At the end of August 1980, the communist authorities in Poland were forced to sign agreements with committees representing tens of thousands of striking workers. These concessions by the authorities…
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Who was the tutor of the famous chronicler of the Warsaw Ghetto and of many generations of historians?
by Dignity Newsby Dignity News140 years ago, Marceli Handelsman (1882-1945) was born in Warsaw to an assimilated Jewish family committed to Polishness. Initially, he chose the profession of lawyer. However, he abandoned his lawyer’s…
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History and symbolism shake hands. What is the origin of the Lublin Union Monument?
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsMany times, over the centuries, Lublin, one of the most important cities in the present-day east of Poland, has witnessed groundbreaking historical events. Some of them have been commemorated in…
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How did the Poles clear the way to Moscow in 1610? The Battle of Klushino
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsAn army led by a great Polish commander, Stanislaw Zolkiewski, defeated the more numerous Moscow-Swedish troops at the Battle of Klushino. This paved the way for the Polish entry into…
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The glories and shadows of holidays in a country manor according to Piotr Choynowski (1885-1935)
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsNowadays forgotten, Piotr Choynowski was a very well-known writer in his time. His works depict the Polish elite at crucial moments in history (the January Uprising, the 1905 Revolution, the…
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The boom of Jewish printing and books in the former Republic of Poland
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsThe first significant Talmudic University in Kraków was founded around 1503 by Jakub Polak. The needs of Jewish education and Talmudic teaching led to the development of printing in the…
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On 1 July 1569 in Lublin, members of parliament representing the Crown of the Polish Kingdom and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, hitherto independent states, signed the Union of Lublin…
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The arrest of general Stefan Rowecki a.k.a. “Grot” – the Main Commander of the Home Army
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsOn 30 June 1943, in one of the flats in occupied Warsaw, the Germans arrested General Stefan Rowecki a.k.a. “Grot” – the Commander-in-Chief of the Home Army (AK). After the…
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Ignacy Krieger and his passion for documenting the life of Krakow
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsAmong the many people of Jewish origin who have made a significant contribution to Polish culture, there are many prominent Krakow Jews. Painters and architects occupy a prominent place in…
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Great crowds attended his lectures. Who was the founder of the Lwów Historical School?
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsSzymon Askenazy, an outstanding historian, creator of the school of Polish historiography, diplomat and promoter of Jewish assimilation, died on 22 June 1935. He was born in 1865 in Zawichost…