Posts by Gene Sokolowski
From the Son of a Polish Miner to the Royal Court of Sweden: Fascinating Story of World’s most prolific Stamp Engraver
Czeslaw Slania (1921 – 2005) was a Polish postage stamp and banknote engraver who, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, was the most prolific of all stamp engravers with over 1,000 stamps to his credit. In addition to creating stamps for Sweden (300 different issues) and 29 other countries (the remaining 1,000 or…
Read MoreErnest Malinowski: The 19th-Century Engineer Who Defended Peru
Ernest Malinowski’s dream was to build a railroad that “will reach the cloudsâ€. Born in Poland in 1818, Malinowski came to Peru when Spain was trying to hold on to its last colonies. Considered a hero in the Battle of Callao, Malinowski helped Peru maintain its sovereignty in a time of need. Malinowski would go…
Read MoreLTC Matt Urban: America’s Most Decorated Combat Veteran of World War II
Lieutenant Colonel Matt Urban, born Matthew Louis Urbanowicz, (1919 – 1995) shares with Audie Murphy the distinction of being the most decorated American combat veteran of World War 2. Earning more medals for valor than the legendary Murphy, he was awarded 29 U.S., French, and Belgian medals including the Medal of Honor. When Army officials…
Read MoreNew pioneering work examines the largely unknown role of the Polish church in saving Jews during the Holocaust
Wartime Rescue of Jews by the Polish Catholic Clergy: The Testimony of Survivors and Rescuers, Volumes 1 and 2, is a pioneering study by Ryszard Tyndorf and Zygmunt ZieliÅ„ski of the mostly unknown rescue activities carried out by the Polish Catholic Church and its clergy in German-occupied Poland during the Second World War. It is…
Read MoreHow Polish Intelligence Helped Win The Secret War Against Hitler
Jews feel more secure in Poland than in Western Europe – German media
Many Jews are now moving to Poland, where they feel safer than in Western Europe, German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) wrote in a report from Kraków. In a website article published on Thursday, FAZ claims that this move is strongly influenced by the war in Ukraine and the Hamas October 7 attack on Israel.…
Read MoreOur electronic devices are much faster thanks to a Polish scientist’s invention.
This is a story of a lonely genius inventor, and of several systems that failed to protect him from the rapacity of modern capitalism. It is also the story of how modern, large digital companies operate, and a commentary on Poland’s still unsteady entry onto the stage of the world’s knowledge economy. Efficient data processing…
Read MorePASI EDU Letter to Senator Durbin of Illinois explains why the comic book MAUS is unsuitable and unacceptable for classroom use
PASI EDU’s reply to Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois who calls critics of the so-called graphic novel MAUS “extremists†PASI EDU’s letter to the Senator points out why Art Spiegelman’s comic book MAUS is clearly unsuitable and unacceptable as instructional material in American public-school curricula. Our letter to the Senator is provided below. To date,…
Read MoreIPNtv: Game for Independence. Poland.
(For high school students, teachers, and adults) During World War 1 (1914-18), called “The Great Warâ€, Poland did not exist as its territories had been annexed by Russia, Prussia, and Austria-Hungary in 1795. As a result, in World War 1, Polish soldiers in the Russian army fought against Polish soldiers in the German and Austrian-Hungarian…
Read MoreThe Peasant Prince by Alex Storozynski
(For high school students, teachers, and adults) Kosciuszko came to America one month after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, with little more than a revolutionary spirit and a genius for engineering. He quickly proved his capabilities and became the most talented engineer of the Continental Army. Kosciuszko constructed fortifications for Philadelphia, devised battle…
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