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Ciao, sono Mary, sono una guida turistica professionista specializzata in storia delle ideologie, Europa del XIX e XX secolo e scienze politiche. Vivo a Berlino da 4 anni, dove ho maturato la mia prima esperienza come guida turistica lavorando per l'azienda leader del mercato. Sono cresciuta a Varsavia, dove le mie radici ebraiche/polacche e l'esperienza familiare mi hanno spinto a coltivare un vivo interesse per la storia europea. Ho studiato al Collegium MISH dell'Università di Varsavia, che permette agli studenti con ampi interessi accademici di combinare lezioni di tutte le facoltà in programmi individuali e interdisciplinari. Ho avuto la fortuna di imparare da alcuni dei migliori storici, sociologi e altri contemporanei, il che mi ha permesso di acquisire un altissimo livello di comprensione della storia moderna e una forte capacità di analizzarne le conseguenze. In seguito, lavorando come mediatrice giornalistica, ho potuto scambiare esperienze con giornalisti di tutto il mondo e provenienti da diversi contesti culturali, e di esercitarmi a spiegare complessi argomenti socio-storici in modo accessibile ma approfondito. In un mondo attraversato da così tanta tensione politica, ho deciso di dedicare la mia vita a trasmettere il più possibile questa conoscenza. Ora offro i miei tour indipendenti cercando di contrastare l'attuale tendenza a massimizzare i profitti sacrificando l'accuratezza storica. Dopo la deregolamentazione della professione, è diventata la norma pubblicizzare narrazioni problematiche o addirittura fuorvianti come rappresentative della massima qualità accademica. È facile sfruttare il fatto che gli ospiti, che quasi mai sono storici qualificati, semplicemente "non sanno cosa non sanno". Il mio obiettivo è combinare la mia formazione, il mio background professionale e familiare per fornire una spiegazione comprensibile anche dei processi e dei fenomeni più complessi che hanno plasmato la Germania e il mondo così come sono oggi. Spero che vi unirete a me e che il mio tour vivrà un'esperienza non solo divertente, ma anche davvero preziosa.
I feel incredibly lucky to be one of first guests on this wonderful tour. Magda has extensive knowledge and a degree on the subject, her English is excellent and easy to understand. The tour is very thoroughly researched and visibly took many months of preparation, the photos and materials she prepared are diverse and really unique. The true highlight (and something incredibly rare) is guides connection to the subject. Her family was one of very few who decided to save a Jewish person, there are only 7k polish Righteous Among the Nations. It felt like a real privilege to be guided through the getto by someone so personally connected and truly caring about this place and part of history. I don’t live in Poland any more, but I’m polish/jewish, visiting Warsaw I saw all available Jewish history tours and I so far I was horrified each time. Guides had very limited knowledge or even interest in the subject and skipped difficult subjects like current polish antisemitism or manipulated important narratives. Each time it felt completely artificial and I asked if they even know one Jewish person in Warsaw - never got confirming response. There are so few Jews in Poland right now and so hard to hear an authentic voice. You won’t find a better tour about Jewish history in Warsaw than this one.
Horrible experience. I took this tour 1y ago. For me, being Polish-Jewish, the tour is antisemitic and spreads misconceptions. The guide Andrzej couldn’t answer questions and was giving wrong data. He was trying very hard to make many jokes, not on the subject and completely distasteful. I payed for the tour and at the end and gave the guide Andrzej a lot of sources and advice how to improve. I left no review. Today I took the tour again and close to nothing changed. The guide this time added 2 sentences about polish antisemitism, still with wrong data, poor sense of humor, refusing to answer simple questions for example about historical reasons for antisemitism in Poland. He directly refused to share his sources when I asked what literature is he using. The guide has no connection on this subject, it’s just a source of income for him, because there’s a huge demand for teaching about Jews in Poland and almost no Jewish people around to reclaim their voice.
It was a really great experience and Nana is a lovely person. As a guide myself I really appreciated that she didn’t adjust her content to please foreigners but painted honest and nuanced picture of history and culture of Vietnam. I’ve found it really interesting to hear about communism from a different than tired and often one sided european/US perspective. Nana had an injutry last year and has a bit of difficulty with walking but she was still very professional, skilled and we moved around with no issue. I think the fact she’s still guiding after her accident only shows how she cares about and loves her job and her city. Apart from monumentu and a local museum we had some snacks and drinks and saw couple hidden corners and local communities. We had some delay but a good, authentic walking tour can’t be 100% precisely scheduled and I appreciate Nana had a lot of time for us. At the end we also recieved some great recommendations. I can recommend this tour 100%! Happy new year and all the best to you Nana:)