https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/7024cc73-b76c-410f-8504-d1f1b0bef7e7 After World War II left Poland behind the Iron Curtain, many Poles found themselves separated from their homeland, unable to return for fear of persecution by the communist regime. Polish émigré circles set up a number of institutions that took up the task of not only maintaining the Polish diaspora’s identity, but also developing new cultural and geopolitical ideas. Chief among the institutions was the Literary Institute established by Jerzy Giedroyć, known widely as Maisons-Laffitte, after the Paris suburb where it is located. Over the decades, the Institute published literary and historical journals, while its founder and his circle exchanged thousands of letters not only with fellow émigrés but also with some of the leading intellectuals of the era, including the French writer Albert Camus. Today, the Institute preserves this extraordinary collection of publications, correspondence, and archival materials, making them available to researchers from around the world. Join TVP World’s Klaudia Czerwińska and her guest, Olga Jaros, a member of the Kultura Literary Institute Association, as they explore the daily life of the founders who lived and worked under one roof in Maisons-Laffitte, the vast archive of publications and correspondence preserved by the Institute, and the challenges of safeguarding and digitizing one of the most important collections in the history of the Polish émigré community. 🔴 Watch our 24/7 livestream - https://youtube.com/live/9RY46AUtIl4 Bringing you all the latest daily news and updates, TVP World is Poland's first English-language channel where you can find world news as seen from the Polish perspective and the latest news from the CEE region. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. https://tvpworld.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tvpworldcom https://twitter.com/TVPWorld_com https://www.instagram.com/tvp_world/ https://www.threads.net/@tvp_world https://bsky.app/profile/tvpworld.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@tvpworld.com https://t.me/tvp_world #Poland #Culture #History Mon, 21 Sep 2026 01:40:26 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.echelon.pl https://video.echelon.pl/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/7024cc73-b76c-410f-8504-d1f1b0bef7e7 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.echelon.pl/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.