Warsaw Chopin Airport target for bombing by the German Luftwaffe. Later, once Warsaw was occupied by the German army, the airport became the base for two German aviation schools and a Junkers aircraft repair works. During this period, the airport also received its first concrete runway and taxiways; these were left undamaged until the very final days of the war, despite numerous attacks by both the Home Army and Soviet Armed Forces. However, with the German withdrawal from the city, both Okęcie's remaining buildings and ground infrastructure (including the runway) were intentionally destroyed in order to deny their use to the advancing Red
Chopin Theatre Chopin Theatre Chopin Theatre is an independent, for-profit arts center located across the Polish Triangle in Chicago's Wicker Park, considered to be one of Chicago's more artistic communities. Founded in 1990, Chopin Theatre has grown into one of America's most active arts centers, presenting, producing or co-producing over 500 theater, music, film, literary and social events each year. Chopin Theatre is privately held and operates without public funding. Chopin Theatre has produced over 120 of its own productions, mostly Eastern and Central European. It has hosted performers from each American state and from over 40 countries. It produced I-Fest, an