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There are nearly one million refugees currently living in Poland. While the vast majority arrived from Ukraine, Poland has also welcomed forcibly displaced people from Central Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. While refugees may be different, they all search for a place that reminds them of home.
In This Is The Place, a project supported by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Anna Liminowicz asked refugees to show what, in Poland, reminds them of their home. These portraits and the personalized confessions her subjects handwrote in their native languages tell poignant stories about safety and hope.
Anna Liminowicz is an award-winning photographer and reportage journalist based in Warsaw, Poland. A frequent contributor to the The New York Times, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, El Pais, Der Spiegel and UNHCR, Liminowicz divides her time between assignments and long-term personal projects, mainly focusing on social issues like identity and loss, and what uplifts her subjects. She has covered the war in Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees in Poland since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, and received the 2022 Grand Press Photo Award for her project “Too Precious to Leave Behind”.
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
In This Is The Place, a project supported by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Anna Liminowicz asked refugees to show what, in Poland, reminds them of their home. These portraits and the personalized confessions her subjects handwrote in their native languages tell poignant stories about safety and hope.
Anna Liminowicz is an award-winning photographer and reportage journalist based in Warsaw, Poland. A frequent contributor to the The New York Times, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, El Pais, Der Spiegel and UNHCR, Liminowicz divides her time between assignments and long-term personal projects, mainly focusing on social issues like identity and loss, and what uplifts her subjects. She has covered the war in Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees in Poland since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, and received the 2022 Grand Press Photo Award for her project “Too Precious to Leave Behind”.
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
| Building: | Weiser Hall |
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| Event Type: | Exhibition |
| Tags: | russia, Ukraine |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, International Institute, Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia |
| Upcoming Dates: |
Monday, September 14, 2026 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
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Videos of programs organized by WCEE affiliates are posted on the CCPS and CREES websites.
Videos of select events are also available on the University of Michigan's YouTube Channel.
