Polish soldiers fought in many countries and many fronts of World War II. The event “The Polish War” will be devoted to their fight and the fate after the war. “Roger Moorhouse, author of “First to Fight”, will tell the fascinating story of Poland’s defence against German and Soviet invasion in 1939, one of the…
The Polish II Corps, which fought under British command in the Italian Campaign of 1943-45, is best remembered for its heroic capture of the abbey of Monte Cassino. But less known are the details of its formation under General Władysław Anders in Russia, from exiles and convicts of the Gulag, and of its amazing journey…
The Pilecki Institute office opens in Berlin and an exhibition is to be organised for its opening on September 16. “The exhibition, directed at the German and more widely, western audience, talks about the Polish experience of the war,” said Hanna Radziejowska, co-curator of the exhibition. The exhibition is called “Volunteer to Auschwitz” and will…
