Dominika Kulczyk informed that she had decided to buy a house near Paris, where the Polish Nobel Prize winner, Maria Skłodowska-Curie, lived and worked. After the planned renovation, the property is to become the House of Sisters - a meeting place for women. Maria Skłodowska-Curie has proved with
The author of Rota, whose talent Sienkiewicz admired, aroused numerous controversies. What did Konopnicka do that she called her a ravaged godless? Today she is mainly known as the author of Rota and ... the heroine of the scandal related to the so-called Konopnicki lie. However, the disputes ov
Maria Konopnicka disowned her mentally ill daughter. She wished the girl had ... taken her own life. What happened to degenerate Helena? Paradoxically, the least information has been preserved about the poets middle daughter, the cause of worries and problems for the whole family. We do not have h
Moomins are an icon of pop culture today. Tove Janssons books about their adventures have been translated into over 30 languages and have sold millions of copies. It all started with a somewhat eccentric artist turned writer. Of course I am talking about Tove Jansson, also known as - Moomin mom
The term to the deathly board in this case sounds extremely literal. Slavic wives died with their husbands. Descriptions of Arab merchants and medieval historians are full of shocking accounts of women giving their lives when their husband died. This way they confirmed that they really loved him ...
When the January Uprising broke out, this young girl didnt just want to look at him idly. She wanted to fight as much as men. She put on a mens uniform and assumed a new identity. She was known in the insurgent ranks as Michał Smok. Who was Henryka Pustowójtówna? Henryka Pustowójtówna was the daug
Jadwiga Andegaweńska was crowned King of Poland on October 16, 1384. However, the Polish throne almost passed her nose close to her - and more than once. Originally, it was not supposed to rule over the Vistula, but in the end - as they say - art up to three times ... It was known from the begin
She was called the queen of the skies. She was the first woman to make a successful flight over the Atlantic, later breaking new records. But it was still not enough for her. She decided to go around the globe. Everyone waited with bated breath for the grand finale, which ... did not happen. On the
She was born heiress to the Singers fortune - her father was the famous inventor of the sewing machine. She tied her life with Paris, where she ran a music and art salon, was socially active and provided the press and society of that time with constant reasons for rumors. She had two unconsummated m
The eternal conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has also affected the most powerful families in the world. And if, in the case of rank and file citizens, these conflicts only affect the comfort of life of its members, then in the ruling families they can affect the fate of the country
German soldiers eagerly enjoyed the services of a luxury brothel in Lyon. They did not know that their moments of pleasure would pay them dearly, because prostitutes deliberately infected them with venereal diseases and drove them into drug addiction. They were commissioned by - according to the Ges
For the brutal crimes she committed, she was sentenced to six death sentences. She went down in history as a monster. But was Aileen Wournos really a conscientious monster? Or was she a victim herself? Aileen Lee Carol Wuornos was born on February 29, 1956 in Rochester, Michigan. She had a diffi
Tillie Klimek unscrupulously poisoned her husbands and lovers, neighbors and even animals. At the same time, she claimed that ... she predicted their death in prophetic dreams. Why has an apparently normal woman turned into a serial killer? Tillie Klimek was born in 1876 as Teofila Gburek in the t
On July 1, 1890, Warsaw was shocked by the death of a popular actress - Maria Wisnowska, a lover and seducer. Her killer turned out to be her lover ... At 5:30 in the morning, the Bartenev cornet entered the barracks of the unit and headed for the commander of Alexander Likhachev. He put himself
They were officially condemned, but in practice their services were eagerly used (this also applied to priests). In Paris, prostitutes even had their own guild! It is not without reason that prostitution is called the oldest profession in the world. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that
No other ruler from the Piast era had so many children. Anna Przemyślidka was a record holder in this respect, but her role was not limited to giving birth. With her mother-in-law, Jadwiga, famous for her ascetic practices, she found a common language. Despite her persuasions, she did not give u
More than 15,000 people were buried at the Cross Bones Graveyard, mostly children, the poor and Winchester geese - prostitutes whose work the Church earned. They were called Winchester suckers, and they brought no small profit to the Church. Nevertheless, they had a separate cemetery - after all,
It was supposed to be a miracle cure for everything, but in the late nineteenth century it caused a plague of drug addiction. The main victims of morphine addiction were women. Morphine was long considered a miracle cure for everything. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, medics finally re
Mary Lamb is known today primarily as an author of books for children. Before she began her writing career, however, she murdered her own mother in an fit of madness. In the early fall of 1796, the inhabitants of London were struck by a monstrous crime - a 31-year-old woman in cold blood who murde
At first glance, it was a story like a fairy tale. Although, as it turned out, rather gloomy and definitely devoid of a happy ending. Maurizio Gucci met Patrizia Reggiani at the University of Milan. They were both 22 years old. He was the shy and withdrawn son of a famous actor, a member of one of
World-famous concerns - automobile, pharmaceutical and other - worked for the Nazis. The list of companies that got rich thanks to Hitler is long. The war machine of the Third Reich could not function efficiently without technical thought, engineers and manufacturers ready to put into production t
In the depths of big city debauchery. The monstrous secret of an elegant apartment at ul. Mazowiecka. These are just the first two headlines of an article published on November 16, 1923 by Express Poranny - a popular Warsaw boulevard. In total, the text had as many as five titles. All bold, all oxen
Women constituted nearly 30% of the participants of the uprising. Young nurses, messengers and ... soldiers hand in hand with men fought for the liberation of their beloved capital. Although the uprising is still associated mainly with brave, young boys who heroically gave their lives for their
He went down in history as a conqueror of the Swedes, the great victory of the Battle of Kircholm in 1605. More than once he managed to defeat a much stronger enemy. What was the secret of his successes? Charisma and war experience are not enough to achieve brilliant successes. When at the end o