Helena Modjeska (or rather: Modrzejewska) became a theater legend during her lifetime. An outstanding actress and Polish patriot, she was widely esteemed and her talent admired. by Piotr Bejrowski Born on 12 October 1840 in Krakow, Jadwiga Helena Mise was the illegitimate daughter of the wealthy widow Józefa Benda. From an early age, she…
The strike started by workers at Poznań’s largest factory, the Joseph Stalin Metal Works, spread to the entire city, and became an anti-communist revolt. For the Stalinist regime, this was an earthquake. by Paweł Sasanka At 6 am on 28 June 1956, when the workers of the W-3 division came to work, none of them…
Poznań is often perceived as a peaceful and legalistic city, subordinate to the authorities and absent from the history of national uprisings. Looking back to its past, however, proves that it has little to do with compliance. Przemysław Matusik, author of the book “Historia Poznania” (“History of Poznań”) talks about the rebellious nature of the…
The 58th Infantry Regiment from New York has gone down in history as the most famous Polish unit in the Union Army and the Civil War. No less famous was its founder, Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski. by Rafał Gumiński Włodzimierz Bonawentura Krzyżanowski was born on July 8, 1824, in Rożnowo in the Grand Duchy of Ponań,…
Mieszko was not the first in the Vistula basin to attempt something memorable. Long before him, in the Lesser Poland region, around Kraków, something big was about to happen… by Paweł Figurski We start our journey in Mazovia, particularly in Płońsk, about 40 miles from the current Polish capital of Warsaw, to encounter only…
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…
