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THE SARMATIAN REVIEW Vol THE SARMATIAN REVIEW Vol. XXI, No. 3 September 2001 History and Its Interpretations “Forest Depths,” a lithograph by Leszek Gł∏bowski (2000). Courtesy of a private collector in Houston. 806 THE SARMATIAN REVIEW September 2001 his/her lifetime. He organized confer- The Sarmatian Review (ISSN 1059-5872) is From the Editor ences, brought together scholars, pub- a triannual publication of the Polish Institute of Houston. This issue confronts Polish humanities on lished articles, suggested areas of re- The journal deals with Polish, Central, and Eastern Euro- many levels, from poetry to the much- pean affairs, and their implications for the United States. search to colleagues and students, super- We specialize in the translation of documents. contested general interpretations. History vised or contributed to countless projects. Subscription price is $15.00 per year for individuals, $21.00 is patient of many interpretations, and in That no permanent U.S. academic posi- for institutions and libraries ($21.00 for individuals, $27.00 spite of their proliferation, new interpre- tion has so far been found for this excep- for libraries overseas, air mail). The views expressed by tations have to be advanced, if only to authors of articles do not necessarily represent those of the tional scholar speaks volumes about Editors or of the Polish Institute. Articles are subject to edit- avoid being snowed under by ridiculous American Polonia’s lack of support for ing. Unsolicited manuscripts and other materials are not interpretations offered by ignoramuses. Polish studies and its willingness to let returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed and History is always contested, and a neglect polonistyka be defined by those who stamped envelope. Please submit your contribution on a to conduct an interpretive dialogue results Macintosh disk together with a printout. Letters to the Edi- would drive it to the boundaries of a cari- tor can be e-mailed to <[email protected]>, with an ac- in a massive imposition of identity on catured marginality. companying printout sent by snail mail. Articles, letters, those who live by such neglect. The ne- One should note the various Polish and subscription checks should be sent to glectful groups (nations, ethnic groups, and other non-Germanic Central Euro- The Sarmatian Review, P. O. Box 79119, Houston, religious groups) are inevitably pean organizations that waste time and Texas 77279-9119. ghettoized in conditions of the open so- The Sarmatian Review retains the copyright for all materi- resources on entertainment and related als included in print and online issues. Copies for personal ciety. The divergences between their self- self-congratulatory activities in their own or educational use are permitted by section 107 and 108 of interpretation and interpretations im- respective ghettos. In that regard, the the U.S. Copyright Law. Permission to redistribute, repub- posed by others grow so large that such Kosciuszko Foundation remains a wel- lish, or use SR materials in advertising or promotion must groups lose their public presence. A gen- be submitted in writing to the Editor. come exception. Editor: Ewa M. Thompson (Rice University). erous supply of self-interpretations that An analysis of Tomasz Jastrun’s po- Editorial Advisory Committee: Janusz A. Ihnatowicz (Uni- are made accessible to others has to be etry (in Daniel Bourne’s translation) by versity of Saint Thomas), Marek Kimmel (Rice Univer- provided in order to avoid such Professor Leonard Kress reminds us that sity), Alex Kurczaba (University of Illinois), Marcus D. ghettoization. Leuchter (Holocaust Museum Houston),Witold J. the personal and the political do mix in Lukaszewski (Sam Houston State University), Michael J. This issue reminds readers that in mod- Central Europe. The United States is one Mikos (University of Wisconsin), Jan Rybicki (Kraków ern times, history has become interpre- of the few countries where such a rela- Pedagogical University), James R. Thompson (Rice Uni- tation, often a literary interpretation in a tionship is rare. A point to consider when versity), Piotr Wilczek (University of Silesia-Katowice). Gramscian fashion, and protests to the Web Pages: Lisa Spiro (Rice University). interpreting works from one of those Web Address: <http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~sarmatia>. contrary will not change the situation. ‘tense’ countries that cannot afford the Sarmatian Review Council: Marla K. Burns (Burns What can bring about change is the ‘relaxed’ atmosphere in which literary & Associates), Boguslaw Godlewski (Diagnostic tortoise’s persistence; for hares are often creativity is couched in the United States. Clinic of Houston), Iga J. Henderson, Danuta Z. enthusiastic but give up when faced with Hutchins (Buena Vista University), Joseph A. Finally, we present a poignant poem Jachimczyk (J .A. Jachimczyk Forensic Center of Har- persistence. by Helen Bajorek MacDonald on her par- ris County, Texas), Leonard M. Krazynski (Honorary This brings us to an interview with W. ents’ martyrology. Her family was among Polish Consul in Houston) , Aleksandra Ziółkowska- Martin, guest editor of the issue of Chi- the hundreds of thousands of Polish fami- Boehm. cago Review containing a selection of lies deported or imprisoned by the Sovi- In this issue: works of Polish literature written in the ets in the Soviet-occupied part of Poland 1990s. What a bright point of light in the during the years of Soviet-Nazi friend- landscape of Polish Studies in America, ship, 1939–1941. In the January 2001 THE SARMATIAN REVIEW INDEX......807 and how well it speaks of the vitality of issue of SR, we published her poem on W. Martin in conversation with Alicja Polish literature. Martin deserves much Jankowska et al.........................................809 how she lost her mother: when the cattle appreciation for putting together this vol- BOOKS....................................................812 wagon train stopped for a few minutes at Leonard Kress, On the Crossroads of Asia ume (reviewed in the April 2001 issue of some Russian station, her mother went and Europe (review)..................................817 SR and still available for purchase). Pro- out to barter clothing for food. The train Maria Rubins, Writing a Usable Past (re- fessor Piotr Wilczek likewise deserves left before she managed to get back, and view)........................................................822 much praise for being the spiritus movens her daughter’s last impression of her was Marek Jan Chodakiewicz, Poland: An Illus- behind this interview. Wilczek taught at her desperate face as she ran behind the trated History (review)............................823 the University of Chicago and at UIC at the train trying to get on board. In this issue, Andrzej Karcz, Necessary Lies (review).826 time when the interview was conducted. It the loss of another deportee is mourned. Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm, Zupełnie is thanks to his initiative that it now appears normalna historia (review).......................827 The remainder of the issue consists on our pages. Helen Bajorek MacDonald, “Mapping Flesh of book reviews representing a variety with Stone” (poem).................................827 Indeed, during his three-year tenure at of points of view and dealing with a LETTERS................................................828 various American universities, Wilczek variety of books, from scholarly vol- ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTES....830 did more for Polish and non-Germanic umes to imaginative literature. This is- ABOUT THE AUTHORS......................831 Central European Studies in the United sue has more book reviews than any States than many a tenured professor over past issue. ∆ September 2001 THE SARMATIAN REVIEW 807 The Sarmatian Review Index Drug use and AIDS Estimated number of regular drug abusers in Russia (pop. 145 million) in 2000: nearly five million. Percentage of 18–30 year olds among all addicts: 60 percent. Percentage of pre-college teenagers among all addicts: 20 percent. Source: Russia’s health ministry, as reported by AFP (Moscow), 22 February 2001. Number of Russians who contracted the HIV virus since 1987: 300,000, or double the previous estimate. Number of people with HIV in Moscow and Petersburg in 2000: 10 times higher than in 1999. Source: Russian health officials, as reported by AFP, 11 March 2001. Percentage of Muscovites who have tried drugs: 10 percent. Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1 June 2001. Cinema Number of American-style large movie theaters in Moscow in 2001: 15. Number of such theaters in the rest of the country including St. Petersburg: approximately the same number. Average number of films made yearly in postcommunist Russia: 30. Average number of films made yearly in communist Russia: 150. Source: AFP, 30 March 2001. Communist legacies Number of officers of Jewish origin expelled from the army in Soviet-occupied Poland in 1968–1980 because of their Jewish origin and ‘rehabilitated’ in 2001: 1,348. Source: Polish Defense Minister Bronisław Komorowski, as reported by AFP, 8 March 2001. Percentage of Russians who believe that Lenin played a positive role in Russian history: 66.7 percent. Source: ROMIR-Gallup poll in April 2001, as reported by AFP, 22 April 2001. Soviet Russia’s economic priorities Percentage of GDP spent on defense and defense-oriented projects in the USSR: 70 percent. Percentage of Soviet hospitals that did not have hot water or indoor toilets in 1986, the year “Mir” was launched: 30 percent and 35 percent, respectively. Percentage
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