In the urban reform plans of the city of Berlin, the construction of very large buildings had been planned, which if they existed today would continue to be the largest in the world. One of them would be the triumphal arch of Berlin, a huge triumphal arch that would be built at the southern end of t
We have already written about the brutal rapes committed by Soviet soldiers on the Germans in the final phase of World War II. However, thousands of women of other nationalities were also victims of the Red Army soldiers. Polish women were no exception. Poland found itself in a different situation
She ran a beauty salon in France, but the outbreak of World War II made her join the French Resistance. She miraculously escaped death. She died at the age of ... 105. Who was Andrée Peel? Andrée Peel was born on February 3, 1905 in Brest, northwest of France. Her family was deeply religious, an
We imagine the German occupation in Poland as a series of endless battles between the underground and partisans and Germany. But that was not the only thing about existence under the Nazi regime. On September 1, 1939, everyday life was not suddenly canceled. Poles still celebrated holidays and famil