Viennese Victoria made Jan Sobieski enrolled in the pages of world history. He also earned the nickname The Lion of Lechistan. However, not all of his actions were worthy of the title of statesman. A few years earlier, Sobieski sent gangs of armed soldiers to Warsaw and tried to overthrow the legall
Today is April Fools Day, but we are not going to trick you. On the contrary. Check out ten stories that, at first glance, are hard to believe, but really happened. Below are the TOP10 unbelievable stories. When you read them, you will say to yourself that it is impossible, but everything is su
In August 1941, huge sheets were placed in Warsaw, depicting Wehrmacht soldiers on their way to fight the Soviets. - On the Eastern Front, at the side of the German soldier, there are Italians, Spaniards, Belgians, Norwegians, Dutch, Slovaks, Hungarians and Romanians. And where are you, Pole? The in
Alcohol and unprofessional ladies turned out to be a better method of obtaining information for the Nazis than even the most brutal torture. This is the story of an enterprising brothel. She took out money from wealthy Jewish clients, and when they ran out, she did not hesitate to get along with SS
Alexander Lukashenka has nothing to do with democracy. He orders his political opponents to be beaten, imprisoned and sent to penal colonies. The most reluctant ones will meet the Special Rapid Reaction Unit - the death commando of the Belarusian dictator. When Lukashenka was elected president o
What medicine for bruises was used by the king of France, Franz I Valois? What could not be missing from the first aid kit of the English monarch Elizabeth I? Of course ... a powdered Egyptian mummy! It is said that the mummy was used for medical purposes for the first time in the 12th century by
Imagine that a servant of the regime has just knocked on your door asking for immediate interrogation. You know what it means. If you want to have any chance of surviving arrest, trial and exile to a labor camp, better read our guide. Before the enkawudziści will confiscate it from you. First of a
Count Józef Brigido, the fourth governor of Galicia, was a difficult nut to crack. He was able to deal with unrest in the villages, dissatisfaction among the Polish nobility and aversion to the wave of German immigrants. But what was he supposed to do about the ... vampire hunting scourge? On Ju
Polish looters. Home Army soldiers refusing to help the Warsaw ghetto. Thousands of Cracovians in Hitlers service. We can not be proud of all episodes in our history. Today we present those that many Poles would prefer not to remember. As always, all items in our TOP10 are based on articles pub
Such a scenario could have happened. It was really close:it would have been enough for Poland not to regain independence. Al-Qaeda could not even compare with the Vistula terrorist organizations. And there is hard historical evidence for that. In 1906, the Polish worker Henryk Baron gave testimo
The stripped and bound prisoner was thrown into the fire, where he roasted alive for a while. Then the priests took out the living victim and opened the chest with a knife to tear the still beating heart out of her chest. Description of an extremely sadistic execution? Too. But most of all, a typica
Revolution is a serious word. But how to be serious when the militants impetus hits primarily the vodka bottles? It was alcoholic beverages that were the main target of Polish terrorists from the beginning of the 20th century. The terrorist turmoil in the Kingdom of Poland exploded in 1904 and d
Underground Warsaw throughout almost the entire occupation was looking for an opportunity for revenge, carrying out attacks on individual officers of the terror apparatus or even entire groups of them. However, the chance of real retaliation for the victims of Szuch and Pawiak came only with the beg
A powerful explosion is tearing the air. Pieces of glass and furniture torn to pieces are flying everywhere, hurting the guests of the confectionery. There are four dead men on the ground and a dozen wounded writhing in pain. No, this is not another attack in Baghdad or Kabul, but the aftermath of t
It was the mid 1930s. Art was dominated by abstraction and surrealism. A young French painter of Polish origin then proposed something that caused shock and scandal even in the unbridled milieu of Parisian artists. It wasnt how he painted, but who. Balthus was born Balthasar Kłossowski de Rola t
The war in Afghanistan is hardly won, but there is no doubt that this conflict is quickly becoming history. In May, a NATO summit approved a plan to withdraw coalition troops by 2014, and the media has long lost interest in the Taliban. Considering that the war has been going on for over a decade, i
Do you think that multi-million dollar public procurement scams are the bane of our times? It used to be no better. In interwar Poland, it was much worse! The press was constantly reporting on this type of scandal. The loudest of them even resulted in the resignation of one of the ministers. It
In Poland, we got used to living in rebuilt (and often even built) cities less than seventy years ago. We sometimes think with envy of other European countries which, despite world wars, managed to save their capitals and metropolises from destruction. However, do we really have anything to envy, fo
The third president of pre-war Poland seems to be a serious, even pompous figure, embodying all the majesty of the Republic ... However, before Mościcki became a noble leader, he had a truly remarkable youth. And his wife had quite a run with him! It all started with a bomb. Yes, my dear, at th
The first association with Auschwitz of the Second World War? Concentration camp. Second association? Also the camp. And the third is the same. Certainly, the Nazi officials, architects and colonists had a different opinion. For them, the camp a few kilometers from the square was of no importance. A
The Halloween It is a very popular festival in the United States that originated in the British Isles and is derived from a festival held by the Celts in antiquity. During this party, which takes place on October 31, children dress up as monsters and take to the streets asking people for sweets. Her
Its official name, the Institute of Intelligence and Special Tasks, does not arouse terror. It is enough, however, that we shorten it to one word Mossad, and the imagination begins to work. We present to you 7 proofs that there is something to be afraid of. As always, all TOP10 items are based o
Mummy of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II Without the appropriate knowledge and the related means to address and resolve diseases, it is no wonder that the prescriptions of medicine more ancient appear today rather bizarre and decidedly not very credible (here you will find some examples:https://w
An ancient image of Florence. In the Medici era, the most famous tavern in the city was that of the Snail The book by Jean-Lucas Dubreton Daily life in Florence at the time of the Medici , constitutes a precious mine of interesting information on the main aspects of Florentine everyday life