Volume 10 of The Emigration Archives opens with a commemorative reprint of writings devoted to literary work of Emigrants from eight central-east European countries, first published in English and German between 1961 and 1967 in the Arena periodical; the set is possibly the first, and now completely forgotten, attempt to encompass the post WWII anticommunist emigration’s literary production. Next, Anna Mieszkowska composes an extensive biographical piece presenting the emigrational life of Fryderyk Járosy, a renowned creator of Warsaw cabarets. It is an attempt to reconstruct an emigrational autobiography that has never been written. The authoress brings a narrative coherence to the artist’s scattered autobiographical statements. Jerzy R. Krzyżanowski recalls the history and output of the London Pamiętnik Literacki, the periodical published by Związek Pisarzy Polskich na Obczyźnie (Union of Polish Writers Abroad) and Karolina Famulska-Ciesielska reconstructs the picture of the so-called Polish Thaw noted by the Jewish writers who took advantage of the Polish October Revolution and managed to flee Poland for Israel. Alicja Bieńkowska focuses on Piłsudskiite wartime activities in the Middle East and on the history of Związek Pracy Państwowej (Association of State Labor) — an organization which aimed to induct ‘sanators’* to the government coalition and cooperate in forming a new Government of the Republic of Poland in Exile after the death of general Władysław Sikorski. In keeping with the same theme, Anna Prokopiak-Lewandowska presents the profile of Władysław Pobóg-Mali¬nowski, the most illustrious historian of this emigrational political orientation. Based on materials from The Institute of National Remembrance P. Libera explicates how the 1st Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs investigated Wiadomości and Mieczysław Grydzewski. The author adds source documents to the article. Tomasz Mianowicz authors a previously unpublished 1998 text inspired by Marek Łatyński’s memory book. Challenging Łatyński’s views, Mianowicz considers Radio Free Europe’s role in the preparation of political systems convergence. The text is argumentative toward the entire literature on RFE written by inspiration of its former editors or constituents. Mirosław A. Supruniuk analyzes the significance of Roman studies in Marian Kościałkowski’s art. Anna B. Rudek presents Władysław Teodor Benda, an artist, famed for his masks, and his artistic career in the USA. The chapter ‘Sources and Materials’ contains documents from the Vilnius Home Army (Armia Krajowa) found in Vilnius concerning Józef Mackiewicz and a tapescript of Konrad Tatarowski’s archival radio program on painter Hilary Krzysztofiak once broadcast by RFE. Tributes to the Dead, a set of reviews, overviews and letters to the editor, completes the volume.

Translated: Lisko Czerwińska

*[Translator’s note:] Members of the Polish Sanation, a political movement created by Józef Piłsudski in 1926; a play on words: sanation and senator — sanator.

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