Unveiling of the monument to the memory of Jews in Zakliczyn
On January 26, in Zakliczyn (Tarnów County), the Vice President of the Institute of National Remembrance, Dr. Mateusz Szpytma, unveiled a monument commemorating the Jews from Zakliczyn and surrounding towns who were murdered during the German Nazi Operation Reinhardt. The monument was built with financial support from the Institute of National Remembrance and the Zakliczyn Commune. "...today we meet to especially remember the victims living here, in the Tarnów region. (...) What can we do today for all those who were murdered? We cannot bring them back to life, [...]
Irena Krzywicka. The private life of the scandalist…
The famous scandalmonger of the interwar period, although born in cold Siberia, inflamed public opinion in the Second Polish Republic. She was a social activist and fought for women's rights, but she did not consider herself a feminist. She was an important figure in the Polish literary community before and after the war, but none of her books survived the test of time… She had one husband, two sons, and a "famous" lover. During World War II, she tragically lost three of them… Her private life […]
Photo report | International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023
January 27th was International Holocaust Remembrance Day—on this day in 1945, soldiers of the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Commemorations marking this anniversary were held across Poland. In Warsaw, the ceremony took place in front of the Ghetto Heroes Monument, where representatives of state and local authorities, diplomatic missions, social and cultural organizations, and city residents gathered. The ceremony began with a Jewish prayer […]