Is There a Nation Without a State in Galicia?

Poland is a nation without a state, but virtual poland exists very effectively. Two of the greatest jewish writers wind up coming from galicia. How do you remain a nation when you don't have a state? That is the challenge. Timothy gartenesh part of the answer is, you do it through novels. You do it through poetry, great polish poetry. And you also now and then have an insurrection. The one that strikes me most is the 18 forty six attempt by the nobility in galicia to throw off the austrians. This continued into the twentieth century. Do not underestimate how important this was. We like an adventure. Yes, it was an adventure. Here