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Artists in Arms: Arts and Culture on the Trail of Anders' Army 1941-1945

20.09.2021

Artists and war - this combination does not surprise anyone anymore. However, the Anders' Army, founded 80 years ago, is still a phenomenon today. On the occasion of the round anniversary of the founding of this extraordinary formation, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute invites you to a multimedia journey - Artists in Arms (www.artistsinarms.pl). It is a story about artists and people of culture, their war route from the Russian Buzuluk to Monte Cassino and further - Paris, London, Rome.

‘Baghdad’ collage for the Artists in Arms project, photo: artwork by rzeczyobrazkowe / Adam Mickiewicz Institute

The Anders Army was made up of citizens of the Second Polish Republic: former soldiers of the Polish Army, prisoners of the gulags, civilians, among them a large group of artists and people of culture. The fate of refugees, the trauma of the loss of loved ones, the hardships of the war trail and post-war wandering, and finally life away from their homeland, became the share of many of them.

The heroes on this route are: Józef Czapski - who looking for their friends "in the inhuman land", Hanka Ordonówna - who is involved in saving children, poets Władysław Broniewski and Marian Czuchnowski, writers and columnists Melchior Wańkowicz, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński and Jerzy Giedroyć, filmmaker Michał Waszyński , one of the fathers of Polish jazz, Henryk Wars. And also a whole galaxy of painters and cartoonists, actresses and singers, composers and musicians, reporters and journalists actively involved in the fight for human values.

The project https://artistsinarms.pl/en is addressed to an international audience, disseminates knowledge about the history of Poland and Poles during the Second World War through culture and art. Users can choose from three language versions - Polish, English and Russian. It uses unique archival materials from the collections of the Polish Institute and the Gen. Sikorski in London, and the graphic design, created by the Rzeczyobrazkowe studio, combines the pre-war aesthetics of a collage with modern design.

 

We strongly recommend you to see the project at ARTISTS IN ARMS webpage. 

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