A Hero to remember – F/O Wojciech Januszewicz, one of Churchill’s Few
Wojciech Januszewicz was born on 30th April 1911 and served in the Polish Air Force. During the German invasion he claimed a Me110 and two Ju87’s destroyed. He later escaped to France and in May 1940 was with a Dewoitine fighter squadron at Meaux. After the French collapse he made his way to North Africa […]
Fryderyk Chopin – Wystawa i wykład
Biblioteka Polska POSK, we współpracy z Narodowym Instytutem im. Fryderyka Chopina, zaprasza na otwarcie wystawy oraz wykład poświęcony polskiemu pianiście. Wystawa i wykład będą towarzyszyć Festiwalowi Chopinowskiemu, o którym więcej można przeczytać w naszym artykule The Chopin Festival in London. Bilety na Festiwal Chopinowski można nabyć tutaj. Wystawa zostanie odsłonięta o godz. 16 w Galerii […]
Irmina Trynkos and Tomasz Lis at the Brompton Oratory
The Polish renewed pianist Tomasz Lis next concert at the Brompton Oratory will be slightly different as he will be joined this time by the superb Polish-Greek violinist Irmina Trynkos. Two unique stars and two true friends are finally back on stage together for an evening of magical music by Mozart, Ravel, and Wieniawski. Join […]
Warsaw’s Saxon Palace, destroyed by the Germans in WW2, is to be rebuilt by 2030
On 9 September 2022, the appointment of the Saxon Palace Reconstruction Council took place at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. “We are meeting at the ceremony of appointing members of the Reconstruction Council […] which will support the process of implementing the investment of rebuilding the Saski Palace, Brühl Palace, and tenement houses at Królewska […]
Kto wolny, na Ingham!
Już po raz kolejny Polacy z północnej części Anglii jadą pomagać przy odbudowie Polskiej bazy lotniczej RAF INGHAM. Dla niewtajemniczonych, Stowarzyszenie Białego Orła z Sheffield od dłuższego czasu pomaga w odbudowie byłej Polskiej bazy lotniczej z czasów drugiej wojny światowej – RAF Ingham. Warto tutaj nadmienić, że ponad 160 polskich lotników, którzy wystartowali z lotniska […]
A young Pole became a Board Member of Wikimedia Europe
The 24-year-old Pole Maciej Nadzikiewicz recently became a Board Member of Wikimedia Europe. He has already been a Member of the Governance Board of Wikimedia Polska for the last two years. Polish journalist Dr Maciej Kawecki shared his impressions on social media following an interview he made with the Warsaw-based prodigy. “An extremely modest boy, […]
Jerzy Urban was a symbol of Poland’s communist propaganda
Polish journalist and political figure Jerzy Urban died at 89. His legacy remains highly divisive. His life has been one of constant scandals and offences. Certainly, he was a major figure in Poland’s media landscape. https://twitter.com/TygodnikNIE/status/1576864003829403654?s=20&t=XMCGjme4PTmAnbhWDdK9PQ Jerzy Urban (also known as Jerzy Kibic, Jan Rem, or Klakson) launched a journalistic career in the aftermath of […]
“The topic of war reparations is closed” – says German Foreign Minister
On Monday, 3 October, Poland’s Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau signed a diplomatic note to Germany concerning reparations for damages committed by this state on Poland during WWII. https://twitter.com/RauZbigniew/status/1576877219942608896?s=20&t=lBwG06mA60A3Eey_3btbpQ On Tuesday, Zbigniew Rau handed the document to Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Barboeck. The latter arrived in Warsaw among others to attend the Warsaw Security Forum conference. […]
W Londynie odsłonięto tablicę pamiątkową ku czci gen. Józefa Hallera
W sobotę 1 października w kościele pw. Najświętszej Marii Panny Matki Kościoła na Ealingu w Londynie odbyło się uroczyste odsłonięcie tablicy pamiątkowej poświęconej generałowi Józefowi Hallerowi. Autorem tablicy jest dr Magdalena Cisło z Krakowa. Warto przy też uroczystej okazji przypomnieć związki generała Hallera z Londynem, a konkretnie z dzielnicą Ealing. W latach 1940-1943 roku Haller […]
Germany eventually crushed the Warsaw Uprising on 2 October 1944
On 2 October 1944, after 63 days of heroic and lonely battle between the insurgents and the German army, because of the lack of prospects for further struggle, representatives of the Home Army Headquarters signed an agreement to cease hostilities in Warsaw. The Warsaw Uprising’s military goal was to liberate the capital from the German […]
