In the heart of Bialystok, Ludwik Lazarus Zamenhof was born on 15 December 1859. His birth into a Jewish family, in a city where Polish, Russian, German and Jewish communities…
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Aleksander Hertz (1879-1928), creator of Polish cinematography
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsHe came from an assimilated Jewish family and graduated from law school and then started working at the Discount Bank. Aleksander Hertz was one of the co-founders of the Bank…
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Justice after decades. Criminal trials of the perpetrators of the massacre of miners at the ‘Wujek’ Mine
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsThe families of the miners murdered during the pacification of the strike at the ‘Wujek’ Mine had been waiting for nearly thirty years for the perpetrators of their relatives’ deaths…
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The Solidarity Central Manufacturing Cooperative was established on the initiative of the Central Committee of Polish Jews just after the Second World War. Although it was under total Communist control,…
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Anna Jagiellonka became the second (and last) woman in Poland to become king on 15 December 1575. How did this happen? Anna was the daughter of King Sigismund the Old…
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On the night of 12-13 December 1981, the communist authorities in Poland imposed martial law. It was in force until 31 December 1982, when it was suspended, and finally lifted…
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Tragedy of Polish children in the German Lodz camp called Little Auschwitz
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsThe most recognisable symbols of the Nazi system include the camps organised by the Germans. One of the products of the camp death machine was Kinder-KL Litzmannstadt. Officially organised in…
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From the history of Jewish journalism in Poland, or from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency to the Jewish Press Agency
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsThe originator of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was the American journalist Jakub Landau, who lived in the Netherlands. When work on its initiative began in 1917, it soon became apparent…
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On Saturday, 5 December 1953, Józef Światło reported to the American authorities in West Berlin. He was a high-ranking functionary of the Security Office. For several months the communist authorities…
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“Peasants”, Reymont’s Nobel Prize-winning novel, which would not have been written if he had not worked for the railway
by Dignity Newsby Dignity NewsThe Polish candidate for an Oscar, the film ‘Peasants’, recently triumphed in cinemas. It is a production based on the novel of the same name, for which the Polish writer…