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The Sarmatian Review THE SARMATIAN REVIEW Vol. XXV, No. 1 January 2005 The Significance of Panna Maria, Texas The parish church and hall founded by nineteenth century Polish settlers in Karnes County, Texas. Courtesy of the Rev. Wojciech Reisch. 1086 SARMATIAN REVIEW January 2005 The Sarmatian Review (ISSN 1059- Cyprian Norwid (review) . .1099 Lynne Olson and Stanley Cloud’s book, 5872) is a triannual publication of the Polish Institute Raymond Gawronski, SJ, A Ques- a review of Wesley Adamczyk’s book of Houston. The journal deals with Polish, Central, by Professor Marek Jan Chodakiewicz, and Eastern European affairs, and it explores their tion of Honor: Forgotten Heroes of implications for the United States. We specialize in World War II (review) . 1101 and Sally Boss’s short review of Lilka the translation of documents.Sarmatian Review is Marek Jan Chodakiewicz, When Trzcinska-Croydom Auschwitz indexed in the American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies and in P.A.I.S. International God Looked the Other Way: An memoir. Professor Halina Ablamowicz Database available on OCLC FirstSearch. Odyssey of War, Exile, and Redemp- put together important translations of Subscription price is $15.00 per year for individuals, primary materials related to the $21.00 for institutions and libraries ($21.00 for tion (review) . .1103 individuals, $27.00 for libraries overseas, air mail). Wojciech Kajtoch, MyÊli o szcz∏Êciu deportations. Professor Kevin The views expressed by authors of articles do not (review) . 1104 Christianson offers us a welcome respite necessarily represent those of the Editors or of the from these topics in his subtle reading Polish Institute of Houston. Articles are subject to Halina Ablamowicz, Polish Poetry editing. Unsolicited manuscripts and other materials in Siberian Exile: A Survivor’s of Adam Czerniawski’s translation of are not returned unless accompanied by a self- Daughter’s Commentary . 1105 Cyprian Norwid’s poetry. addressed and stamped envelope. Please submit your contribution electronically and send a printout by air Jerzy Narbutt, Measure . 1111 Obviously the Gulag survivors have mail. Letters to the Editor can be e-mailed to About the Authors . .1111 felt the urge to pour forth the suppressed <[email protected]>, with an accompanying memories and thus to contribute to future printout (including return address) sent by air mail. Articles, letters, and subscription checks should be From the Editor corrections. It will still take time for these mailed to Two themes dominate this issue. The primary materials to influence scholarly The Sarmatian Review, P. O. Box 79119, first is the celebration of the 150th publications and then the official Houston, Texas 77279–9119. anniversary of the arrival in Texas of academic history of the Second World The Sarmatian Review retains the copyright for all War as taught at American universities. materials included in print and online issues. Copies Polish Silesians to whom many Texans for personal or educational use are permitted by section of Polish background trace their ancestry. It should be remembered that “jedna 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Permission jaskółka nie czyni wiosny” [a single to redistribute, republish, or use SR materials in Our editorial opinion is that while the advertising or promotion must be submitted in writing celebration was largely successful and swallow does not yet bring in spring]. A to the Editor. it brought much joy to the participants, large body of writing is necessary to Editor: Ewa Thompson (Rice University). make the corrections and to begin to Editorial Advisory Committee: Janusz A. Ihnatowicz the long-range goals of this and other (University of Saint Thomas), Joseph A.Kotarba such celebrations have not yet been change discourse. Within the body of (University of Houston), Alex Kurczaba (University attained. Foremost among these goals discourse that now prevails in academia of Illinois), Marcus D. Leuchter (Holocaust Museum it is virtually impossible to introduce Houston),Witold J. Lukaszewski (Sam Houston State is a place at the table in the American University), Theresa Kurk McGinley (North Harris dialogue, the place which Americans of either the points of view or the facts of College), Michael J. MikoÊ(University of Wisconsin), history that express in depth Polish Jan Rybicki (Kraków Pedagogical University), Polish background are yet to secure. Dariusz Skórczewski (Catholic University of Lublin), The second topic forced itself on the concerns and Polish historical memory. Tamara Trojanowska (University of Toronto), Piotr editors’ attention, as it were. In recent To change the tenor and direction of Wilczek (University of Silesia). intellectual discourse cannot be Copy Editor: Cyndy Brown years we noted an increasing number of Web Pages: Lisa Spiro (Rice University). published texts dealing with the Polish accomplished by a book or two, not even Web Address: <http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~sarmatia>. role in the Second World War. This by a dozen books. Sarmatian Council: James Burns (Houston), Iga J. Professor Edward Rozek is well aware Henderson (Houston), Joseph A. Jachimczyk (J. A. material was suppressed in Soviet- Jachimczyk Forensic Center of Harris County, Texas), occupied Poland. The texts deal with the of these matters. In his review of Marek Kimmel (Rice University), Leonard M. Yearbook of the Polish Foreign Policy Krazynski (First Honorary Polish Consul in Houston, 1939–1941 deportations of Poles to the Sugarland), James R. Thompson (Rice University). Gulag, and also with the deportations, 2003 he argues that the Polish state is unlawful imprisonments, and executions not yet a player in the international arena. In this issue: Polish diplomacy cannot boast of a SR Index . 1087 in Soviet-occupied Poland in 1945– 1956. These events are described in the Talleyrand who defended the interests Our Take: The Significance of Panna Maria, of the defeated France at the Congress Texas. 1089 memoirs, reminiscences, and poetry of Vienna in 1815 and who scored Richard J. Hunter, Jr. and Leo V. Ryan, CSV, written by survivors. Sarmatian Review An Update on the Polish Economy. 1090 has received quite a few submissions in spectacularly even though he played Michael J. MikoÊ, In Memoriam: Zygmunt this category. We are pleased to note an a weak hand. However, a hope for a Kubiak. 1093 increasing number of scholarly books Polish Talleyrand should not be BOOKS BOOKS and CDs Received .1094 on these topics. abandoned. ∆ Yearbook of Polish Edward J. Rozek, 123456789012345678901234567890121 We publish a poignant review by 123456789012345678901234567890121 123456789012345678901234567890121 Foreign Policy, 2003 (review) . 1098 123456789012345678901234567890121 Kevin Christianson, Selected Poems by Professor Raymond Gawronski of January 2005 SARMATIAN REVIEW 1087 The Sarmatian Review Index The press in Europe in 1903 Number of serial publications in Polish in 1903: over 600, of which 570 are known by title. Number of serial publications in German in 1903: about 9,000. Number of serial publications in French, English, and Czech, respectively, in 1903: under 7,000; about 30,000; 914. Source: Jan Kucharzewski, CzasopiÊmiennictwo polskie wieku XIX w Królestwie, na Litwie i Rusi oraz na emigracyi (Warsaw-Kraków: Gebethner and Wolff, 1911), pp. 120–21. Readership of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s journal in Russia of his day Number of subscriptions to Dostoevsky’s serial Diary of a Writer in the 1870s: 900. Source: Joseph Frank, Dostoevsky: The Mantle of the Prophet, 1871–1881 (Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 2002). Higher education in contemporary Poland Number of freshman students admitted to the public and private institutions of higher learning in Poland in Fall 2004: 315,000 and 220,000, respectively, for a total of 535,000. Percentage increase in admissions in private institutions: 130 percent as compared to 2003. Source: Rzeczpospolita, 17 June 2004. Ut unum sint Percentage of Russians who do not favor reuniting the Orthodox Church with the Catholic Church: 69 percent. Percentage of those who favor reunification: 17 percent (the poll did not say how the remaining 14 percent voted). Categories of people most opposed to reunification: women, those with above average incomes, and those with higher education. Source: ROMIR poll of 2,000 Russians, as reported by UPI, 15 July 2004. Dangers of the Ukrainian coal mines Number of miners killed in accidents in the Ukrainian coal mines each year: 300 to 400. Number of coal mines in Ukraine: 220. World Bank recommendations concerning 50 percent of these mines: it would be cheaper for Ukraine to close them down and import coal than to keep them in operation without overhauling the inadequate Soviet-style worker security systems. Source: UPI, 20 July 2004. Polish deaths in Iraq Number of Polish soldiers and nonmilitary personnel killed in Iraq between 1 January and 13 September 2004: 17. Source: Rzeczpospolita, 13 September 2004. Biometric passports a wave of the future? Date when the Swiss government will make available to its citizens, on an optional basis, the new biometric passports containing digital fingerprints and a digital picture: end of 2005. Date when the United States will require biometric identifiers for U.S. entry without a visa: after 2005. Number of Swiss citizens who travel to the United States each year: 200,000 (out of the total population of 7.4 million). Source: Swiss news agency Swissworld, as reported by UPI, 15 September 2004. Russian poll on civil liberties Percentage of Russians who favor more random identity checks by police to fight terrorism: 82 percent. Source: A national poll reported by the Novosti news agency on 9 November 2004, as reported by UPI on the same day. The world’s coldest cities with more than one million people in 2001 Novosibirsk, Omsk, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Perm, Samara, Ufa, Kazan, Nizhnii Novgorod, Ottawa (nine out of ten are in Russia). Economic consequences of this situation: all except Ottawa, Canada, are a drain on the economy and are unsustainable in the market economy in the long run.
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