Szapsel Rotholc worked as a typesetter-printer, but there was something else in his life in which he was a champion – boxing. He had an extremely strong blow, which also hit…
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When absolute governments began to dominate in many countries of modern Europe, democracy developed in Poland and Lithuania. Admittedly only among the nobility but it was still an extraordinary peculiarity…
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The partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which took place in 1772-1795, brought an end to the existence of an independent Polish-Lithuanian state, which was the most numerous concentration of the…
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Poles and Ukrainians fought together against Russia quite recently. They entered Kyiv together in 1920
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsTaking part in the Kyiv expedition in 1920, Polish-Ukrainian troops fought jointly against Bolshevik Russia. In May of the same year, Poles and Ukrainians drove the enemy army out of…
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Hipolit Wawelberg and his beneficial works that outlived their creator
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsHipolit Wawelberg was born on May 8, 1843, in Warsaw to a wealthy Jewish family. After the outbreak of the January Uprising, he left his studies at the Agronomic Institute…
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They acted mercifully and professionally. Evangelical Hospital in Warsaw from the 18th-century beginnings to World War II
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsThe beginnings of the Evangelical Hospital, run by the Evangelical-Augsburg parish of St. The Trinity date back to the 1830s. For over two centuries, the hospital was located on the…
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In the 18th century, Poland was overwhelmed by far-reaching anarchy. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (as it was called after the Polish-Lithuanian Union in Lublin of 1569) plunged into an increasing political…
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Since 2004, each May 2nd is celebrated in Poland as the Flag Day of the Republic of Poland
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsIt was in February 2004 that the Polish Sejm of the Republic of Poland amended the act on the emblem, national colors and anthem, introducing the holiday of Polish flag.…
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Karski informed the Allies about the Holocaust. The American president’s response shocked him
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsDuring World War II, the Allies knew that the Germans were committing mass genocide on Jews. Information on this subject was provided to them by a Pole, Jan Karski, but…
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King Casimir’s bed, privileges for Polish Jews and the end of the Piast dynasty
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsBorn at the end of April 712 years ago, Casimir the Great (1310-1370) became famous in history as a king who “found Poland wooden and left it bricked” and as…