Category Archives: history

Bloodlands

Posted on 31 October 2013 by lkonieczny

Tuesday I finished reading maybe the best book I’ve read in a long time. And, Tuesday I finished reading what may be the worst book I’ve read in a long time. The best and the worst. Finished reading on the … Continue reading →

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General Pulaski Memorial Day

Posted on 11 October 2013 by lkonieczny

Today is a holiday in the United States, though not the type of holiday that gives you a day off from work. Nonetheless, it is General Pulaski Memorial Day, commemorating the day on which Kazimierz Pułaski died at the battle … Continue reading →

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74 Years Ago Today…..

Posted on 17 September 2013 by lkonieczny

After 17 days at war against the Nazi Germans in the west, Poland was invaded from the east by the Soviet Union, in fulfillment of the secret Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, a secret pact between the Nazis and the Communists whose goal … Continue reading →

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Nie zapomnij! Never Forget!

Posted on 1 September 2013 by lkonieczny

74 Years ago today, the Nazi Germans invaded Poland with an attack on Westerplatte. The force of 180 Polish soldiers garrisoned there held out for seven days against the German force of 3500 men, naval and heavy field artillery, and … Continue reading →

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Hard to Believe What Was Happening 69 Year Ago….

Posted on 30 August 2013 by lkonieczny

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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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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Bloody Sunday, July 11, 1943

Posted on 14 July 2013 by lkonieczny

On Sunday, July 11, 1943, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), often with the help of local Ukrainians, surrounded and attacked 99 Polish villages in Volhynia, an area of what had been eastern Poland and is now modern-day Ukraine. On “Bloody … Continue reading →

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Today in the History of Poland…

Posted on 19 May 2013 by lkonieczny

….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

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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