Describes the history, government, economy, people, geography, and cultural life of Poland.

This work explores the geography, history, culture and peoples of Poland.

"The author's search for the annihilated Polish community captured in his grandfather's 1938 home movie. Traveling in Europe in August 1938, one year before the

Contents: A History of Jewish Photography in Poland --The Persistance ofthe Past --The Camera as Chronicler --Creating a Modern Existence.

John Vachon was in Poland to witness this transformation of almost mythic proportions. Assigned to cover United Nations relief efforts, this American photograph