The Institute’s publications include Na nieludzkiej ziemi (The Inhuman Land) by Józef Czapski, Środki polityki gospodarczej (Economic Policy Resources) by Stanisław Gryziewicz, Klub Trzeciego Miejsca (The Third Place Club) by Melchior Wańkowicz, Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler, and the book-length version of Wracam z Polski (I Return from Poland) by Aleksander Janta-Połczyński.
POLAND
Congress of Polish Writers in Szczecin establishes the literary principles of Socialist Realism.
WORLD
Berlin Blockade and Airlift. USSR tests A-bomb. NATO and COMECON are created.
Stalin sets up the German Democratic Republic.
Mao Zedong proclaims the People’s Republic of China.
