She was one of the most important figures in the post-war emigration community. Together with her husband, Zygmunt Hertz, and Jerzy Giedroyc, she ran the Institute.
We do not know the exact number of Polish Army officers of Jewish origin who participated in the war against Germany in 1939, just as we do not know how many
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was pacified mainly by units of the Waffen-SS, Ordnungspolizei, and Trawnikimännerze, or guards, mostly of Ukrainian origin. They supported
She was the younger and only sister of one of Poland's most famous poets, Julian Tuwim. She wrote beautiful poetry herself.
It was Józef Mackiewicz who first noticed the numerous Jewish surnames among the officers of the Polish Army identified
She lived to be 95 years old. In 2005, she published her memoirs in New York, titled "Gutta: Memories of a Lost
In our series "ONE" we recall important figures of women of Jewish origin who strongly influenced the shape of the 20th century.
The Home Army's assistance to the Jewish Combat Organization on the eve of the uprising was small. The modest scale was due not only to limited
In our series "ONE", presenting the figures of Jewish women who made great contributions to Polish culture, we recall the figure of an outstanding Polish