The Auschwitz Volunteer
News, Reviews & Events — 2016-2018
This page contains current News, Reviews & Events from 2016 through 2018 dealing with The Auschwitz Volunteer, either in whole or in part. Complete listings can be found in the News, Reviews & Events Archive under Media Room in the main menu. Other years for this title can be found under the News, Reviews & Events tab in the menu at the left of this page.
December 6–9, 2018 – Boston, MA – 2018 ASEEES Convention – Aquila Polonica exhibited at the 2018 convention of the Association for Slavic, East European & Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) for the ninth year in a row. It was a great opportunity to showcase all our titles (including our award-winning title The Auschwitz Volunteer), meet old friends, and make new ones! Attending on behalf of Aquila Polonica were president Terry Tegnazian and creative director Ewa Wojciak.
November 30 through December 2, 2018 – Chicago, IL – Polish Perspectives at 2018 NCSS Conference – Once again, the American Council for Polish Culture organized and manned the Polish Perspectives booth at the Annual Conference of the National Council for the Social Studies. More than 4,000 teachers attended, and browsed more than 250 booths. As in past years, Aquila Polonica donated several copies of each of its titles (including our award-winning book The Auschwitz Volunteer) for the Polish Perspectives booth, which were given away to teachers before the Conference’s end.
November 11–16, 2018 – New York City, NY – The Auschwitz Volunteer on Broadway – Captain Witold Pilecki on Broadway! We’re very excited to announce that a one-actor show based on Aquila Polonica’s award-winning book The Auschwitz Volunteer won the Best Documentary Show Award at the 2018 United Solo Theatre Festival. Starring and directed by actor Marek Probosz, with Aquila Polonica president Terry Tegnazian narrating. More…
August 12, 2018 – Santa Monica, CA – The Auschwitz Volunteer Multimedia Performance – Aquila Polonica president Terry Tegnazian and actor Marek Probosz presented Aquila Polonica’s two-person multimedia program about Captain Witold Pilecki and the resistance movement at Auschwitz, at Saint Monica’s Church.
January 11–12, 2018 – Chandler, AZ – The Auschwitz Volunteer Multimedia Performances – Aquila Polonica president Terry Tegnazian and actor Marek Probosz presented two performances of Aquila Polonica’s two-person multimedia program about Captain Witold Pilecki and the resistance movement at Auschwitz, to audiences totaling approximately 1,500 people. More…
November 17–19, 2017 – San Francisco, CA – Polish Perspectives at 2017 NCSS – The American Council for Polish Culture (ACPC) organized and manned the Polish Perspectives booth at the 2017 Annual Conference of the National Council for the Social Studies. Several thousand social studies teachers attended, and browsed more than 200 booths. As in past years, Aquila Polonica was pleased to donate copies of The Auschwitz Volunteer and its other titles for the Polish Perspectives booth.Books, DVDs and flyers were given away to teachers before the Conference’s end.
November 9–12, 2017 – Chicago, IL – 2017 ASEEES Convention – Aquila Polonica exhibited at the 2017 convention of the Association for Slavic, East European & Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) for the eighth year in a row. It was a great opportunity to showcase all our titles (including our award-winning title The Auschwitz Volunteer), meet old friends, and make new ones! Attending on behalf of Aquila Polonica were president Terry Tegnazian and creative director Ewa Wojciak.
December 2–4, 2016 – Washington, D.C. – Polish Perspectives at 2016 NCSS – Volunteers from the American Council for Polish Culture organized and manned a Polish Perspectives booth at the 2016 Annual Conference of the National Council for the Social Studies. With several thousand teachers in attendance, and more than 200 booths, this large bustling conference was a great venue to present Polish perspectives on history and culture. As we have done in the past, Aquila Polonica was happy to donate copies The Auschwitz Volunteer and its other titles and accompanying material, which was given away to teachers during the conference.
November 17–20, 2016 – Washington, D.C. – 2016 ASEEES Convention – Exciting to be in the nation’s capital once again for the annual convention of the Association for Slavic, East European & Eurasian Studies, where we exhibited The Auschwitz Volunteer along with all our other titles. Aquila Polonica president Terry Tegnazian and Creative Director Ewa Wojciak attended and manned the booth. And since we were in Washington, D.C., the newly appointed ambassador Piotr Wilczek invited attendees interested in Polish affairs to the Ambassador’s residence for a special reception.
November 7, 2016 – Finnish version of The Auschwitz Volunteer now available! – Just received our copies of the Finnish version of The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery by Captain Witold Pilecki! We licensed Finnish-language rights to publisher Minerva Kustannus Oy in Helsinki.
August 20, 2016 – The Auschwitz Volunteer in the Wall St. Journal – The Wall St. Journal names The Auschwitz Volunteer as one of the “Five Best” books on wartime secret missions!! Read here (print version)… OR here (pdf of online version)… OR online (WSJ subscription required). And here’s our PRESS RELEASE…
May 11–14, 2016 – BookExpo America & BookCon, Chicago, IL – This year BookExpo America is in Chicago, at McCormick Place Convention Center, and Poland is the featured country! Aquila Polonica will be sharing booth space with the official exhibit by the Polish Book Institute, Booth 1504/1505—showcasing The Auschwitz Volunteer and all other Aquila Polonica titles and bringing three authors who will be doing evnts at BEA and BookCon, and in the Chicago area, all week. For more details and the event schedule…
May 23, 2016 – Mainland China edition of The Auschwitz Volunteer – We just received our copies of the simplified Chinese (Mainland China) edition of The Auschwitz Volunteer by Captain Witold Pilecki, translated to English by Jarek Garlinski. We licensed the simplified Chinese rights to Beijing World Publishing Corporation. We licensed complex Chinese rights to Acropolis in Taiwan, and that edition has been available since early 2014.
