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Article: Home to Poland.
- Article from:
- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- March 1, 1993
- Author:
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DRIVING past the sign proclaiming IWONICZ-ZDROJ, the spa in the Carpathian Mountains in south eastern Poland, I was visited by a mixture of curiosity and dread. Iwonicz -- the seat of the House of Zaluski since 1799, when my great-great-great grandfather Teofil bought it and began to exploit the rich, natural springs emanating from the forest-clad hills. Our family, now spread throughout Poland, England and Denmark, have been making legal noises to reclaim our properties, stolen by the Communists after the war.
I was named after Iwonicz -- or to be precise, I was named after an ancestor of questionable reputation who was named after Iwonicz. My brief was thus given ...
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