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Erich Lessing - POLAND. 1956.
POLAND. 1956.
POLAND. 1956.
POLAND. 1956.
Upper Silesia. Town of Bytom. Little girl carrying beers for dinner.
Upper Silesia was the center of Polish coalmining.
POLAND. Krakow / Cracow. 1956.
A Polish-jewish family celebrates a son's Bar Mitzwah in a prayer room.
There were 3.000 jews left in Cracow in 1956, the comm
Warsaw.
Members of the Warsaw Jewish Theatre during a rehearsal.
Because of a small annual state-subsidy they received, the actors performed only 10 days a mo
POLAND. Nova Huta. 1956.
Upper Silesia. Town of Bytom. Coal mines. Woman repairing tracks in the former Hohenzollern-mine.
Upper
Poronin near Zakopane.
The Lenin Museum where LENIN spent a few years at the beginning of the century. The house now converted into a museum was a pub where t
Warsaw.
Chief-Rabbi PERCEWICZ, 83 years old, Rabbi of Warsaw in the only remaining synagogue in town after the war damages.
Silesia. Town of Czestochova.
Annual pilgrimage to the Black Madonna a Franciscan Shrine dedicated to Blessed Mother Mary, revered as the Queen of Peace and
POLAND. Near Gdansk. Town of Sopot. 1956.
Czestochowa.
Silesia. Town of Czestochova. Monastery of Jasna Gora (Bright Hill).
Annual pilgrimage to the Black Madonna a Franciscan Shrine dedicated to Blessed Mother M
Poronin near Zakopane.
The Lenin Museum, former pub where the first meeting of the Central Comittee of the Russian Communist Party was held, converted into
POLAND. Nova Huta. 1956.
Socialist Realism:a mural of happy farmers on a tractor on the wall of a shabby building in a small Polish town near Nova Huta.
Silesia region. Town of Nova Huta. Vacant lot and new housing developments.
POLAND. Nova Huta. 1956.
Saturday afternoon in Nova Huta:Soldiers at the fairground.
Upper Silesia. Town of Bytom. Children playing.
Upper Silesia was the center of Polish coalmining.
Silesia region. Town of Nova Huta. In strongly Catholic Poland it is not unusual to see people kneeling in the street when a priest and his acolyte pass with th
POLAND. Krakow / Cracow. 1956. Children getting religious instruction in a small room attached to the synagogue. There were 3.000 jews left in Cracow in 1956,
POLAND. Krakow / Cracow. 1956. Evening service in the synagogue.
There were 3.000 jews left in Cracow in 1956,the community had three synagogues but no rabbi.
Communist Poland remains strongly Catholic, procession for Saints' days and other holidays are always celebrated.
Warsaw. The Ghetto-Monument, erected on the ruins of the former ghetto, remains the Jewish armed resistance against the Nazis during the Holocaust. Initiated b
Warsaw. Old Town, reconstruction of the Stare Miasto district.
The Second World War effects were devastating : cities and infrastructure were largely reduced
POLAND. Warsaw. Monument dedicated to the national hero Tadeusz KOSCIUSZKO (1746-1817), who fought alongside George Washington during the American War of Indepe
Silesia region. Town of Nova Huta. Lunch hour at the steel mill. This industrial center was Communist Poland's flagship and pride.
Upper Silesia. Town of Katovice, (Stalingorod,for a few years).
A man drops a contribution into the collection box of a new church. The church was financed by
Warsaw. Party-secretary Wladyslaw GOMULKA and Prime Minister Josef CYRANKIEWICZ during a youth festival at the stadium.
"Wolfsschanze"(Rastenburg), in East Prussia
Wolfsschanze, Rastenburg, Poland Wolfsschanze ("wolf's lair"),Rastenburg,East
Czestochova. Monastery of Jasna Gora.
Pilgrimage to the Black Madonna a Franciscan Shrine dedicated to Blessed Mother Mary, revered as the Queen of Peace and
POLAND. Czestochowa,1956 The "Black Madonna" of Czestochowa is Polands most famous sanctuary.Every year,tens of thousands of pilgrims from all over the country
POLAND. Warsaw. 1956.
On Warsaw's "American Market" anything from buttons to evening gowns could be bought.The goods came mostly from gift parcels sent by US-re
POLAND. Cracow. 1956.
Newlyweds in front of a Cracow church. Church weddings were the rule in Communist Poland, which has remained staunchly Catholic.
POLAND. Nova Huta. 1956.
A worker sleeping in a vacant lot in the new town of Nova Huta.A poem by Adam Vaszik,describing the all- pervading sadness in the new i
POLAND. Warsaw. 1956.
Private hairdresser in Warsaw. In 1956,a limited amount of small,private enterprises was permitted and a two-year tax exemption encouraged
POLAND. Gdansk-Danzig. 1956.
Ruins in war-destroyed Gdansk. Poland began rebuilding Gdansk in all its medieaval splendour immediately after World War II,in time
POLAND. Warsaw. 1956.
Actors of the "Cabaret Wagabunda"were an independent group,different from other theatres not state-financed. Its sharp satyre drew appreci
POLAND. Katovice. (Stalinogrod). 1956.
Ruins in war-destroyed Gdansk. Poland began rebuilding Gdansk in all its medieaval splendour immediately after World War
POLAND. Warsaw. 1956.
In 1956,Poland was the only country in the Communist world which permitted jews to emigrate to Israel. Daily crowds in front of the Israel
Poland. Bytom. 1956. yuong woman restoring rails into a landmine.
POLAND. Bytom. 1956.
Lunch for a miner's family in Bytom,Polands richest coal region in Upper Silesia.
POLAND. Bytom. 1956.
New housing developments spring up all over Poland's industrial areas.A miner in his new,still empty apartment in Bytom.
POLAND. Cracow. 1956.
A boy's Bar Mitzvah in Cracow;in 1956,the city had three synagogues,but no rabbi.A minian of ten Jewish citizens performs the ceremony in
POLAND. Nova Huta. 1956.
Sunday gloom in Nova Huta,an industrial town built after World War II.The Nova Huta steelmill was the pride and flagship of the heavy i
POLAND. Nova Huta. 1956.
A worker sleeping in a vacant lot in the new town of Nova Huta.A poem by Adam Vaszik,describing the all- pervading sadness in the new i
POLAND. Katovice. (Stalinogrod). 1956.
Youngsters in the outskirts of the coalmining region of Stalinogrod (Katovice),
POLAND. Katovice. (Stalinogrod). 1956.
A charwoman rolls out the rug in a new church built in Katowice(Stalingorod,for a few years),a mining town in Upper Siles
POLAND. Bytom. 1956.
A mine in Bytom,Poland.Many German workers left Bytom (the former Beuthen) after the war and in 1956 there was a shortage of miners.
POLAND. Rastenburg. 1956.
Tourists stand on the ruins of the "Wolfsschanze" - the "Wolf's Lair" in Rastenburg,then East-Prussia,now Poland.The bunker was Hitler
POLAND. Czestochowa. 1956.
The "Black Madonna" of Czestochowa is Polands most famous sanctuary.Every year,tens of thousands of pilgrims from all over the countr
POLAND. Cracow. 1956.
A boy's Bar Mitzvah in Cracow;in 1956,the city had three synagogues,but no rabbi.A minian (the prescribed number) of Jewish citizens perfo
POLAND. Katovice (Stalinogrod). 1956.
Miners leaving a mine in Katovice.Paintings above the entrance show the Warsaw "wedding-cake", the multi-function building
POLAND. Czestochowa. 1956.
The "Black Madonna" of Czestochowa is Polands most famous sanctuary.Every year,tens of thousands of pilgrims from all over the countr
POLAND. Czestochowa. 1956.
The "Black Madonna" of Czestochowa is Polands most famous sanctuary.Every year,tens of thousands of pilgrims from all over the countr
POLAND. Warsaw. 1956.
Children in front of Warsaw's Palace of Culture,a gift by the Soviet Union to the Polish capital. Much criticized because of its Stalinist
POLAND. Bytom. 1956.
Young women repairing tracks in the former Hohenzollern-coalmine.
POLAND. Warsaw. 1956.
In 1956,Poland still had a Jewish theatre which received a small annual state-subsidy.The actors performed ten days a month in Warsaw and
POLAND. Nova Huta. 1956.
Nova Huta steelmill near Cracow was Communist Poland's industrial flagship and pride. A group of workers during lunch hour.
POLAND. Gdansk. 1956.
Ruins in Gdansk.
POLAND. Gdansk. 1956.
Gdansk (Danzig),Poland, after massive destruction during World War II. In the center Marienkirche, Saint Mary's church, to the right the "
POLAND. Katovice. (Stalinogrod). 1956.
A charwoman sweeps the floor of a new church built in Katowice(Stalingorod,for a few years),a mining town in Upper Silesi
POLAND. Cukowowa. 1956.
Farmer Branan Zalewski preferred to to harvest without the aid of the state-machine station,wanting to remain independent of outside int
POLAND. Czestochowa. 1956.
The "Black Madonna" of Czestochowa is Polands most famous sanctuary.Every year,tens of thousands of pilgrims from all over the countr
POLAND. Czestochowa. 1956.
The "Black Madonna" of Czestochowa is Polands most famous sanctuary.Every year,tens of thousands of pilgrims from all over the countr
POLAND. 1956.
POLAND. Wladyslaw Gomulka. 1956.
POLAND. Czestochowa. Monastery of Jasna Gora. 1956.
POLAND. Nova Huta. 1956.
POLAND. Pilgrimage at Czestochowa. 1956.
POLAND. 1956.
POLAND. Warsaw. 1956.
In 1956,Poland was the only country in the Communist world which permitted jews to emigrate to Israel. Daily crowds in front of the Israel
POLAND. Warsaw. 1956.
The executive committee of PAX,the government- sponsored Catholic movement.From l to r:Horodynski, Rostworowski and Przetakiewics.
POLAND. Warsaw. 1956.
An exhibit of modern paintings by Polish artists, in one of the re-built houses on Warsaw's market place, the Stare Miasto.
POLAND. 1956.
Polish officer
POLAND. Warsaw. 1956.
Rabinate.
POLAND. Bytom. 1956.
Washroom at the former Hohenzollern-mine in Bytom. Most of the miners were Silesians who spoke better German than Polish,but had Polish cit
POLAND. Warsaw. 1956.
In 1956,Poland was the only country in the Communist world which permitted jews to emigrate to Israel. Daily crowds in front of the Israel
POLAND. Gdansk. 1956.
Shipbuilding in the wharf at Gdansk (Danzig),1956. Former Polish president Lech Walesa was an electrician in the Gdansk shipyard,when he s
POLAND. Cukowowa. 1956.
Farmer Branan Zalewski preferred to to harvest without the aid of the state-machine station,wanting to remain independent of outside int
POLAND. Pilgrimage at Czestochowa. 1956.
POLAND. Warsaw. 1956.
Private cobbler shop in Warsaw. In 1956, a limited amount of small, private enterprises was permitted and a two-year tax exemption encour
POLAND. Warsaw. 1956.
Above every Warsaw street looms the "Gangsters' wedding cake",so named by writer Graham Greene.The multi-purpose cultural center was a gif
POLAND. Poronin. 1956.
Socialist-realist mural in a small Polish town,shows happy workers,both industrial(coal) and agricultural under the rising sun of Sociali
POLAND. Nova Huta. 1956.
Nova Huta,in 1956 an unfinished town with vacant lots. Mothers and children take the air on a shabby lawn A ferris-wheel and new,cheap
POLAND. Nova Huta. 1956.
Saturday afternoon in Nova Huta:Soldiers at the fairground.
POLAND. Warsaw. 1956.
Rabinate.
POLAND. Katovice (Stalinogrod). 1956.
Miners returning home after work.
POLAND. Katovice. (Stalinogrod). 1956.
A charwoman sweeps the floor of a new church built in Katowice(Stalingorod,for a few years),a mining town in Upper Silesi
POLAND. Warsaw. 1956.
While Stare Miasto-Square was painstakingly rebuilt in its old splendour,houses in other Warsaw streets were still in ruins.
POLAND. 1956.
POLAND. 1956.
POLAND. Czestochowa. 1956.
The "Black Madonna" of Czestochowa is Polands most famous sanctuary.Every year,tens of thousands of pilgrims from all over the countr
POLAND. 1956.
POLAND. Cracow. 1956.
Lessing's car in Cracow.
POLAND. Pilgrimage at Czestochowa. 1956.
POLAND. 1956. Czestochowa.
POLAND. Bytom. 1956.
Edward Gierek,Secretary General of the Polish Communist Party, addressing a meeting in Bytom.
POLAND. Bytom. 1956.
Edward Gierek,Secretary General of the Polish Communist Party, addressing a meeting in Bytom.
POLAND. Bytom. 1956.
Miners.
POLAND. Cracow. 1956.
A boy's Bar Mitzvah in Cracow;in 1956,the city had three synagogues,but no rabbi.A minian (the prescribed number) of Jewish citizens perfo
POLAND. 1956.
POLAND. Katovice (Stalinogrod). 1956.
The drab streets of Katovice,Poland's most important mining town.
POLAND. Katovice (Stalinogrod). 1956.
The drab streets of Katovice,Poland's most important mining town. An old wayside-cross shows the same neglect as the house
POLAND. Czestochowa. 1956.
The "Black Madonna" of Czestochowa is Polands most famous sanctuary.Every year,tens of thousands of pilgrims from all over the countr
POLAND. Warsaw. 1956.
Hugo Hanke,former Prime Minister of the Polish government in exile in London.He returned to Poland expressing the hope that democratizatio
POLAND. Katovice. (Stalinogrod). 1956.
Eleven years after the end of World War II, good shoes are still a rarity or very expensive.
POLAND. Harvest. 1956.
POLAND. Czestochowa. 1956.
The "Black Madonna" of Czestochowa is Polands most famous sanctuary.Every year,tens of thousands of pilgrims from all over the countr
POLAND. Warsaw. 1956.
An "import de luxe" shop in Marszalkowska-street; the Palace of Culture reflected in the shop-window.
POLAND. Bytom. 1956.
New housing developments spring up all over Poland's industrial areas.A miner in his new,still empty apartment in Bytom.
POLAND. Gdansk. 1956.
Ruins in Gdansk.
POLAND. Nova Huta. 1956.
Park in Nova Huta,an industrial town built after World War II. The Nova Huta steelmill was the pride and flagship of Polish industry.
POLAND. Czestochowa. 1956.
The "Black Madonna" of Czestochowa is Polands most famous sanctuary.Every year,tens of thousands of pilgrims from all over the countr
POLAND. 1956.
Bisons.
POLAND. Bytom. 1956.
Washroom at the former Hohenzollern-mine in Bytom. Most of the miners were Silesians who spoke better German than Polish,but had Polish cit
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