In Kolyma or in other camps, Poles learned from NKVD officers that the purpose of their work was not punishment but “death”. All the prisoners who managed to survive emphasized that Kolyma was not a punishment, but a process of dying over time, says Sebastian Warlikowski, editor of the collection of memoirs “Nie tylko Kołyma….
Commemorating the victims of the greatest crimes of the 20th century and warning against the tragic consequences of totalitarian regimes – this is the main goal of the upcoming European Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Totalitarian Regimes. Natalia Pochroń from MHP speaks with the director of the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity to…
On 21-27 August, 2022, the 23rd International Congress of Historical Sciences will be held in Poznań. This is the largest and most prestigious meeting of historians, during which they present the results of their research and discuss the most pressing issues of world historiography. Krzysztof A. Makowski, the initiator and one of the organizers of…
Poland bids farewell to a hero not wearing a crown or a general’s uniform but a priest’s cassock. We bid farewell to the one who achieved the greatest victory in the 20th century, although his only weapon was the cross, his only strength faith and his only army the defenceless but faithful Polish people. This is…
A few days ago, Russia carried out an armed assault on Ukraine, causing a hybrid war to turn into a regular one. How can we understand this move by Putin? What have the relations between Russians and Ukrainians looked like over the course of history and what divides them most in it? We talk about…
The uniqueness of the Home Army is something much discussed. What was it all about? What can be considered the organisation’s greatest success? What place does it occupy in the Poles’ collective consciousness? Reflection on the subject is taken up by Dr Tomasz Łabuszewski, Head of the Branch Historical Research Office of the Institute of…
