Adam Krzemiński
A specialist in German culture born in 1945, Adam Krzemiński is a renowned expert on German-Polish relations. He has written for the Polish weekly Polityka since 1973, and contributed to such German titles as Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. He is also the author of several books including his most recent Lekcje dialogu (Lessons in dialogue, 2010).
Updated: 15 March 2012
The current economic crisis casting doubts over our economic models and historical narratives may be the first not to create a myth of a new utopia around the corner. Although trust in politicians is fading, the good news is that we will get no new Lenins or Hitlers either – merely politicians without any grandeur at all, notes a Polish writer.