Aquila Polonica
Encyclopedia
Aquila Polonica is an independent publishing house based in Los Angeles
and the U.K. and founded by Terry A. Tegnazian and Stefan Mucha in 2005. The company specializes in eyewitness accounts, in English, of Poland
in World War II
.
The company's mission is to expand the availability of literature in English about Poland's role in World War II. To that end, Tegnazian and Mucha have acquired the rights to more than 30 titles.
-educated career woman who recorded the events she experienced in Warsaw
when the Nazis attacked and occupied the city during the opening days of WWII.
The revised edition of Langer’s original 1942 book includes more than 100 archival photos and illustrations, many reproduced with permission of the Holocaust Museum
in Washington D.C. The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt won the 2010 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award in the category of The Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book (Nonfiction).
The Ice Road: An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom, by Stefan Waydenfeld, was published in 2010. It tells the story of the Waydenfeld family's forcible deportation to the frozen wastes of Russia
and the long journey to freedom through the eyes a 14-year-old narrator.
303 Squadron: The Legendary Battle of Britain Fighter Squadron, by Arkady Fiedler
, with a new translation by Jarek Garlinski, was published by Aquila Polonica in 2010. The book chronicles the exploits of the Polish fighter pilots who flew in 303 Squadron in the skies over England during World War II.
poet Krysia Jopek, was published in 2010 and won a Silver Benjamin Franklin Award 2011 in the category of Historical Fiction. This fictionalized family saga is written from the points of view of four family members: a father, a mother, a sister and a brother. World War II uproots the family and sends them to all corners of the globe—Russian, Persia, Iran, Africa, England and, finally, to the United States.
during the attack on Warsaw by the Nazis in the opening days of World War II. Siege was inducted into the U.S. National Film Registry
in 2006. The film has been restored and was released on DVD by Aquila Polonica in 2010. An audio essay by Julien Bryan, "Friendship Is a Passport," recorded for Edward R. Murrow's
"This I Believe
" radio series in the early 1950s, accompanies the newsreel.
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and the U.K. and founded by Terry A. Tegnazian and Stefan Mucha in 2005. The company specializes in eyewitness accounts, in English, of Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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The company's mission is to expand the availability of literature in English about Poland's role in World War II. To that end, Tegnazian and Mucha have acquired the rights to more than 30 titles.
Non-Fiction
Aquila Polonica published its first title, The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt: War Through a Woman’s Eyes, 1939-1940, in 2009. Author Rulka Langer was a young VassarVassar College
Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
-educated career woman who recorded the events she experienced in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
when the Nazis attacked and occupied the city during the opening days of WWII.
The revised edition of Langer’s original 1942 book includes more than 100 archival photos and illustrations, many reproduced with permission of the Holocaust Museum
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust. Adjacent to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the USHMM provides for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history...
in Washington D.C. The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt won the 2010 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award in the category of The Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book (Nonfiction).
The Ice Road: An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom, by Stefan Waydenfeld, was published in 2010. It tells the story of the Waydenfeld family's forcible deportation to the frozen wastes of Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and the long journey to freedom through the eyes a 14-year-old narrator.
303 Squadron: The Legendary Battle of Britain Fighter Squadron, by Arkady Fiedler
Arkady Fiedler
Arkady Fiedler was a Polish writer, journalist and adventurer.He studied philosophy and natural science at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and later in Poznań and the University of Leipzig...
, with a new translation by Jarek Garlinski, was published by Aquila Polonica in 2010. The book chronicles the exploits of the Polish fighter pilots who flew in 303 Squadron in the skies over England during World War II.
Fiction
Maps and Shadows, a debut novel by ConnecticutConnecticut
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poet Krysia Jopek, was published in 2010 and won a Silver Benjamin Franklin Award 2011 in the category of Historical Fiction. This fictionalized family saga is written from the points of view of four family members: a father, a mother, a sister and a brother. World War II uproots the family and sends them to all corners of the globe—Russian, Persia, Iran, Africa, England and, finally, to the United States.
Film
Siege is the 1940 Academy Award-nominated short newsreel shot by American photojournalist Julien BryanJulien Bryan
Julien Hequembourg Bryan was an American photographer, filmmaker and documentarian. He is best known for documenting the daily life in Poland, Soviet Union and Nazi Germany between 1935 and 1939....
during the attack on Warsaw by the Nazis in the opening days of World War II. Siege was inducted into the U.S. National Film Registry
National Film Registry
The National Film Registry is the United States National Film Preservation Board's selection of films for preservation in the Library of Congress. The Board, established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, was reauthorized by acts of Congress in 1992, 1996, 2005, and again in October 2008...
in 2006. The film has been restored and was released on DVD by Aquila Polonica in 2010. An audio essay by Julien Bryan, "Friendship Is a Passport," recorded for Edward R. Murrow's
Edward R. Murrow
Edward Roscoe Murrow, KBE was an American broadcast journalist. He first came to prominence with a series of radio news broadcasts during World War II, which were followed by millions of listeners in the United States and Canada.Fellow journalists Eric Sevareid, Ed Bliss, and Alexander Kendrick...
"This I Believe
This I Believe
This I Believe was a five-minute CBS Radio Network program hosted by journalist Edward R. Murrow from 1951 to 1955. A half-hour European version of This I Believe ran from 1956 to 1958 over Radio Luxembourg....
" radio series in the early 1950s, accompanies the newsreel.