Name: A suitor with a dark past
Uploaded: 2026-08-27T19:29:01+00:00
Duration: 23 min 39 s
Description: I revisit the case of Paweł Strzelecki and the Wajda family, which shocked Lviv and sparked widespread debate in 1895. More than a century later, many aspects of the story feel surprisingly familiar.

I revisit the case of Paweł Strzelecki and the Wajda family, which shocked Lviv and sparked widespread debate in 1895. More than a century later, many aspects of the story feel surprisingly familiar.

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Gazeta Lwowska 29.05.1895.
Przegląd. Polityczny, Społeczny i Literacki 29.05.1895.
Przegląd. Polityczny, Społeczny i Literacki 31.05.1895