During the Second World War, Warsaw was downgraded to the role of the capital of one of the five districts of the General Government. This quasi-state creation, usually referred to…
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Where is the oldest active synagogue in Poland located? It’s where Kosciuszko called on Jews to fight for Poland
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsThe Jewish Temple, which is the oldest active synagogue in Poland, is located in Krakow’s Kazimierz district and is called the Old Synagogue. It has become a symbol of the…
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Haar designed graphics and created music. He also fought in the Polish Army against the Germans
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsLeopold Haar was a man of many talents: a graphic designer and decorator, he created music and lyrics. He was born into a Jewish family. When the Second World War…
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Polish participation in the fighting of the Second World War – “Skalski’s Circus” (16 III-12V 1943)
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsTunisia is now a country located between Algeria and Libya. On its territory, in the spring of 1943, the battles were fought between the advancing Allied forces against the German…
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Józef Kernbaum (1856-1939) was the founder of the first Polish radiological laboratory – the nucleus of the Institute of Nuclear Research
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsIn the summer of 1911, Mirosław, Józef Kernbaum’s son, committed suicide. He was an eminent physicist and author of pioneering works on the radiolysis of water. The son’s death, caused…
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Jewish innkeepers in the villages in the 18th and 19th centuries
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsThe economic crisis that hit the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as a result of the wars of the 17th century caused the nobility to look for new ways to increase their income.…
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He created the archive of the Warsaw Ghetto. Thanks to him, we know so much about the Holocaust perpetrated by the Germans
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsThe Jewish historian and social activist, Emanuel Ringelblum, continued to do the work he had been doing before the outbreak of the conflict, even during the Second World War. He…
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Attempts to develop Jewish agriculture in the territory of the Kingdom of Poland
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsThe size of the Jewish population living in the territories of the Kingdom of Poland in 1815 is difficult to determine precisely. According to estimates, Jews at that time constituted…
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Bloody days of Miedzyrzec Podlaski at the dawn of Polish independence
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsOn 16 November 1918, a German punitive expedition arrived in Miedzyrzec Podlaski. Within a few hours, the Polish garrison of the town and more than twenty of its civilian inhabitants…
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Racial theories played a very important role in National Socialist ideology. Based on them, most German researchers conducted pseudo-scientific studies to please the authorities. Among other things, they concluded that…