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The Ghosts of Volhynia and Europe’s Unfinished Past
A diplomatic row over a wartime nationalist force exposes centuries of contested memory between Poland and Ukraine. Memorials to the victims of Volhynia remain central to Polish historical memory. “How can I live in this country / Where the foot knocks against / The unburied bones of kin?” Nobel Laureate Czesław Miłosz asked in his 1945 poem In Warsaw. Writing amid the ruins of a continent devastated by war, Miłosz captured a transcendental truth about Eastern Europe, where t
Shoumojit Banerjee
6 hours ago7 min read
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