 1920 17, the first three ships filled with Samaritans and the American Relief dedicated to the history of global retreated, they implemented a in her book Into Free Poland Via food, financed by the Jewish Joint Effort in Poland, 1919-1921 by Rob- trade up to the year 1800. Today scorched earth policy on the Maso- Germany. Distribution Committee (JDC) and ert Szymczak Polish American Stud- part of the University of Minnesota, vian plain, one that grew in inten- Another Samaritan, Anna Ba- the Polish National Department of ies Vol. 43, No. 1 (Spring, 1986). POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • MARCH 2019 www.polamjournal.com 9 POLONIA PLACES The Polish Liberators St. Casimir Church, Fremont, Ohio

“We were greeted as liberators” explains Captain Wacław Gutowski, Veteran of the Polish 1st Armored Division, in a television interview dur- ing the opening of the “Armored Wings” exhibit. by Matthew Stefanski ing Tielt, Roeselare, Sint-Niklaas, and Lommel. The exhibit, which BRUSSELS — “To Warsaw via is made up of archival images and Berlin 1,375km” reads a sign visible video footage as well as original in a World War II era photo that is artifacts loaned from various muse- part of a new exhibit about the Pol- ums and private collections, is one St. Casimir’s was designed W.R. Dowling of Toledo, who came up with a two-story, red brick, combination ish 1st Armored Division. of a number of efforts underway to school and church structure. The sign expressed the enduring commemorate the Polish contribu- belief of the Polish forces fighting tion to the liberation of Europe by by Gregory L. Witul gan to attend St. Hedwig’s parish in Legowski began regularly celebrat- alongside the Allies that their battle the Allies. Toledo. Seeing that the Poles were ing Mass as Sister M. Ernestine and trail would eventu- St. Casimir Church willing to make the 40 mile journey Sister M. Antonia of the Sisters of ally lead them to lib- “None of the Allied commanders had 2045 Lake Street, Fremont, Ohio to Toledo to preserve their heritage, St. Francis arrived to establish the erate Warsaw and the better soldiers than me, having at my Status: Closed and wanting stop a push by the Pol- school. For almost a half century rest of Poland from On Memorial Day 1916, Ameri- ish National Catholic Church in the side Polish soldiers. They completed the Sisters taught the children of Nazi Germany. His- cans from across the country de- city, Bishop Schrembs’ diocese sent every task they were given.” Polonia, until 1967 when the school tory, however, had scended onto the city of Fremont, Father Francis S. Legowski to Fre- — General J.T. Crocker, commander of closed. Following Father Legowski, something else in Ohio to celebrate the dedication of mont who on December 13, 1914 the 1st Canadian Corps St. Casimir’s would see eight ad- store. Although they the Rutherford B. Hayes Center Li- established St Casimir’s parish. ditional priests take the helm over could not free their homeland, the A NEW MEMORIAL MUSEUM dedi- On a plot of land at the corner of brary, the first presidential library the next ninety years. Of these men, Poles of the 1st Armored Division cated to the 1st Armored Division is Lime and Lake Streets donated by in the nation’s history. If the Polish Reverend Edward Zulka would have wrote a glorious chapter in the lib- under construction in the Dutch city John and Josephine Kaczmarek, Fa- Americans of that illustrious del- the distinction of severing the lon- eration of Western Europe. of Breda, next to the Polish military ther Legowski began planning his egation decided to stay a few days gest with 25 years, from 1932-1957 As the 75th anniversary of those cemetery. Its opening is planned for new church. To design it, he hired longer and were looking for a Pol- while Reverend W. S. Danielak fateful events nears, a new exhibit October, to coincide with the 75th W.R. Dowling of Toledo, who came ish parish to attend that weekend, whould have the shortest tenure at entitled “Armored Wings” show- anniversary of the liberation of the up with a two-story, red brick, com- they would have found the newly two years. Sadly the installation of cases part of that chapter - the lib- city by Polish forces. A crowdfund- -completed Church of St. Casimir bination school and church struc- Father Robert J. Weithman in 1992 eration of the Belgian region of ing campaign is also underway for perfectly satisfied their need. ture. To build the house of worship was the parish’s last. Flanders by the Poles. the construction of the first-ever As they had in other parts of parishioner Stanislaus Surdyk was At the dawn of the new millen- Polish Foreign Minister Jacek memorial to the Polish Air Force the Great Lakes region, Poles be- hired and given a budget of $19,000 nium, it became apparent that the Czaputowicz, who spoke at the ex- in France. The memorial will be gan settling in central Sandusky for the church, school, and rectory. Diocese of Toledo lacked enough hibit’s unveiling on January 28 in located in the village of Plumetot, County at the end of the 1870s. The Construction of the new campus be- the Belgian Royal Military History in Normandy which was the base of few early families from Western gan on July 6, 1915 with the corner- priests to staff all of its parishes. Soon closure and consolidation was Museum in Brussels, said “The ex- operations for the 302, 308 and 317 Poland chose to attend St. Joseph’s stone being placed less than a month hibit pays tribute to the brave Polish Polish fighter squadrons in the sum- church downtown because they later. The ceremony held on August on the table and a list of least-viable parishes was drawn up. Among the soldiers and their commander, Gen- mer of 1944 and marked the return could at least understand the Ger- 1 was highlighted by a parade that eral Stanisław Maczek, whose fa- of the Polish Air Force to mainland man spoken at the parish, instead began at St. Joseph’s and ended at doomed churches was St. Casimir. On the last day of June 2005, Fa- mous words reflect the motto of the Europe. The Air Force Memorial is of the predominantly English St. the construction site. In attendance scheduled to be unveiled in June as ther Weithman celebrated the last Polish Armed Forces: ‘The Polish Ann’s church. About once a year were Polish organizations from To- soldier fights for the freedom of all part of events surrounding the 75th Mass for the faithful of St. Casimir. Father Wieczorek, Father Rusz- ledo, the Knights of Columbus, all nations but dies only for Poland.’” Anniversary of D-Day. When the service was concluded kowski, or Father Joseph Koudelka, the parish societies of St. Joseph’s, The Polish minister was joined General J.T. Crocker, command- the doors were locked and a black the eventual first auxiliary bishop and Bishop Schrembs. It would take by his Belgian counterpart, Min- er of the 1st Canadian Corps under shroud was placed over the entrance of Cleveland, would visit Fremont the rest of the year for the structures ister Didier Reynders, as well as whom the Polish 1st Armored Divi- to celebrate a Mass in Polish. Start- to be completed and on January 9, to symbolize the death of the par- the Minister-President of Flanders sion served, once declared, “None ing in the 1890s the trickle of Poles 1916 the first Mass at St Casimir’s ish. That weekend, the parishioners Geert Bourgois and several Polish of the Allied commanders had bet- moving into Fremont became a riv- church was held. of St. Casimir’s joined the parishes veterans, among others. ter soldiers than me, having at my er and the expanded community be- With the building completed, of St. Ann & St. Joseph in Fremont. The 1st Armored Division was side Polish soldiers. They complet- established in February 1942 in ed every task they were given.” Eco-Conscious Couture Scotland and eventually counted creative focus to designing cou- Vogue maga- over 16,000 soldiers and officers. ture accessories constructed from zine. This was After landing in Normandy in July recycled rubber bicycle and motor- the first time 1944, it played a pivotal role in clos- cycle inner tubes, and Nespresso that an eco-art- ing the Falaise Pocket resulting in a coffee capsules. Appearing inFash - ist’s work was decisive German defeat and an end ion Market Week in New York City featured on the to the Battle of Normandy. The di- twice a year, Tucci’s designs have cover of a main- vision would liberate communities landed in some of the most exclu- stream fashion in France, Belgium, and the Nether- lands. In May 1945, the Poles seized sive boutiques and galleries across magazine. Nowak Tucci the United States and Europe. Some of the the German naval base in Wilhelm- In 2011, Tucci was juried into the many other magazines that have shaven and received the capitula- Smithsonian Craft Show, as one of featured Tucci’s jewelry are Ma- tion of its large naval force. Some 120 artists the Smithsonian selected rie Claire, Ornament, Art Jewelry, 1,000 men lost their lives in combat. from a field of 1300. Her attendance Memphis Magazine (cover), Met- “This exhibit serves as a remind- here achieved recognition from the al Clay Artist Magazine (cover), er to the people of Belgium and Smithsonian’s Women’s Society Heaven Has Heels (cover), Coastal Europe about the incredible contri- Season six of Netflix’s “Grace and she was subsequently invited Lifestyle, and Linen. butions of the Polish armed forces and Frankie,” starring Lily Tomlin to participate in the 2011 and 2012 Tucci is the 2015 Saul Bell De- to the defeat of Nazi Germany,” (above), will have a Polish connec- Craft2Wear event. Only 40 artists, sign Winner in Alternative Materi- stressed Minister Jan Kasprzyk, tion. Tomlin’s character dons sev- who have already shown in the als and the 2012 Niche Award Win- head of the Office for War Veterans, eral necklaces made by Kathleen Smithsonian Craft Show, were se- ner for Fashion Jewelry. She is the whose institution was involved in Nowak Tucci. lected for the exclusive Craft2Wear recipient of the prestigious Design the making of the exhibit. show. Fellowship from the Alabama State In the spring of this year, the Please make checks payable to: LOS ANGELES — Kathleen Jewelry designed and created Council on the Arts. “Armored Wings” exhibit will ACPC, c/o Florence Langridge, Nowak Tucci, an eco-designer and by Tucci was featured on the cover tour the Flemish cities liberated by Membership Chair, 78 Meadow artist for 30 years, has turned her of the August 2010 issue of Italian Subscribe today! 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ALL ABOUT POLISH EASTER Origin, Names, Traditions, Artifacts, Greetings, Delicacies, and more by Robert Strybel of prayer, fasting and penance in preparation Pański, this traditional tableau is set up at ham, sausage, roast meats, pâté, salads, etc. for the joyous feast of Resurrection. a side altar and shows Christ lying in His Similar foods are served throughout the day ORIGIN. Easter is the springtime Christian tomb. It is visited on Holy Saturday by the celebration commemorating the resurrection SYMBOLS. Bunnies and chicks adorn many faithful bringing their hallowfare to EASTER CAKES. Yeast-raised egg breads of Christ following his death on the cross. It commercial greeting cards and store dis- be blessed. (babka, placek, kołacz, chałka), mazurek first appeared in Poland after 966 A.D., when plays, but the traditional Polish paschal sym- (flat cake), sernik (cheesecake) and sękacz Christianity was officially adopted, but it bol is the Easter Lamb with Ban- n e r HALLOWFARE. This is the Eas- (log cake) typically grace the Polish Easter took two centuries or more to take root across of Resurrection (Baranek ter fare blessed at church on Holy table. In Polonia pączki and chruściki are also the nation. Wielkanocny), Another prime Saturday, the eve of Easter Sunday. served. symbol is the word “Alleluja” Typical baskets contain eggs, sau- NAMES. The Polish word for Easter is Wiel- (Alleluia), from the Hebrew sage, horseradish, bread, butter EASTER GAMES. The best-known games of kanoc (Greatnight), and similar forms are meaning “Praise God.” lamb, cakes, etc. which the season are the egg tap (the winner is the found in other west Slavic languages such are served at Easter one whose egg remains intact) and the egg as Velikonoce in Czech. Among the eastern EASTER CRAFTS. breakfast. roll (the egg that rolls the farthest wins). Eas- Slavs the Ukrainians call it Velykiden (Great- Easter-themed folk ter egg hunts occurred under German influ- day). Most European languages have derived handicrafts in- RESURRECTION ence mainly in western and northern Poland. its name from the Latin Pascha, while the clude Easter eggs of MASS. Easter Sun- English and Germans have named it after the various kinds, Polish day sunrise mass begins WET EASTER MONDAY. On Easter Mon- pagan Germanic goddess of spring, Eostre. Easter “palms,” hand-carved with the congregation, all decked day (Lany Poniedziałek) boys drench girls butter-lamb mold, Easter Lambs made of dif- out in their holiday best, thrice encircling the with water in a tradition known as Śmigus- WHEN. Since the fourth century, Easter has ferent materials and paper cut-outs. church. Only a grave cloth is seen in the now Dyngus. been celebrated on first Sunday after the first empty Lord’s Tomb as the scent of flowers., Full Moon occurring on or after the vernal DECORATIVE ELEMENTS. Pussy willows, candles and incense and the strains of joyous DYNGUS DAY. The American Polonia, espe- equinox (April 21st). The earliest is March hyacinths, daffodils, forsythia, boxwood, hymns fill the church. cially in and around Buffalo, has turned Eas- 22nd, the latest April 25th.This year Easter ferns, Polish Easter palms, Easter eggs and ter Monday into a major celebration known as comes late – on April 21st. In 2020 it will be paper cut-outs (wycinanki) are among the EASTER HYMNS. Favorite Polish Easter Dyngus Day. It features food, drink, music, bit earlier – April 12th. best-known Polish Easter decorations. hymns include: “Wesoły nam dzień dziś polka dancing and the Old Country drench- nastał,” “Zwycięzca śmierci,” “Nie zna ing custom. EASTER SEASON. It starts on Easter Sunday GREETINGS. Happy Easter is translated śmierci Pan żywota,” “Chrystus zmartwych- and lasts 50 days until Pentecost Sunday. The into Polish as either “Wesołego Alleluja!” or wtsan jest” and “Otrzyjcie już łzy płaczący” ŚWIĘCONKA (PARTY). Another Polonian word Pentecost was derived from the Greek “Wesołych Świąt Wielkanocnych,” often ab- innovation is the Święconka, which in Poland word for fifty. In Polish folk culture it is breviated to just “Wesołych Świąt.” Humor- EASTER FARE. The day’s feasting begins refers chiefly to the Easterfood basket. In Po- called Zielone Świątki (Green Holidays). ous version. “Wesolego jajka i mokrego Dyn- with Easter Breakfast, served after the fam- lonia it is also a community Easter party usu- gusa!” (Happy Egg and Wet Easter Monday). ily returns from Easter morning mass. It in- ally held during the first post-Easter week- PRELUDE. Easter is preceded by Lent or cludes a tarty, creamy soup (żurek or biały end. It is similar to Dyngus Day, except no Wielki Post (the Great Fast), a 40-day period LORD’S TOMB. Known in Polish as Grób barszcz) hard-cooked eggs in various forms, drenching occurs.

POLISH CHEF Alternatives to the Friday Fish Fry by Robert Strybel 3-4 T 6% distilled vinegar instead. with paprika (optional). Serve with cheese (farmer cheese mashed with longer. Test one for doneness. plain boiled potatoes or rye bread. sour cream), sweet cheese (farm- The run-of-the-mill fish fries HERRING IN OIL (śledź w oleju). er cheese mixed with sugar and CHEESE & POTATO PIEROGI hosted by PolAm groups around Drain 12 – 16 oz. jar marinated her- POTATO PANCAKES (placki kar- raw egg yolk), jam or preserves of FILLING (ruskie pierogi [z serem i the country often include fried fish, ring, discarding onions and spices. toflane). Grate 2-1/4 lbs peeled choice (imported Polish powidła kartoflami]). Cook 1 lb peeled po- tartar sauce, cole slaw, potato salad Plunge into cold water, drain and potatoes (by hand or in food pro- [plum butter] is excellent). Provide tatoes in boiling salted water until and the like, but very little genuine pat dry. Halve and slice thin 2 on- cessor), transfer to sieve and let sour cream. tender, drain, mash and set aside to Polish input. Maybe this is the year ions, place in pot, scald with boil- drip into bowl. Allow drippings to cool. To potatoes add 1/2 lb farm- to expand your fish-fry menu to in- ing water and after 1-2 min drain. settle, pour off liquid from top and RAISED PANCAKES (racuchy) er cheese or dry cottage cheese, clude some typically Polish Lenten Combine herring and onions, place add the white sediment (starch) to Beat 2 c sour milk or buttermilk mashed with potato-masher or pro- options. Some suggestions: in clean jar and drench with salad the grated potatoes. Add 1-2 grated with 2 eggs. Beat in 2 c + 2 T flour cessed to a ground-like consistency oil of choice to cover. Refrigerate onion, about 2 T flour, 2 eggs and until smooth. Stir in 1 t baking pow- in processor, 2 finely chopped on- LENTEN RYMEAL SOUP (postny overnight. Serve with plain boiled salt & pepper. Mix well and spoon der and 1 t baking soda. (Optional: ions sautéed in 2 T oil or butter un- żur). In pot combine 5 c water, a potatoes or rye bread. batter into hot fat. With spatula Add 1/2 t liquid vanilla extract to til tender and lightly browned. Mix chopped onion and cook until onion flatten pancakes slightly, since batter if desired.) Spoon batter into ingredients well and season with CREAMED HERRING (śledź w thin ones cook better. Fry to a nice 1/4” deep hot oil, fry roughly 3” salt & pepper. As toppings, provide is tender. Add 2 c żurek (bottled liq- śmietanie). Drain 12–16 oz. jar uid ryemeal sour available at Polish crispy, golden brown on both sides pancakes to a nice golden-brown sour cream (or plain low-fat yogurt marinated herring, discarding on- and drain on absorbent paper. Serve on both sides and drain on absor- for dieters) or chopped onions fried delis), 1/2 of a mushroom bouillon ions and spices. Plunge into cold cube and 2 buds crushed garlic. Stir immediately sweet or savory (just bent paper. Serve hot, dusted with in oil. water, drain and pat dry. Halve and salted a little). confectioner’s sugar or topped with in 3 T flour dissolved in 1 c wa- slice thin 2 onions, place in pot, CHEESE PIEROGI FILLING (piero- ter, bring to boil, reduce heat and preserves, jam, plum butter, syrup scald with boiling water and after CRÊPES (naleśniki). In bowl com- or canned pie filling of choice. gi z serem). Combine 3/4 lb farmer simmer 2-3 min. Season with salt, 1-2 min drain. Combine herring and bine 1 scant c milk with 2 beaten cheese or dry cottage cheese, pul- pepper and marjoram and serve onions and place on serving dish. eggs and 1/8 t salt and whisk until PIEROGI DOUGH (ciasto na piero- verized to a powder in food-pro- over hard-cooked egg slices and/ Fork-blend 3/4 sour cream with 1 T smooth. Gradually add 1¼ c flour, gi). Combine 2 c flour, 1 c dairy cessor, 1/4 t salt, 1 t sugar, 1 lemon or cubed cooked potatoes. Provide Sarepska or Düsseldorf-style mus- sifted, whisking constantly until sour cream, 1 small egg and 1/2 t juice and 1 raw egg yolk into a horseradish for those who want a tard and pour over herring. Cover lump-free and air blisters appear salt. Work ingredients together to smooth filling. The cooked pierogi zingier soup. Note: If bottled żurek with plastic wrap and refrigerate on surface. Whisk in about 1 c wa- form a smooth dough and knead may be served with melted butter, is not available, use 2 c water and overnight. Just before serving dust ter – or just enough to get a thin, briefly. Roll out 1/3 of the dough confectioner’s sugar, sour cream or pourable batter. Lightly grease fry- lightly floured board, leaving the plain yogurt (for weight-watchers). ing pan with crumpled-up paper remainder under a warm inverted towel dipped in oil. (Note: Special bowl so it doesn’t dry out. With SWEET CHEESE FILLING. (piero- non-stick crêpe pans are available!) drinking-glass or biscuit-cutter cut gi z serem na słodko). Prepare as Pour in a little batter, tilt frying pan dough-sheet into rounds. Place a in preceding recipe but add 3 T con- to coat entire surface and fry on spoonful of filling (see below) just fectioner’s sugar, 1/3 c plumped, fairly high heat. Flip crêpe over and off center of each dough round, drained raisins and 1/2 t vanilla cook briefly on other side. Stack cover filling with larger dough flap extract to cheese mixture. Served fried naleśniki on inverted dinner and pinch edges together to seal. with melted butter, confectioner’s plate. Re-grease pan before adding Cook in boiling lightly salted water. sugar, sour cream. or plain yogurt more batter. Fillings include savory When they float up, cook a while (for weight-watchers). POTATO & ONION PIEROGI FILL- ING. (pierogi z kartoflami). Cook 6-7 med potatoes until tender, drain well, steaming off moisture, and mash thoroughly are put through ricer. Fry 2 chopped onions in 2-3 T butter or oil and add to po- tatoes. Stir in 1 egg and (optional) 1 T bread crumbs. Salt & pepper to taste. Serve with sour cream or plain yogurt. POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • MARCH 2019 www.polamjournal.com 11

CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS March an Important Month in Polish History by Barbara Szydlowski Legend says he died aboard the ship Wasp on Day, an annual festival to commemorate the DAYS OF FAME. The “Father of the Ameri- October 11, 1779 in Savannah, Georgia. For first historical written mention of Kashu- The origin of the name March comes from can Calvary” Casimir Pulaski was born his contributions to the young nation, Con- bians, in Pope Gregory IX’s Bull of 1238. In Martius, the first month of the earliest Roman on March 6, 1745 in Warsaw, Poland. He gress voted in 1779 to erect a memorial to the Bull, the Pope referred to Prince Bogu- calendar, Named after Mars, the Roman god was an enthusiastic and fiery solider, fought Pulaski in the capitol. slaw I of Pomerania as Duke of Kashubia. of war and an ancestor of the Roman people courageously but unsuccessfully to save Po- On March 4, Roman Catholic Churches in Unity Day is designed to promote Kashubian through sons Romulus and Remus. land from partition. In July 1777, he came to Poland and Lithuania celebrate Saint Casi- culture, and includes folk art fairs, crafts, ex- Historical names for March include the America to offer his services in the war for mir Day. Casimer, born into a noble family, hibitions, and a tournament of the traditional Saxon “Lentmonat,” named after the March Independence. As a cavalry general, he won was in line to be king but decided for a life Kashubian card game “Baszka.” Celebrations equinox, and gradual lengthening of days and distinction in numerous campaigns, but was of prayer. are held in the cities of Gdansk, Miastko, eventual namesake of Lent. mortally wounded in the Battle of Savannah. The 19th of March is Kashubian Unity Chmielno, only to mention a few. Lenten Customs. Some survive, others adapted over the centuries continued from cover In the evening of Good Friday, or the early charge of the Shrine meet behind the closed ber of days in a year. Each was adorned with hours of Holy Saturday, servants tied a her- doors of the main church in or- impressive inscriptions and flourishes. Four The usual drink was boiled water and, in ring with a thread to a long, thick rope sus- der to avoid the crowds already goblets of liqueur represented the four sea- some sections of Poland, many faithful not pending it over a path on a tree. The herring streaming onto the grounds. Cov- sons. Twelve silver buckets of wine, arranged only took no food but abstained even from was being punished for having reigned ered by the darkness of the ear- in tandem, represented the twelve months of water on Good Friday. Others vowed not to over meat-starved appetites during the ly hour, the monks hurry to the year. Fifty-two silver barrels arranged in take any food on Holy Saturday and remained past six weeks. the sacristy. They open a safe tandem, representing the weeks of the year, true to their vow. Olive oil was used for cook- Żur, a mess of slightly fermented and descend stairs to a small were filled with wine from Cyprus, Spain and ing on non-fast days in the homes of the rich. light oatmeal, was carried out of the cubicle situated behind the Italy. For each day of the year, 365 bottles of The poor used a cheaper oil. The Poles still kitchen as no longer useful. One of the top of the altar. All kneel as Hungarian wine decorated the scene. 8,700 have a saying: “Sir benefactor, good dump- houseboys was cajoled into carrying the two priests vested in surplices quarts of honey produced in Breza, repre- lings on oil,” as a reminder of those times. It dish of oatmeal on his head, or in a bag and stoles, take down the mi- senting the hours of the year, were for the was unthinkable to eat meat and it was con- on his back. Behind him, another servant raculous picture. They place it servants of the castle. sidered a concession to use butter. carried a shovel for the purpose of dig- on a table covered with a cloth Popular secular songs gave way to pious ging a grave for the Żur. As they reached and surround the picture with THE NOBLES SOUGHT to emulate their Lenten hymns. Women put away their orna- the courtyard, the shovel bearer would sud- lighted candles. Prayers are begun under the king. A large table covered with a snow-white ments and gaily colored dresses and substi- denly whack the container of oatmeal and the leadership of the prior. The crown and pre- cloth was loaded with stuffed sucklings, tuted common, dark hued garments. entire mess would cascade over the carrier cious garments are removed hams, smoked tongues and baked lambs. evoking gales of laughter from the “mourn- and taken to the safe from Like a phalanx of soldiers surrounding the SINCE FISH WAS THE STAPLE fare during ers” accompanying the “funeral.” which fresh garments quiet dignity of their general, this succulent Lent, each courtyard, monastery and village In the early morning of Good Friday, and crown are display surrounded an “Agnus Dei,” which bred them in many ponds and pools. The parents placed their children in a circle and brought. The picture stood poised with the banner of the Resurrec- kitchens of nobility proceeded to lash each child with the words: is thoroughly dusted. tion. At the extremities of the tableaux stood had their “stock- Rany boskie “God’s wounds.” In some sec- Various religious babki towering above the scene, arousing the fish” prepared for tions of Poland, the custom is observed today and devotional ar- admiration of the onlookers by their texture Lent from great and is called płacze bóg, “God weeps.” Mir- ticles are touched and size. This sweet bread was the pride of pike. When a six- rors are covered with a black cloth as a sign to the sacred im- every housekeeper. The dough was snowy, teenth century bish- of mourning and children are warned not to age. The crown and light and puffy evoking praise from the men op named Erasm peek into them lest they see the devil. clean dresses are and envy on the part of the women who either Ciołek brought a sealed in place. The did not know the se- papal dispensa- WATER DRAWN FROM STREAMS and ponds prior recites the Lit- cret of the baking or tion from Rome to before sunset on Good Friday takes on signif- any of Loreto and were too stingy and eat meat on Wednesdays, scarcely a subject icance. It is believed that people and animals two monks replace the picture on the altar. lacked diligence in could be found in his diocese who would washed in this water will be protected from Meanwhile, at Poland’s Shrine of Our the preparation of avail himself of the privilege. It remained skin diseases. Farmers sow peas on Good Fri- Lady of Calvary, tens of thousands of pil- the dough. At the for King Zygmunt August (1520-72) to set day in the belief that what is sown on this day grims are entering the grounds. They will be furthest ends of the a precedent and change the regulations. Out will be free from insects. Old straw is thrown present for the Passion Play enacted annually table were mosaic- of consideration for the German Protestants from the barns because the new straw of on Good Friday by the clerics of the Francis- like pancakes, of dining at the royal table, meat appeared for Good Friday will not be liable to infestation can monastery and the local peasants. The the most fantastic the first time on a fast day in the palace of by vermin. And one can assure himself hap- Play is dramatic and instructive. The scenes designs. And everywhere, crowning the cu- Kraków. From that day, meat was consumed piness and good fortune if he takes a handful correspond with the Gospel in depicting the linary heroes and heroines of the day, were even on Palm Sunday. The regulation was re- of dirt from a neighbor’s property on Good different stages of the Passion. The chapels pyramids, towers and turrets atop the walls laxed it was said, to express joy that only one Friday and carries it to his own land. with their paintings and sculptures harmoni- of a fortress. week remained before the Savior would rise In the area surrounding Kraków, it is be- ously arranged, according to the Gospel nar- It is said that there are deep, sunken ra- from the dead. lieved that impure spirits and witches have rative serve as settings. vines where the sun seldom penetrates. On In a sense, Lent was observed more se- special powers on Good Friday. Since the the days when it is to appear on the horizon, verely in Poland than in many other European Lord is dead, they hold meetings with the “THE WAY TO CALVARY” begins with the the villagers hurry forth at daybreak, carry- Catholic countries but where the others paid devils themselves on this day. In years gone Chapel of St. Raphael the Archangel, which ing all manner of dishes overflowing with more attention to the quantity consumed, the by, guns were fired in cemeteries to disrupt stands before the great Church of the Cruci- omelet. Amid songs and the clanging of brass Polish people were primarily concerned with the meetings but today altar boys armed with fixion. Next is the Church of the Cenacle and instruments, they joyfully consume the eggs quality. A French priest who spent some time clappers, pots and pans can be seen running the bridge leading to the chapel “on the Ce- at the appearance of the sun. in Poland during the life of King Jan Sobieski through the cemeteries raising a great hue dron.” There is the “Way of the Agony in the (1624-96) wrote: “Fasting for the Polish peo- and cry to drive out the evil spirits. Garden,” the “House of Annas,” the “House AS IT WAS THEN, SO TODAY the eating of ple consists in abstaining from meat and but- It was believed of Caiphas,” and 28 “Holy Steps” leading to the blessed egg is of the essence, the prin- ter, but they eat and drink the entire day.” that an egg laid on the “Throne of Pilate.” There are also the cipal symbol of the entire celebration. The Barszcz, a sour soup, was cut with olive Good Friday would “Palace of Herod,” the “Return to Pilate,” the custom is ancient and not limited to Poland, oil. Bread was smeared with olive oil, sprin- never decay and chapels of the “Scourging,” “Jesus accepting for reaches back into the pre-Christian era kled with poppy seed, sugar or salt and baked constituted a good the Cross” and three chapels commemorating when the forces of nature were worshipped as over hot coals. Toasted bread with toasted remedy against the three falls of the Savior. There are also gods. Worship of the sun was common to all beer constituted a Lenten supper. A beer fever. It also was the chapels of St. Veronica and the “Denuda- early religious. The egg, symbol of life’s ini- broth consisting of toasted beer with egg yolk considered a mi- tion.” All feature appropriate paintings and tial stages, was offered to the sun-god which was a Lenten favorite served in large glasses raculous fire extin- sculpture executed by famous Polish artists. w i t h its warmth had introduced life into called szklanice. Another favored Lenten dish guisher if cast into The Polish święconka, blessed food, of the egg. As with the breaking was mnichy “monks” because it had its origin a blaze caused by Holy Saturday dates back through many cen- and sharing of the wafer on in monastery kitchens. These were twisted a bolt of lightning. turies. Chroniclers from the reign of King Christmas Eve, so too on cakes, cut in squares, boiled in scalding wa- Others maintained that the eggs laid on Good Ladislaus IV describe the swieconka, Easter morn every mem- ter on a little tin sieve and basted on a platter Friday were to be consumed raw on Easter which stood on the royal table. Four skins ber and every guest of swimming with butter and onions. Sunday if illness was to be prevented during of huge wild boars, one for each season of every household shares the entire year. the year, were crammed with pork, hams, the egg, wishing each in THE LENTEN FAST gave rise to a popular sausages and a suckling. Twelve deer with turn a Blessed Easter. custom observed in the Middle Ages and car- IN CENTURIES PAST, Poland, too, had its golden antlers, for the twelve months of the ried over to the present day. An old useless penitential brethren who scourged them- year, stood in tandem surrounding each boar. Reprinted from Polish Ameri- crock is filled with peelings and ashes in the selves publicly during Lent but especially on The deer were stuffed with meat of rabbits, can Studies, the official publication of the early morning of the Wednesday in mid Lent. Good Friday. While making the Way of the grouse, bustards, and pheasant. Polish American Historical Association. It Pounding on the door or window of a sleeping Cross, a different penitent would flay himself Fifty-two enormous cakes, representing appeared in Vol. XX. No. 2, July-December neighbor to make sure he is awake, the crock at each station until he drew blood. the weeks of the year, surrounded the deer. 1963. To learn more about the organization, is flung against the door. The city dwellers At Poland’s Shrine of the Black Madonna, Each was filled with pancakes, sweetmeats, www.polishamericanstudies.org. throw the crock under each others’ feet say- a time-honored ceremony begins at 4:00 a.m. dumplings and “bakalia.” On a table were ing: “It is mid-Lent, dear sir (or madam).” on Holy Thursday. The Pauline Fathers in 365 babki, a special sweet bread, for the num- Visit us on line at polamjournal.com 12 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • MARCH 2019

SPORTS Gronkowski, Gostowski Lead Patriots in Superbowl LIII by Tom Tarapacki Greg Malinowski is the se- nior. He’s from Chantilly, Va., and If Rob Gronkowski played his played for William & Mary for final football game in Super Bowl three years. In the 2016-17 season, LIII, he sure went out in a big way, the 6-6 guard-forward averaged as the nine-year veteran played a 7.7 points and shot 40 percent from key role in the Patriots’ 13-3 vic- three-point range, which was fourth tory over the Rams. With the game best in the conference. After trans- tied at 3 with under eight minutes ferring to Georgetown he had to sit to play, Gronkowski lined up in the out a season. He’s now a solid con- left slot, ran deep down the seam tributor for the Hoyas off the bench. and made a diving 29-yard recep- The freshman is Notre Dame tion that set up the game’s only power forward Nate Laszewski. touchdown. Until then, the Patriots’ The standout at Northfield (Mass.) offense had been struggling to fin- Mount Hermon was pursued by ish drives. North Carolina, Wake Forest and Two weeks earlier, in the Patri- GRONKOWSKI ZYLKA BANASZCZYK Wisconsin. He passed up Wiscon- ots’ 37-31 overtime win over the sin even though his father, Jay, was head coach Veljko Paunovic de- Chiefs in the AFC Championship VOTING UNDERWAY FOR POL- woman to work on NBC’s hockey a member of the Badgers men’s bas- scribed Frankowski as a “very ver- Game, he set up a go-ahead touch- ISH SPORTS HALL OF FAME. Da- broadcasts. Musnicki was an All- ketball team from 1982-86, includ- satile player with fantastic pace.” down in the final minute of regu- vid Legwand, the all-time leader in American at Ithaca, and won gold ing serving as a captain his senior A native of the northern Polish lation with a 25-yard reception on numerous offensive categories for in two Olympics and five World year. Also, Nate’s older sister Abby city of Gdańsk, Frankowski spent third-and-5. Then, in overtime, he the Nashville Predators, and Joe Championships. plays basketball for Wisconsin. the past seven seasons with two had a 15-yard gain on third-and-10 Dudek, the only Division III foot- Previous nominees are: wrestler Nate is a terrific outsider shooter different clubs in Poland’s first divi- from the Chiefs’ 30, helping posi- ball player to finish in the top ten and strongman Ivan Putski, Duke who is also a physical presence sion, tallying a total of 181 appear- tion New England for the winning in the Heisman Trophy voting, lead lacrosse coach John Danowski, around the basket. ances. touchdown. the list of new candidates on the fencing champion and coach Ed Among college basketball Gronkowski ranks No. 1 all- 2019 ballot for the National Polish Korfanty, basketball All-American coaches, keep an eye on Duke’s time among tight ends in postsea- CHRIS ZYLKA: WHAT’S IN A American Sports Hall of Fame in Sue Rojciewicz, college hockey Mike Krzyzewski (of course) and You may know actor son catches (87), receiving yards NAME? Chris the high profile category. coach Leo Golembiewski, and his two former Polish American , whose acting roles include (1,250) and receiving touchdowns Zylka Legwand spent most of his 16 bobsledding gold medalist Curt point guards, Bobby Hurley and HBO’s “The Leftovers.” You may (12). However, he has been plagued years with Nashville, where he Tomasevicz. Steve Wojciechowski. Wojo’s Mar- not know that he played quarter- by injuries, and said he will make became the franchise’s all-time The top vote-getters in each quette squad is one of the top teams back for the University of Toledo. a decision about his future in the leader in all offensive categories. category will be inducted in June. in the nation. Hurley has had an up- Also, you probably don’t know that coming weeks. The Predators drafted him with Information about the National and-down season, exemplified by his real name is not Zylka. Patriots kicker Stephen Gost- their first-ever pick (second over- Polish-American Sports Hall of his Arizona State team’s upset of He was actually born Chris Set- kowski booted 42- and 41-yard field all) in 1998. The 6-2, 207-lb. center Fame is available at www.polishs- Kansas followed by a one-point loss tlemire in Warren, Ohio 33 years goals, kicked an extra point, and led them into the playoffs in 2004. portshof.com. to Princeton, but hopes to make the ago, and was a football standout missed one field goal in New Eng- When he left Nashville in 2014 the NCAA tournament. at Howland High School. Then the land’s 13-3 win over the Los Ange- Detroit native was the franchise ANDRIE PASSES. NPASHOF Meanwhile, their mentor, Mike self-described “misfit jock” attend- les Rams. He’s now 6 for 8 on field leader in goals, assists, game-win- nominee George Andrie died re- Krzyzewski, has his Blue Dev- ed the University of Toledo, where goals in Super Bowls. His perfor- ning goals and games played. He cently at 78 of congestive heart fail- ils playing great despite suffering he played football and studied art. mance in Super Bowl LIII came one finished his career with the Red ure. A Grand Rapids, Mich. native, some tough injuries. Coach K, who However, his grandfather had a day after his grandfather, William Wings, Senators and Sabres, and he starred at Marquette before play- turned 72 on February 13, is look- heart attack and Chris dropped out Klick, died. his overall career NHL numbers ing on the defensive line for 11 sea- ing to add to his amazing total of to help take care of him, he said in include 228 goals and 390 assists. sons with the Dallas Cowboys. A 12 Final Fours and five National an interview with thedailybeast. DOROTA TRIUMPHS. A 21-year- His best season was 2006-07, when member of the famed “Doomsday Championships. com. old biomedical engineering student he had 27 goals and 36 assists for Defense,” he made five Pro Bowls While taking care of his grand- has become the first Pole ever to Nashville. He also was a two-time and helped the Cowboys win Super PERKOSKI’S NOTEBOOK. father the two men discussed act- win the Karate World Champion- member of the U.S World Junior Bowl VI. Andrie is remembered for 23-year-old Polish soccer star ing, and for the first time Chris ship. Dorota Banaszczyk defeated Team and a four-time member of its scoring a touchdown against Green Krzysztof Piątek has signed a became interested in becoming an Germany’s Jana Bitsch, 2-0, to cap- World Championship team. Bay during the famous “Ice Bowl” contract with Italian powerhouse actor. Chris had never done any act- ture the title. Joe Dudek rose to fame as a run- 1967 NFL championship game. He AC Milan through 2023 ... Polish ing before that. The historic win came as a shock ning back out of Division III Plym- returned a fumble seven yards for heavyweight boxer Adam “Baby- Chris’s maternal grandfather is for the Lódz native. She told report- outh State College in New Hamp- the Cowboys’ first score in a game face” Kownacki knocked out Ger- William Zylka, the son of Polish- ers after the match: “I surprised shire, rushing for 5,570 yards and they eventually lost to the Pack- ald Washington in Brooklyn … The Ukrainian immigrants. When Chris myself! I did not expect it to go that breaking Walter Payton’s career ers, 21-17. After retiring, he settled Dallas Stars reacquired defenseman became a working actor he took his well.” Competing in Madrid, Dor- touchdown record of 66 by finish- in Waco, Texas, and worked in the Jamie Oleksiak from the Pitts- last name as a tribute. “I changed ota defeated competitors from Italy, ing with 79. Dudek made the cover beer-distribution business. He later burgh Penguins in exchange for a it for my grandpa,” Zylka says. “I Japan and Bulgaria as well as her of Sports Illustrated in 1985 as one started a specialty advertising com- fourth-rank draft pick ... Almost wanted to make him proud.” Before long-term rival Bitsch. Last year, of the top Heisman Trophy hope- pany. one in three Poles who exercise run he did, he asked his great-grand- the two met in Dubai where Bitsch fuls, along with Bo Jackson and regularly, which makes the sport mother for permission. “Before she beat Banaszczyk 3-2. Chuck Long. SI writer Rick Reilly WATCH LIST. A couple players the second-most popular in the passed away, she got to see it in the saw Dudek as not only a tremen- to keep your eyes on this college country, after cycling, according to FR A NKOWSK I dous talent, but a kind of true stu- basketball season are a senior at the Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper. GOES TO CHI- dent-athlete that no longer existed Georgetown and a freshman at Seventy percent of Poles say they CAGO. The Chi- on the Division I level. Joe finished Notre Dame. exercise regularly. cago Fire Soccer ninth in the voting, the only Divi- Club announced sion III player to ever finish that it has acquired high, as Jackson won the award. Become a member today Polish midfielder Dudek was with the Denver P r z e m y s ł a w Broncos for two seasons before re- Polish American Frankowski via turning to New England and work- transfer from Pol- ing in the beer and wine industry. Historical Association He was inducted into the College ish first-division The Polish American HistoricalAssociation Football Hall of Fame in 1997. His club Jagiellonia was established in December 1942 as son, Joey, was drafted by the NFL Białystok. a special commission of the The Polish The 23-year- New Jersey Devils. Institute of Arts and Sciences in America to old midfielder is Holdover nominees in the high- collect, compile and publish information about under contract visibility category are: football great Polish Americans. In October 1944, it was reor­ganized as a national with the Fire George (Andrzrjewski) Andrie, American society to promote study and research in the history and through the 2022 basketball standouts Frank Brick- social background of Americans of Polish descent. The Association, Major League owski and Steve Wojciechowski, which was incorporated under the laws of Illinois in 1972, strives to FRANKOWSKI Soccer (MLS) baseball stars Mark Grudzielanek assist and cooperate with all individuals and organizations interested season. “We are pleased to finally and Mark Gubicza, and hockey’s in Polish American life and history. Contributions in support of the title sequence for 90210.” capture Przemysław’s services,” Craig Wolanin. work of the Association are tax-exempt. Chris has had a variety of TV said Chicago Fire Soccer Club Pres- Newly added to the category of Regular one-year membership to the Association is $40.00. ($25.00 for and movie roles, perhaps most no- ident and General Manager Nelson sports with a lower profile were students) made payable to the Polish American Historical Association. tably playing a villain in a couple of Rodriguez. “Our patience and per- two female athletes who have won Amazing Spiderman movies. He’s sistence overcame several suitors, Olympic gold, hockey player Al- Polish American Historical Association also known for a brief engagement and we believe he will prove to be lison “AJ” Mleczko and rower Central Connecticut State University to heiress Paris Hilton. a fan favorite for his relentless style Meegan Musnicki. 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FORCED LABOR IN THE THIRD REICH The Personal Account of a Polish Slave Laborer Katherine Graczyk was year-old son fell ill with a bad in- tor sees him.” She took him from emigrate to America. hadn’t received even one piece of captured by the SS and fluenza. He had diarrhea and was my arms, saying I shouldn’t worry. While we waited to get our pa- mail from any of them in more than vomiting. I had nothing to give To get some rest and she would see pers from the United States, my twelve years. And because there shipped to Germany. She him — no medicine at all. And we me tomorrow. I agreed and the next daughter Stella was born. Thank- were no telephones in my village, shared her story with had only a quart of milk and some day, I went back to the hospital as I fully, by that time, life had im- Lipkie Harta, I had to rely on let- author Catherine Hamilton bread, which he wouldn’t eat. had promised. proved at Wildflecken. My Stella ters. The young nurse who greeted was a healthy happy, baby, and the I sent my first letter from Amer- by Catherine Hamilton me in the waiting room said, “I’m three of us immigrated safely to ica. Then the second. When I re- sorry. You’re mistaken; your son the U.S. in 1951. Six years after the ceived my first letter from home, I Conclusion isn’t here. We don’t have Polish ba- war’s end, at last, we were free! We wept for joy. The floodgates were bies.” celebrated that my brother Antony open and no end of letters were ex- Life was very difficult at Wild- “I brought him here yesterday,” Ponczocha, who had also survived changed over the years. From their flecken Displaced Persons (DP) I said, feeling sudden panic. “The forced-labor camps and had recent- letters I learned what happened to Camp, as was the case in DP camps nurse that was here said she’d help ly married Janina, a Polish woman the rest of my family during the all across Germany. Every day him. She told me to come back to- he met during his captivity in Ger- war. Sophie and Anna and Mother more people at Wildflecken died day. Do you think I would lie about had survived the Nazi oc- due to poor health caused by star- my child? He’s here, somewhere!” cupation! Now they found vation during their captivity as “That’s impossible!” the nurse themselves under the slave laborers or as prisoners. We insisted. Communist occupation. lacked adequate food and medi- “But he IS here!” I got so upset They couldn’t travel out- cal supplies. Many of the children I started speaking in Polish. “Masz side the “Iron Curtain.” had rickets. We knew the dangers moje Dziecko! Pozwól mi zobaczyć They had no choice but of returning to Communist Poland moje dziecko!” I cried. (You have to remain in Poland after — deportation to Siberian camps, my baby! Let me see my child!) World War II. My first or imprisonment. No matter how “I can’t understand you!” She cousin Maturz Ponczo- much we longed for home, we had turned away and walked up the cha died in a Nazi prison to think of our child’s future. hall, returning with another nurse, camp. My aunt and uncle, Frank and I were thankful to an older woman, clearly the one in Maturz’s parents, were be alive, thankful that at last we Frank and daughter Stella. charge. “What’s the problem here?” arrested by the Russians could send letters to our families the older woman asked. as the Red Army invad- back home. I wrote to my mother “We have to take Kazimeirz “She’s insisting we have her ed Eastern Poland. They and told her everything. How I’d to the hospital,” I told Frank. He baby,” the young nurse complained, died in Stalin’s Siberian survived the war. That I was now agreed. We bundled Kazimeirz in gesturing toward me. “I told her we labor camps. My cousin living in a DP camp. About Frank blankets and rushed there on foot. don’t have any Polish children.” Sophie survived the Si- and me and our marriage, and her We were surprised when the “There are a few Polish children berian forced labor and newborn grandson. To my sisters, clerk working at the front desk of here. What’s the child’s name?” the Katherine and son Richard. returned to Poland, but Sophie and Anna, I wrote every de- the hospital said, “This hospital is older nurse asked. her farmland was never tail about their sweet little nephew, not for Poles.” Her tone was menac- “His name is Kazimierz Grac- many, had received immigration returned to her. It had been confis- Kazimierz. I didn’t tell them the ing. “Go back to your camp.” zyk.” papers for Australia. cated by the communists. Not until hardships we were suffering. But I refused to leave and ap- She looked through some papers. When our ship docked at the 1972, after my mother’s death did A year passed at Wildflecken and proached one of the nurses, ask- “He’s here. But I’m sorry to say you New York Harbor, we were fam- the Russians let me return to Poland I didn’t hear back from my family. ing her to help us. She nodded and can’t see him. He’s been placed on ished. We walked with little Stella for her funeral. I felt frantic that something terrible asked, “What’s wrong with the quarantine.” to the first restaurant we could find Frank and I always felt extreme- had happened. Did the communists child?” “But I’m his mother.” to get something to eat. But neither ly blessed to have survived the slave even deliver our mail? I told myself “He won’t eat anything. He has “There’s nothing I can do. It’s Frank nor I spoke a word of Eng- labor camps and the prisons of Nazi they hadn’t delivered my letters. a fever,” I said. “I didn’t know what policy. You should go now. Try back lish. We stared at the menu and saw Germany. And despite our suffer- Every month I sent a letter, never else to do. Can you help him?” tomorrow.” “SOUP.” This word looked very ing the loss of our firstborn son, we giving up hope, praying they had She nodded again. “We’ll need I couldn’t leave him. I pretend- similar to zupa (soup in Polish). made a good life for ourselves in the survived. to keep him overnight. You should ed to go, but I turned around and So we asked for “Zupa.” The wait- United States. In late December, 1947, our one- come back tomorrow after the doc- sneaked into the other hallway. ress understood. Soup was the only Now with my story down on pa- Carefully, I slipped past a nurse’s thing we had to eat for days! We per, after spending years wrestling station unnoticed. I found Kazimei- quickly got to work on our English with the enemy that haunted my PAJ SUBSCRIPTION FORM rz in a tiny bed. He looked at me but lessons! bones — that woke me up at night, didn’t move. 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GENEALOGY Passenger Lists: The Arrival of Your Ancestors by Stephen M. Szabados the handling of the ship manifests until 1819 the name of friend or relative in the United with relatives and friends. when the U.S. Congress passed the Steerage States, the name of a relative where they left, Please remember that most of the infor- The story of the arrival in America of your Act. The National Archives store the surviv- mother tongue, if they had previously been in mation listed on the passenger records is not ancestors tells of a crucial event in your fam- ing U.S. passenger lists, and most of them the United States, their physical description primary and may contain errors. However, it ily history. With their arrival, they joined the have been microfilmed, digitized, and in- and their birthplace. should be used as clues to find other docu- many immigrants who came before and after dexed. Passenger manifests will list one to four ments and many facts found on the manifests them and become part of a significant seg- The Steerage Act of 1819 required the cap- town names depending on the year of im- can add rich facts to your family history such ment of American history. Most U.S. citizens tain or master of all ships arriving in America migration. I have found that the town names as the name of the ship, where they left, where are descendants of immigrants, and our an- to deliver a passenger manifest to a federal listed have been very helpful in my research, and when they arrived and who arrived with cestors contributed to the tremendous growth official. Early formats for the passenger man- but the spelling of the names usually presents them. The passenger list is the document that America enjoyed in its early years in Virginia ifest after the Steerage Act listed the passen- problems. Most immigrants were illiterate, shows when your ancestors planted your fam- and New England and continued through the ger’s name, age, gender, occupation, what so their information is generally entered on ily roots in America. Next month, I will dis- post World War II housing boom. The in- country they left and the destination country. the document phonetically. Illiteracy led to cuss how and where to find these wonderful dustrial growth in the 1900s could not have After 1893, officials gradually expanded many misspellings, but if we remember the documents. happened without the immigrants because of the format, and in late 1907 the manifests recorder wrote the names phonetically, the Be patient and remember to have fun look- their labors building and working the farms, became two pages. This larger format gave name should still prove helpful. ing for your family history. railroads and the factories. more details for the inspectors to evaluate Passenger manifests from the ships help v v v Most early immigration records were from the fitness of the immigrants to be allowed document the arrival of your ancestors and Stephen M. Szabados is a prominent gene- ships’ logs and many showed only cargo, but admittance to the United States. The longer may give you valuable information of where alogist, lecturer, and the author of five books, some also list arriving passengers. However, list now gives genealogists a treasure of fam- they left and where they were going to Amer- “Finding Grandma’s European Ancestors,” many of these early records are missing be- ily information. The records listed marital ica. Finding the passenger manifest will also “Find Your Family History,” “Polish Gene- cause there was no uniform national policy to status, last residence, the ability to read or answer the critical question of whether they alogy,” “Memories of Dziadka,” and “My write, final destination in the United States, were traveling alone, with their family, or Polish Grandmother.” THE PONDERING POLE Where is the Polish Architectural Capital? PHOTO: DAVID CICHON, VVMF by Edward Poniewaz most interesting endeavors, reasons that this part of Poland but the southwestern region emerged as a hub for quantity and If this were Jeopardy!, the ques- of Silesia. This is where the creativity in building after World tion would be: What is Gliwice? architectural heart of Poland War II. Ethnically, Silesia was In the December of 2014 edition beats the quickest. It is the shared German/Polish before the of A Foreigner’s Guide to Polish home of some of the best Pol- war, so the amount of destruction Architecture, author Anna Cymer ish talents in the field, and a was less intense than in other more explores a number of perspectives region where numerous proj- predominantly Polish sectors and on the history, state, and styles ects by renowned architects therefore many historical structures of architecture present in Poland. were also realized. were spared in cities such as Gli- There are eight chapters in this The Architecture Depart- wice, Bytom, and Zabrze. rather long piece, but the one that I ment of the Silesian Poly- And because of the incredible was most interested in, the area that technic was founded in 1945, decimation of the Polish economy had the most to offer, is the region with its headquarters in the during the war, and since mining of Silesia and especially the city of city of Gliwice. For years, the was still an intact and viable indus- Gliwice. Says Anna Cymer: school in Gliwice has been try in this region, the communist Tracing the development known to educate the most authorities used this area to show- of Polish architecture in the talented among Polish archi- case the new modern socialist com- 20th and 21st centuries, one tects, always employing the munity. With that new “worker” can easily notice that it is most modern and innovative came new living quarters and other Springsteen admired the Motifs in the 1960s, calling Walter (standing, neither the Warsaw nor the trends in its program. structures to go along with the new far left) and Raymond (standing, second from right) Cichon “gods.” Wal- Kraków area that boasts the ideology or counter-ideology in There are a number of possible ter Cichon was drafted at 21 and went missing in action on March 30, the case of the number of Catholic 1968 in the Kontum province of South Vietnam. Raymond Cichon, also churches constructed in defiance to an Army veteran, died in 1980, at age 36. that movement. The Spodek stadium in Kato- “And it made me think over the fretboard, and Wal- wice is an example to accommodate about my own friends from ter would scare the (*)out of the secular masses and the Church back home. Walter Cichon. half the crowd. Oh man, they of the Holy Spirit in Tychy, Church Walter Cichon was the great- were essential to my develop- of Christ the Redeemer in Czecho- est rock n’ roll front man on ment as a young musician. I wice Dziedzice, and the Church of the Jersey Shore in the bar learned so much from Walter Divine Charity in Krakow repre- band ’60s. He was in a group and from Ray. And my dream, sented conspicuous shrines oppos- called the Motifs, and he was my dream was I just wanted ing communist dominance. Cymer the first real rock star that I to play like Ray and walk like mentions a number of the outstand- ever laid my eyes on. He just Walter.” ing architects such as Tomasz Ko- had it in his bones. He had it nior, Robert Konieczny, Stanislaw in his blood. It was in the way While Cichon is a known Polish Consider a gift of Polish Heritage! Kwasniewicz, and Stanislaw Niem- that he carried himself. On name, I’d like to confirm Springs- A several-page custom-researched czyk leading the way in these and stage, he just was deadly. He teen’s Walter and Ray were Polish. analysis of the meaning and origin of other projects. was raw and sexual and dan- a Polish surname will make an un- The television stations are load- gerous, and in our little area POMIDORY (CZY TOMATUSY?) usual and memorable Polish-flavored ed with shows about all kinds of he taught us, by the way that Depending where you live, Spring gift for a loved one (or yourself). home and building design and I love he lived, that you could live is here (or just around the corner) so It will explain what the name watching them. This article pres- your life the way you chose. send in your seed order for the “Pol- means, how it originated, how many ents another twist on that theme. “Walter had a guitar-play- ish Tomato.” Check out the book people share it, where they are from You will learn something reading ing brother, Raymond. Ray- Epic Tomatoes: How to Select and and whether a noble coat of arms ac- this article. mond was tall, tall, kind of Grow the Best Varieties of All Time, companies it. If one is found, its im- a sweetly clumsy guy; one of where the author Craig Lehoullier age and the story behind it will be POLISH OR NOT? Now available those big guys who just aren’t “states that ‘Polish’…will always provided. on Netflix, Springsteen on Broad- comfortable with his size … hold a special place in my tomato- If interested, kindly airmail a $19 way. Over the years there have been Raymond was my guitar hero. themed heart…” personal or bank (cashier’s) check or THE NIEZGODA COAT OF hints that the Pondering Pole is a He was just a shoe salesman v v v money order (adding $14 for each ad- ARMS was shared by the big-time Springsteen fan. Actually in the day. And, uh, Walter, I If you have a thought about this ditional surname you wish to have re- nobles of several dozen I have been one since Born to Run think, worked construction. month’s topic, have a question, or searched) to Polonia’s long-standing Polish families including: debuted while I was in college. They were only a little bit have interesting facts to share, con- Warsaw correspondent and name re- Baranowski, Kłonicki, Ud- searcher: Robert Strybel, ul. Kanio- In On Broadway, Springsteen older than we were … never tact me at: Edward Poniewaz, 6432 erski, Niezgoda, Bujew- talks about his life on the Jersey had any national hit records, Marmaduke Avenue, St. Louis, MO wska 24, 01-529 Warsaw, Poland. icz, Prażnicki, Grochocki, Each order includes a genealogi- Shore and the people and places never did any big tours, but 63139; email alinabrig@yahoo. Lewandowski, Gorsek, that formed him personally and they were gods to me. And com. cal contact sheet to help check your Łętowski, Tracewski family records in Poland, track down professionally. Two of those people the hours I spent standing N.B. If you send email, reference Marynowski, Bugwicz, ancestral homesteads and graves or influencing his rock n’ roll awak- in front of their band, study- the Polish American Journal or the Nutowć, Minkowski, Na- possibly even turn up long-lost rela- ening were Walter and Raymond ing, studying, studying, class Pondering Pole in the subject line. tives. For more information please ganowski, Radziszowski, Cichon (pronounced “she-shown” in session. Night after night, I will not open an email if I do not contact: [email protected]. and Zdramowicz. by Bruce). Says “The Boss”: watching Ray’s fingers fly recognize the subject or the sender. POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • MARCH 2019 www.polamjournal.com 17

OBITUARIES CIA Officer David Forden John Dingell, Longest-Serving Operative in Cold War Espionage Worked with Col. Ryszard Kukliński Member of U.S. Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. — David reporting frequently back to head- DETROIT — Former U.S. Rep. top presiden- Forden, who served as a U.S. liai- quarters. John Dingell, who served in the tial aides while son in Poland during the Cold War, Last year in a statement on the U.S. House for 59 years before retir- leading the in- is dead at the age of 88. anniversary of Kukliński’s death, ing in 2014 — the longest-serving vestigative arm The cooperation between the Forden wrote that thanks to the member of Congress in American of the powerful Forden and Poland’s Colonel Polish colonel, the United States history — died at home at age 92. House Energy Ryszard Kukliński provided Wash- received intelligence information Dingell, whose grandfather and Commerce ington with the most productive that allowed them to distinguish Anglicized the family name from C o m m i t t e e , and significant intelligence of the between military exercises and the Forden Kukliński Dzieglewicz, served under ev- which he chaired Cold War. escalation of hostilities in the War- ery president from Eisenhower to for 14 years. Kukliński feared Poland might be drawn into a nu- saw Pact countries. Dingell Obama. Dingell had clear war in Europe, incinerated as a buffer zone for the He recalled the two of them “clicked immediately” He was dubbed “Big John” for a front-row seat for the passage of Kremlin. Motivated by disgust at the Soviet domina- upon meeting each other. “Time was short,” Forden his imposing 6-foot-3 frame and landmark legislation he supported, tion of Poland and its military, the Polish officer had said. “We took off our jackets, rolled up our sleeves sometimes intimidating manner, including Medicare, the Endan- begun spying for the Americans. and got down to work.” a reputation bolstered by the wild gered Species Act and the Clean Meetings between the two began in the early 1970s. It was Kukliński who reached out the CIA. “Long game heads decorating his Wash- Water Act, but also for the Clean Forden became his CIA case officer and confidant, and before I met him, Kukliński had already decided that ington office. Air Act, which he was accused of guided Kukliński’s espionage, especially in its first Poland deserved to be a free state and that there was Dingell was a longtime supporter stalling to help auto interests. His years. The work of a case officer in managing an agent, only one country that could help achieve that goal — of universal health care, a cause he hometown, the Detroit suburb of especially in “denied areas” of the Cold War such as the United States,” said Forden. adopted from his late father, whom Dearborn, was home to a Ford Mo- Poland, meant operating in a tense environment of Forden died Feb. 12 in Alexandria, Virginia of com- he replaced in Congress in 1955. He tor Co. factory that was once the near-constant surveillance. The case officer had to de- plications of Alzheimer’s disease, said his daughter also was known as a dogged pursu- largest in the world. velop trust with the agent, become a friend and con- Sara Gay Forden. er of government waste and fraud, One of his proudest moments fessor, and serve as the agent’s adviser and protector, —Composed from New York Times, Washington and even helped take down two came in 2010, when he sat next to while providing equipment, training and feedback, and Post, and Gazeta.pl reports. Obama as the $938 billion health care overhaul was signed into law. Jan Olszewski, Former Theresa Wozniak, Vibrant Chicago Hostess Dingell had introduced a universal by Geraldine health care coverage bill in each of Polish Prime Minister Balut Coleman his terms. by Robert Strybel Polish joint-venture companies, Dingell often used his dry wit which would have perpetuated CHICAGO — to amuse his friends and sting op- WARSAW — Former Pol- Moscow’s foothold in Poland. Stanley Wozniak, ponents, but critics called him ish Prime Minister Jan Olszewski Olszewski also opposed the Sr., her future fa- overpowering and intimidating, a passed away in Warsaw after losing wholesale sell-off of Polish com- ther-in-law, first met reputation boosted by the head of consciousness in his home. He was merce and industry to foreign-inter- Theresa Kubinski a 500-pound wild boar that looked 88. est groups that was turning Poland in Poland right after at visitors to his Washington office. Dingell is said to have felled the A sterling patriot throughout his into a neo-colonial economy. World War II. He lifetime, at 14 he fought in the 1944 thought she was pret- animal with a pistol as it charged But Olszewski was best known Kurt Russell, Theresa Wozniak, and Ron Howard Warsaw Uprising as part of the ty, smart, and expe- him during a hunting trip in Soviet for throwing open classified files to during the filming of “Backdraft.” Szare Szeregi (Gray Ranks) Senior rienced from work- Georgia. expose paid informers of the com- Scouts unit. ing at a ski resort in Avenue in Chicago’s Lower West The avid hunter and sportsman As a lawyer in communist Po- munist secret police. Wałęsa, who Zakopane, Poland, and would be a Side for over 40 years. It had a 10- also loved classical music and ballet. land, he defended students, dis- was among those listed, rallied a good fit for the Wozniak hospitality lane bowling alley in the basement, Born in Colorado Springs, Colo., sidents, and workers arrested for group of collaborating MPs to vote business. and an outdoor beer garden that he grew up in Michigan, where his striking. Olszewski also represent- the then six-month-old Olszewski After meeting Theresa in her could host 3,000 people. Stanley, father was elected to Congress as a ed the family of slain pro-Solidarity cabinet out of office. That pivotal hometown of Wieliczka, Stanley Sr. had started the original Wozniak “New Deal” Democrat in 1932. Af- priest Father Jerzy Popiełuszko at event set the stage for the ever- Wozniak, Sr. sponsored her to come Lounge on West 19th Street in the ter a brief stint in the Army near the the trial of his three secret-police deepening divide, sometimes called to America. He thought she’d be a 1930s, and went on to open the Blue end of World War II, the younger murderers. He was an adviser to the Polish-Polish War, which has perfect match for his son, Stanley Island Avenue location in the early Dingell earned his bachelor’s and Solidarity, and took part in the poisoned Polish politics ever since. Jr., a polka musician who played 1950s. The Lounge closed around law degrees from Georgetown Uni- 1992. roundtable that paved the way to Following Olszewski’s death, with Eddie Blazonczyk’s Versa- versity. In 1991, when Hollywood direc- Following the sudden death of Poland’s independence. politicians from across the political tones and Marion Lush & the Musi- cal Stars. tor Ron Howard directed his film his father in 1955, Dingell — then a The leader of the conservative spectrum paid homage to the late According to Theresa’s cousin- “Backdraft” in Chicago, he select- 29-year-old attorney — won a spe- political grouping Ruch Odbudowy prime minister, who was given a Polski (Poland Rebuilding Move- in-law, Sophie Francis, when The- ed Wozniak’s Lounge for a party cial election to succeed him. state funeral. They included former ment), Olszewski headed Poland’s resa met the late Stanley, Jr., she scene in the movie. While he was The newly elected politician was prime minister Donald Tusk, now first fully non-communist postwar was smitten and liked what she saw. in Chicago, Theresa became his no stranger to the Capitol. Dingell government, which was short-lived chairman of the European Council. “She was happy,” Francis said, “She children’s babysitter. She later re- was serving as a page on the House but far-sighted. It was Olszewski “Sad news has come from War- fell in love with him.” ceived cast member credit for being floor when President Roosevelt who first set Poland on the path to saw. Jan Olszewski has died. A cou- Mrs. Wozniak passed away on the polka dancer in another movie asked Congress to declare war on NATO and European Union mem- rageous defender in political trials December 10 from respiratory fail- “Men Don’t Leave.” It was in this Japan on Dec. 8, 1941. In college, bership. By the same token, he and a participant in the Solidarity ure. She was 82. movie that Theresa convinced Jes- he supervised the building’s eleva- strongly opposed then president movement. A good man. May he Theresa Kubinski Wozniak ran sica Lange to dance the polka. tor operators. Lech Wałęsa’s plan to turn former rest in peace,” Tusk wrote on Twit- the famed Wozniak Lounge and She regularly hosted a variety of When he became the longest- Soviet bases in Poland into Russo- ter. Banquet Hall on South Blue Island events at Wozniak Lounge includ- serving U.S. House member in his- ing bingo nights, boxing tourna- tory in 2009, Dingell recalled enter- ments, and the crowning of Miss ing the chamber for the first time as Polish America and Polish Freedom a six-year-old and being in awe of EVERGREEN queens. A true star,` she was never the East door. intimidated by crowds. Her son, “I had never been in a place like FUNERAL HOME, INC. Stanly Wozniak III, recalls that this. I was a working-class kid from 131 NASSAU AVE., BROOKLYN, NY 11222 his mother once hosted a wedding a Polish neighborhood in Detroit, (718) 383-8600 for 700 people and another Polish and this was quite an event for me,” Highlander wedding, which had 38 Dingell told Time magazine at the Leslie P. 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DANCE TIME Polka Fans Come to the Aid of Those in Need by Jennifer Pijanowski in which the donation was reached. All the bands involved donated BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Variety their time, and did a wonderful job Club, the children’s charity of Buf- entertaining the audience. Thanks falo & Western New York hosted a to: Buffalo Concertina All Stars, polka night featuring The Buffalo Buffalo Touch, Special Delivery, Touch. Polka fans, Variety Club Phocus, and DJ Kenny Krew for members, charity supporters, and the nonstop entertainment and high many children joined in the event energy throughout the day. for a successful night of fun, danc- Longtime friends of the Krew ing and fellowship. Family, the Litwins, took the op- Money raised throughout the portunity to attend this worthwhile evening will be used to help Variety event and celebrate dad Joe Litwin’s Club continue their mission which 60th birthday. Thanks again to AT THE BROADWAY MARKET: (l. to r.): Kevin Pilarski, VARIETY CLUB BENEFIT. Mark and Sue Gawron; Jeff is to transform, uplift, and enrich Ricky Krew for his generosity and Michael Szafranski, and Beverly McLean. and Gail Fronczak. the lives of sick, disabled, and dis- support of this family during their advantaged children in Western tragic time. Kevin Pilarski, Michael Szafran- getting the audience involved and admission to the meeting. Events New York. Keeping us hydrated ski, and Beverly McLean were bus- on their feet. John Gora provided begin at 8:00 p.m. with music, light during the evening was a group of WINTER IS NOT A PROBLEM. tling as they served Polish beer to the music and, as always, wasted no refreshments, free beer, and pop bartenders, one of which was Bob Cold temperatures and snow did not thirsty patrons enjoying the event. time in getting the crowd engaged with your paid admission. There is Buyea, who is the proud father of keep fans away from three events You could see bottles of Tyskie and with his personality. Making his an annual picnic in the summer and the 2018 celebrity child Jackson. held on the same day during Janu- Żywiec being savored on a cold way through the crowd playing the a holiday dinner held in December Words cannot describe the love ary’s National Polka Month. winter Saturday, while appreciat- accordion encouraged the delight- as a part of this well-attended club. and dedication that the members of The Broadway Market was home ing the warmth of the Market. It ful atmosphere. Money raised dur- To learn more, visit its Facebook Variety Club put into raising money to the “Polka, Piwo and Pierogi” is delightful to see events such as ing this event benefitted Msgr. Ad- page for upcoming events or con- that stays local to kids who need it amski Polish Saturday School. tact club president Chris Tanski at in the Buffalo area. After St. Stan’s, I moved on to (716) 771-1076. Another great highlight of the watch New Direction at The Fire- evening was when my husband house. The Firehouse is a wonder- CELEBRATE BRUEGGEN’S IN- Rick realized that he had played the ful corner tavern located in Kai- DUCTION. The International Polka parents’ wedding of one of Vari- sertown, an area at the Buffalo Association inducted Gary Brueg- ety’s officers. After almost 30 years, -Cheektowaga border. The local gen into its Hall of Fame during its we got to catch up with not only that watering hole has been hosting a convention last September. Now couple, but another couple whose free Saturday night polka event for fans from his hometown area will wedding he had played, as well. It the past several months, so I was have the opportunity to congratu- is such a small world and polka mu- happy to stop by and check it out. late and celebrate with Gary at The sic continues to bless us with new New Direction played as fans en- IPA Hall of Fame Induction Dance, friendships that nurture our lives. joyed watching them in dimly lit Sun., March 31, 2019. We both had an unforgettable time back room and bar standers could The event takes place at the Rib chatting with the Gawron and Fron- JESSICA CAMERON BENEFIT (l. to r.): Joey Litwin; Erin Holstein; Chi- enjoy while sitting at the bar. It’s River Ballroom 3237 E. State Hwy czak families who we hope to see at Chi Hoelscher; Trevor Litwin; Joe Litwin, Jr.; Paula Litwin; Gary Litwin; a match made in heaven when lo- 29 in Marathon, Wisc. Admission is other events soon. Christina Litwin (holding Eliza Litwin), and Joe Litwin cal taverns host polka bands, as the just $10.00 and music will be pro- Polka bands joined forces to small spaces lend themselves to a vided by Gary’s Ridgeland Dutch- raise money for Jessica Cameron, a event featuring the Buffalo Touch. this keeping the traditions alive at a friendly atmosphere. I enjoyed see- man from 1:00-5:00 p.m. local 25-year-old mom who’s recov- Market-goers danced off the calo- market that is revered for the ethnic ing patrons at the bar enjoying the As anyone lucky enough to see ering from severe burns. Commu- ries to the music of the Touch as inception. music and singing along to their fa- him perform will tell you, Brueg- nity members in attendance helped it echoed through the landmark Next it was time to head to St. vorites. To can see upcoming dates gen’s talent is unsurpassed. A mas- to raise over $2500 toward medical building. It is always fun to watch Stanislaus Parish Hall for Polish at the tavern, visit New Direction’s ter of the concertina and drums, he bills for Jessica. Congratulations as shoppers stop by and cannot help Happy Hour celebrating Polish website thenewdirectionband.com. is also proficient and self-taught on and thank you to Ricky Krew who but sway and tap their toes to a few Grandparents Day. Members of the piano, button box, tuba, trum- organized this event and brought songs before moving on to finish Msgr. Adamski Polish Saturday A GREAT CLUB. The Buffalo Polka pet, and valve trombone. the polka community together to their shopping. Pierogi from several School sang Polish songs in honor Booster’s begins its 49th year sup- In addition to an astounding help a fellow Western New Yorker. vendors were available for purchase of grandparents. The Harmony porting local polka music. You can number of accomplishments in the Admission, 50/50 raffles, and door and the amazing smell wafted as Folk Ensemble was also on hand become a part of this social group polka world, he and his family are prize raffles were some of the ways each vendor freshly prepared them. performing traditional dances and by joining at its monthly meetings, the nicest people you could ever held on the third Wednesday of ev- know. This is sure to be an out- MARCH POLKA BIRTHDAYS ery month at Polish Falcons, 445 standing event honoring a superb Columbia Ave. in Depew. It is an musician and a true gentleman. Birthdays courtesy Li’l John’s Polka Show, WAVL Radio 910 AM and 98.7 FM, Saturday 10:00 a.m.- $8.00 annual fee to join, and $7.00 1:00 p.m., and on the web at www.987jack.fm. Live streaming at www.PA_Talk.com. For informa- tion, write to: 121 Seminole Dr., Greensburg, PA 15601; (724) 834-7871; [email protected]. 2 Todd Zaganiacz Polka DJ / Polka Jammer IJ Massachusetts 3 Fred Hudy 1942 8-31-13 Bandleader / Musician / IPA Officer Chicago 3 John Richnafsky 1952 Polka DJ WMBS Uniontown, Pa. ROCKIN’ROCKIN’ 3 Hank Guzevich 1963 Bandleader / Musician / Vocalist Pennsylvania S U N D A Y 4 Lucy Floccic Polka DJ Massachusetts 5 Dick Pillar 1940 Bandleader / Musician / DJ / Promoter Connecticut POLKASPOLKAS M O R N I N G 6 Al Pala 1945 Musician / Arranger (Pala Brothers) Indiana with POLKA SHOW 8 Christopher Piotrowski Pan Franek-Musician / Vocalist Michigan 8 Big Daddy Lackowski 1937 Bandleader / Musician / Vocalist Michigan MIKE & GEORGE PASIERB 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. 9 Nick Kanyan 1949 Musician / Vocalist / DJ Indiana, Pa. 9 Eddie Siwiec Musician / Vocalist / Arranger Michigan 88.1FM 10 Stephanie Pietrzak Bandleader / Musician / Vocalist Buffalo, N.Y. WXRL BOWLING GREEN, OHIO 10 Ray Kolodziej 1955 Bandleader / Musician / Vocalist / DJ Pennsylvania 1300 AM /95.5 FM 11 Chester Pala 1943 Musician (Trumpet) Pala Brothers Chicago bgfalconmedia.com 11 Fr. Dennis Bogusz 1950 Polka DJ Pennsylvania LANCASTER-BUFFALO Host: David Jackson 11 Steve (Simms) Seremet 1954 Musician / Vocalist Pennsylvania 12 Tommy Wanderlich 1966 Musician / Vocalist Arizona SAT. 2:00-3:00 p.m. Archive: https://www.mix- 13 Gene Mendalski 1933 4-19-15 Bandleader / Musician New Jersey SUN. 5:00-6:00 p.m. cloud.com/david-j-jackson/ 14 Casey Kliszak 1939 Musician (Concertina) Buffalo, N.Y. 15 Joni Zychowski Minehart Polka IJ (Polka Jammer) Pennsylvania 17 Larry Walk 1942 Polka DJ / Promoter IPA Youngstown OH. 17 Patrick Henry Cukierka 1963 Polka DJ / Promoter Chicago Polka Music on your 17 Jeff Mleczko Bandleader / Musician / Vocalist Michigan 18 Jeff Dyl Polka DJ Massachusetts computer 24 Hours a 19 Stas Ogrodny 1954 8-7-06 Musician / Vocalist (Versa Js) Pennsylvania Day plus many 19 Emily Bizon 2003 Vocalist Massachusetts 21 Ted Tomczak 1945 Bandleader / Musician / Vocalist Indiana LIVE and 22 Ted Lang 1976 Musician / Vocalist Ohio pre-recorded 24 Mark Kohan 1960 Musician / Vocalist / Bandleader / Buffalo, N.Y. shows! 26 Steve Fenus 1946 Musician / Vocalist Trel-Tones Pennsylvania 27 Stas Bulanda 1954 1-6-2010 Bandleader / Musician / Vocalist / Arranger Chicago 28 Lynn Marie Rink Bandleader / Musician / Vocalist Tennessee 29 Danny Mack Mackewicz 1943 2019 Musician / Arranger Florida 29 Bobby Shutty 1952 Musician (Carousels) Pennsylvania 30 Rick Pijanowski 1959 Musician / Vocalist Buffalo, N.Y. 31 Judy Stringhill Musician / Vocalist/ Promoter Pennsylvania 31 John Krizancic 1929 4-25-2009 Bandleader / Musician / Vocalist /Polka DJ Hermitage, Pa. 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Compiled by John Ziobrowski Fla. 2-5 (772) 643-5822 MARCH 30 • Buffalo Touch. Clinton Bar & Grill • Dennis Polisky. Oglebay Resort Polka Musicians Database To list your event, please send Buffalo, N.Y. 5:30 Wheeling WV 3-12 (304) 243-4064 date, band, location, times, Up and Running Again and contact number to: MARCH 15 MARCH 31 BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Polka The PMDB will eventually be • Stephanie. PACC Ludlow Ma 2:30- [email protected] • Box On. Ellie’s 50 Dinner Delray Beach, Fla. 5-10 (561) 276-1570 6:30 (413) 592-0367 Musicians Database, an on-line transferred to the PAJ’s website, reference library for polka musi- said Kohan. “We are extremely MARCH 2 • Polka All Stars. Polish Club Daytona MARCH 16 Beach, Fla. 2-5 (386) 258-7059 cians, fans, and collectors, is active grateful to Joe for the work he did to • The Knewz. Potts Banquet Hall Buf- • Polka All Stars. Backyard Winery falo, N.Y. 7-11 (716) 675-6588 • Sounds of The South. Polish Club St. once again. resurrect the database, which was Wildwood, Fla. 5-8 (352) 418-7887 Petersburg, Fla. 2-5 (727) 894-9908 • The Boys. Polish Cultural Foundation The listing, initiated by Polish taken down a few years ago. • Button Box Band. Aunt Maggie’s Co- • Nu Soundz. Pulaski Club Holiday, Fla. Clark, N.J. (201) 694-2330 American Journal editor Mark Ko- “We hope to create a permanent lumbia, Ill. 6-9 (618) 281-7894 2:30-5:30 (727) 848-7826 • Jimmy K. Our lady of Scapular Wyan- • Eddie Forman. St. Joseph Polish So- • Jeannie Music. PASC Hudson, Fla. han and former Polka Magazine ed- record of the tens of thousands of dotte, Mich. 7-11 ciety Colchester, Conn. 6-10 (860) 2-5 (727) 868-9763 itor Steve Litwin, is an alphabetical musicians who have played and re- MARCH 3 537-2550 • Joe Stanky. VFW Dupont, Pa. 2-6 listing of “just about anyone who corded polka music in the United • Special Delivery. Holy Mother of the • John Gora. Pulaski Club Phoenix, (570) 472-1152 has ever played a polka, and sub- States and Canada since the turn of Rosary Paczki Day. Lancaster, N.Y. 2-6 Ariz. (602) 275-9329 mitted the information.” the last century,” he continued. “We • Lenny Gomulka. Holy Spirit Party Ctr. APRIL 5-7 (716) 983-5084 • Holy Toledo Polka Days. Renaissance The PAJ asked for a volunteer are counting on today’s musicians Parma, Ohio. 7-11 (440) 884-8452 • Dennis Polisky. VFW New Britain, Hotel Toledo, Ohio. (419) 351-5031 to help in the re-construction of and the relatives of those who have Conn. 1-5 (860) 828-6231 MARCH 17 • Walt Ostanek / Joe Stanky / Jimmy the database, and Joe Kiwak (EFO passed, to help us preserve their • The Boys. PAV Pine Island, N.Y. 2-6 • Northern Lites. Polish Club Daytona Sturr / Polka Quads / Polka Method Webmaster) from Massachusetts memory.” (845) 344-1312 Beach, Fla. 2-5(386) 258-7059 Villa Roma Resort Callicoon, N.Y. stepped up. There is no charge to submit in- • Polka All Stars. Polish Club Daytona • Nu Soundz. Polish Club St. Peters- (800) 724-0727 Beach, Fla. 2-5 (386) 258-7059 Musicians, their friends, and formation to the site. burg, Fla. 3-6 (727) 894-9908 APRIL 6 their family members are encour- For more information or ques- • Fla. Honky Band. Polish Club St. Pe- • Jeannie Music. PASC Hudson, Fla. • Special Delivery. Buffalo Distilling tersburg, Fla. 2-5 (727) 894-9908 2-5 (727) 868-9763 aged to submit their bios to the da- tions about the Polka Musicians Buffalo, N.Y. (716) 254-3610 tabase by going to the polamjour- Database, contact Joe at joe-k@ • Jeannie Music. PASC Hudson, Fla. • John Gora. Pulaski Club Phoenix, • The Boys. Polish Club Uniontown, 2-5 (727) 868-9763 Ariz. (602) 275-9329 Pa. 6-10 (724) 557-7771 nal.com, and clicking on the PMDB earthlink.net. • Joe Stanky. VFW Dupont, Pa. 2-6 • Lenny Gomulka. Polish Falcons Mt. box on the bottom right of the PAJ’s (570) 472-1152 Pleasant, Pa. 3-7 (724) 574-8962 APRIL 7 home page at polamjournal.com. • Special Delivery. Broadway Market Listen to the Once on the website, you have a MARCH 9 MARCH 18 Buffalo, N.Y. 12-3 (716) 893-0705 • Box On. Pulaski Club Holiday, Fla. • Dennis Polisky. Public Library Indian • Eddie Forman. PACC Ludlow, Mass. choice of printing the PMDB form, 4-7:30 (727) 848-7826 Orchard, Mass. noon 2:30-6:30 (413) 592-0367 or submitting the information on- BIG TONY POLKA SHOW • The Boys. PACC Ludlow, Mass. 7-11 • Polka Country Musicians. Slovenian line. (413) 592-0367 MARCH 24 Hall Yukon, Pa. (724) 722-9700. In addition to birth place and WJJL 1440 AM • The Knewz. Irish Center Buffalo, N.Y. Niagara Falls / Buffalo, NY MARCH 10 3-8 (716) 825-9535 date, information being document- • Dennis Polisky / Lenny Gomulka / • Polka Classics. Polish Club Daytona ed includes instruments played, SUNDAY EVENING Eddie Forman PACC Ludlow, Mass. Beach, Fla. 2-5 (386) 258-7059 orchestras and bands the artist per- 5:00 p.m. 2-7 (908) 963-0890 • Northern Sounds. Polish Club St. Pe- formed with, honors and awards, • Melotones. Polish Club Belleview, tersburg, Fla. 3-6 (727) 894-9908 and a discography. Send all promotional material to Fla. 2-5 (352) 873-2964 • Jeannie Music. PASC Hudson, Fla. “We are hoping to eventually Tony Rozek • Sounds of The South. Polish Club 2-5 (727) 868-9763 cross-reference this with other pol- Daytona Beach, Fla. 2-5 (386) 258- 78 Cochrane St. • Lenny Gomulka. Polish Club South ka and Polish American websites Buffalo, NY 14206 7059 Deerfield, Mass. 2-6 (413) 665-8735 • Polka All Stars. Polish Club St. Peters- and databases,” said Kohan. “Ide- burg, Fla. 2-5 (727) 894-9908 MARCH 29 ally, you will be able to click on an For advertising information, call • Dennis Polisky. Oglebay Resort • Jeannie Music. PASC Hudson, Fla. artist’s recording and hear a sample (716) 824-6092 2-5 (727) 868-9763 Wheeling WV 3-12 (304) 243-4064 of their work, or view photos or vid- [email protected] • Box On. Moose Lodge Vero Beach, eos of them on stage.” FUN FOR ALL AGES! 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