The greatest fear of Jews hiding from Germany during World War II were people who, in exchange for money, tracked them down and put them to death. In Berlin, the most famous Greifer (catcher) was not at all a fanatical Nazi or even a German, but ... a Jewish woman - Stella Kübler. Stella Goldsc
Poland and Moscow have never been able to get along. Tried with a sword and a good word, but to no avail. Finally, heavy matrimonial guns were launched. With a view to establishing lasting peace, Jagiełłos grandson was bonded with the daughter of Ivan III Srogy. A quite successful group emerged from
The Jesuits were not idle. They contributed to the development of the Catholic Church through evangelistic and missionary work. In addition, they carried the torch (or muzzle) of education and unscrupulously fought the Reformation. Overall, they served the cause as much as they could. What their sur
Tsarina Katarzyna went down in history as a ruler who first placed her lover on the Polish throne, and then took independence from Poland. But where did this extraordinary woman come from? Katarzyna was not Russian by birth. In fact, she had almost nothing in common with Russia. She was born on
Nobody expected that she would become a queen from little Sophia Frederick Augusta zu Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg. She herself did not aim that high either - she wanted, above all, to break free from the tutelage of her despotic mother. The fact that she became a Russian tsarina and one of the most power
Fidel Castro has had many lovers in his long and turbulent life. However, only one of them wanted to kill him. Her name was Marita Lorenz and she was an American of German descent. The spice of the story is added by the fact that the plan to kill the Cuban dictator was born at the CIA headquarters.
The romance of the last Polish king with the Russian Tsarina is no secret. The significance of this romance for the accession to the throne by King Stas is not a secret either. How did it happen, however, that a second-rate Polish magnate ended up in the lodge of one of the most powerful women in th
A certain Vlad the Impaler lived to see a legend that went around the world (with the help of Bram Stoker). We know him as a tyrant and cruelty, a real vampire. Meanwhile, it turns out that under the guise of horror there is ... a bit of romance! Of course, in the modern era, rulers did not marr
Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna was a great poet. It is a well-known fact, as well as the fact that for almost nine years she was Józef Piłsudskis secretary. However, hardly anyone has heard that at some point the writer became - as we would say today - the Marshals manager. Lets add a very effective manag
It is the end of the 1950s. Theres a cold war going on, and at the same time the world is about to be as hot as possible from war. Meanwhile, you set the meatball for dinner and wait for your spouse to return. A few minutes after five, the door opens. The husband standing in them has a grave face. D
Bravery and masculinity - these two words come to mind about Piłsudskis legionnaires. Meanwhile, the war for independence was by no means a mans affair. From under more than one matzeva there was a braid or a curl, and their owners showed off on the battlefield no worse than the soldiers. Lets
Horace thought she had trouble drinking. Josephus, Flavius, directly called her a woman overwhelmed by lust. The Roman poet Propercius claimed she was a harlot giving herself to her own slaves, and the historian Cassius Dio believed she was a witch. We know one thing for sure. For power, she was rea
When a young and beautiful girl suddenly appears in a partisan camp lost in the mountains, everyone dreams of making a closer acquaintance with her. And the pick-up attempts begin immediately. You can take them with the gentlemans class, you can be cheeky, or ... like a last punch. So like Che Gueva
You wouldnt want to meet them in a dark alley after dark. These eight women sowed terror in pre-war Poland. At the same time, each of them has become a star sought after by the media. A celebrity for her time. There is an element of evil in all women, according to the Polish sensational press i
Could there be such a thing as fashion in the Warsaw Uprising? Were there any trends in clothing? Its time to check how the girls dress up for the W hour. And were they really in barricade dresses. On the morning of August 1, 1944, underground soldiers began to concentrate. Everyone was walking
Before Marilyn Monroe, there was Jean Harlow. It was she, not MM, who brutally threw brunettes off the Hollywood pedestal. Before she died at the age of only 26, she had married three times, starred in over twenty productions and caused countless scandals. Her platinum blonde killed her. Jean Ha
If all the liaison officers suddenly disappeared, the Home Army would not have survived even a week without them. Every day they risked their lives carrying reports, weapons, and bad parcels. They performed the most dangerous work in the Polish underground. And today hardly anyone remembers them.
Paintings from Lascaux dating back as far as 15,000 BC. they are the finest known example of Palaeolithic art. They were discovered by accident. Today, hundreds of people come to a small town in France just to see ... a faithful copy of the famous Lascaux paintings. Discovered by accident The
How would living in a utopia affect us? John Calhoun decided to find the answer, creating a mouse utopia. The result of his experiment was terrifying. Utopia is understood, inter alia, as the ideal of a happy society. For most of us, it would be a world where there are no hunger, no wars, no healt
Endurance, the missing ship of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, was found on March 5, 2022, at the bottom of the Weddell Sea. Scientists filmed one of the largest undiscovered wrecks. The photos and video that you can find on the web look impressive! Like an almond inside a chocolate bar
The short life of Saga Krestos was one great adventure and a hoax. This black young man turned out to be an amazingly good actor who, thanks to his cleverness and erudition, made an astonishing journey from Cairo to Paris. Along the way, he became involved in the struggle for zones of religious infl
Among others, Adolf Eichmann and Josef Mengele were there. And it was not a coincidence - only in this country, located on the other side of the ocean, they could count on a relatively peaceful life. What made Argentina a safe haven for Nazi criminals? By the end of the 1940s, Argentina had more
Of the many dreadful diseases that plague mankind, leprosy is one of those formerly most feared. Why? The cause of leprosy are bacteria - Mycobacterium leprae, which settle safely inside the hosts cells. They cannot survive outside of them, nor do they secrete spores or have the ability to move.
Dracula in a skirt, Bloody Countess or Vampire from Csejte are just some of the nicknames given to Elizabeth Bathory. It turns out, however, that the bloodthirsty beast was made of it completely wrong. She was the victim of a conspiracy against her family. In pop culture, Elżbieta Batory functio