Archive for May 2025
Tsars, Soviets, Putin: A Study of Russia’s Politics of History, by Wojciech Materski
(For professors, college students, and interested adults) This work is available free of charge online through Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance at this link. Foreword by Professor Emeritus Hiroaki Kuromiya Poland has long been a powerhouse of Russian/Soviet studies. Because of its historical connections (including the Russian occupation of large parts of Poland following the…
Read MoreThe Fighting Republic: Poland 1939-1945, by Maciej Korkuc
(For professors, college students, and interested adults) A PDF of this book can be read at this link. The following is the Foreword by Dr. Karol Nawrocki, President, The Institute of National Remembrance. “In May 1945, Western Europe was celebrating victory over Germany. At that time, Central and Eastern Europe was already completely controlled by…
Read MoreAnti-Polish Distortions by Polish-Jewish Historian are Analyzed and Invalidated.
In this issue of Polish-Jewish Studies (Volume 4, 2023), Polish historian Piotr Gontarczyk analyzes the book Judenjagd (English: Hunt for Jews) by Polish-Jewish historian Jan Grabowski. Gontarczyk methodically examines the various ways in which Grabowski misrepresents events, omits relevant material facts, and dismisses witnesses whose testimonies conflict with Grabowski’s one-sided thesis. As will be seen,…
Read MoreBetween Berlin and Moscow: German-Soviet Relations in 1939-1941, by Sławomir Dębski
(For professors, college students, teachers, and adults). In this scholarly work, Sławomir Dębski presents a brilliant reconstruction of the sequence of events from the point at which Germany clinched its rapprochement with the Soviet Union in August 1939 until the open clash of the two totalitarian Powers in June 1941. His book answers key questions…
Read MoreThe Forgotten Appeasement of 1920: Lloyd George, Lenin, and Poland, by Andrzej Nowak
This work is available free of charge online through Poland’s Janusz Kurtyka Foundation at this link. (For professors, college students, teachers, and adults). In this scholarly work, Professor Andrzej Nowak examines a turning point in East European history: the summer of 1920, when Lenin’s Soviet Russia decided to challenge the Versailles system and launch a…
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