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81st anniversary of Polish Underground State establishment celebrated

The Polish Underground State contributed immensely to the outcome of WWII, tipping the balance in the Allies’ favour.  see more
History Mon, 08:31
Photo: KPRP/Grzegorz Jakubowski

‘Auschwitz inhumane German barbarity’: German Ambassador to Poland

Germany’s new ambassador to Poland paid a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp on Friday.  see more
History Sat, 15:19
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Presidential couple pay tribute to fallen Polish troops at Monte Cassino

They laid flowers on Thursday at the Polish Military Cemetery at Monte Cassino in southern Italy  see more
History Thu, 21:11
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From Poland with love

James Bond’s purpose in communist Poland was to infiltrate its military facilities.  see more
History Wed, 13:31
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Ładoś Group exhibition available to guests in Prague

The Ładoś Group was a Polish-Jewish organisation which dealt in the mass-forging of documents in an attempt to save European Jews from the Holocaust.  see more
History 21.09.2020
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Warsaw commemorates WWII Katyń massacre victims

Fragments of letters by the victims and recollections of survivors were read out during the march.  see more
History 20.09.2020
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Donors needed to commemorate Gen. Anders at UK’s National Army Museum

An initiative to place a bust of Gen. Władysław Anders at the UK’s National Army museum is underway.  see more
History 19.09.2020
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80th anniversary of Auschwitz volunteer’s capture commemorated

Captain Witold Pilecki let himself be captured and sent to Auschwitz as a prisoner on an intelligence mission for the Polish underground.  see more
History 19.09.2020
Soviet Red Army entering the Polish city of Wilno (Vilnius) after the joint German-Russian aggression against Poland, September 19, 1939. Photo: Imperial War Museums

Poland marks 81st anniversary of Soviet invasion

Eighty-one years ago, facing Nazi Germany invading from the west, Poland found itself backstabbed by Soviet Russia from the east on September 17, 1939.  see more
History 17.09.2020
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Poland’s most famous female spy honoured in the UK

Krystyna Skarbek, Britain’s first female agent to work in the field, has been honoured with a blue plaque.  see more
History 16.09.2020
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Prince Edward opens exhibition on Poles in Battle of Britain

During the pivotal battle, 145 Polish pilots of the no. 302 and 303 squadrons took down some 203 German fighters.  see more
History 16.09.2020