The Color of Courage
News, Reviews & Events — 2016-2018
This page contains News, Reviews & Events from 2016 through 2018 dealing with The Color of Courage, 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 The Color of Courage and all our other titles (including our newest release Fighting Auschwitz), meet old friends, and make new ones! Attending on behalf of Aquila Polonica were president Terry Tegnazian and creative director Ewa Wojciak.
December 6, 2018 – Washington, D.C. – Julian Kulski honored – Julian Kulski, author of The Color of Courage, was honored at an event sponsored by the Warsaw Institute and the Jamestown Foundation, in the 100th anniversary year of Poland’s regaining its independence. The Polish Ambassador, Piotr Wilczek, attended and spoke, as did Abby Spencer Moffat, CEO of the Diana Davis Spencer Foundation. More info online or pdf…
November 30 through December 2, 2018 – Chicago, IL – 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 copies of The Color of Courage and some of its other titles (including our newest release, Fighting Auschwitz) for the Polish Perspectives booth, which were given away to teachers before the Conference’s end.
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 Color of Courage 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 The Color of Courage and our other titles, meet old friends, and make new ones! Attending on behalf of Aquila Polonica were president Terry Tegnazian and creative director Ewa Wojciak.
August 3, 2017 – Polish Foreign Ministry awards Julian Kulski – We have even more to be proud of! Julian Kulski, author of The Color of Courage, was just awarded the Bene Merito Award by Deputy Foreign Minister Jan Dziedziczak in Warsaw today. More congratulations to Julian!
July 31, 2017 – Polish President awards Julian Kulski – We’re so proud of Julian Kulski, author of The Color of Courage, who was awarded the Commander’s Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta by Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw today. Congratulations, Julian!
July 4, 2017 – WWII Warsaw Mayor Julian S. Kulski Honored – Julian S. Kulski, Mayor of Warsaw during WWII (and father of Julian E. Kulski, author of our book The Color of Courage) was honored with a memorial plaque at the headquarters of Bank Citi Handlowy w. Warsaw on July 4, 2017. The bank’s headquarters building is located on the site of pre-war Warsaw City Hall. Calling Mayor Kulski one of the “heroes who can today inspire next generations,” Slawomir Sikora, president of City Handlowy, said “During the occupation, his administration was refuge for thousands of people…He saved many Polish Jews. He helped commanders and soldiers of the Polish Home Army and provided shelter for hundreds of families with children.” [Photo: Kulski family, 1939. L-R: daughter Wanda, wife Eugenia, Julian S. Kulski, son Julian E. Kulski.] Read the entire article online or pdf…
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 of The Color of Courage 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 Color of Courage and 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.
September 13, 2016 – Brazilian edition of The Color of Courage – We just received our copies of the Brazilian edition (translated to Portuguese, of course!) of The Color of Courage by Julian Kulski, from the publisher, Editora Valentina, to whom we licensed the Portuguese translation rights for Brazil. Released in August, the book has garnered great reviews so far!
July 11, 2016 – The Jerusalem Post reviews The Color of Courage – “Kulski’s account is fascinating because of its blend of attention to the persecution of Jews and his descriptions of the issues that non-Jewish Poles faced,” says the Jerusalem Post in its review of The Color of Courage. Calling Julian Kulski’s wartime diary “immensely accessible today,” the review concludes, “Memoirs like this serve an essential purpose in binding together the history of the Holocaust and the countries in which it took place. The persecution of the Jews was not some isolated event in a vacuum but part of the destruction of Europe. It is not a Jewish issue only, as this book reminds us, but one that crosses boundaries of family and life.” Read the entire review online OR pdf…
May 11–14 – 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 Aquila Polonica titles and bringing The Color of Courage author Julian Kulski and two other authors who will be doing evnts at BEA and BookCon, and in the Chicago area, all week. For more details and the event schedule…
February 10, 2016 – Washington, D.C. – National Press Club – Julian Kulski, author of The Color of Courage, spoke at the Washington, D.C. National Press Club luncheon meeting of American Legion Post 20. Speaking to an enthralled audience, Mr. Kulski described his wartime experience as a boy soldier in the Polish Underground, illustrated with a short clip from his documentary film Legacy of the White Eagle. (Photo: Rex Stucky)
