LIPIEN: Remembering a Polish-American patriot

Sep 01, 2010 Comments Off by

The Washington Times has published my article about Zofia Korbonska, an anti-Nazi and anti-Communist resister and a Voice of America Polish Service journalist who had passed away on August 16, 2010.

LIPIEN: Remembering a Polish-American patriot

Zofia Korbonska was underground resister, VOA journalist

To those who knew her personally, Zofia Korbonska was a loyal and generous friend. But Mrs. Korbonska, who passed away last week [August 16, 2010] in Washington at the age of 95, was also a heroic figure of the anti-Nazi and anti-Communist resistance movement in Poland between 1939 and 1947. In later years, driven from her native country by the socialist regime, she worked tirelessly in the United States as a Voice of America (VOA) journalist to bring uncensored news to her native country. Read more

Cold War, International Broadcasting, Poland, Russia
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Ted Lipien is a writer, journalist, and founder of the San Francisco-based media freedom nonprofit FreeMediaOnline.org. As a former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director, he was responsible for placement of radio and TV programs on stations in Russia, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries in Eurasia. In the 1980’s he was in charge of VOA radio broadcasts to Poland during the communist regime’s crackdown on the Solidarity labor union and oversaw the development of VOA television news programs to Ukraine and Russia. His book, "Wojtyla's Women: How They Shaped the Life of Pope John Paul II and Changed the Catholic Church" (O-Books, UK - June 2008), describes Pope John Paul II’s views on feminism, birth control, abortion and other gender-related issues. The book also analyzes the impact of World War II and communism on the development of Pope John Paul II religious, philosophical, and political views.
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