Newsletter (no.119) - Presidential Elections

[Jaga]

Last Sunday the first round of Presidential Elections took place in Poland, after the tragic accident in April which killed Lech Kaczynski, Polish president, and all Polish delegation. We have two candidates in the second round, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, a twin brother of killed president and Bronislaw Komorowski, a temporary president

Check more information about presidential elections
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Here is the article, editorial about the outcome of the Smolensk tragedy:
www.polishsite.us/index.php/politics-and-economy/poland-and-russia/452.html
Polish-Russian Relations after Smolensk Tragedy

Polish President Dies in a Terrible Tragedy - is this a Curse of Katyn?
www.polishsite.us/index.php/politics-and-economy/life-in-prl/448.html

NEW ARTICLES

Mark Twain’s Polish Acquaintances
www.polishsite.us/index.php/culture-and-tradition/art-and-folklore/451.html
- very interesting article by Martin S. Nowak

The Black Madonna of Derby – Review
www.polishsite.us/index.php/emigration-and-genealogy/polonia-worldwide/449.html
- my review of an excellent book about British Polonia written by Joanna Czechowska.

National Bank of Poland Visits U.S.
www.polishsite.us/index.php/emigration-and-genealogy/polonia-in-usa/447.html
- this press –release was delivered by Richard Poremski before the Smolensk tragedy. The Polish bank president presented in this article was killed in Smolensk tragedy.

JUNE IN POLISH CULTURE

Midsummer in Poland
www.polishsite.us/index.php/customs-and-religion/pagan-traditions/331.html

Children's Day - June 1st
www.polishsite.us/index.php/customs-and-religion/civic-celebrations/218.htmlInternational

JAGA RECOMMENDS

I recommend " The Uprooted - about fates of Poles in WW II”, by William B. Makowski. It is an amazing book about the fate of Polish family who lived in Eastern part of Poland. It describes its faith through the Soviet occupation and Soviet lager (camp), then the travel with Polish Anders army away from Soviet Union down to Iran and the Middle East.

Here is more information about the book, its website and how to buy it.
jagahost.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=history&action=display&thread=8626

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Issue June 24, 2010
The Polish Culture Newsletter © 2010
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Jaga is also the editor in Polish-American Journal:
www.polamjournal.com/
and in DMOZ
www.dmoz.org/Society/Ethnicity/Slavic/Polish/

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[arlene]

Thank you for sending me Newsletter.

I have been here before and now I have more time to visit your website.

[Jaga]

Hi Arlene,
welcome to the forum! We need more members especially during the summer since so many of us are on the vacations