Countess Emilia Plater was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman and revolutionary who played a critical role in the Poland’s 1830 “November Uprising” against the Russian Empire. She is a national heroine in Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus, then part of the Polish Commonwealth. While the stories of warrior men are quite common, those of warrior women are farContinue reading “Countess Emilia Plater – Poland’s Joan of Arc”
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The Forgotten Holocaust Hero, Japan’s Chiune Sugihara
Heroes are often born unexpectedly from dire circumstances. Confronted with an intolerable situation, they choose to act with humanity, rather than meekly back down, or join the angry mob.