Publishing, in English, the Polish experience of WWII. First-hand accounts, memoirs, photographs, artwork. For review copies, email [email protected]
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On this day 82 years ago the Polish 1st Armoured Division under command of general Stanisław Maczek liberated the Dutch city of Breda. 🇵🇱🤝🇳🇱
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A Turkish software engineer living in Warsaw has created a precise digital replica of the city
The map, which can be explored for free online, features almost 200,000 buildings, moving trams that match their real-life schedules and live weather conditions notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/…
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Poland’s highest overpass is halfway completed, with construction progressing on a major section of the S19 expressway in the country’s southeastern Subcarpathia region.
The structure stretches 1,082 meters between Babica and Jawornik, rising up to 80 meters above the surrounding terrain. Its concrete supports alone require 51,800 cubic meters of concrete, equivalent to more than 20 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Once completed, the S19 expressway will connect areas near Białystok, close to the Belarusian border, with Slovakia’s border, improving transport links across southeastern Poland.
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History has been made in the heart of London's financial district as Bronek Masojada becomes the first person of Polish descent to be elected Lord Mayor of the City of London.
From his Polish family heritage to the leadership of one of Britain's most prestigious civic institutions, his remarkable journey reflects the enduring contribution of Poles to British life.
Congratulations!
britishpoles.uk/bronek-masoj…
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Józef Pankiewicz - Rynek Starego Miasta nocą (olej na płótnie, 61 x 45 cm), 1892, Muzeum Pałac w Rogalinie. #PolishMastersofArt
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A Sherman tank from 6th Armoured Regiment (“Children of Lwów”), 2nd “Warsaw” Armoured Birgade, Polish II Corps, passes through Sarsina in the Apennine Mountains, Italy, October 1944. Phot - NAC
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Field stables of the Polish Legions’ 2nd Uhlan Regiment at Piaseczna, Volhynia, 1916. Horses tethered beneath improvised forest shelters in the regiment’s camp behind the front.
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The @CMSMuseum in Maldon, Essex, has a silenced Luger pistol prepared by SOE for their mission to kill Hitler. Their website has an SOE section. #CombinedMilitaryServicesMuseum #OperationFoxley #SOE #WW2 1/3
CMS Museum: cmsm.co.uk/virtual-museum/so…
ALT A Luger pistol fitted with a silencer (moderator/sound suppressor) with claimed SOE history is held in the Combined Military Services Museum in Maldon, Essex. It is part of a collection now residing there that was passed from the Military Collection at Donnington when that facility was closed. It is believed to be one of two weapons prepared for Operation Foxley (the Luger pistol and an accurized Kar 98k rifle with a telescopic sight), a proposed attempt to assassinate Adolph Hitler in 1944. The tag in the photo reads as follows: Luger P08 A very rare silenced Luger. The silencer is British made, by Parker Hale. This weapon was prepared by SOE Station X for Operation Foxley, an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. © Jane's Travel MORE INFORMATION https://www.rifleman.org.uk/Luger_silenced_WWII_pistol.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luger_pistol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Foxley
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🇵🇱🇨🇦 W 1858 roku pierwsi polscy osadnicy z Kaszub przybyli w okolice dzisiejszego Wilna w Ontario. Do dziś region ten pozostaje ważnym ośrodkiem polskiego i kaszubskiego dziedzictwa w Kanadzie, miejscem spotkań, działalności kulturalnej i pielęgnowania tradycji.
🤝 Obecność Delegacji Komisji Łączności z Polakami za Granicą Sejmu RP na ontaryjskich Kaszubach podkreśla znaczenie tego regionu dla polskości w Kanadzie i więzi z Ojczyzną.
W trakcie wczorajszej wizyty posłowie Dorota Łoboda, Alicja Łepkowska-Gołaś i Jarosław Krajewski złożyli wieniec pod pomnikiem Szarych Szeregów, oddając hołd polskim harcerzom i harcerkom poległym w obronie ojczyzny podczas II wojny światowej.
Przedstawiciele ZHP w Kanadzie, dh hm Marcin i Urszula Gorzkowscy, oprowadzili delegację po stanicy harcerskiej, gdzie setki polonijnych zuchów i harcerzy każdego roku łączą naukę, pracę i wypoczynek.
Anna Psuty, prezes Instytutu Dziedzictwa i Kultury - Kaszuby Kanada, przybliżyła delegacji historię Kaplicy pod Sosnami oraz kościoła św. Marii w pobliskim Wilnie, najstarszej polskiej i kaszubskiej świątyni w Kanadzie.
Wizyta na Kaszubach zakończyła się spotkaniem z Mary Blanc, burmistrz Barry’s Bay, oraz wspólnym zwiedzaniem Polish Kashub Heritage Museum & Skansen i Parku Żurakowskiego. Delegacja poznała niezwykłą historię wybitnego pilota, którego dokonania zapisały się w historii Polski, Wielkiej Brytanii i Kanady (🔗 Sprawdź sekcję komentarzy aby poznać jego historię)
🤝 Dziękujemy całej społeczności za pielęgnowanie polskiej i kaszubskiej tożsamości oraz podtrzymywanie więzi z Ojczyzną 🇵🇱
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@Polska, @KancelariaSejmu
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#OTD in 1993, Stanisław Marusarz, a Polish ski jumping legend and four-time Olympian, died in Zakopane.
A 1938 World Championship silver medalist, he served as a courier for the Polish underground during WW2. Arrested in 1940 and sentenced to death, he made a daring escape from a German prison in Kraków and reached Hungary.
ALT Stanisław Marusarz, 1937 (Ilustrowany Kurier Codzienny, public domain; colorized using AI by IPN)
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29 October 1942 | 21-year-old Polish woman, nurse Danuta Terlikowska was murdered with cardiac injection of phenol. She was transported to the Auschwitz camp on 25 August 1942 from the Pawiak prison in Warsaw. She received camp no. 18294.
Danuta Terlikowska, a member of an underground organization, had been arrested in Warsaw while cleaning firearms. She arrived in Auschwitz already with a death sentence. In the official camp death certificate, the cause of her death is listed as pneumonia.
The picture: camp photograph of Danuta Terlikowska.
See our online lesson "Women at Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_ko…
Podcast: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
ALT A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A woman wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with slightly turned head with a headscarf on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
#OnThisDay in 1915 #WW2 fighter ace Stanisław Karubin was born in Warsaw, #Poland🇵🇱
He fought in Poland, France, and the decisive Battle of Britain, where he scored 6 confirmed kills against the Luftwaffe. However, he was himself shot down and wounded by defensive fire from bombers.
After 3 weeks of recovery in hospital, he became a flight instructor. Unfortunately, he died in August 1941 during a training accident.
Info from our book "303 Squadron: The Legendary Battle of Britain Fighter Squadron," written by Arkady Fiedler during the war with the help of 303 Squadron's ace pilots. Available here:
amazon.com/303-Squadron-Lege…
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The 9 F-35 "Pantera" has landed at home in Poland. Surprisingly, the number of pilots including additional pilots will not be an issue as the fleet of 35 aircraft grows; much like with the F-16s, there are successors in training, and their numbers can be increased further ^^ #PAF
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Wiktor Górka - Poland invites you to a fisherman's paradise! (plakat turystyczny), 1967, Muzeum Plakatu w Wilanowie. #PolishMastersofArt
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Soldiers of the Polish Legions’ 1st Brigade having a meal at Karasin, Volhynia, 1916. A simple scene of everyday life behind the front.
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June 1946
“Our service does not end; our march toward a Free, United, and Independent Poland continues!”
« Nasza służba nie kończy sie, nasz pochód do Polski Wolnej, Całej i Niepodległej trwa! ».
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Liderzy Jutra: Leaders of Tomorrow – The 4th Edition!
Inspiring meetings, great discussions, interesting conversations and insightful analyses! Last weekend young leaders gathered at the Warsaw Rising Museum to develop their skills and broaden their horizons in the areas of economy, management, economics, culture, military affairs and politics.
The 4th edition of the program was an opportunity to meet experts and to confront different perspectives and gain knowledge that helps better understand the contemporary world.
See you at the next edition of Leaders of Tomorrow! Stay tuned!
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Drawing Hell on Earth
“Myszka” (“Little Mouse”) was the affectionate nickname given to Maria Hiszpańska-Neumann, a graphic artist and illustrator, by those closest to her. Through her art, she documented her experiences in Nazi German concentration camps. As she once said: “I had to make those drawings, otherwise I would have suffocated (…).”
She was born #OTD in 1917 in Warsaw. She attended the J. Popielewska and J. Roszkowska Private Girls’ Secondary School before enrolling at the Academy of Fine Arts, where she studied under Professors Stanisław Ostoja-Chrostowski, Karol Tichy and Wacław Waśkowski. Unfortunately, the outbreak of World War 2 prevented her from completing her degree.
During the German occupation, she was a member of the Union of Armed Struggle (ZWZ), distributing clandestine publications. For her involvement in the resistance movement, she was arrested on 19 June 1941 and imprisoned first in Radom and then in Pińczów. On 10 April 1942, she was deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp, where she was assigned prisoner number 10219. She was later transferred to Neubrandenburg.
Maria Hiszpańska secretly drew scenes depicting everyday life in the concentration camp, hiding her work from the female guards. She regarded drawing as her duty, a kind of mission that compelled her, as an artist, to bear witness to the horrors of camp life. She used whatever materials she could find, including wrapping paper and the margins of newspapers smuggled in by fellow prisoners.
At Ravensbrück, she produced approximately 250 drawings.
ALT Maria Hiszpańska-Neumann in 1967. (IPN Archives)
ALT A display panel featuring 12 drawings by Maria Hiszpańska, depicting everyday life in the camp. (IPN Archives)