Halina Krahelska, social activist and writer active on the political scene of independent Poland, took part in the defense of Warsaw in 1939 and then joined the resistance. Caught, she ended up in German KL Ravensbrück.

And perished there #OTD in 1945, days before liberation.

On 12-15 April, families of former inmates of German KL Ravensbrück, Polish Scouts and a representative of the IPN Branch in Cracow travelled to Germany to participate in the ceremony commemorating the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Ravensbrück concentration camp.

Kazimierz Smoleń, born #OTD in 1920, was sent to German KL Auschwitz in 1940. After almost 5 years of imprisonment and a death march, he was liberated.

Mr. Smoleń became one of the founders of the Auschwitz Memorial and served as its director.

Ceremonies commemorating the 81st anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising were held today at the Warsaw Ghetto Heroes Square in Warsaw.

State representatives, local authorities, organizations, clergy and residents of Warsaw honored the Ghetto insurgents who put…

”…Because He Offered Bread to Jews”

The Story of Tadeusz Nowak, Codename 'Szperacz': Poles rescuing Jews

Tadeusz Nowak ran a Home Army unit responsible for smuggling stolen ammo out of the German HASAG munitions plant.. What did Poles and Jews do there❓ How did Nowak aid the…

You can't honor both victims and killers, cause that would be historical schizophrenia. You need to choose.

The Institute of National Remembrance has been pulling down Soviet memorials because they symbolize the system that exterminated Poles in the Katyn Massacre, Augustów…

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'In the spring of 1940, the Soviets exterminated the flower of the Polish intelligentsia without any legal proceedings. Today, the Russian authorities want to treat this crime as an ordinary offence subject to the statute of limitations,' writes the IPN…

19 April 1943, two conferences with Jewish life on the agenda began: in German-occupied Warsaw, Jürgen Stroop gave his troops instructions on clearing the ghetto of Jews; in Bermuda, U.S. and British representatives deliberated on rescuing Jews.

They failed, Stroop did not.

81 years ago today, men and women from the Jewish Fighting Organization and the Jewish Military Union offered armed resistance to Germans troops dispatched to liquidate the #WarsawGhetto .

The uprising was the last act of the tragedy of Warsaw Jews.

Jan Szuścik was a Polish politician, teacher and member of the Silesian Parliament. He served as the mayor of the city of Łazy.

During WW2, Jan was arrested by the Germans in the Intelligenzaktion Schlesien and sent to KL Sachsenhausen, where he perished #OTD in 1941.

On the eve of the 81st anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the IPN Deputy President Mateusz Szpytma paid tribute to WW2 victims during a ceremony in front of the Monument of Jews and Poles Common Martyrdom in Warsaw, at the site where Germans murdered and…

#OTD in 1919, Polish troops seized the city of Nowogródek (nowadays in Belarus) from the Red Army.

Later, the communists recaptured it, but after the Polish triumph in the #BattleofWarsaw , which led to victory in the Polish-Bolshevik war, Nowogródek became part of Poland.

We wish happy birthday to Jan Rulewski.

Mr. Rulewski, born #OTD in 1944, the leader of the 'Solidarity' Trade Union in the Bydgoszcz region in early 1980s, was interned by the Polish communist regime under martial law, and arrested until 1984. In free Poland, he served as an MP.

Today the delegation led by IPN President Karol Nawrocki participated in a joint prayer for the intention of the fallen and the Homeland at the Holy Spirit Church in Słubice (western Poland).

The IPN president laid flowers at the Polish Soldier Pantheon located nearby.

The first match in the official football competitions in independent Poland took place #OTD in 1920 in Cracow. Wawel Kraków lost 1:3 to Cracovia II.

The lineups were weakened because many players were fighting in the Polish-Bolshevik war at that time.

Official opening of the RAF Ingham Heritage Centre to honour the Polish airmen who flew alongside the RAF during WWII. Polish Bomber Squadrons Centre will serve as a lasting tribute to their bravery and sacrifices.