Israel Epstein
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Israel Epstein, also known by his Chinese nickname "Aipei", was a Polish-born Chinese journalist who was one of the few foreign-born members of the Chinese Communist Party.
Epstein in 1942
Israel Epstein in 1944, Jin-Sui Border Region (northwestern Shanxi)
Epstein (front line, second right) visited Yan'an in 1944 with Mao (top right)
Congress Poland
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Congress Poland, or the Congress Kingdom of Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a semi-autonomous Polish state, a successor to Na
Israel Epstein
…the war, he became editor in chief of China Today. Israel Epstein was born on 20 April 1915 in Warsaw to Polish Jewish parents; Warsaw was then part of Congress Poland, which was under Imperial Russian control. His father had been imprisoned by the authorities of Tsarist Russia for leading a labor uprising and his…
Congress Poland in 1820
The Kingdom of Poland, 1815–1830
An advertisement of cameras made by a Polish company FOS (1905). Cameras, objectives and stereoscopes were exclusively made in Congress Poland.
An early photograph of Manufaktura in Łódź. The city was considered to be one of the largest textile industry centres in Europe and was nicknamed Polish Manchester.