tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471082069031980581.post4523854625694304851..comments2024-03-11T08:31:04.022-04:00Comments on Bieganski the Blog: Expecting to Find Death in Poland, and Finding Life D Goskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353495585591945881noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471082069031980581.post-62573902033640760132015-01-07T14:14:31.676-05:002015-01-07T14:14:31.676-05:00Beautiful article!
However, the truth, as is usu...Beautiful article! <br /><br />However, the truth, as is usually the case, is somewhere in the middle. The author should avoid romanticizing the past (and negative stereotyping is also a way of "bad" romanticizing) both in terms of how great it was for the Jews or how great it was for the Poles (the peasants). Moreover, in each of these cases it depends, as always, on the personal experience and individual circumstances. You cannot compare the experience of a Jewish banker to a Polish King with the experience of a Jewish farmer in Volhynia. Similarly, the experience of a Cossak might be very different than the experience of a Silesian peasant or one in Congress Poland. <br /><br />I also hope he takes the time to learn Polish culture (as in the non-Jewish part) and appreciate it too - see for example Anne Appelbaum's excellent cook book! Andrew Kolomisanoreply@blogger.com