"In the end, Poland had to rescue itself."

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BLOC HEADS

Life behind the Iron Curtain.

BY LOUIS MENAND

"By October, Poland was in the hands of its two ancient enemies.

For the next five years, those enemies did their best to destroy it. And then, for forty-five years after that, Poland found itself locked in a totalitarian cage whose key was kept in Moscow. No one had come to the rescue of Poland in 1939, and no one came to its rescue after 1945. In the end, Poland had to rescue itself."

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