The Pawnshop
Łukasz Kowalski
The once thriving pawnshop in the Polish city of Bytom is facing bankruptcy. What could help? Drying tears, ladling out soup, marketing drives, giving away presents?
The Bytom area was once known for its coal mines, but structural change has caught up with it, too. The decline of the region is vividly demonstrated by the pawnshop of the Silesian city. Probably the biggest of its kind in Poland, the shop has seen better days. Jola and Wiesiek, the idiosyncratic operators, are each trying in their own way to cope with the crisis and revive business.
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