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Yannick Haenel's Jan Karski Reviewed in Art Press

publication · 2026-04-23

In its October 2009 issue (n°360), Art Press published a book review by Vincent Roy of Yannick Haenel's work on Jan Karski. Karski, a messenger of the Polish resistance to the exiled government in London, secretly entered the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942. The review quotes Karski's haunting observation: 'It was not a world. It was not humanity.' The piece is part of the magazine's coverage of the literary autumn season.

Key facts

  • Art Press issue n°360, October 2009
  • Book review by Vincent Roy
  • Subject: Yannick Haenel's work on Jan Karski
  • Jan Karski was a Polish resistance messenger
  • Karski entered the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942
  • Quote: 'It was not a world. It was not humanity.'
  • Part of rentrée littéraire coverage

Entities

Artists

  • Yannick Haenel
  • Jan Karski

Institutions

  • Art Press

Locations

  • Warsaw
  • Poland
  • London
  • United Kingdom

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