• SPOTLIGHT •

The Balancing Act on Lifetime Television interviews Aquila Polonica co-founder Terry Tegnazian about our award-winning book The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt: War Through a Woman’s Eyes, 1939-1940, by Rulka Langer.

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This 5-minute book segment aired during the hour-long show broadcast nationally on May 25, 2011.

• WHAT'S HAPPENING •

 January 11, 2012 - The Auschwitz Volunteer Picked as Featured Selection of History Book Club - Aquila Polonica's April release, The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery, an eyewitness report of one of the most audacious and dramatic undercover missions by an Ally in World War II, has been chosen to be a Featured Selection of the History Book Club® in May. The title has also been named a Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club® and the Military Book Club®. More...

 Dr. Stefan Waydenfeld, 1945October 24, 2011 - IN MEMORIAM - It is with great sadness that we report the passing on October 24, 2011 of Dr. Stefan Waydenfeld, author of our award-winning book The Ice Road: An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom. Dr. Waydenfeld, a physician, was born in Poland in 1925, survived Soviet deportation to a forced labor camp in Siberia during World War II, and later fought in the war as an officer in the Polish Second Corps under General Anders. He is survived by his wife Danuta, who resides in London, and his daughter Alice Waydenfeld Faintich, who resides in Virginia. Click each item to read: an interview with Dr. Waydenfeld conducted by his daughter Alice; an excerpt from The Ice Road; and his blog on the Huffington Post.

The funeral will be held on Friday, October 28, 2011, at 12:30 pm, at Hendon Cemetery, at the burial chapel (not the crematorium chapel). The cemetery is on Holders Hill Road, London NW7 1NB, tel: 020-8359-3370. All are welcome to attend.

Oct/Nov 2011 - Smithsonian's Air & Space Magazine features an excerpt from our award-winning book 303 Squadron: The Legendary Battle of Britain Fighter Squadron, by Arkady Fiedler, translated by Jarek Garlinski. Ace Polish fighter pilot and 303 Squadron Commanding Officer Witold Urbanowicz runs up against a revered British ritual during a critical moment in the Battle of Britain. Read the excerpt...

 October 20, 2011 - Windsor, CT - Windsor Public Library - author Krysia Jopek will discuss her novel Maps and Shadows. In this stunning debut work based on her family's experience during World War II, Krysia, a multi-published poet who currently teaches English at Westfield State University, takes a fresh stylistic approach to storytelling—writing from four points of view, she fuses a minimalist narrative with lush lyricism. WInner of the Silver Award for Historical Fiction at the 2011 Benjamin Franklin Awards, the premier awards competition in independent publishing. Program runs from 7 pm - 8:30 pm, and will be held at the Windsor Public Library, 323 Broad Street, Windsor, CT 06095, tel: 860-285-1918, www.windsorlibrary.com  Event is free and open to the public.

 October 20, 2011 - Los Angeles, CA - Mount St. Mary's College - Aquila Polonica co-founder Terry Tegnazian is one of four panelists at the Vantage Point Forum for Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs. Past panelists have included Richard Riordan, former Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, and Dan Burnham, Chairman & CEO of Raytheon Company. Open to Mount St. Mary's students and faculty, 1pm at the Campus Center.

September 28, 2011 - Norwich, CT - The Otis Library Evening Book Discussion Group - Author Krysia Jopek discussed her novel Maps and Shadows, which was Otis Library's September Book Discussion Selection.  More...

September 19, 2011 - Puszczykowo, Poland - Arkady Fiedler Museum - The Museum's new scale replica of the Hawker Hurricane MK I which was flown by the fighter pilots of the legendary 303 Squadron during the Battle of Britain was unveiled at a moving ceremony at the Museum. The Museum's Hurricane is coded "RF," which was 303 Squadron's code during the Battle of Britain. More...

September 15, 2011 - Charlottesville, VA - Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Virginia - Alice Waydenfeld Faintich presented a program to a packed room about her father's book The Ice Road: An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom for the OLLI-UVA Special Presentations Series. More...

 August 25, 2011 -  New Castle, New Hampshire - Mill Pond Book Club - Alice Waydenfeld Faintich presented her father's book The Ice Road: An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom. More...

August 3, 2011 - Los Angeles, CA, Wilshire Rotary Club -- Aquila Polonica co-founder Terry Tegnazian presented "Heroic Stories Make Epic Reads," focusing on those audacious and charismatic Polish fighter pilots of 303 Squadron whose superb aerial combat skills helped save England during the Battle of Britain. Wilshire Rotarian and US Army Air Force WWII veteran pilot Al Woodhill said about the Poles "Those guys were tough!" and sat at the front table so he could hear every word! More... 

July 17, 2011 - Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, England, 10:30 am - 5 pm -- Aquila Polonica translator and author Jarek Garlinski lectured on the Sikorski-Maisky Agreement at Bletchley Park's Annual Polish Day. Bletchley Park is the historic site of secret British codebreaking activities during World War II—which benefited from Polish Intelligence having shared their most jealously guarded secret with the British just weeks before the war began: the Poles had broken the ultra-secure German Enigma code. More info on Mr. Garlinski's lecture and the Bletchley Park Annual Polish Day...

 June 27, 2011 - Alexandria, VA -- While in the Washington, D.C. area for her Institute of World Politics presentation, Alice Waydenfeld Faintich was invited that same evening to present her father's book, The Ice Road: An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom, at April Burke-Lewis' book group in near-by Alexandria, VA. More...

June 27, 2011 - Washington, D.C. -- at the Institute of World Politics, Alice Waydenfeld Faintich presents a seminar about the Soviet deportations of Polish civilians to Siberia during the first year of World War II, drawing from her father's book The Ice Road: An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom. More...

 June 14, 2011 - Aquila Polonica Prize - Aquila Polonica announces sponsorship of a biennial prize to be awarded under the auspices of the Polish Studies Association to the author of the best article published in English dealing with any aspect of Polish studies. The winner will be announced at the 2011 ASEEES National Convention in Washington, D.C., November 17-20, 2011. More...

June 2011 - Travels with The Mermaid, Part 4, The Final Post: "Warsaw...the past and the future" --  As he leaves the city of his ancestors, Kyle Langer-Melton  reflects on his ten days in Warsaw: the juxtaposition of the dark days of World War II experienced by his grandmother, with the dynamic present, and the exciting promise of the future. More... 

 June 2011 - Travels with The Mermaid, Part 3: "Finding the family home...discovering my great-uncle" -- Kyle Langer-Melton finds his grandmother's Warsaw home at Mokotowska 57, and at the Warsaw Library learns about her brother, his great-uncle, "the Polish Margaret Mead." More...

 June 2011 - Travels with The Mermaid, Part 2: "Over the jet lag...exploring Warsaw" -- Author Rulka Langer's grandson Kyle Langer-Melton, a San Francisco college student, arrives in Warsaw, immediately spots his first Mermaid. More...   

June 2011 - Travels with The Mermaid, Part 1: "Why I'm going to Warsaw" -- Author Rulka Langer's grandson Kyle Langer-Melton, a San Francisco college student, visits Poland for the first time this summer, tracing his grandmother's experiences during the early months of World War II.  Her book, The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt, "is the only bridge I have to my cultural heritage," says Kyle, who arrives in Warsaw on June 2. More...

 
May 27, 2011 – Warsaw Business Journal – Opinion by Aquila Polonica co-founder Terry Tegnazian entitled "The Polish Connection," about the connections between the U.S. and Poland, published as U.S. President Barack Obama visits Poland for the first time. Read the opinion...

May 25, 2011 – Aquila Polonica on National TV – The Balancing Act airing on Lifetime Television, 7 am – 8 am (ET/PT; check local listing for Mountain & Central) – interview with Aquila Polonica co-founder Terry Tegnazian about the award-winning The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt: War Through a Woman’s Eyes, 1939-1940, by Rulka Langer. Watch the interview...

May 23-26, 2011 - New York City - Book Expo America - Aquila Polonica books 303 Squadron and Maps and Shadows showcased at National Book Network booth at 2011 BEA.

May 23, 2011 - Bringing Home the GOLD (and the SILVER)! - 2011 Benjamin Franklin Awards -- Aquila Polonica books won one gold and three silver awards at the 2011 Benjamin Franklin Awards, the premier awards competition in independent publishing, on Monday night, May 23, in New York City. More...

 May 13, 2011 – Nelson County, VA – Alice Waydenfeld Faintich addressed a Nelson County book group, at its Friday evening dinner meeting, about her father Dr. Stefan Waydenfeld’s book The Ice Road: An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom. More...

May 11, 2011 – Norwich, CT – George Langer and his wife Ingrid Asmus presented a program at the Otis Library in Norwich about The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt: War Through a Woman’s Eyes, 1939-1940, written by his mother Rulka Langer. More...

March 13, 2011 - Nellysford, VA -- Alice Waydenfeld Faintich was the featured speaker at one of the Stoney Creek at Wintergreen book groups, discussing her father's book The Ice Road: An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom. More...

March 5, 2011 -- Battle of Britain and Spitfire Warbird Appreciation Day -- Commemorative Air Force, Southern California Wing -- Aquila Polonica co-founder Terry Tegnazian gave a presentation on the legendary Polish fighter pilots of 303 Squadron, whose daring and skill helped save England during the Battle of Britain, before a standing-room-only audience of more than 400 people. More...

 February 24, 2011 - Charlottesville, VA -- University of Virginia Professor Dariusz Tolczyk invites Alice Waydenfeld Faintich to lecture about the Soviet deportations of Polish civilians during World War II, for his course entitled "The Dark Side of the 20th Century." More...

January 26, 2011 - Ventura, CA - KKZZ 1400AM Radio - Host Bill Frank interviews Aquila Polonica co-founder Terry Tegnazian about those cocky, audacious, charming and charismatic Polish fighter pilots of 303 Squadron, who were the highest-scoring Allied fighter squadron during the Battle of Britain.

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 December 1, 2010 – Medal of the Polish Army Awarded – Aquila Polonica co-founder Stefan Mucha was awarded the Gold Medal of the Polish Army (Medal Wojska Polskiego), and translator Jarek Garlinski (who translated 303 Squadron: The Legendary Battle of Britain Fighter Squadron for Aquila Polonica) was awarded the Silver Medal of the Polish Army, at a ceremony on December 1, 2010 at the Polish Embassy in London. More...

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