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Machine gun position of Polish insurgents on a balcony in Poznań, November 1918. Photo: Robert Sennecke/ullstein bild via Getty Images

Commemorating the 106th anniversary of the Greater Poland uprising

This Friday marks the 106th anniversary of the outbreak of the Greater Poland Uprising of 1918–1919, a pivotal chapter in Polish history that did much to illustrate the indomitable spirit of the Polish people.

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Prague replaces Soviet statue with Uprising memorial fit for modern times

Titled ‘Calling All Czechs’, a new monument honoring those that fought in the Prague Uprising is to be installed on the same spot once occupied by a statue of the Soviet general Ivan Konev.

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Why are daffodils a symbol of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising?

Our reporter, Yana Bzot, joined us this morning to shed more light on this tradition.

Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Poznań on December 27, 1918. Photo: Wikimedia Public Domain

Poland commemorates its most successful independence uprising

December 27 is celebrated as the National Day of the Victorious Greater Poland Uprising, commemorating the 1918-1919 rebellion that played a pivotal role in liberating Greater Poland from German occupation and seamlessly integrating it into the newly restored Polish Republic.

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Warsaw Uprising veteran, Stanisław Jan Majewski ‘Stach’ has passed away

He was one of the youngest soldiers of the Warsaw Uprising, only 15 years old at the time. Stanisław Majewski, codenamed “Stach,” a soldier of the “Zaremba-Piorun” Battalion - 2nd company “Jura,” passed away on Wednesday – as informed by The Warsaw Rising Museum on Thursday.