The Jewish Scientific Institute established in Vilnius, one of the largest Polish cities of the Second Polish Republic, became the leading Jewish scientific institution in interwar Europe. It was a…

For his involvement in the struggle for Polish freedom and independence, the Russian authorities exiled him to Chelyabinsk. He was also active in the development of the Jewish community. His…

The Patriot air defence system has been frequently talked about recently. Few people know, however, that one of the main designers of this technology was a Pole, Zdzisław Starostecki, a…

Today is the 156th anniversary of the birth of Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, Lieutenant General of the Polish Army, who in the period of the formation of an independent Polish state was…

24 October 1795, Russia, Prussia, and Austria signed the Partition Treaty, which led to the complete division of the territory of the Polish Republic. Previously, Poland had been truncated as…

In the 17th century, there was an opportunity to Christianise the Middle Kingdom. This initiative was attempted by Michael Boym, who wanted to support and save the Chinese Ming dynasty…

The Polish Underground State structures, which emerged during the Second World War, fully deserve to be called a phenomenon. No European nation had ever managed to build an underground state…

60 years ago, on 21 October 1963, near Piaski (approx. 25 km east of Lublin), sergeant Józef Franczak, pseudonym “Laluś”, was killed in a battle with officers of the communist…

As a nation, the Poles made an enormous contribution to the military struggle against the German occupier during World War II. However, it is also worth remembering the pre-war political…

Jews under German occupation resisted Nazi policies. Initially resistance existed only in social and civil terms. With the start of the Holocaust, conditions changed radically. From 1942, militant structures began…