Anne Applebaum: Wanda Telakowska did not begin her career as a Marxist. At different times an art teacher, designer, critic, and curator, Telakowska had in the 1930s been best known for her association with a Polish artistic group called ?ad, which conoisseurs of design history will recognize as a cousin of the British Arts and … Continue reading Behind the Iron Curtain Entry 4: Survival sometimes means collaboration. But it is no guarantee of success.