He survived the hell of war perpetrated by the Germans against the Jews in occupied Poland and was saved from death by a miracle. When the need called, Samuel Willenberg…

During the two-month-long armed struggle (exactly 63 days) in Warsaw, losses on the Polish side amounted to approximately 16,000 dead and missing, 20,000 wounded and 15,000 captured. In addition, as…

On 30 July 1941 in London, Poland and the Soviet Union concluded a treaty, supplemented by a military agreement on 14 August of the same year, which resulted in the…

In the Lubelskie Voivodeship, in the village of Masłomęcz near Hrubieszów, there is an open-air archaeological museum known as the Goths’ Village. Its history dates back to 1977 when a…

Zakopane, the capital city of the highest mountain range in the Carpathian Mountains, has for decades remained one of the favourite destinations of Poles and foreign tourists. It is difficult…

On 26 July 1941, the Germans murdered Prof. Kazimierz Bartel, an eminent mathematician, politician and five-time Prime Minister of Poland in the inter-war period, together with a group of prisoners…

Karol Brzostowski, who was descended from a distinguished noble family from the Vilnius region, wanted to pursue a military career, but his health did not allow him to do so.…

The prisoners gave him the nickname ‘doll’ – because of his appearance. However, cruelty and sadism lurked in Kurt Franz. Despite committing cruel crimes at Treblinka, he died peacefully and…

During the German occupation, more than 2,200 people died or were murdered in the Lublin Castle Prison since 1939. About 4,500 more prisoners were killed in executions in and around…

Lying is inseparable from the totalitarian system. It was also omnipresent throughout the entire period of the communist system in Poland. It appeared already at the dawn of the installation…