On August 1, 1944, at one oclock in the afternoon, Halina gave birth to Staś. Her husband ran to the uprising. She - terribly sore and exhausted - was left alone. With a seventy-year-old father and baby in care. When the world was falling apart, she had only one goal:save her child. In an equall
Gifts have long since been unwrapped. Someone is trying on a new sweater, someone else sprinkles on the received perfume. There is no shortage of gadgets and the latest technology. And what was it like 100 years ago? Exactly the same! Presents appear under a beautifully decorated tree. Some are
Love can be like a disease. Literally. For centuries, doctors went above and beyond to help its victims. Burning with white-hot iron, bloodletting, applying leeches or whipping. These and many other drastic methods have been used to heal a broken heart. Since antiquity, healers, paramedics and d
Celebrating New Years Eve. A custom more deadly than Tutankhamens curse, more perverse than the Indians tobacco revenge. Every year it takes a deadly toll. And it could have been otherwise! Did you go overboard again last New Years Eve? First day of the new year wasted? Ibuprom and water without
If you happen to be deformed, lame and infirm and your main way of life is begging, dont worry - the ancient Greeks already have a job for you. You have all the necessary qualifications to become pharmakoi. Dont get used to it though, because this job will probably kill you. The end justifie
Dyed Foxes. A few years ago, Jan Tomaszewski called that for foreigners who wanted to play football with a white eagle on their chest. Nothing new. Already 80 years ago, foreign players joined the Polish national team. And they won the hearts of the fans. Polish football was born relatively late
Are you a fresh, proud parent? Excellent. You couldnt have come to a better place. We have great methods for you to care for your baby. Youll need sulfur, smallpox, and a little myrrh. Everything checked - 300, 400 years ago. We invite you to the next edition of the Historical School of Birth. I
Bastille, bastion of torture, oppression and evil. A symbol of dynastic terror, the conquest of which made the great French revolution successful. Or is it all ... just plain rubbish? It is July 14, 1789. A crowd of outraged citizens hits the most famous Parisian prison. It has one goal:to free
A quarter of debauchery in the middle of the Russian capital? Today, something like this would be unthinkable. But in the 19th century, Moscow was neither so prudish, nor was it the capital. And she traded sex ... at the behest of the authorities. Its a pretty nice neighborhood today. Offices, c
There were a lot of inconveniences to serving in the U-boat. Dirt, stuffiness and claustrophobic crowding constantly accompanied the sailors. Submarines could not complain about the food. Their food rations were among the best in the German armed forces. Provided you dont mind the ubiquitous diesel
Perfume, a gift that, according to the pre-war press, every woman will appreciate. Helpless men, just like today, were helped by the press. And so the Krakows Światowid, in its edition of December 17, 1927, devoted a full-page article to Christmas gifts for women. As this year was marked by eco
Immediately after the so-called liberation in 1944-1945, the new authorities targeted the entire tradition of the Polish army to date. Home Army soldiers, pre-war officers, but also ... God of spirit owed the ordinan The new official propaganda criticized your army from the top. Under this pecu
The world is moving forward? Each subsequent generation is happier, richer, more technically advanced than the previous one? Well, not necessarily. Today we will do what Poles do best - to complain. And there is something to complain about, because in the past it was just worse. Below are the t
Recently I was washing myself at Easter, what for now is enough for Corpus Christi. According to many, this was the approach to hygiene in pre-war Poland. Fortunately, it wasnt that bad. But it wasnt easy either In every self-respecting, pre-war house there was a special washing corner. Its obl
- As for morality, I do not think that there is more freedom in Sodom and Gomorrah than in Krakow. Wherever you look, you will see an abundance of fornication. Wherever you go, a whole bunch of debauchees will follow you - wrote the Hungarian traveler Marton Csombor, who in 1618 visited the town of
Everywhere where oil was discovered at the turn of the 20th century, life changed dramatically. It was no different in the Galician Bóbrka. No wonder Szczęsny Morawski wrote:A life unknown here has awakened, a world of God that has never been before, a world of mining work has been created. You woul
Today its hard to imagine a nice chat with a friend during the morning defecation together. Teenagers running to the toilet also cause consternation. It wasnt always like that. The ancient Romans were ... incredibly open in their approach to physiological functions First, the creators of the la
Gold salons full of rats. Luxurious bedrooms infested with bedbugs. Plus, Soviet backwash specialists, cold tap water, and kilometer-long lines to the bathrooms. However much Stalin would try to make a good face for a bad game, he could not hide the obvious fact. The Yalta conference was simply biza
In Spain, the people enjoy fighting bulls, in England, horse racing is the favorite pastime - a custom that has become fashionable in other countries as well - and in Belgium, cat races are held during a fair - reported in 1883 the biweekly New Cha January night - the middle of the 19th centur
Are you a little Habsburg? Yes? Well, you are unlucky. Forget about carefree childhood. As soon as you say the first words, absolute training begins. The teacher will censor your textbooks, the court theologian will take care of your moral backbone, and boring lecturers will poison your youth with l
It was a real testing ground for the Nazis. SS criminals trained here, doctors conducted murderous experiments, and prisoners died of exhaustion, forced to backbreaking labor. What did those who survived say about life in Ravensbrück? The atmosphere of the camp was terrible, said Zofia Czajkowsk
It is said that being a ruthless tyrant is the best guarantee of a peaceful old age. Maybe so, but not every dictator has had the opportunity to find out about it. Today we will tell you about those criminals who did not manage to escape from justice. And about the gruesome end that befell them.
The year could not close without honoring the man who inspired the product, which the whole planet bought, more than any other, in 2020. Meanwhile, in some countries (like ours) it happened and welcoming a political leader -dont call you a hero-, upon his arrival at the airports. Today is the day we
His character fascinates to this day. In forty years, he brought Byzantium to the height of its power. Of all the rulers of the Eastern Empire, he was the one who had the best chance of rebuilding the Roman Empire. How close did he get to that goal, and why did he ultimately fail? Emperor Justin