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Surprisingly, the leaders of the very movement Jaruzelski crushed agree--and have emerged among his staunchest defenders. Former activist Kazimierz Kutz, now a member of parliament, says Jaruzelski's actions allowed moderates on both sides to prevail, eventually leading to the Round Table talks that brought a peaceful end to Poland's communist regime in 1989. Even Lech Walesa, the legendary Solidarity leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner who was interned for almost a year in the clampdown, has said that Jaruzelski would have been considered a "great patriot" had he lived in different times and that the trial...
...Another former opposition activist, Kazimierz Kutz, now a filmmaker and member of parliament also defends the general. "If not for the martial law," Kutz argues, "there would have been many more victims. Had Solidarity started to fight, the army would have had to use weapons and there would have been a massacre. Jaruzelski prevented a real civil war." Kutz was interned during the martial law and his pregnant wife suffered a miscarriage after having searched prisons to find her husband. Despite his personal tragedy, Kutz can still see merit in the crackdown, which, he says, stopped radicals and allowed moderates...
...Kazimierz, Krakow's 600-year-old Jewish quarter, used to be somewhere to avoid, especially at night. Damaged and depopulated during World War II, and further devastated under communist rule, the area of cobbled alleys, courtyards and galleried houses became shabby and forgotten, a neglect that preserved its historic character. But since Poland's return to democracy the neighborhood has been rejuvenated, and now boasts trendy restaurants and bars, an annual arts festival and the Center for Jewish Culture...
...concert by Dutch singer Shura Lipovsky, American singer-actor Theodore Bikel and Bosnia and Herzegovina's Mostar Sinfonietta on June 27. Szeroka Street's riotous end-of-festival party, with surprise acts playing to an international crowd, starts on July 2 and carries on into the next morning. Kazimierz's past may have been bleak, but the return of its vibrant Jewish culture makes for a bright future...
...Kazimierz, Krakow 's 600-year-old Jewish quarter, used to be somewhere to avoid, especially at night. Damaged and depopulated during World War II, and further devastated under communist rule, the area of cobbled alleys, courtyards and galleried houses became shabby and forgotten, a neglect that preserved its historic character. But since Poland's return to democracy the neighborhood has been rejuvenated, and now boasts trendy restaurants and bars, an annual arts festival and the Center for Jewish Culture. Near this museum is one of the area's elegant cafés, Mleczarnia, where you can enjoy coffee, beer...