Meeting with Błażej Ciarkowski | Book Premiere 'Remontownia ciał i dusz' at Mediateca MeMo

A reportage about a system designed to bring happiness to the masses and the people who tried to find their place within it. About memories captured in photographs and postcards, and about a reality that was far more complex than nostalgic recollection. About the book: The story of vacations in communist Poland begins with distrust. Right after the war, vacation is not taken for granted but a proposal that 'working masses' must first become acquainted with. The state organizes leisure from above – in sanatoriums, workplace centers, and holiday camps – creating a system meant to reach millions. In this history, specific places return: from health resorts and mountain retreats to seaside centers and forest enclaves. Krynica, Ustka, Kudowa, Szczawnica and many, many others – each becomes a stage.