#278 / Editorial

During this summer break, K. Review is suspending its original publications. While we wait for the new season to begin, each week we’re offering our readers a special feature showcasing a selection of texts organized around a specific theme. This is your chance to discover a text you may have overlooked, rediscover one that resonated with you, and share some of K.’s publications with friends who aren’t yet familiar with it.

To kick off the summer vacation on the right foot and finally clear our minds, we’ve chosen the ideal destination: Poland. This marks our first deviation from our summer schedule, as a never before published piece has slipped into our luggage. We’re sharing a film: Pay for Your Dead, the first short film directed by producer Carine Ruszniewski, accompanied by a text by Danny Trom. If you, too, dream of summer family activities and the chance to relive fond memories, this is your chance to follow the Ruszniewski family as they wander the aisles of the Kraków cemetery in search of an ancestor’s grave. To continue the sightseeing journey after this first stop, there’s nothing better than picking up one of those good old Baedeker travel guides. Admittedly, they’re a bit out of style, but the one Carole Fily pored over for K. depicts a destination that was relevant only in 1943: the Polish “Wild East,” which Nazi propaganda portrayed as a “Germanic Garden of Eden.” Finally, to wrap up this journey on an intriguing note, we invite you to reread Barbara Necek’s peek behind the scenes of her investigative documentary on a “fake Polish Just”.

As a reminder, our archives are open, and we invite you to browse through the hundreds of articles we’ve published over the past five years. We’ve published numerous articles on Poland, including Gabriel Rom’s two-part report, which echoes Carine Ruszniewski’s film: “Restore to forget: Poland and its Jewish cemeteries.”