Visceral Jewish Anger at Poland’s Antidefamation Law is Baseless

A judge 's gavel sitting on top of an open book.

In February 2018, the Polish Parliament passed legislation commonly referred to as Poland’s antidefamation law. The law was an amendment to the “1998 Act on the Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation”. The purpose of the antidefamation law was to protect the reputation of the Republic…

Read More

Copernicus – A True Renaissance Man

A man in green shirt holding a pen near table.

MikoÅ‚aj Kopernik (1473 – 1543) was a Renaissance-era astronomer who can accurately be described as a true Renaissance man. First coined in the early 20th century, the expression describes a well-educated person who excels in a wide variety of fields. Fulfilling this ideal, Copernicus was a mathematician, astronomer, church jurist with a doctorate in law,…

Read More

Jewish Liars of the Holocaust

A group of people walking in front of a building.

Jewish Liars of the Holocaust (For high school students, teachers, and adults) This 20-minute video, in Polish with English subtitles, presents some of the more notorious examples of Jewish individuals and organizations who have spread malicious lies about Poles. For many years, Jewish circles around the world have claimed that Poland and the Poles were…

Read More

Wearing the Letter P by Sophie Hodorowicz-Knab

A book cover with a picture of a woman and the words " wearing the letter p ".

Young Polish Women Deported to Germany as Forced Laborers to Support Hitler’s War Effort Among the little-known tragedies of World War II was Hitler’s abduction of Poles and ordering them to work as civilian forced laborers to support Germany’s war effort. According to the Polish government’s recently-published, three-volume report on Poland’s losses under German occupation,…

Read More

Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków

A man holding an oboe in his hand.

The annual Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow– a positive example of present-day Polish-Jewish relations Photo caption: Sounding of the Shofar, a ram’s-horn trumpet used by ancient Jews in religious ceremonies and as a battle signal, now sounded at Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Source: Jewish Festival Poland website. The annual Jewish Culture Festival in Poland’s…

Read More

Animated History of Poland

A man in medieval garb is being whipped by another man.

(For high school students, teachers, and adults) This short video begins with Poland’s Christianization in 966 A.D. and then takes you through the Middle Ages, Early Modern Ages, the Modern Age, and the 20th Century. Like other European countries, Poland is shown growing as a political, economic, and military power; however, as will be seen,…

Read More

IPNtv: Unconquered: Trying Times

A man riding on the back of a horse.

(For high school students, teachers, and adults) This short video is a moving account of the Poles’ struggle for independence during its interwar period, 1918–1939. It should be remembered that Poland disappeared from the map in 1795 after Russia, Prussia, and Austria-Hungary divided Poland between them and annexed their respective Polish territories. For the next…

Read More

IPNtv: The Unconquered

A man standing in front of an open door.

(Excellent video for high-school students) This 4-and-a-half-minute video is a compelling account of Poland’s fight against the occupying German and Soviet Russian forces. Produced by Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance (Polish initials – IPN), it presents important information and significant facts that are absent in popular literature, school curricula, and online news outlets. The video…

Read More