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1935. Primary school children dance to the beat of music broadcast by the BBC. Photo by FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images

BBC Centenary. Has political correctness replaced objectivism?

The British have even adjusted their meal times to the BBC radio programming.  see more
History Wed, 18:47
Zofia née Glavani (her aunt’s name since her real one is unknown), primo voto de Witt, secundo voto Potocka, also known as the

From courtesan to celebrity. The Queen of the Ball on the Polish Titanic died 200 years ago

The legend of the beautiful Greek woman is still alive… in Ukraine.  see more
History Wed, 18:21
Jan Tadeusz Krzysztof Bułharyn, also Faddiej Vieniediktowicz Bulgarin, Russian: Фаддей Венедиктович Булгарин. Photo: I.Friederik – The Complete Works of Bulgarin, Vol. 3, Public Domain, Wikimedia

Playful Teddy. Not an Easy Hero of Polish-Russian Dialogue

In Russia, his name was synonymous with informant, braggart and scoundrel.  see more
History Wed, 17:23
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November 20th marks the start of the Nuremberg trials

After a total of 216 sessions of the Nuremberg trials, twelve Nazi leaders were sentenced to death.  see more
History 20.11.2022
Photo: TVP World

WWII: “Never forget”, however already forgotten

The country that perpetrated war crimes against Poland seems unduly eager to put this history behind them.  see more
History 18.11.2022
Photo: TVP World

WWII: Systemic oppression of Poles during German occupation

The oppression of Poles at the hand of the Germans was compounded by death camps set up across the country.  see more
History 18.11.2022
Photo: TVP World

WWII: Destruction of Poland’s culture and heritage

Historian Jan Darasz goes on a journey to provide a brief glimpse of the tragic destruction of Polish historical sites.  see more
History 18.11.2022
Photo: TVP World

WWII: Legal basis for Poland war reparations

September 1, 1939 marks one of the most tragic days in Polish history. The invasion of the German Nazis in World War 2 left a scale of destruction that goes beyond human comprehension.  see more
History 18.11.2022
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November 16 marks the 82nd anniversary of the enclosing of Warsaw’s Ghetto

The Germans crowded some 400,000 Jewish people into the 4 km2 area behind a 3-meter wall, topped with barbed wire.  see more
History 16.11.2022
October 4, 1957 prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile Antoni Pająk (left, in office 1955-65) on a visit to the US, pictured with Lech T. Niemo-Niemojowski, honorary consul of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles and president of the Friends of Free Poland association. Photo by Rustan / Reporter: Thackrey / Los Angeles Examiner / USC Libraries / Corbis via Getty

London vicissitudes of emigration presidents and prime ministers

Garden party at the Anders’, carnival balls and masses in Kensington.  see more
History 16.11.2022
Brigadier Jozef Pilsudski (seated centre) in the company of officers of the 1st Brigade of the Polish Legions in Volhynia in March 1916. Visible are: Colonel Edward Rydz-Śmigły (on the right), Lieutenant Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski, Major Michał Żymierski (standing second from the left in the background). Photo: NAC/Jozef Pilsudski Institute

About one battle and a certain proclamation that prepared independence

The content was clear - they would give a state, but created only from the lands of the Russian partition.  see more
History 16.11.2022