Posts by Gene Sokolowski
How Heroic Polish Codebreakers set the Foundations for the Allies to Crack Enigma
(For high school students, teachers, and adults). This 12-minute video shows that the overall success against Enigma, and its contribution to the Allied victory over Germany, was the collaboration and cooperation between Poland, France, and England. However, the heart of this success was the contribution of the Polish code-breaking team of mathematicians Marian Rejewski, Jerzy…
Read MoreThe Righteous! How Poles Rescued Jews from the Holocaust
(For high school students, teachers, and adults). In response to anti-Polish bias in Holocaust scholarship, education, and popular culture, Polish journalist Grzegorz Gorny, together with well-known photographer Janusz Rosikon, published this book to explain what it really meant to save Jews in German-occupied Poland. The Righteous! tells the story of Poles rescuing Jews during the…
Read MoreFrom 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 clouds”. 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 MoreJews 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 Krakow 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 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 MoreMidwife of Auschwitz
Poignant novel based on an extraordinary Polish heroine who delivered 3,000 babies in the horror of the Germans’ largest death camp. (For high school students, teachers, and adults). The Midwife of Auschwitz by Anna Stuart is a poignant historical novel based on the true-life experiences of StanisÅ‚awa (Stah-nee-swahva) LeszczyÅ„ska, who trained as a midwife and…
Read MorePoland 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…
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