It was he who was to start the dynasty that created the Polish state. However, did the legendary son of Piast and Rzepicha really exist, or was he just a figment of the chroniclers imagination? To this day, historians have been puzzled over this, and writers have created new visions of the fate of S
He was a real celebrity in the interwar period - his face appeared in movies and commercials. Everyone knew him and it would be difficult for him to hide. Nevertheless, at one point he suddenly disappeared like camphor, and for years no one knew what happened to him. Where was he? And how did it end
He was the idol of pre-war Warsaw, a movie star, playboy. Igo Sym - the son of a Pole and an Austrian woman - denied his homeland at the time of the trial. He chose to collaborate with the Nazi occupier. For treason and cooperation with the Germans, the underground sentenced him to death. Karol
This musical genius left behind not only a fascinating work, but also an extraordinary story of life and premature death, which is still intriguing today. Although it is assumed that he died of tuberculosis, there are many alternative hypotheses. What really killed one of the most famous Poles?
Hitlers doctor, Theodor Morell, had his hands full. He accompanied his giver at every step. And it is hardly surprising - the Führer was not an example of health. He struggled with numerous diseases (which he eagerly hid from the world), and the dozens of drugs he was taking did more harm than good
He was born in Mazovia, but he composed mainly abroad. In addition, his father was French, so formally - in accordance with Napoleons code - he was also Fryderyk Chopin. For years, France and Poland have been ripping from themselves the most famous pianist of the Romantic era. And what do genealogis
Rumors about Adolf Hitlers Jewish origins appeared in the 1920s, shortly after the publication of his lifes work Mein Kampf. But was this criminal in fact running non-Aryan blood? And did this become one of the reasons for his racist obsession with Jews? At 6:30 p.m. on Holy Saturday, April 20,
What exactly was Operation Wisła? Revenge on the Ukrainians? Necessary for the raison détat of a political move? Or maybe another episode of a centuries-long, fratricidal war? The book Only Stones Left, which is a prize in our competition, will help you to answer these questions. In todays compe
The Volhynia slaughter is one of the darkest pages in the history of Polish-Ukrainian relations. The murders of Poles in the years 1943–1945 took from 80 to even 130 thousand lives. There could have been much fewer victims, but those killed ... no one helped. Where was the Home Army when the UPA sla
In the years 1943–1945 in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia, Ukrainian nationalists murdered 100,000 Poles. Where was the Home Army then? Where was the Polish Underground State? Why was nothing done to save the Polish civilian population? Why did the Volhynians die alone? Piotr Zychowicz in the book
Poles liked Adolf Hitler, although it was a perverse and somewhat capricious sympathy. A bit shy too. It is true that the Chancellor was sometimes laughed at. It evoked a shiver of anxiety, and at the same time ... fascinated and inspired. Who and what? Love begins with the head, and indeed, the
We still talk about the November and January uprisings with pious respect. They were unsuccessful, but our ancestors were ready to sacrifice blood in an unequal battle. Are we allowed to criticize them? The historian Marek Rezler is not afraid to say yes. And he doesnt mince words. Marek Rezler
He ordered imprisonment and torture. He displaced whole nations and sentenced millions of people to death. He enslaved our country and deprived it of half of its territory. It is hard to imagine that this disgusting character could arouse any sympathy. And yet there were Poles who loved Joseph Stali
Right-wing politicians - claiming that they are fighting for great Poland - at the same time openly opposed the stretching of Polands borders to the entire territory that once belonged to it. Why did they fight to keep a large part of Kresy outside Poland? Immediately after the fall of the tsari
All mentally ill were subject to forced sterilization in the Third Reich. Nazi eugenics assumed the complete elimination of handicaps from the process of inheritance. It was July 14, 1933, when Germany passed one of the most immoral laws in history. The Nazis created a special list of hereditary
The October Revolution became a model for successive generations of rebels. Attempts have been made to repeat it in various parts of the globe. According to some, however, her organization left much to be desired. So why was it successful? Claude Anet, an official French journalist in St. Petersbu
Chained and forced to backbreaking work on plantations, where they died of exhaustion and disease. This was the fate not of those who were enslaved by the English as a result of their colonial activities in the heart of Africa, but of their own people. English historians over the years belittled
Ecstatic parades, castrated priests. Holy sex under the pyramids and ritual murder. Sounds like a bad horror story? This is how gods and goddesses were once worshiped. After all, any god can demand any sacrifice ... As always, all positions in the TOP10 ranking are based on the articles we publi
About one was written that he lured students to empty school classes. Another was not even actually an educator. He claimed to be him and everyone believed him. How many victims did they have on their conscience? A century-old Kraków sexologist, Stanisław Kurkiewicz wrote openly about all sexua
They are responsible for the black legend of the Polish underground. Some of them started before 1939, and some degenerated only before the war. They were indifferent to everything, they only looked for their own profit. They murdered. They grabbed. They blackmailed. Time to recall their crimes.
For centuries, the presence of ladies at sea was considered a misfortune, although the ancients wrote that in the event of a storm, a naked woman, exposing herself to the wind, could ... calm the storm. Nevertheless, there were many women on the ships. Though not always of their own free will. T
The archaic age of China, as often happens when it comes to ancient civilizations, and in particular the period when these populations did not yet know writing, is shrouded in a thick blanket of mystery and much of what we know of the first millennia of Chinese history is mainly derived from archaeo
Maria Konopnicka and Maria Dulębianka have spent over 20 years together, living and traveling together. Friends, soul mates, or maybe… lovers? A young painter, a feminist with short hair, in mens clothes and almost two decades older, a respected author, married and mother in dresses and hats with
When in late May 1291, the Mamluks Muslims take the fortress of Acre, it was not only the end of the Christian presence in the vicinity of Jerusalem. But for the Knights Templar, those whose main mission was the protection of pilgrims who came to the holy city, it was the beginning of the end of an