Emanuel Ringelblum and his Polish saviours, murdered by the Germans
Few historians have shaped our understanding of the Holocaust as profoundly as Emanuel Ringelblum. A scholar, teacher and social activist, he devoted his life not only to studying Jewish history in Poland but also to ensuring that the tragedy unfolding during the Second World War would be documented for future generations. Ringelblum was born on […]
Wywalcz Jej wolność lub zgiń! – pierwszy skok Cichociemnych
15 lutego 1941 roku odbył się pierwszy zrzut Cichociemnych do Kraju – w ramach operacji „Adolphus” skoczyli mjr Stanisław Krzymowski „Kostka”, rtm. Józef Zabielski „Żbik” oraz kurier Czesław Raczkowski „Orkan”. Chociaż skok nie należał do udanych, to wyznaczył drogę dla innych, pełnych niezwykłej klasy, hardości i nieugiętości, skoczków spadochronowych. Cichociemni to byli żołnierze wyjątkowi – […]
A Hero to remember – Air Vice-Marshal Mateusz Iżycki
Air Vice-Marshal Mateusz Iżycki was a senior officer of the Polish Air Force. After a distinguished military career in Poland, he played an important leadership role within the Polish Air Force community in exile in the United Kingdom. During the war, he served in high-ranking command and staff positions within the Polish Air Forces operating […]
Polish Parliament’s Defence Committee visits UK to discuss strategic alliance
A delegation of the National Defence Committee of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland recently paid an official visit to London at the invitation of the House of Commons Defence Committee, underscoring the growing strategic alignment between Poland and the United Kingdom at a time of profound geopolitical uncertainty. The visit began at the […]
II wykład poświęcony polskiej literaturze w Londynie – Oświecenie i romantyzm
Serdecznie zapraszamy na cykl 6 bezpłatnych comiesięcznych wykładów o polskiej literaturze, które odbędą się w London Museum Studios w Londynie. Drugi wykład będzie miał miejsce w sobotę 28 lutego 2026 roku. Wszystkie spotkania będą miały formę wykładu Joanny Sternik, absolwentki polonistyki Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego i prowadzone będą w języku polskim. Organizatorem wykładów jest Justyna Pezik. Plan spotkania: 1 […]
Polish President and Prime Minister signal united front on security, Russia and Ukraine
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Karol Nawrocki used their latest meeting to project rare political unity, stressing that national security and the future of Ukraine must take precedence over domestic political rivalries. Speaking after more than an hour of talks at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, both sides emphasised that issues such as […]
Maciej Dawidowski “Alek”- a young hero of the Polish resistance against German occupation
On 3 November 1920, in the town of Drohobycz in Galicia, Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski was born into an unusual domestic environment for the era. His parents, Janina and Aleksy, both engineers by profession, mother chemist, father technologist, provided a household where intellectual rigor, socially-minded enterprise and a sense of civic duty were the norm. Those […]
Doktor Kościoła Kardynał Newman – Droga przez Oxford do świętości
Życie kard. Newmana inspiruje do dziś i jest dla wielu przykładem dla innych. Na terenie parafii Bożego Ciała w Oxfordzie, w klasztorze Sióstr Najświętszego Serca Msze św. celebrował ks. Anthony de Vere — konwertyta, który po 40 latach bycia księdzem anglikańskim przeszedł na katolicyzm. Ks. de Vere mieszkał z żoną nieopodal klasztoru. Sam klasztor znajduje się na terenie […]
Historic: The British King and the Pope prayed together at the Sistine Chapel
History echoed through the Sistine Chapel, as Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III knelt side by side in prayer, an encounter unseen since the days of Henry VIII. Queen Camilla joined her husband for what Vatican officials described as “a moment of profound spiritual reconciliation.” It was the first time since the Reformation in England that […]
Hitler-Stalin Pact: How Germany and the USSR divided Poland in 1939
On 23 August 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact, commonly known as the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. Hidden within its secret additional protocol was an agreement that carved up Central and Eastern Europe into spheres of influence, effectively extinguishing the sovereignty of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Romania. The secret additional […]
