Blogs in November 2023

Schindler’s Ark 2nd November 2023

In the shadow of Auschwitz, as thousands faced death in Nazi-occupied Poland, an unlikely saviour emerged. Oskar Schindler was a heavy-drinking, womanising industrialist who defied and outwitted the SS to save more Jews from the gas chambers than any...

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The Dollmaker of Krakow 6th October 2017

One night a little doll named Karolina comes to life in a toyshop in Krakow, Poland, in 1939 and changes the life of the gruff, broken-hearted Dollmaker. And when the darkness of the Nazi occupation sweeps over the city,...

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The Life Assistance Agency 11th February 2017

Do you want to live forever? is THE question facing anyone pursuing immortality. But what happens when eternal life is disappointing, and everyone around you keeps dying? Ben Ferguson-Cripps, a struggling writer with a surname that gets more attention...

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The Black Madonna of Derby 19th January 2017

Three generations of a Polish immigrant family are living in Derby in 1964 when the grandmother decides she wants to return to her homeland to make peace with her relatives and await death. Her war-traumatised daughter remains in Derby...

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Even The Crows Say Krakow 1st January 1970

Even the Crows Say Kraków Alina sits in a cafe, in a large, old-fashioned chair, and wishes she could be somewhere – anywhere – else. Apple Vapours A young man who can’t stay out of trouble inherits a small...

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