The Jewish temple in Gdańsk’s centre was a representative building. It was a symbol of the Jews’ belonging to the community of the city. Unfortunately, with the outbreak of World…
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Efforts of Stanisław Zabiełło and his associates for the benefit of Polish Jews in France until 1942
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsThe Third Reich’s attack on France in May 1940 and the rapid capitulation of Paris in June of that year were crucial to the fate of many refugees throughout Western…
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Jędrzej Moraczewski was born in Trzemeszno on 13th January 1870. He was a socialist, soldier of the First Brigade of the Polish Legions and Prime Minister of the Government of…
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Zbysław Roehr – born in Lwów, inventor of the disposable needle
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsBefore the Second World War, Zbysław Roehr was a Polish industrialist. From 1939, he lived in the USA, where he founded a company producing medical equipment, including disposable needles, which…
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Alfred Tarski – one of the four most eminent logicians of all time
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsAlfred Taitelbaum was born on 14 January 1901 in Warsaw to a family of Jewish industrialists who combined attachment to Jewish religious traditions with assimilation into Polish culture. Already during…
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He was born in 1873 in Ditkowice near Tarnopol (today’s Ternopil), to a well-known Jewish family. He fought in the First Brigade of the Polish Legions. Choosing field service at…
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Karolina Lanckorońska – extraordinary aristocrat, art historian and Polish activist
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsIn the Second Polish Republic, a great academic career opened before Karolina Lanckorońska at the Department of Art History at the Jan Kazimierz University in Lwów (today’s Lviv). Unfortunately, it…
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Pola Negri- the most famous Polish big screen actress. What was her path to career in Hollywood?
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsNo Polish actor or actress has had such a worldwide career as Pola Negri, who was born in a small Polish town. Among her admirers were Adolf Hitler and Albert…
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Magdalena Grodzka-Gużkowska taught Jews how to hide from the Germans during the Second World War
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsWhen the Second World War broke out, Magdalena Grodzka-Gużkowska was a teenager. She declared personal war on Hitler and joined the Polish underground. She also helped persecuted Jews. Magdalena Grodzka-Gużkowska…
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“I planted currants and sunflowers by the house to cover the entrance”. Zofia Tarasiuk helped 11 Jews in Mordy near Siedlce
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsIn the Second Polish Republic, Zofia Tarasiuk lived in the village of Wojnów near the town of Mordy, located halfway between Minsk Mazowiecki and Siedlce. Before the war, she had…