University Daily Kansan, April 7, 1982
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OREN JACOBY/Kansan
Filmmaker and journalist Marian Marzynski visits a nun who sheltered him from the Germans 38 years ago, on "Return to Poland," a one-hour World special shown at the Kansas Union night day.
Recounts former life
Polish filmmaker tells story
By CATHERINE BEHAN Staff Writer
A "spy" returned to Poland last summer.
But Marian Marznyki said he went back to his troubled native country after a 12-year absence not to spay, as she did before. "I will remember to remember, on film, his life there."
Marzymk's own story, as shown in a film documentary presented here Monday night, brings into focus the difficulties of more control over its political process.
"One doesn't need to be James Bond to see what's happening in Poland," Marzvinski said Monday.
Marzynski returned home last May to film "Return to Poland," a public Broadcasting Service world special. In film, sponsored by KU'S School of Journalism, Soviet and East European Studies program and Skavage devil stories, he shared old hustles and talks to friends and passersby about Poland then, and Poland now.
"I saw a parallel," Marzynski said. "Solidarity is at a time where we (Jewish Poles) were at the beginning of the war."
"I was born in Warsaw in 1937, and one half-year before the Germans invaded Poland," Martzynki says in his book. He kindergarten. My same was survival."
in "Return to Poland" Marzynski, a Jew, remembers growing up during World War II.
HIS MOTHER, who now lives with him and his family in Illinois, saved him from certain death in a concentration camp during WWII. He farsaw photo and placing him in the care of Catholic monsies and priests, he said.
AND ALTHOUGH Marzynski and his fellow journalists were expected to produce government propaganda, sometimes filmmakers worked to inform people of the other side of the story.
After the war, Marzynski attended the best schools in Warsaw and eventually became a journalist and filmmaker there. Marzynski left Poland in 1968 when anti-Semitic sentiment rose again and he felt he could no longer fight the battle of censorship there, he said.
"It forces you to do propaganda in which you don't believe, but still they are paying for it, so you either accept them or refuse city—or you fight it." Marryzky said.
He said he had had a good time making films in Poland, because for a time, he was winning the fight against censorship. In Poland, he said, there is a special challenge to artistry because it usually only way to make any political comment.
he decided to take his family to Denmark. There he made films much more freely, but was constantly asked to a "jewish Polish" filmmaker.
"In a communist society, media people are considered 'workers of the idealogical front,'" Marszynski said. "Journalists are engineers of the human soul—we pay them to change people's minds."
"I was at the peak of my career and they told me to love it or leave it," Martznyski said.
The films give the information the Poles want but are not getting through official news services, Marzaryna said. Finally, he decided, "My mother will be dead." My mother was dead.
AFTER THREE years in Denmark,
he decided that he could not grow as a filmmaker there.
"Other European countries are like a haunt, but have a vacation in Denmark," he said.
Now Marzynski lives in America, making films and teaching communications students at Governors State University in Illinois.
Although Marznyki returned to Poland before martial law began, he said he understands why the government imposed martial law.
"There is a certain logic to what they did Dec. 13," he said. "Politicans must survive, so it was a decision to go with or against Russia."
"As long as people aren't dying, we (the United States) can't do anything," he said. "Without blood, there is the status quo.
"It was, I believe, a close decision." For Solidarity to take over the government, Poland must get worse, he said.
Sures que. "Unfortunately, I see blood in Poland."
One of the reasons given for martial law is that as long as the people rebel against it, they must resist it, so we tell it, the judge said. As soon as the cease is accepted martial law, it will cease.
But, he added that Solidarity was not ready to take over the government yet. The group should be strong enough to resist the battle against the Soviet Union he said.
Information is not so desperately needed as the spark, because the Polish people are extremely aware of what's going on in and around their country, he
"I'm very optimistic, though. It's just a matter of time," Marzynski said. "There's no way that this movement can't win. Only the spark is needed."
Alumni fund raiser brings KU $42.538
By DEBBIE DOUGLASS
Staff Reporte
Staff Reporter
KU alumni pledged $24,338 to the Greater University Fund during a two-week telephone campaign against Alabama University Fondation Association.
In the past, unrestricted funds have been used for student financial aid, library books, scientific equipment, technology effects and museum acquisitions, she said.
Money raised during the campaign, which ended Monday night, will go primarily into unrestricted Endowment Association funds, Laurie Mackey, director of the Greater University Fund, said yesterday.
The Endowment Association passed
magal of $29,000 last Thursday night.
Magal
"It turned out to be a very rude, goal," she said. "We were astounded." Mackey said the amount of money they raped of what had been thought were realistic predictions, but the Endowment Association was happy to be incorrect.
"I think it's a tradition that's here to stay," Mackey said.
This was the third year for a national telephone campaign from Lawrence, she said. For the last two years the goal was $25,000. In 1980 she said, the Endowment Association raised $25,000 and last year it received $34,000.
She said 116 students from 20 Greek houses volunteered to call KU alumni and ask for donations to the University.
"I'm so impressed with the students who cane and called," Mackey said. "And, of course, I am very happy with the students we were made available to the University."
She said students spent three hours each night of the campaign calling out-of-state alumni, without taking any breaks.
"This is the first time we didn't call alumni in Kansas."she said.
And, Mackey said, many of the alumni expressed a real affection for Lawrence and the University. A large number of alumni who had never responded to any mail requests gave donations, she said.
Mackey said Jill Remsberg, Wichita senior, and Jay Simpson, Lawrence junior, were responsible for recruiting Greek houses to telephone alumni.
"We have extremely loyal alumni at KU." she said.
Remsberg and Simpson, she said, recruited 10 team captains, who organized teams.
Mackey said Phil Delta Theta fraternity was the top money-raising team, raising $4,450 in pledges. Gamma Phi Beta sorority and Phil Delta Theta
fraternity combined to produce the top nightly total of $7,660 in pledges.
Suzy Stevenson, Gardner freshman, got the top number of pledges in one night, Mackey said. Stevenson obtained 32 pledges.
Nancy Ice. Newton junior, had the top amount of money raised personally with $2380 in pledges. Mackey said.
She said the students probably called 106 people each evening and averaged about 12 pledges.
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