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30 May 2019

Overcoming Gutenberg

Erica Eisen on Samizdat

Established by the Polish government-in-exile in 1942, London’s Polish Library has been housed at the Polish Social and Cultural Association (POSK) in Hammersmith since 1974. Its holdings include a substantial collection of samizdat.


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