The Bar Confederation (1768-1772) should be considered the First Polish National Uprising. Its participants were very cumbersome politicians. In fact, they were most likely not politicians at all, ...

On The Niemen' (Nad Niemnem) was published by Polish author Eliza Orzeszkowa in 1888. The novel came out 25 years after the end of the January Uprising. Orzeszkowa was a renowned feminist writer like ...

This August 1, like every year, the capital of Poland, Warsaw, will hold a minute of silence to mark the beginning of the uprising against the German occupation ahead of the Nazi retreat west.

was hanged in Poland in 1952. While the Jewish resistance faced overwhelming odds against the vastly larger and better armed ...

Discover WXCA's innovative museum design honoring Greater Poland's 1918-1919 uprising, blending history and modern public ...

WXCA, an architectural design studio known for its public utility projects such as the Palmiry Memorial Museum, the Polish ...

He had lived through the carpet bombing of the Polish capital, the Jewish ghetto, forced labor and random executions while witnessing the ghetto uprising of 1943 and the Polish uprising one year ...

so they suggest visiting the Warsaw Uprising Museum or doing some research before you arrive. Others also recommend saving time to admire the architecture at the adjacent Supreme Court of Poland.

The Holocaust year by year Five states remember victims of WW2 'misery' pact Polish government wins standoff over WW2 museum After the failed 1944 uprising by Poland's underground Home Army ...

The museum is intended to provide “a space for shared memory”, made up of permanent and temporary exhibition spaces, an auditorium and library, all supported by conservation rooms, technical ...

committed land grabs", said Frank-Walter Steinmeier at a commemorative ceremony in Poland. More than 10,000 Jews were killed by the Nazis during the ghetto uprising. Mr Steinmeier asked "for ...