Centuries-old specialists consistently distinguished between homosexuality and pederasty. The former was for them a kind of perversion or disease independent of human will. The second term was only the tendency to anal sex. And they agreed that the majority of homosexuals felt a deep disgust towards
The Military Information Services became infamous. They inherited it from their predecessor, the military intelligence of the Peoples Republic of Poland. Nothing unusual. For years, communist spies have been doing business with the worlds most wanted and ruthless terrorists. Dozens of people died as
For some it was another opportunity to beat a Jew. Others complained that it was a boring booze for the elite and a display of a lack of understanding of the expectations of the masses. But the vast majority obediently cheered - at the sight of tanks, parades and politicians ruling graciously. “
Thousands of cattle driven in large herds to the Soviet Union. Hundreds of railway trains unloaded with industrial devices heading towards our eastern border. Peasants pillaged by Soviet soldiers. This was the liberation of Poland by the brotherly Red Army. At the beginning of 1945, reports on the
Captain Pilecki has grown into one of the greatest heroes of modern Polish history in recent years. It is not surprising:he is a truly monumental figure. Nevertheless, historian Ewa Cuber-Strutyńska argues that he is exaggeratedly called a volunteer to Auschwitz. Is he right? The article Witold
The year 1925, two theater goers talk. 1st guest:Can you know where you live? 2nd guest:Oh, there is a little patriotism and some pornography in my address. 1st guest:What does it mean? 2nd guest:Well ... because I live on Aleja Kościuszki No. 69. A joke with such content was published by the No
Letter with anthrax. A tool of terror in the hands of extremists and madmen, but also ... a weapon that the Polish Underground State did not hesitate to use. In the fight against the invader planning to exterminate the Polish nation, all tricks were allowed. During the German occupation denuncia
King Zygmunt Augusts great love for Barbara Radziwiłłówna caused him a lot of trouble. By marrying his own subject, he violated his raison détat and caused a real political storm. Was young Jagiellon forced to marry? Or maybe he planned everything deliberately? At the beginning, lets remind you.
Great, great, strong and pious. The nicknames of medieval rulers, especially those who have been sewn with the label of eminence, can be extremely monotonous. Against this background, the familiar and unique Bolesław the Brave stands out. But - probably shouldnt. Because this nickname is one big pie
Rape is part of the nature of any army, like weapons or alcohol. Masters in this shameful matter are the Russians, who left behind about 6 million illegitimate progeny after World War II. Poles are far from achieving such a result. However, it cannot be said that they avoided sexual violence. That w
Goalkeeper punching a representative of the opposing team. Stones flying from the stands to the players. A fight between club activists and a knife stuck between the ribs of the boss of a rival team. In the background, fans chanting Get out of here, lousy Jews! All of this happened in the Second Pol
David Cameron wants to get rid of Poles from Great Britain. No wonder - such an attitude has a long tradition in the UK. One of Camerons predecessors, David Lloyd George, also strove for a radical solution to the Polish problem. And for his own convenience, he wanted to hand over the Commonwealth in
Polish-Ukrainian relations have not been sweet since the Second Republic was established. However, the internal conflict escalated before the outbreak of World War II. Historian Jan Kęsik claims that as a result of the actions of our army, desperate Ukrainians began to look for the Nazi troops as sa
I did not expect such a clean body in a woman earning her grace, said an ordinary Warsaw resident, Marian Sękowski, after an intimate meeting with a prostitute. He knew what he was saying. He found an attractive and well-groomed girl, in a country where prostitutes were almost always ugly, dirty, sm
The heroism of the participants of the uprising is beyond doubt. However, the very decision about an armed uprising has not yet been settled. Should the responsibility still be held on General Tadeusz Bor Komorowski? Or maybe it was the intrigues of a completely different man - and it was politics,
At the age of twelve he learned the secret from his friends and peers, and in the same year he began a sexual life in the company of these companions and girls in the meadow. This information was provided by a participant in a survey conducted in 1903 at the Warsaw University of Technology. Only one
One of the most famous lovers and fanciful cheats almost finished his colorful life in Poland. It was close, and it would have changed the course of history. And all with a flick of a finger. Having got rid of the thirteen-year-old Russian Zaira, bought for a hundred scuds, in October 1765 Casan
While watching Four Tankmen and a Dog for the hundredth time, did you wonder what a miracle this good-natured, straightforward Russian and a bit crazy, geeky Georgian found themselves in in the Polish unit? We have the answer to this compelling question. But not every fan of the series will like the
This Nazi in a cassock never denied himself the pleasure of teasing Jews. He directly called for bloody pogroms. He impressed this certain inept scribble named Hitler who decided to put his mumbling rants on paper. The gibberish was pouring out of Hitlers mouth for the second hour in a row. The
For years, the persecution of homosexuals by the Nazi regime has been no secret. However, only now has the Polish historian counted how many men were deported to the largest death factory in Nazi Germany just because they were gay. Bohdan Piętka in his article Prisoners with a pink triangle in K
Soldiers, the Tiger is currently the most powerful and formidable German tank. As soon as it appears at the front, it causes a real panic among our soldiers. To tell you the truth, it doesnt happen that often, but if youre unlucky you must know how to approach this bastard. Our units first encou
The story of Selena Quintanilla is like a movie script about the birth of a star whose potential was to change popular music, and whose success would bring eternal fame. And in a way it happened. However, the notoriety behind Selenas name was marked by a tragedy - the unexpected departure of a young
Portrait of Vittorio Alfieri On 14 July 1789 , day of the storming of the Bastille , the Italian poet Vittorio Alfieri was in Paris. Here is what his secretary reported about that event which, in fact, marked the beginning of the French Revolution: “On the day of the storming of the Ba
The Reuters news agency recently reported that in Peru, paleontologists unearthed the skull of a great sea predator, an ancient ancestor of modern whales, that lived in a prehistoric ocean that once covered part of the country. King Lizard A well-preserved skull, some 36 million years old, was e