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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Irena Sendler, Holocaust Heroine, saved more than Schindler’s List
Many acts of courage and decency took place during the World War II Jewish Holocaust by brave and compassionate people. Irena Sendlar was one of its greatest heroes.
Poland’s SOLIDARITY Movement was the 1st Crack in Communism
Poland’s Solidarity [Solidarnosc] labor union was nothing less than Revolutionary, the 1st crack in the Soviet Union’s Iron Curtain, leading to its ultimate demise. Since the mid-1970s, Poland’s Communist economy was spiraling downward — production had plummeted, wages stagnated, and shortages were everywhere. In 1979, the new Polish Pope John Paul II famously visited Warsaw,Continue reading “Poland’s SOLIDARITY Movement was the 1st Crack in Communism”