Constitution of the Duchy of Warsaw

Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s victorious campaign against Prussia and Russia in 1806-1807 ended with the Treaties of Tilsit, which laid the foundations for the revival of the Polish state as a rump Duchy of Warsaw, ruled by Saxon king Fryderyk August (Frederick August I), grandson of the Polish king August III and a descendant of Jan…


Prof. Andrzej Maczek passed away

The son of General Stanisław Maczek, commander of the 1st Armoured Division during the Second World War, Professor Andrzej Maczek died in Sheffield, England, on Sunday 16 July at the age of 86. He devoted many years to nurturing the memory of his father and the soldiers serving under his command. Despite his advanced age,…


Paintings by Members of St Luke’s Brotherhood in Kazimierz Dolny

On 18 June, the grand opening of the exhibition The Brotherhood of St Luke: Kazimierz Dolny – USA – Kazimierz Dolny was held at the Vistula Museum, with the attendees including Deputy Prime Minister / Minister of Culture and National Heritage Prof. Piotr Gliński and Director of the Polish History Museum Robert Kostro. The PHM…


Paweł Włodkowic's address at the Council of Constance

The Union of Krewo that took place in 1385 and the following Christianization of Lithuania were a true political catastrophe for the Teutonic Order. Firstly, the knights lost their previous excuse for their Christianization expeditions to the east. Secondly, their military strength was shaken, which was eventually proven by the defeat of the Teutonic Knights…


The Security Service’s Last Task

The June 1989 elections and the formation of the Solidarity government of Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki were earthshaking events in Poland’s recent history. Even though the communist authorities knew their power was slipping away, at the beginning of 1990 the secret police (Służba Bezpieczeństwa Security Service) was still firmly under their control. Up until the…


The Union of Lublin - the copy and the original

The unique document of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and one of the crucial elements of the legal and political tradition of Central Europe. The film tells the story of the creation of the original document of the Union of Lublin and its turbulent history. The creators of the copy discover the secrets of the work of…


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