81 years ago, on June 27, 1941, the Germans burnt the Great Synagogue in Białystok. About 2,000 Jews inside were burnt alive or murdered in the vicinity. The bullets of…

The outbreak of World War II marked the end of a certain era for Poland and Poles. In the areas occupied and annexed by the USSR, the citizens of the…

Due to the announced drastic increase in the prices of food products, on June 25, 1976, nearly 100 thousand people went on strike in various parts of Poland. The largest-scale…

On July 2, 1966, Jan Brzechwa, actually Jan Wiktor Lesman, a writer and poet known primarily for his works for children, died in Warsaw. He was born on August 15,…

230 years ago, on June 22, 1792, the king of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski, created the highest Polish military decoration – the Order of Virtuti Militari. He made such a…

77 years ago, on June 21, 1945, in Moscow, the Soviet authorities sentenced 16 leaders of the Polish Underground State in a show trial. Three months earlier, they were deceitfully…

Many songs that were written and composed in the Second Polish Republic are still popular worldwide. They are often performed and reinterpreted by various contemporary artists. Remembered as outstanding authors…

In the Middle Ages, Polish Jews lived mainly in Wielkopolska and Małopolska regions. Due to the intense influx of immigrants from Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries, the Jewish…

128 years ago, Artur Szyk, an outstanding graphic artist, illustrator and caricaturist was born in Łódź into an assimilated Jewish family. He considered Poland his homeland. Szyk became famous as the…

Sappers love it the most because, since its invention, the mine detector has helped save many lives and win many battles. Did you know that the detector was invented by…