World War II: Mendacious Narratives of History
How do Poland, Germany and Russia conduct historical policy? What is the state of modern historical consciousness of societies? Are history distortions a matter of chance? We invite you to…
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Józef Piłsudski’s policy of maintaining the European status quo
Many prominent and influential historians claimed that Polish foreign policy in the interwar period was revisionist or had a destructive effect on the Versailles order. Its alleged culmination was the…
Warsaw Jewish collections and their destruction during the German occupation
The consistent and systematic extermination of the three-and-a-half-million population of Jews in Poland was a conscious policy of Germans. During the German occupation, about 370,000 Varsovian Jews were killed. Losses…
Artwork Plundering in the Occupied Warsaw
After the siege of Warsaw in September 1939, the city changed profoundly. Many Polish soldiers remained in captivity while their families had no means of subsistence.
Warsaw – the City that is No More
In 1918, after 123 years under partitions, Poland regained its independence with Warsaw reinstated as its capital, now also home to the highest state institutions. The following two decades saw a dynamic growth of the city with many buildings and public utility premises on the rise.