History

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LTC 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...
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New 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,...
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The 1920 Polish Victory that saved Europe from Communism

The British Envoy to Warsaw in 1920, Edgar Vincent D’Abernon, wrote in his 1931 memoir,...
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Polish craftsmen establish Jamestown colony’s export economy but are denied voting rights

In 1607, John Smith brought the first British settlers to Jamestown, who expected to find...
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Polish Chemist Creates the Foundation for the Semiconductor Industry

Jan Czochralski 1885 – 1953) invented the Czochralski method, which is the standard method used...
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Polish-American Fighter Pilot Extraordinaire

Colonel Francis (Gabby) Gabreski (born Franciszek Stanisław Gabryszewski) (1919-2002) was the top American fighter ace...
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The Resounding Silence of the Katyn Memorial

PASI EDU is proud to feature this essay by Krzysztof Sroczyński, a young Polish scholar....
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The Crypto Hackers who saved Countless Lives

Three Polish mathematicians played an instrumental role in shortening World War 2 by breaking the...
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Jewish Commandos from the Second Polish Republic

Polish special services trained right-wing Jewish fighters who carried out remarkable attacks on the British...