A Window to the Communist World
Poland, Seeking Western Contacts, Again Welcomes Tourists
By THOMAS TURNER
POLAND, devastated by war and
retarded by Communism, is
again welcoming Western tourists.
Tourists from the West can
provide a real shot in the arm
for the sa ing Polish economy.
sinre most visitors now come from
the other "socialist countries" of
Eastern Europe and bring with
them levas or mark: as worthless
as the Polish zloty.
And because many Poles are
also interested in increasing con-
tact with the West, the visitor is
provided with an opportunity for
great insight into an unwilling
satellite, her Communism and her
character.
T OURS of Poland begin in War-'
sate, if only because it is the
catpital and transporrtafion hub.
Never the oust beautiful city
in Potand, Waaa in 1945 seas
a smoldering eal, 1' brok en brick.
Nasa'apartnetas hse cone sit
Fince to alleviate hat sea suyl
the most sri ias housing shorta e
it all Europe,
Btt these buildiga' are of ne-
sity dtll, grey snr unineret-
They suffer. nteover. from
P t sia s stultifying _rchitectural
Influence.
The dozens of palaces and gov-
ernment buildings left by cen-
turies of royal rule had for the
most part surviv d the period
when Poland was parttiToned be-
tween Prussia, Russia and Austria,'
but the majority are gone now,
leveled by the Germans atonyg
with everything else in the after-
math of 1945's ill-fated Warsaw
Uprismng,
BUT WARSAW was Poland's
capital, and the people of this
country, which had lost 40 per
cent of its natural wealth, dug
down deep to rebuild her.
The product of their efforts is
the Old City and the New City,
restored to 1l7th and 18th century
a pearance, which was for the'
Tluous Turnce-, a ihta cardi-
lor on The Mic higas 1)ailt}, s/an
the suammaer in Poland, a 10(
t/>re ser/ a ith a famaiId ini
Warsa and losruin the oun/lr'.
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3 10 JNTAI.NEE-Many Poles such as this river ;-NTI-FA, CI 'T AG. Nt'MIE'T - Nearly every
guide mak ltheir living off the combination of Polish city and town has its own version of the
old (0 am and beautiful scenery which charac- Red Arosy memorial, conmemorating' the "lib-
terize the' TaItra 1ountains of southern Poland. e' ation" of Poland in 191 and 1945.
most part the arance of 1939.
Iise tao "cities within Wai-
sc togeth r mauke an island of
charm perhtst;s a dozen blocks
long within the drab city.
Warsaw's touly new buildings,
on the other hand, while repre-
sented most commonly in drab
no ta tmen~ nr a bohlized iby
It can be seen everywhere in
the city, prompting the remark
that the view from the top is
Warsaw's most beautiful since the
Palace itself cannot be seen.
But the Palace as a showplace
provides many facilities the city
would not have otherwise.
There are several movie the-
atres, a congress hall equipped for
translators in five languages, a
competition swimming pool and
an international bookstore which
contains books such as Russia,
the Atom and the West by George
Kennan, and Russian Thought
and Politics from the Harvard
Studies series.
Books like this are found no-
where else in their country, Poles
point out. The sarcastic remarks
about the Palace continue.
IN ALMOST complete contrast
to Warsaw is the early capital
of Poland, Krakow, This city of
200,000 in the South is far enough
from both German and Russian
invasion routes that no war since
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ew apar nti zs are s ;u m e uy
the monstrous Palce of Culture
aid Scie'ice. This gift to Poland
"iii the name of Josef Stalin" is
32 stories high in a city where
few buildings go over four.
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