Silent Unseen soldier, photographer, employee of a cell legalizing conspiratorial documents, participant of the Warsaw Uprising, Stefan Baluk professionally documented the war effort of the capital and commemorated the insurgents.…
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Aleksander Kaminski was a scout, writer, underground soldier
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsMost Poles know Aleksander Kamiński as the author of the book “Stones on the Rampart”, currently a school textbook. His vivid biography could also serve as the plot of a…
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Henryk Wohl was the “Minister” of the Treasury of the National Government during the January Uprising
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsHenryk Wohl was head of the Treasury Department of the National Government during the January Rising. For his participation in the uprising, the Russians sentenced him to long-term exile. In…
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On 26 January 1699, a peace treaty was signed in Karlovice between, among others, Poland and Turkey. It put a definitive end to the period of wars between the two…
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Anna Pustowójtówna was the daughter of a Polish noblewoman and a Russian general. In 1861 she organised an anti-Russian demonstration in Lublin, and two years later she took part in…
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Artur Eisenbach, forgotten Jewish historian, researcher of Jewish history in the 19th century in Poland
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsHe was one of the most eminent experts on the history of Jews under the Partitions of Poland. Although Artur Eisenbach’s pioneering monographs were written in communist Poland. They remained…
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Professor Krzysztof Dunin-Wąsowicz was a historian, socialist, Righteous Among the Nations
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsToday is the 101st birthday anniversary of Professor Krzysztof Dunin-Wąsowicz, a soldier of the Home Army, a prisoner of the German concentration camp Stutthof, an outstanding historian and one of…
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Youngest Knight of the Virtuti Militari – 13-year-old Antoni Petrykiewicz
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsIn November 1918, Lwów became the scene of a Polish-Ukrainian conflict and the first of several wars for the borders of the reborn Polish state. Approximately 6,000 Polish volunteers, including…
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2024 is the Year of Wincenty Witos. Who was one of the Fathers of Polish independence?
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsThere are many opinions on who and what contributed most to Poland’s independence. Certainly, the leaders of the parties striving for the rebirth of the Polish state had a significant…
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Exactly 78 years ago, on 19 January 1945, Home Army Commander-in-Chief Brigadier General Leopold Okulicki a.k.a. “Niedźwiadek” took the decision to disband the underground army. In this way, he wanted…