Mosty wzajemnego zrozumienia. Wizyta Billy’ego Grahama w Polsce w październiku 1978 roku – przebieg i skutki
The Bridges of Mutual Understanding. Billy Graham’s Visit to Poland in October 1978 – Its Course and Consequences
Author(s): Włodzimierz Batóg, William GlassSubject(s): Military history, Political history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Billy Graham; religion; international relations; diplomacy; visit to Poland; Catholic Church; Protestant Churches; Baptists; ecumenism
Summary/Abstract: During his visit to Poland on 6–16 October 1978, Pastor Billy Graham stopped over in Warsaw, Białystok, Poznań, Wrocław, Katowice, and Kraków, and also made short visits to the former German Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and the Jasna Góra Sanctuary. He also met with Jewish communities in Krakow, visited Tykocin and the Jewish extermination camp at Treblinka. His evangelisations enjoyed considerable interest of the faithful (from 1,200 to 15,000 people).
Journal: Dzieje Najnowsze
- Issue Year: 51/2019
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 289-339
- Page Count: 51
- Language: Polish