World War II Archives - The Warsaw Institute Review

Interview with the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Berlin, Prof. Andrzej Przyłębski. Izabela Wojtyczka: The brutal German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, ignited the Second World…

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Józef Piłsudski’s policy of maintaining the European status quo

October 31, 2019

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…

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The Katyn Massacre – the Way to the Truth

June 26, 2019

‘The Katyn Massacre’ is a symbolic term. It refers to a series of mass murders of Poles imprisoned in special camps of Kozelsk, Starobilsk, and Ostashkov, and in prisons located…

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Artwork Plundering in the Occupied Warsaw

May 25, 2019

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.

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Warsaw – the City that is No More

May 19, 2019

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.

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Israel and Poland: Agreement for the Future

June 27, 2018

Signing the declaration by both prime ministers is not only a symbolic termination of misunderstandings concerning the amendment of the Act on the Institute of National Remembrance, but also, and especially, an opening of a new chapter of mutual relationships.

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Kaliningrad’s island of misfortunes — a Russian offensive from Kaliningrad

June 3, 2018

The Kaliningrad Region, also called Russia's island in Europe, is mainly associated with the military threat it poses. The Russian missile systems deployed there and their fleet operating on the Baltic Sea, act upon the imaginations of its neighbors. As such the issue of further militarization presents a serious threat to NATO countries.

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Kulski: A Mayor for Difficult Times

June 1, 2018

In the most tragic period in the history of Warsaw — the German occupation, the capital city had its own hero, who is forgotten today, who showed great courage and dedication. It was thanks to Julian Spitosław Kulski that Warsaw still had its mayor.

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The Criminal Nature of the German and Soviet Occupations

March 1, 2018

All of the political and military actions of the Poles to regain independence and sovereignty, conducted in 1939–1945, took place in conditions of unusually brutal war campaigns rolling through Polish lands and cruel occupations of Poland’s territory.

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