On 16 October 1889, a patent was granted for the photorevolver, a hand-held camera for snapshot photography, which became a sensation in Poland as well as worldwide. Its creator was…
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First Polish woman to climb Mount Everest. She reached the summit when Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsWanda Rutkiewicz, one of the most outstanding female Himalayan climbers in history, reached summit of Mount Everest on 16 October 1978 at 1.45 p.m. This was a date of double…
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Forty-five years ago, on 16 October 1978, the Assembly of Cardinals elected Cardinal Karol Wojtyła as Pope, who took the name John Paul II. During his lifetime he enjoyed great…
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As a result of wounds received at the Battle of Savannah, General Casimir Pulaski died on October 11, 1779. In less than 35 years of his life, he made a…
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Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Poland’s best pre-war tennis player did not leave the country when the Germans invaded Poland in 1939
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsJadwiga Jędrzejowska, born in Kraków on 15 October 1912., as the daughter of a worker, achieved success in tennis – a sport practised mainly by representatives of the elite of…
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Maria Konopnicka’s funeral turned into a huge patriotic demonstration
by Dignity Newsby Dignity News11 October 1910, Lwów (today’s Lviv) became the scene of an unprecedented event. On that day, the monumental walls of the Bernardine Church saw the funeral of Maria Konopnicka, Polish…
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Marianna Krasnodębska, one of the many Polish women who saved Jews during the German occupation
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsExactly 100 years ago Marianna Krasnodębska was born. She was a brave woman who, together with her parents and brothers, aided Jews during the German occupation. Marianna Krasnodębska, née Jarosz,…
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The aim of German policy in the occupied Polish territories was the slow destruction of Polish society through, for instance, the induction of famine. Looted food was exported to the…
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Józef Unrug, a German who became a Pole and built the Polish navy from scratch
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsJózef Unrug was a German who chose to be Polish. His life was full of contributions to the Polish navy. He defended the Polish coast against the onslaught of the…
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Bloody revolt in the shadow of the crematoria started by Sonderkommando against the SS men
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsThe revolt of the Jews of the Sonderkommando in the German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, which was held on 7 October 1944, is one of the most tragic events…