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    Episode 81

    By Malgorzata P. BonikowskaApril 11, 2021Updated:June 18, 2021No Comments2 Mins Read
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    In this episode you will hear my interview with Sabina Baral, who wrote an extremely successful book in Polish “Zapiski z wygnania” (Notes from Exile). The book talks about her family’s experience of being made to leave Poland in March 1968, as a result of the ruling communist party’s anti-Semitic purge. About 20,000 Jews were forced to leave the country between 1968  and 1972. Only between 5,000 and 10,000 Jews were left in Poland.  Those forced to leave were made stateless and were subjected to humiliating exit procedures.

    Sabina left Poland with her parents, parting with her Polish boyfriend. This was the end of her life in the country where her family had lived for generations. And a new beginning.

    She settled in the United States, in California, where she has lived a highly successful professional and personal life.

    The book, which Sabina has recently translated into English, has proved to be incredibly successful –  beyond anyone’s wildest expectations.

    Six editions of the book
    After the premiere of the play based on the book
    Sabina Baral and Krystyna Janda
    At the Museum of Polish Jews in Warsaw
    The first edition
    April 11, 2016 meeting at the Polish Consulate in Toronto – Sabina and Margaret P. Bonikowski

    ABOUT MARCH 1968

    Poland marks 50 years since 1968 anti-Semitic purge

    About Sabina Baral in Polish:

    Czy wy o takich rzeczach wiecie? – o Sabinie Baral i jej losach i wywiad z nią

    Moc “Zapisków z wygnania”–  o spotkaniu z Sabiną Baral w Toronto

    Drugie życie “Zapisków z wygnania” – wywiad z Sabiną Baral po jej spotkaniach z czytelnikami w Polsce

    HOW TO BUY THE BOOK:

    Print: http://austeria.pl/produkt/zapiski-z-wygnania/

    Ebook: https://www.publio.pl/zapiski-z-wygnania-sabina-baral,p748912.html

    POLISH-JEWISH ISSUES ON POLCAST

    This is how it all started –  their class reunion in Wroclaw, 2010:

    Some of the special meetings with Sabina:

     

    Jewish March 1968 Sabina Baral
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