Daily Herald | The Path from Polska

The first wave of modern Polish immigration began at the end of World War II. Next there were those from the Solidarity movement. The current wave was prompted by the fall of the Berlin Wall and the conversion to capitalism. Half call the suburbs home. Meet three of them.
RIGHT AT HOME

First Wave
A nightmarish youth ends in American dream Second Wave
Solidarity sends one family searching for a new homeland Third Wave
Red Firebird revs Pole toward capitalist success


Part 1 Some Poles choose America over family as travel rules divide them.	Part 2 Catholicism dominates Poles' lives there and in the suburbs.	Part 3 One son's struggle to escape Polska's gripping poverty. And an up-close look at three paths from Polska.	Part 4 Grayslake woman traces her heritage to the Holocaust.	Part 5 Wood Dale man relives his role in often overlooked 'Uprising.'	Part 6 Two entrepreneurs; two divergent outcomes.
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