Category Archives: history

Cud nad Wisłą — Miracle on the Vistula

Posted on 15 August 2015 by lkonieczny

Today is not only a momentous day in Polish history, it also marks the 95th anniversary of one of the t0p 20 most important military battles in the history of the world, the Miracle on the Vistula, also known as the … Continue reading →

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Wola Massacre

Posted on 7 August 2015 by lkonieczny

71 years ago, the “Wola Massacre” was going on in Warsaw, Poland? What is that? Well, if you read my last post, the Warsaw uprising had started on 01 August 1944. In an attempt to curb the uprising (crush is … Continue reading →

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Pamiętam — I remember

Posted on 1 August 2015 by lkonieczny

I was born less than eight years after the start of the Warsaw Uprising, which began at 5 PM  local time in Warsaw on 01 August 1944. It did not end well. While the Soviet army sat idly by across … Continue reading →

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Island of Princes — Where did Poland come from?

Posted on 20 April 2015 by lkonieczny

The origins of Poland are steeped in mystery and history, but now a bit more is known. The beginning of Poland is often traced to 966 and the baptism of Mieszkow I, the first Piast King whose acceptance of Christianity … Continue reading →

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The 1940 Cold-Blooded Murder of 21,857 Polish Citizens: The Katyń Massacre

Posted on 3 April 2015 by lkonieczny

In 1939, the Nazi Germans and Soviet Russians divided Poland amongst themselves. The Soviets quickly arrested the “cream of the crop” of Polish Citizens: military officers, police, university professors, landowner, lawyers, and other leading Polish citizens, about 25,000 of the … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Poland’s “Accursed Soldiers”

Posted on 1 March 2015 by lkonieczny

History books may tell you that Poland was “liberated” by the Soviets/Russians during World War II, but the truth of the matter is that from the very start of World War II, the Soviets/Russians planned to subjugate Poland–the Molotov-Ribbentropp line … Continue reading →

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27 Reason not to Visit Poland

Posted on 28 February 2015 by lkonieczny

If you like to remain uninformed, if you do not appreciate art and culture, if you’d rather remain ignorant about history and geography, and if you would rather lead a boring, mundane life, then I have the perfect solution for … Continue reading →

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Stalin’s Deportations Began 75 Years Ago Today

Posted on 10 February 2015 by lkonieczny

75 Years ago today, on February 10, 1940, Stalin and his NDVD (Secret Police) began the mass deportation of Polish Citizens to Siberia. Beginning in 1940 and continuing into 1941, somewhere between 300,000 and 1,500,000 Poles were  evicted from their … Continue reading →

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Roman Catholic Church in Łuka Mała

Posted on 2 January 2015 by lkonieczny

When I visited the home of my ancestors in 2011 in what is now Ukraine, we briefly visited the town of Łuka Mała, also called Mała Łuka. Our goal was to see the Greek-Catholic Church where my great-grandmother had been … Continue reading →

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Battle of Vienna

Posted on 12 September 2014 by lkonieczny

It’s simple: on this day in history, September 12th, 1683, Europe and Christendom was saved from the Turk (Ottoman Empire) at the Battle of Vienna, led by Poland’s King Jan Sobieski III. Later proclaimed the “savior of christendom” by Pope … Continue reading →

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