Archive for September 2023
Poland is a country with diverse attractions that will surprise, delight, and inspire you
(For high school students, teachers, and adults) Poland is rich in history, culture, and natural beauty. From the Baltic coast to the Carpathian mountains, Poland offers a variety of landscapes and attractions for travelers and adventurers. This Youtube Video highlights some of the many places and cities you’ll find very interesting. They include WrocÅ‚aw (pronounced…
Read MoreIn My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
(For high school students, teachers, and adults). In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke is a compelling memoir of a young Polish woman’s experience as a resistance fighter, rescuer of Jews, and survivor of both the German and Soviet occupations of Poland from 1939 to 1945. When Germany invaded Poland…
Read MoreCNN correspondent’s anti-Polish accusations reveal her ignorance of historical fact
Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash interviewed Polish President Duda on 6 April 2022 at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw to discuss the conflict in Ukraine. At 38:50 into the interview, Ms. Bash stated the following to President Duda: Let me ask you about the issue of antisemitism historically in Poland and how it may relate…
Read MoreA positive event in Polish-Jewish relations – US rabbis support Poland’s WWII reparations claim
Representatives of the North American Board of Rabbis (NABOR) told the Polish Press Agency (PAP) that, from a moral point of view, Poland’s claim for war reparations from Germany needs to be resolved. On September 1, 2022, the Polish government presented a comprehensive report detailing the material losses suffered by Poland during the Second World…
Read MorePolish Folk Dance Performances by Mazowsze are a Spectator Sport
Mazowsze Performance – Finale Mazowsze (pronounced “mah-zove-shehâ€), named after Poland’s heartland where the capital Warsaw is located, is one of two of the country’s National Folk Song and Dance ensembles. The other is ÅšlÄ…sk (pronounced “shlonskâ€), which will be included in our Arts & Culture page. Both groups have made folk dance a spectator sport…
Read MoreHilary Koprowski: The Man who overcame polio and saved millions of lives
Hilary Koprowski (1916 – 2013) was a Polish virologist and immunologist active in the United States who demonstrated the world’s first orally administered, effective live polio vaccine. Hilary Koprowski was born in Warsaw to an assimilated Jewish family and, from age twelve, took piano lessons at the Warsaw Conservatory. He received a medical degree from…
Read MoreThe 1920 Polish Victory that saved Europe from Communism
The British Envoy to Warsaw in 1920, Edgar Vincent D’Abernon, wrote in his 1931 memoir, The Eighteenth Decisive Battle of the World: Warsaw, 1920, that the fight for the Polish capital that summer was one of the most important battles in world history. Yet, the Battle of Warsaw, often called “Miracle on the Vistulaâ€, is,…
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