Daniel Tilles
This was not a victory against the right.
Insights
New exhibition shows Jewish life in Polish shtetl before the Holocaust
Stuart Dowell
Self-taught artist Mayer Kirshenblatt captured in vivid detail his childhood memories of prewar Poland.
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What does Poland’s exemption from the EU’s climate ambitions actually mean?
Wojciech Kość
Both supporters and critics are wrong – or at least premature – in their interpretation of Poland’s exemption from EU climate goals.
NfP podcast: a brief history of Poland, bonus episode: 1000 years in 5 minutes
Stanley Bill gives a geopolitical overview of 1000 years of Polish history in 5 minutes.
Poland’s martial law in pictures
Photographer Jerzy Ochoński captured the drama, tragedy and absurdity of martial law in Poland.
New evidence of how Polish diplomats helped Jews survive Holocaust with fake passports
Percy Metcalfe
The diplomats in Switzerland forged up to 10,000 passports intended for Jews trapped in German-occupied Europe.
The stunning wildlife of Poland’s Białowieża Forest in pictures
Wildlife photographer Exen captures the beauty of the animals of the Białowieża Forest.
Translating Tokarczuk: An interview with Jennifer Croft
Stanley Bill
Our editor-at-large talks to Jennifer Croft, American translator of Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk.
NfP podcast: a brief history of Poland, part 1 (beginnings)
In the first part of our Brief History of Poland, Stanley Bill looks at the beginnings of the Polish state and the Baptism of Poland.
Norman Davies: Remembering Katyn and Smolensk
Norman Davies
The historian recalls his participation in commemorations of the Katyn massacre, days before the Smolensk plane crash.
How will Poland’s Law and Justice party govern during its second term?
Aleks Szczerbiak
Poland’s ruling party faces fresh political and economic challenges in its second term of office.
From breadlines to pea soup: food and politics in socialist Poland
Fabio Parasecoli
Food has always been at the centre of debate on what Poland is or should be.
Pooling the Poles
Ben Stanley
Political scientist Ben Stanley presents his model for pooling Polish political polls, which Notes from Poland will be regularly featuring.
Less gas, more coal: Poland’s contradictory approach to Russian energy imports
Karolina Baca-Pogorzelska and Michał Potocki
Poland is freeing itself from Russia’s gas, but becoming more dependent on its coal
