Salem’s Polish community remembered in new book

Polish immigrants started moving to MA in the 1880s to fill manufacturing jobs, they are still a big part of the communities.   - - Donna Poisl

By Sarah Thomas, GateHouse News Service

One day, Felicia Wilczenski, the dean of the College of Education at UMass Boston, was driving by the National Park Service office building on Clifton Street in Salem. In the window, large photographs of faces from the area’s past were displayed. Wilczenski glanced at them briefly, then stopped the car. One of the pictures was of her own father.

“I’m a second-generation American; both sets of my grandparents were from what is now Poland,” said Wilczenski, who grew up on Dunlap Street. “I knew my family was active in the Polish community, but it was still surprising to see his picture up there.”
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