Michał Sędziwój (1566-1636), known as Sendivogius Polonus, became famous in Europe for his extraordinary alchemical knowledge. At the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries he was searching for the…

Today is the 88th anniversary of the death of Bolesław Limanowski, the Polish historian and sociologist. Bolesław Limanowski, Polish historian and sociologist, known as the nestor of Polish socialism, as…

Aleksander Sochaczewski (1843-1923) is today a forgotten painter. The value of his paintings is determined primarily by the subject matter he undertook. At least 118 of his works have survived…

Szolc-Rogoziński’s fascination with the little-known countries of Central Africa had its origins when, in his young years, he sailed in a Russian military flotilla from Kronstadt to Vladivostok in 1880,…

Józef Mackiewicz, a prominent Polish writer, opponent of totalitarianism and supporter of the Polish-Lithuanian agreement, died on 31 January 1985. His self-characterisation is famous: “Profession: writer. Nationality: anti-communist. Beliefs: counter-revolutionary.…

The history of the Oświęcim Jewish community dates back to the first half of the 16th century. For over 400 years, Jewish life in Oświęcim developed rapidly.  During the German…

While stakes with heretics were burning in Western Europe and religious conflicts were raging, peace reigned in Poland and Lithuania. The nobility of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth decided that religious tolerance…

At the outbreak of the January Uprising (22 January 1863), the territories of the Kingdom of Poland, which was in the Russian partition, began to be subject to two administrations.…

On 24 January 1588, 435 years ago, at Byczyna, the Polish army led by Hetman Jan Zamoyski crushed the army of the Austrian Archduke Maximilian Habsburg. The victory decided the…

According to the latest partial research, the Germans repressed about a thousand people in the occupied Poland for helping Jews. Many of them were murdered, others were imprisoned, sent to…