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Poland: Endless Celebration of History

Thursday, August 7th, 2008 @ 18:34 UTC

by Elia Varela Serra

Countries:: Poland
Topics:: History, Photography, War & Conflict, Politics
Languages:: English

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pt:: Polônia: A eterna celebração da história...

Pawel of Polandian writes about the 1st of August anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, including several photos of the remembrance celebrations in a post titled “Poles must stop living in the past”. He writes: “The fact that we decide to focus all our popular celebrations around history means that we feel we have no achievements in the present”.

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