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Category Archives: History of Poland
Hard to Believe What Was Happening 69 Year Ago….
In Warsaw, Poland. Beginning on August 1st, 1944, the Polish Home Army in Warsaw rebelled against their German/Nazi oppressors. They had every reason to believe they’d be successful, especially with the Red Army only days away from entering Warsaw. But, … Continue reading
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Today in the History of Poland…
….on May 19, 1674, the Grand Hetman of the Crown(Military Commander in Chief) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Jan Sobieski, was elected King of Poland. After a period of turnmoil and attacks from various external forces (Turks, Swedes, Tatars, etc.), King … Continue reading
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70 Years Ago, on April 19, 1943
….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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You Really Don’t Know Polish History….
….if you were “educated” in the government schools of the United States. US history books are devoid of all but the most brief mentions of Poland, yet it is a country that saved Europe several times and at one time … Continue reading
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Polish History Lesson in 8 minutes
Do you really know much about Polish history. If you are like most Americans, the answer is, sadly, “no.” And worse yet, what little you do know is skewed and unbalanced. But the truth of the matter is that Poland … Continue reading
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Polish Independence Day
Today in Poland it is (or rather, was) Polish Independence Day, Narodowe Święto Niepodległości, a national holiday in Poland which celebrates the day in 1918 when Józef Piłsudski assumed military control of Poland. World War I had just ended, but … Continue reading
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Dzisiaj pamiętam — Today I remember
Today I remember the events of September 17, 1939, when the Soviet Army invaded Poland from the east, effectively dooming the Polish plan to stand fast against the Nazi German invasion which began two weeks earlier. Though Poland had hoped … Continue reading
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Katyń
In the spring of 1940, the Soviet Secret Police murdered about 22,000 of Poland’s finest: soldiers and officers, professors, landowners, laywer, officials, priests, and various intelligentsia. Today this is known by the term, the Katyń Massacre. Many of them were … Continue reading
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Konstytucja Trzeciego Maja — Constitution of May 3, 1791
On May 3, 1971, the polish Sejm (parliament) adopted a constitiution. It was the first constitution of its type in Europe and the second ever in the world–second only after that of the United States 4 years earlier. The Polish … Continue reading
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Zamość
What to say about Zamość? It is a wonderful and historic city. It was founded in 1580 by Jan Zamoyski, chancellor and hetman (military leader). It was on a trade route linking the Black Sea with northern and western Europe. … Continue reading