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Michal Kranz

Michal Kranz

Michal Kranz is a Warsaw-based freelance journalist and photographer reporting on Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

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Poland’s Allure for Tajikistan’s Exiles

Poland’s Allure for Tajikistan’s Exiles

Ethnic Pamiris fleeing repression have found an unlikely home in Poland, bolstered by the broader Tajik opposition movement that took up residence there years before. In Warsaw, they are planning a future after the authoritarian rule of President Emomali Rahmon.

Michal Kranz
A New Dig Has Revealed Bodies From a WWII Massacre in Ukraine

A New Dig Has Revealed Bodies From a WWII Massacre in Ukraine

The find is laden with controversy and entwined with the politics of memory. For the Poles, uncovering the dead is a moment for closure — but those in western Ukraine are wary of the disunity that conversations about such efforts may create with one of their closest allies in their fight against Russia.

Michal Kranz