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What Prof. Jan Grabowski Doesn't Tell Us About the German-Jewish-Polish Relations in Occupied Poland

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In his works discussing the role played by the Poles in the Holocaust, Jan Grabowski fails to utilize some important documents which Communist Poland handed over to West Germany in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. These materials have been recently re-discovered by the Pilecki Institute and considered as essential for providing a more accurate picture of German-Jewish-Polish relations in occupied Poland. The sources…

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The newspaper doesn't write about you anymore…

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Persons from various social strata in Hungary were very responsive to the events taking place in Poland between 1980-81. Many from the underground music and art scenes, among others, declared solidarity with Poles, regardless of the campaign against them launched by the Hungarian state media. by Gábor Danyi   For the leaders of Communist countries,…

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Stefan Wyszyński: Interrex in handcuffs

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When it comes to the relationship between the Bolsheviks and monarchs, the arrest and subsequent murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his family quickly come to mind. However, in other communist-occupied countries, such as Bulgaria and Romania, monarchs were allowed to abdicate and secretly go abroad. What was it like in Poland? by Wojciech Stanisławski…

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Solidarity. The 41st anniversary of the birth of the social movement

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The August strikes in 1980 were a breakthrough in the history of not only Poland but also of the world. The establishment of Solidarity initiated the collapse of the Communist system. However, it is also worth looking at Solidarity as an extraordinary phenomenon of social self-organization. by Łukasz Kamiński   Poles had opposed Communism since…

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What Can Poland Do?

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‘What Can Poland Do? Questions Concerning the International Significance of the Polish–Soviet War and its Outcome in 1920’ is an article by Professor Andrzej Nowak lifted from the book titled The Polish Victory of 1920 published by the Polish History Museum. by Andrzej Nowak   ‘In mainstream Polish historiography, the period of the First World…

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Poznań, June 1956

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On 28 and 29 June 1956, workers’ protests broke out in Poznań, and subsequently turned into street fighting. The army was deployed by the Communist authorities to crush the unrest. At least 79 lives were lost as a result, and more than 600 people were wounded. by Mariusz Jarosiński    After the bloody pacification came…

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Henryk Dobrzański: A Crazy Major

The first partisan of World War II

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A centre of entertainment and a temple of culture

 An interview with Agata Łuksza about the beginnings of Warsaw’s theatre
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John III Sobieski and Marysieńka

Love letters of the Polish King to his beloved wife
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The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1733–1795: Light and Flame

Review of the book by Richard Butterwick