and organize a resistance network whose ultimate goal was to help liberate the camp. This is the first book published containing an English translation of Pilecki's 1945 full report to his superior officers. In the foreword, Poland's chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, states, “If heeded, Pilecki’s early warnings might have changed the course of history.” Fiction Maps and Shadows, a debut novel by Connecticut poet Krysia Jopek, was published in 2010 and won a Silver Benjamin Franklin Award 2011 in the category of Historical Fiction. This fictionalized family saga is written from the points of view of four family members: a father, a mother, a sister and a brother. World War II uproots the family and sends them to all corners of the globe—Russian, Persia, Iran, Africa, England and, finally, to the United States. Film Siege is the 1940 Academy Award-nominated short newsreel shot by American photojournalist Julien Bryan during the attack on Warsaw by the Nazis in the opening days of World War II. Siege''''' was inducted into the U.S. National Film Registry in 2006. The film has been restored and was released on DVD by Aquila Polonica in 2010. An audio essay by Julien Bryan, "Friendship Is a Passport," recorded for Edward R. Murrow's "This I Believe" radio series in the early 1950s, accompanies the newsreel. References External links Aquila Polonica Website Leonard Lopate Show WNYC-FM, "Siege" News and Notes, WVTF-FM, "The Ice Road" "Polish Heroes," Wall St. Journal "The Polish Connection," Warsaw Business Journal "Forgotten Adventure in Real Time," Flying Magazine Book publishing companies based in California Publishing companies established in 2005 Polish-American culture