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15/07/2025

The Battle of Grunwald happened on July 15th, 1410. It was one of the biggest battle in medieval Europe history, a decisive clash between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania against the Teutonic Order.

Today we celebrate 615th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald⚔️🛡 Battle is still a proud symbol of Polish-Lithuanian unity and defiance.

In the National Museum in Warsaw we can find paining "The Battle of Grunwald" by Jan Matejko. Continuously, it is reminds about the heroic and Important even in Polish-Lithuanian history.

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15 lipca 1410 roku pod Grunwaldem rozegrała się jedna z największych bitew w historii średniowiecznej Europy, decydujące starcie Królestwa Polskiego i Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego z Zakonem Krzyżackim.

Dziś obchodzimy 615 rocznicę bitwy pod Grunwaldem ⚔️🛡Bitwa nadal jest dumnym symbolem polsko-litewskiej jedności i oporu.

W Muzeum Narodowym w Warszawie znajduje się obraz Jana Matejki "Bitwa pod Grunwaldem". Nieustannie przypomina on o bohaterskim i ważnym wydarzeniu w polsko-litewskiej historii.

12/07/2025

Today, on July 12, we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Augustow roundup. It was the largest crime against the Polish Nation commited by the Soviets after the end of World War II.

From 10 to 25 July 1945, the Soviets arrested over 7,000 Poles, of whom at least 600 were murdered - men, women, minors, ofter several people from one family. The aim of the crime was to eliminate the Polish independence anti-communist underground.

According to the Russian historian Nikita Petrov, the criminal actions were carried out on the personal orders of Joseph Stalin. The Augustów roundup is sometimes called 'small Katyn'. To this day, the resting place of the Victims could not be determined.

11/07/2025

11/07/2025

Today Poles and Ukrainians commemorate an unbelievably tragic World War II massacre. The wounds of the human failure that is World War II still divide many. We remember and pray for all the victims of war this day and always.

This genocide cannot be silenced. 82 years ago, took place one of the most tragic events for the Polish people during World War II. July 11, 1943 was Bloody Sunday, the culmination of the genocide in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia. It was a planned mass extermination of Polish civilians mainly by Stepan Bandera's Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Ukrainian society also took part in the murder.

In total, Ukrainian nationalists are estimated to have murdered about 100,000 Poles in two years. The crimes were exceptionally be***al. Young children were hung on fences, pregnant women were murdered with a saw...

The Volhynian genocide was accepted by Roman Shukhevych as a UPA tactic against Polish civilians. Shukhevych himself collaborated with the N***s during World War II.

Today, this July 11, we not only remember the victims of those cruel days, but we also remember the Ukrainians, Czechs and Hungarians who risked their lives to protect the Poles. We will never forget this sacrifice.

Ukrainian nationalists murdered everyone, they had no mercy for women or children and even for their own countrymen, those who stood up for their Polish neighbors. When a family was Polish-Ukrainian, often everyone was murdered.

Families of the Victims of the Genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists reiterate that they demand remembrance, not revenge. To this day, despite Poland's many requests, the victims do not even have their graves.

Just now, when Ukraine is fighting the Russian aggressor and knows what the pain and suffering of war mean, we believe it is time to unequivocally condemn the OUN-UPA criminals. Poland has been and will remain one of Ukraine's main allies in the struggle for freedom.

True Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation will take place when the graves of the victims of genocide perpetrated by Ukrainian nationalists are established. The right to a dignified burial is a foundation in the European civilisation to which Ukraine wants to belong.

Nor can there be any consent to venerate the memory of war criminals acting side by side with N**i Germany. Not in a Europe that suffered so much at their hands.

10/07/2025

10/07/2025

https://nmm.pl/en/2009/11/27/they-call-her-the-polish-titanic/

Check out this article on an exhibit at the Gdańsk Maritime Museum on M/S Piłsudski. The ship's history was profiled in our most recent episode.

09/07/2025

On 9 July 1521, The Royal Sigismund Bell was installed in the Sigismund Tower of the Wawel Cathedral in Krakow. It tolls on special occasions, primarily religious and national holidays, and is regarded as one of Poland’s national symbols.

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07/07/2025

Our most recent episode featured a guest voice actor from the Adam Mularczyk Theater Company. This organization is located at Associated Polish Home in Philadelphia and is a great way to experience Polish theater. Check out their website:

Producer: Zofia Mularczyk Director: Helena Morawska-White ABOUT THE THEATER - O TEATRZE Teatr założony w 1973 r. przez znanego polskiego aktora teatralnego i filmowego, występującego w Warszawie a następne w Paryżu - nosi obecnie imię swojego założyciela. Jest to jedyny polski teatr w rejon...

07/07/2025

07/07/2025

More information on the remarkable story of this month's Polish Saint, Blessed Hanna Chrzanowska

Hanna Chrzanowska – 1902-1973Lay Polish Nurse Beatified, April 28, 2018 The Following is from Poland at https://hannachrzanowska.pl/en/ Hanna Chrzanowska was born October 7th 1902 in Warsaw, into a family who had rendered great services to the academic, cultural and nursing life of Poland. Her fat...

07/07/2025

An excellent and comprehensive article on the history of Pilsudski and Batory. https://shippingtandy.com/features/pilsudski-and-batory/

07/07/2025

A page dedicated to Jan Cwiklinski, captain of Batory during her post-war years and who dramatically defected from the ship in England and later wrote the book: "The Captain Leaves His Ship" Website is in Polish.

Jan Ćwikliński Jan Ćwikliński (1901-1976) Absolwent Wydziału Nawigacyjnego z 1924 r., kapitan żeglugi wielkiej, dowódca „Batorego”, z którego zszedł w angielskim porcie w 1953 r., kapitan „Wolnej Polski”. Urodził się 6 lutego 1901 r. w Horodence – galicyjskim miasteczku w patrio...