Jewish Lodz – Past and Present Barbara Kingstone March 19, 2011 Europe, Poland It’s never easy to see memorials and Lodz (pronounced Wootch) pays homage to its more than 223,000 (34 percent) Jews before the war. Now there are...
Krakow, Poland Barbara Kingstone March 19, 2011 Europe, Poland Krakow In Krakow, Poland’s third largest city located on...
CHOPIN… What could be better in Warsaw than listening to outdoor concerts as you walk along the streets Barbara Kingstone January 24, 2011 Europe, Poland “A native of Warsaw, a Pole at heart, with the talent of a world citizen” Cyprian Kamil Norwid. It’s the bicentennial of the legendary...
Amber – The Baltic’s gift with history and colour Barbara Kingstone January 19, 2011 Europe, Indulgences, Jewellry, Poland For years amber, also known as succinite, the stone that dates back at least to 12,000BC, was seen in street stalls and souvenir...
Wieliczka Salt Mine Barbara Kingstone January 17, 2011 Europe, Poland Entrance to the salt mine Chandelier of salt in the Krakow mine About 10 km from Krakow’s city centre is the over 700-yearold...
Warsaw a latter day Phoenix raised from ashes Barbara Kingstone January 17, 2011 Europe, Poland In the seventies when my husband and I decided to ‘discover’ both our families’ roots in Poland, the first question the...
Warsaw, Poland Barbara Kingstone January 17, 2011 Europe, Poland Warsaw is scarred with horrendous history, which shouldn’t be forgotten. But the “new city” is filled with contemporary surprises. You could...
Auschwitz. Is The After better than The Before… Barbara Kingstone January 17, 2011 Europe, Poland Over 30 years ago when my husband and I visited Poland. Even the immigration officer at the airport wondered why we had chosen to...
A Journey into the Holocaust (memories from 1972) From the book, BEYOND IMAGINATION, 1995 Barbara Kingstone January 17, 2011 Europe, Poland When I told Janusz that my mother, too, was Polish, he looked astounded. “She may have been born there, but she isn’t Polish, she’s...
