Eastern Europe!, 2nd Edition Quotes

“Those who want peace Will always bow to the threat of violence, Triumph is only for those who do not fear war, And that is how Yalta should be understood.”
― Tomek Jankowski, Eastern Europe!, 2nd Edition: Everything You Need to Know About the History (and More) of a Region that Shaped Our World and Still Does

“There were never any Nazi plans for a “Westland” province. In Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, however, Hitler did create an “Ostland” (Eastland) province, and countries and institutions alike across the region were mercilessly uprooted and demolished by the Nazis. Hitler couldn’t imagine a Europe without Denmark or Belgium, but he did create a Europe without Poland or Estonia.”
― Tomek Jankowski, Eastern Europe!, 2nd Edition: Everything You Need to Know About the History (and More) of a Region that Shaped Our World and Still Does

“One of my favorite Hungarian writers, Kálmán Mikszáth (KAHL-mahn MEEK-saht), posed the question in a late-19th century story called Beszterce ostroma (The Siege of Beszterce) that while everyone admires men who were born before their time, what is to be done with a man who is born centuries after his time?”
― Tomek Jankowski, Eastern Europe!, 2nd Edition: Everything You Need to Know About the History (and More) of a Region that Shaped Our World and Still Does