statement foreshadowed the International Military Tribunals that would be convened years later at Nuremberg and Tokyo.... 1937 (70 years ago today), Maria Szyszkowska (left) was born in Warsaw, Poland. A member of Poland's Senate as well as an academic and author, she opposes Poland's participation in the Iraq War. She also has championed the rights of gay men and lesbians by inter alia introducing legislation aimed at recognizing civil unions for same-sex couples.
