Life / Books, shows and movies set in Poland [16]

Great questions!

My great grandmother was born in Oleśnica, and her brother was born just down the road in Namysłów. Their father owned an estate called Kazimierz (called Casimir, in earlier days), it's south of Opole, and about 20km from the Czech border. I was able to find it on Google Earth actually, the main house is very creepy, and very abandoned.

I was thinking I would use Wrocław as a base for the trip, and drive out from there.

As for language, just English. Although I do speak some German, I understand it much better than I can speak it.

Life / Books, shows and movies set in Poland [16]

Makes total sense, on the language front. I have had some luck with movies/shows that have English subtitles, and also books that are well known enough to have been translated.

For those with Netflix, I would love to know what you think of the series called 1983 (Polish made, available with subtitles). The show is is set in an alternate timeline in which the fall of the communist Polish People's Republic never happened, and the Iron Curtain is still in place.

I've also been reading a few books by Olga Tokarczuk, her mystery novel 'Drive your Plow over the Bones of the Dead" is set in Silesia, near the Czech border.

There's also a podcast out there called The History of Poland, it is available in English. It traces the history of the geographic region of Poland since people began living there, and it is very thorough.

Thanks very much for the suggestions so far.