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BOOK REVIEW
I owe my life
to Adolf Hitler
LET’S get one thing
straight: Josef
Tarnowksi is no fan of
the fuhrer and Hitler’s
rescue was not an act
Warsaw
of mercy.
But if Hitler had not My first visit to n Trish McGuinness.
invaded Russia at a Poland was a wet Freelance PR,
crucial stage in the
and windy weekend Edinburgh
Second World War,
in January 2007.
a young Josef I was invited to
identity and culture
Tarnowski would take a group of
is inspirational.
almost certainly have
journalists to
I also visited the
died an icy death in prisoners were freed
Warsaw to see a
Palace of Culture and
one of Stalin’s death to join the Polish
production of Sarah
Science. This is the
camps in the frozen army and help fight
Kane’s 4:48 Psychosis
highest building in
wastes of Siberia. the common enemy.
by TR Warsawa,
Poland and the views
The fascinating story He came to Britain
which was to feature
from the top are
unfolds in Walking after a stint in the
in the Edinburgh
astounding.
With Shadows, which Middle East and
International Eating out was truly
tells the tale of a trained as an airman,
Festival. It was a memorable. A visit to
young Polish idealist then passed on his
fantastic production Kuchnia, a restaurant
from his happy skills to others in
in Warsaw and was in the basement of
childhood in Luck to Scotland.
well received by an old hotel, was
his arrival in the UK, He remained in the
audiences in fantastic. The
his marriage to a Fife UK at the end of the
Edinburgh.
service, traditional
girl and his retiral to war to carve out a
Time was limited so
food, wine and
his current home in new life for himself in
there was little time
company was second
Edinburgh. post-war Britain.
for sightseeing. I did,
to none. The chefs
Tarnowski’s His story is an
however, venture to
pushed portable
incredible memory absorbing and
the old town, which
cookers round the
for detail helps paint heart-warming tale of
was completely
individual booths
a vivid picture of his triumph against all
obliterated during
and all the food was
life as a prisoner of the odds.
WWII, but is now
cooked to order in
the Soviets and the Walking With Shadows
restored as it was
front on request.
harshness of the by Josef Tarnowski. Glen
prior to the war. The
To top it all Simon
Gulag. With Hitler’s Murray Publishing.
sheer determination
Callow joined us
of the Polish people
after dinner for some
invasion, he and his £9.99. www.glenmurray
to retain their
Zubrowka!
fellow Polish publishing.co.uk
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