Jolanta PAWNIK: How Wrocław Rebuilt Warsaw, Nowa Huta and Other Polish Cities
The propaganda slogan ‘The whole nation is rebuilding its capital’ had a particular resonance in Wrocław. Between 1949 and 1954, the city became a vast warehouse of bricks used for the reconstruction of towns and cities across Poland. Many Warsaw tenement houses, the oldest part of Nowa Huta, and various other locations were built with bricks from Wrocław – all as part of social campaigns that aligned perfectly with the communist authorities’ narrative about the uncertain future of the so-called Recovered Territories. Artykuł Jolanta PAWNIK: How Wrocław Rebuilt Warsaw, Nowa Huta and Other Polish Cities pochodzi z serwisu Wszystko co najważniejsze.
The propaganda slogan ‘The whole nation is rebuilding its capital’ had a particular resonance in Wrocław. Between 1949 and 1954, the city became a vast warehouse of bricks used for the reconstruction of towns and cities across Poland. Many Warsaw tenement houses, the oldest part of Nowa Huta, and various other locations were built with bricks from Wrocław – all as part of social campaigns that aligned perfectly with the communist authorities’ narrative about the uncertain future of the so-called Recovered Territories.
Artykuł Jolanta PAWNIK: How Wrocław Rebuilt Warsaw, Nowa Huta and Other Polish Cities pochodzi z serwisu Wszystko co najważniejsze.