An unsung hero




The Europeans show

Summary: <p>This week, the Hollywood-worthy story of Janina Garbień. Her family hid a nine-year-old Jewish girl in their Warsaw home during the war; Janina would later fall in love with an Italian prisoner at a Nazi camp, lose him, and find him again. Ola Cichowlas tells us her grandmother's extraordinary tale. We also talk about a shocking case of police brutality and the controversy over France's security law. Plus, unfortunate village names and the truth about apples.</p> <p>Ola is Moscow correspondent for Agence France-Presse (AFP). You can follow her <a href="https://twitter.com/olacicho">here</a> and read a beautiful thread about her grandmother <a href="https://twitter.com/olacicho/status/1329776395485143040">here</a>.</p> <p>Katy guest-hosted the first episode of the new UN Women podcast Generations Talk Gender, featuring a conversation between a young Romanian feminist and a long-time activist in Serbia. Check it out <a href="https://eca.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/multimedia/2020/11/generations-talk-gender">here</a>.</p> <p>Thanks for listening! If you enjoy this podcast and would like to help us keep making it, you can chip in a few euros/dollars/pounds at <a href="http://patreon.com/europeanspodcast">patreon.com/europeanspodcast</a>.</p> <p>This week's Isolation Inspiration: Swedish comedy <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81069541">'Love and Anarchy'</a>, Dutch TV show <a href="https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/een-programma-over-de-jaren-negentig.html">'Een programma over de jaren negentig'</a>, and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1SnFk0AhmCPZWW3QCAJXVD">this accompanying 90s Eurodance playlist</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/EuropeansPod">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/europeanspodcast/">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/europeanspodcast/">Facebook</a> | hello@europeanspodcast.com</p>