Laura Clarissa Loew

Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

Laura Clarissa Loew is currently a research assistant at the Chair of East-Central European History at JLU Giessen and is doing her doctorate on social advancement in the People's Republic of Poland. From 2017-2024 she studied history and political science in Darmstadt, Leipzig, Vilnius and Giessen.

Bauer beim Pflügen mit einem Gespann aus zwei Kühen in der Umgebung von Wilcza, nordöstlich von Kłodzko, 1961

Background Article

Dreams Beyond the Cow Pasture

What “Memoir Competitions” Tell us About Life as a Young Person in Rural Regions of the People's Republic of Poland

The People's Republic of Poland brought radical change to the lives of children and young people living in the Polish countryside. Though many still had the task of herding cows, their expectations and visions for the future were now very different. In texts written and submitted as part of...