Filip Mazurczak
“White Courage” focuses on a little-known episode of WWII history.
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Medieval papal seal discovered in Poland
Only a dozen or so such finds have ever been made in Poland.
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Kaczyński: Poland has “historical mission” to support Christian civilisation
Under PiS, rule Poland will “fulfil its historical mission” of supporting “everything that is the foundation of Christian civilisation”.
Polish government criticises Netflix for “misleading” death camp map and suggests legal action
The foreign ministry has criticised a map of Nazi camps used by Netflix and a deputy justice minister suggests possible legal action.
Repairing the world: The Olympic athlete restoring Poland’s Jewish heritage
Estera Flieger
A town honours its Jewish community that was wiped out in the Holocaust.
The Polish WWII refugees who created a “Little Poland” in New Zealand
Percy Metcalfe
Seventy-five years ago, over 700 Polish child refugees arrived in New Zealand, where they have left a lasting legacy.
Trains, tripe and the secret police: Norman Davies’s first experiences of communist Poland
Norman Davies
The distinguished historian recalls his first visits to Poland as a student in the 1960s in an exclusive extract translated into English from his Polish autobiography.
Dispute over decision to change name of street honouring WWII resistance leader executed by communists
A street in the small town of Żyrardów has attracted national attention after local authorities chose to change its name.
“To say that Poland is an antisemitic country is absolutely not true”: Israeli ambassador
The new Israeli ambassador says that Poland is not an antisemitic country, but expresses concern about the far-right Confederation entering parliament.
A cookbook for those alone and those in love: gender and class in socialist Poland
Fabio Parasecoli
How could a gay man express his passion for cooking and eating in socialist Poland? Easy: he created a fictional straight couple and had them write a cookbook.
Killers of priest Jerzy Popiełuszko will not face trial for crimes against humanity
The court found three ex-communist security agents who tried to frame priest Jerzy Popiełuszko not guilty of crimes against humanity.
Dutch football club honours Polish WWII general by naming stadium after him for a day
Top-flight side NAC Breda have honoured Stanisław Maczek, whose Polish Armoured Division helped liberate the city from German occupation.
Poland’s forgotten Nobel winner who wrote “Animal Farm” before Orwell
Filip Mazurczak
Twenty years before Orwell published “Animal Farm”, a now-forgotten Polish Nobel laureate wrote a remarkably similar novel.
One year on from the “Holocaust law” dispute, Poland’s government has won
Daniel Tilles
The controversial memory law, though amended, is still in place, the Polish government’s historical narrative is stronger than ever, and Israel and the US appear to have accepted it.
