Although more than seventy years have passed since the end of the Second World War, this topic is still very relevant. Today it comes up, for example, due to the report prepared by Polish authorities on the consequences of the conflict for Poland. What losses did Poland suffer as a result of the war and…
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…
During the partitions of Poland, St. Petersburg recognized that it was impossible to erase Polish culture or to turn Poles into Russians. However, a few Russian officials (or tsars) thought that Poles/Catholics could never be fully loyal. That was the paradox of russification – says Professor Theodore Weeks. Nowadays, Poles and Russians are both…
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…
The Constitution was the dawn of a better future. After 3 May 1791, there was time for supplementary laws to be passed, institutions to get to work, and for a new kind of politics to bed down during the last year of the Great Sejm. On the whole, the indications are very promising. On the…
