Category Archives: current events

Dzień Wszystkich Świętych

Posted on 1 November 2013 by lkonieczny

Today in Poland, the cemeteries are aglow. You can see them from miles away. To get to a cemetery today, takes a lot of planning–and probably a lot of walking. It’s a national holiday today, All Saint’s day, or Dzień Wszystkich … Continue reading →

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The City that Would Not Die

Posted on 1 August 2013 by lkonieczny

Warsaw. At the start of World War II, a thriving city of 1.3 million. By the end of World War II six years later, it had about one or two thousand scavengers as its inhabitants. 200,000 of it’s citizens were … Continue reading →

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Boże Ciało 2013 — A holiday and feast day in Poland

Posted on 30 May 2013 by lkonieczny

Today is the feast of Corpus Christi — Boże Ciało in Polish — in Poland. I wrote a bit more about this feast last year. But if you’d like to get a sense of how it is celebrated now, today, … Continue reading →

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70 Years Ago, on April 19, 1943

Posted on 20 April 2013 by lkonieczny

….The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising began. 70 years have passed and people tend to forget the horrific crimes that were committed on Polish soil by the German Nazis during World War II. All Jews were already sentenced to death by the … Continue reading →

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Polish Contribution to the Eradication of Polio

Posted on 14 April 2013 by lkonieczny

Throughout history, Poles have contributed to science, the arts, mathematics, humanities, and many other fields. Today I want to note the death (April 11, 2013) of a Pole who made a great contribution to the field of modern health care, … Continue reading →

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Best Ever Pierogi Dough Recipe**

Posted on 8 December 2012 by lkonieczny

Tried and tested, this recipe will never disappoint! Over the years, I’ve tried many different pierogi dough recipes, well over two dozen. But for some reason, the recipe below is the one I always come back to. It is easy … Continue reading →

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US complicity in the coverup of the horror of Katyń?

Posted on 15 September 2012 by lkonieczny

Well, it has finally come out. The US government has declassified thousand of pages of documents, and they indicate the the US was well aware of what the Soviets did in the Katyń forest in 1941: the murder of well … Continue reading →

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diabelski młyn Kraków

Posted on 4 August 2012 by lkonieczny

Would you like to have a new view of one of Poland’s most marvelous cities? Well, the next time you’re in Kraków, you’ll need to visit its new 12-story high Ferris Wheel (diabelski młyn or “devil’s mill” in Polish). Read … Continue reading →

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Sad Facts of Polish History

Posted on 26 July 2012 by lkonieczny

It’s a sad fact, but in order to bolster their cause in the war against the Axis during World War II, the Allies–most notably Roosevelt for the US and Churchill for Great Britain–carved up postwar Europe and “sacrificed” Poland by … Continue reading →

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Corpus Christi — Boże Ciało — A holiday and feast day in Poland

Posted on 7 June 2012 by lkonieczny

Today is Thursday June 7th, and this year June 7th is the 10th day after the Catholic feast of the Holy Trininty, the feast of Corpus Christi, Body of Christ, or dzień Bożego Ciała in Polish. It’s a public holiday … Continue reading →

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