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In the second half of the 20th Century, the grounds of Stubenvoll Manor have seldom been viewed by the general public. The property was seized by the communist Polish government at the end of World War II from the Stubenvoll family. The estate became a communized farm (and, in more recent years, an industrial park) but the manorhouse itself was not turned over for any community or civic use. Following the end of the communist era, the manorhouse almost became a massage parlor/bordello called "Paradise", but through the efforts of then-pastor Father Edward Nylec and then-school pricincipal Alicya Blonska the proposed enterprise was defeated. However, the Stubenvoll Manorhouse still remains closed to the general public. Today, it is in the hands of a local politician. This hardly seems just or fair. Let it be known that the last Baron Stubenvoll to occupy Stubenvoll Manor was a compassionate man and Polish patriot. During World War II, he told his farm hands to turn their heads when fugitive Jews ate the crops in his fields or slept in his barns. He entertained German officers from Debica to gather intelligence information and dutifully reported their conversations to the AK, the Polish Home Army. Alas, Baron Stubenvoll received no recognition for his good deeds and the Stubenvoll family received no compensation for the estate. Such was life under a communist regime.