Tag: Poland

  • “W” Hour – The Warsaw Uprising
    Saturday, August 1st, 2020     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    At 5pm Saturday, August 1, people in Poland will celebrate the 76th anniversary of Warsaw’s Uprising during WWII. Sirens will blare and people will stop what they’re doing for one minute in remembrance of past heroes who gave their all for Poland’s freedom in 1944. Thursday night I read a chapter of my revised version …[ read more ]

  • Spy Research
    Thursday, November 28th, 2019     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    To jump-start spy research for my next novel, tentatively titled A Door of Hope, I’m watching the AMC series, Turn – Washington’s Spies. It centers around the Revolutionary War’s Culper Spy Ring. While maintaining historical accuracy, the drama creates amazing character arcs, injects just enough fiction to keep you on the edge of your seat as …[ read more ]

  • The Lines between Past and Present Fade
    Tuesday, July 25th, 2017     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    Today I read in the news that, “Several days of civil unrest have rocked Poland as hundreds of thousands of people across the country protest the government’s bid to replace Supreme Court judges and the EU threatens to intervene.” For the sake of Poland and its long struggle for freedom, I hope the current leaders …[ read more ]

  • A Scout from the 1944 Rising
    Tuesday, September 1st, 2015     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    This past Saturday I met Halina Butler at a Polish Festival  in Martinez, CA. At the festival, I shared about my book, Rising Hope, which takes place in  Poland during WWII. While speaking with Halina, I learned that, in 1939, she was a 12-year-old Girl Guides member (Girl Scout) when WWII began in Poland. She …[ read more ]