Publications

Terror, Holocaust, Persecution. The Jewish community under the rule of the German and Soviet totalitarianism in Polish territories during 1939–1945

The history of World War II continues to play a key role in the international historical discussion. Although 78 years have passed since the end of the global conflict, we can still experience its effects in political, social, demographic, and economic aspects. Today’s Republic of Poland would have been at a completely different point in...

Frederic Chopin: A Life from Beginning to End

If any of the great composers have a staying power that defies genre and time period, Frédéric Chopin was most certainly one of them. You can find his work being played with cherished delight by any budding pianist, and his music serves as a constant backdrop and mainstay for piano concertos worldwide. But what do...

Polish Mythology: All About Gods, Goddess and Creatures in Folklore

Experience the thrill of exploring the fantastic realm of Polish mythology, where gods and goddesses rule and fantastic beasts wander. This book is your complete guide to the rich and intriguing folklore of Poland, covering everything from Polish mythology where you learn about the complicated relationships between the creatures and humans, as well as the...

Occupiers, Humanitarian Workers, and Polish Displaced Persons in British-Occupied Germany

Concepts of migration and displacement are all too often separated from ideas of international humanitarianism and occupations; and yet, between 1945 and 1951, victims of war became the joint responsibility of humanitarian workers and military officials in occupied Germany. In this innovative study, Samantha K. Knapton focuses on the lives of Polish displaced persons (DPs)...

Eye on Solidarity: Reporting a Turning Point in Poland – and Finding My Roots

Decades before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompted the Polish people’s massive aid to Kyiv, Poland itself endured life under the menacing shadow of the great power to its East. But in August 1980, when Lech Walesa jumped the wall at the Gdansk shipyards to join striking workers, Poland saw the launch of the Solidarity free...

The three names of Ludka

In 1946, Ludka Nowak, a nine-year-old girl, arrives in Barcelona accompanied by a hundred Polish orphan children. Many of them kidnapped by the German Nazis and subjected to an intense Germanization process during World War II. The International Red Cross and the Polish Consulate make it possible for the children to be welcomed in the...

The First Enigma Codebreaker. Marian Rejewski who passed the baton to Alan Turing

The history of Enigma is of interest to many researchers and authors on an international scale. The capture and unraveling of the most hidden secret of the army of the Third Reich that was decisive for the fate of one of the greatest armed conflicts in the history of the world appeals to everyone from...

The Last Consolation. Vanished The Testimony of a Sonderkommando in Auschwitz

A unique and haunting first-person Holocaust account by Zalmen Gradowski, a Sonderkommando prisoner killed in Auschwitz. On October 7, 1944, a group of Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz obtained explosives and rebelled against their Nazi murderers. It was a desperate uprising that was defeated by the end of the day. More than four hundred prisoners were...

Footprints of Polonia: Polish Historical Sites Across North America

The innumerable contributions of Polish immigrants and their descendants on communities in North America can be seen on monuments, bridges, churches, cultural centers, and cemeteries across the continent. These “footprints” of Polonia (the Polish diaspora), commemorating towering events and figures from history that are a source of pride among Polish Americans, are cataloged for readers...

Utopia's Discontents: Russian Émigrés and the Quest for Freedom, 1830s-1930s

In April 1917, Lenin arrived at Petrograd’s Finland Station and set foot on Russian soil for the first time in over a decade. For most of the past seventeen years, the Bolshevik leader had lived in exile, moving between Europe’s many “Russian colonies” – large and politically active communities of émigrés in London, Paris, and...
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