On 29 September, the National Museum in Warsaw opened the exhibition ‘Lukasians. The Great Return’ (“Łukaszowcy. Wielki Powrót”). The exhibition was prepared by the Polish History Museum and consists of unique paintings and tapestries depicting the most important events in Polish history. The works of art made by members of the Brotherhood of St Luke,…
On 15 September, Theatre for a New Audience in New York (TFAN) premiered the play ‘Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski’. The play tells the story of the legendary courier to the Polish government-in-exile who was the first to inform the world about Nazi German crimes in Auschwitz. The play was met with great…
In the communist People’s Republic of Poland (Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL) the authorities had full control of the economy. They decided about the production volume, distribution manner, and retail prices. The December 1970 increase in food prices sparked social unrest. Even though it was forcedly suppressed by the government (a few dozen people were shot)…
One of the main reasons behind the durability of the communist system was the existence of an extensive apparatus of control over the society, which included – among others – the secret service, a monopoly on the media, censorship and a complex system of the communist party and its affiliate political and social organisations. Any…
This week, the XXIII International Congress of Historical Sciences was held in Poznań, Poland after two years of postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the past, the international historian congress has only taken place once in Poland: in Warsaw, 1933. The International Congress of Historical Sciences, held every five years, is an event for…
Natalya Yakovenko became one of the winners at the Poland-Lithuania Forum for Cooperation and Dialogue. The Ukrainian historian focuses on the modern history of Central and Eastern Europe in her works. “My task is to cleanse the language of a common history of Soviet hate speech against the Republic of Poland,” she stated. by Piotr…
