He was characterised by stubbornness and eccentricity. His difficult character was balanced by his genius and extraordinary innovation. Tadeusz Tanski constructed the first cars for Poland and fought in the…
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The Kościuszko Uprising is generally considered to have started with Tadeusz Kościuszko’s oath sworn in the Market Square in Kraków on 24 March 1794. However, its outbreak was precipitated primarily…
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In the centre of Warsaw, on 8 March 1968, a protest rally involving several thousand students took place in the courtyard of the local university. Its brutal pacification by the…
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Arthur Felix, who became famous for his method of diagnosing typhoid fever and for his research on salmonella, was born in Andrychów, then in the Austrian partition, about 50 km…
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In 1652, deputy Władysław Siciński caused the first break-off of the Sejm in Poland. Although each member of the Sejm was entitled to a liberum veto, this constitutional principle had…
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Wearing not white but black colour of mourning. Polish women and their fashion protest tsarist Russia (1861-1863)
Polish scholars of the January Uprising have noted that the anti-Russian January Uprising (1863) began with black dresses and ended with them. Polish women wore black dresses and patriotic jewellery…
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He came from a Jewish family that was involved in Polish independence aspirations. Maurycy Bornsztajn fought for the Polish raison d’etat as much as for the health of mentally ill…
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“Spotlihgt” was the code name chosen for the operation launched on 12 February 1955 by the New York-based Free Europe Committee and Radio Free Europe. It consisted of sending thousands…
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On the evening of 7 March 1949, in a prison in Warsaw, the communists executed a group of 7 soldiers of the anti-communist underground, led by the legendary Major Hieronim…
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He sang with a beautiful lyrical baritone. Mieczysław Fogg was a great Polish singer. However, not everyone knows that during the Second World War he fought for Poland and saved…