In September 1974, the FBI received a letter. The accusations in the letter were shocking – a communist conspiracy aimed at the hearts and minds of America through propaganda in the subtle guise of science fiction. Science-fiction publishers had been infiltrated. The orchestrator of it all was a communist committee, acting under the name... Stanisław Lem.
But passports were not easily obtainable in Poland under the communist regime. In 1982
Passports in Poland in 1982, were simple to obtain: just bribe the right person, after which you just needed the right friend (like, a General’s family member) to put in a good word for you, and voila, a “you’ll get a passport when you get it” quickly turned into “here are your passports”.
Passports in Poland in 1982, were simple to obtain: just bribe the right person, after which you just needed the right friend (like, a General’s family member) to put in a good word for you, and voila, a “you’ll get a passport when you get it” quickly turned into “here are your passports”.
The rest… oh well, Mozart didn’t exist either 🫠