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Since its beginnings, Poland has been a moving target, geographically as well as demographically, and the very definition of who is a Pole has been in flux. In the late medieval and early modern periods, the country grew to be the largest in continental Europe, only to be later wiped off the map for more than a century. Yet even under these constraints, Poles persisted in their desire to wrest from their oppressors a modicum of national dignity and, ultimately, managed to achieve much more than that.

For many episodes to come, we'll be exploring the rich history of Poland. From it's humble beginnings, we'll follow the people of Poland as they form their own unique cultural identity, rise into a great European power, cross paths with the Mongol Horde, save Europe from an Ottoman invasion, and do their best to keep their independence firm from one generation to the next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eastern Europe has long been thought of as the "Other Europe", a region rife with political upheaval, shifting national borders, an astonishing variety of ethnic diversity, and relative isolation from the centers of power in the West. It has also been, and continues to be, pivotal in the course of world events. A History of Eastern Europe offers a sweeping 1,000-year tour with a particular focus on the region's modern history.

'This is a unique juxtaposition of the shatteringly honest diaries of two Jewish girls fighting to survive — Grandma Rosi in the Holocaust and two generations later Jess in today's grubby showbiz world. It appalled, uplifted and delighted me. I wish I’d written it.' MIRIAM MARGOLYES 'Deeply...

A prize-winning historian reveals how Stalin—not Hitler—was the animating force of World War II in this major new history. World War II endures in the popular imagination as a heroic struggle between good and evil, with villainous Hitler driving its events. But Hitler was not in power when...

1944: Heavy footfalls thud on the road on a rainy May night. A band of gunmen scour a hilltop farm, acting on rumors that it harbors a Jewish family. For 18 months, the Rozeneks have been hiding safely, but their luck is about to run out. Only one from the family of six will live to see the sunrise. Sixteen-year-old Hena Rozenek shelters in the woods until morning . . . and then she runs.

Dive into the captivating world of the Sienkiewicz trilogy with this third installment, which explores the intricate politics of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Known in English as Fire In The Steppe, this novel brings to life the tumultuous history of Poland, Ukraine, and Turkey. - Summary by David Granville Young

Traveling in Europe in August 1938, one year before the outbreak of World War II, David Kurtz, the author’s grandfather, captured three minutes of ordinary life in a small, predominantly Jewish town in Poland on 16 mm Kodachrome color film. More than seventy years later, through the brutal twists of history, these few minutes of home-movie footage would become a memorial to an entire community - an entire culture - that was annihilated in the Holocaust.

During the twentieth century, Vietnam and Poland were both victims not only of devastating wars, but also of socialist planned economies that destroyed whatever war hadn’t already. In 1990, Vietnam was still one of the poorest countries in the world, while Poland was one of the poorest in Europe. But in the three decades since then, both countries have drastically improved their citizens’ standards of living and escaped the vicious cycle of national poverty.

Following the end of the First World War, Poland was wedged uncomfortably between the two dominant nations of Germany and the Soviet Union. Poland was obliged to plot and negotiate to try and prevent them from realizing their ambitions to eviscerate the country. As well as bitter ethnic battles between Germany and Poland for the political control of Upper Silesia, there were also the burning ambitions of Weimar Germany, and later Nazi Germany, to reclaim lands incorporated into the new state of Poland at Versailles.

39 esejów autorstwa najwybitniejszych przedstawicieli polskich uczelni i ośrodków naukowych w kraju, m.in.: Marka Belki, Adama D. Rotfelda, Andrzeja Chwalby, Andrzeja Friszkego, Jana Miodka, Krystyny Skarżyńskiej, Janusza H. Skalskiego, Tadeusza Lubelskiego, Jarosława Włodarczyka, Witolda Orłowskiego, czy Ryszarda Bugaja. Całość poprzedza wstęp historyczno-kulturowy prof. Michała Kleibera.

THE MUST-READ BOOK ON THE WORLD'S BIGGEST FLASHPOINT A BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, THE SPECTATOR AND DAILY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Magnificent ... As exciting to read as it is important' Peter Frankopan 'Fascinating ... essential reading' Helen Thompson 'Alarming and uplifting' John Kampfner The...

Czy Polska może istnieć bez Wilna? Ostatnie siedemdziesiąt lat udowadnia, że jest to możliwe, ale polska dusza mocno straciła na tej separacji. Jak magię miasta, porównywanego do Paryża i Jerozolimy, jedną ze stolic polskiej przedwojennej kultury i elegancji przełożyć na język zrozumiały dla współczesnego pokolenia? Wehikuł czasu, prowadzony przez znanych popularyzatorów historii, zaprasza na pokład.

Modern nationalism in northeastern Europe has often led to violence and then reconciliation between nations with bloody pasts. In this fascinating book, Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Belarusian nationhood over four centuries, discusses various atrocities (including the first account of the massive Ukrainian-Polish ethnic cleansings of the 1940s), and examines Poland's recent successful negotiations with its newly independent Eastern neighbors, as it has channeled national interest toward peace.

Rajza po Ukrainie to emocjonalna wędrówka śladami polskości – relikty naszej historii, wyjątkowe świątynie i słynne zamki, miejsca, które znamy ze szkolnych lektur. I chociaż obecnie miasta, wsie i ulice noszą często już inne nazwy, a władze sowieckie uczyniły wiele, by zatrzeć ślady naszej kultury, nie udało im się zniszczyć kilkuset lat polskiej tradycji. "Wyjechałem z Krymu w poniedziałek, 30 września 2013 roku. Dwa miesiące później wybuchły starcia na Euromajdanie, a pod koniec zimy Krym został zaanektowany przez Rosję. Nie sądziłem, że wydarzenia potoczą się tak szybko.

Czy Polska może istnieć bez Lwowa? Ostatnie siedemdziesiąt lat udowadnia, że jest to możliwe, ale polska dusza mocno straciła na tej separacji. Jak magię miasta, porównywanego nieraz do Florencji, legendę stolicy polskiej przedwojennej kultury i elegancji, przełożyć na język zrozumiały dla współczesnego pokolenia? Wehikuł czasu, prowadzony przez znanych popularyzatorów historii, zaprasza na pokład.

Zbiór najciekawszych reportaży pochodzących ze wszystkich trzech części popularnej serii „Bieszczady w PRL-u” autorstwa Krzysztofa Potaczały. Niezwykle interesujące historie przedstawiane przez autora zabierają słuchacza w świat bieszczadzkiej codzienności wśród niejednokrotnie trudnych komunistycznych realiów PRL-u. Autor, korzystając z mało znanych dotychczas źródeł, archiwalnych dokumentów, a także rozmów przeprowadzonych z mieszkańcami Bieszczadów, w tym także działaczami partyjnymi, tworzy intrygujący obraz tamtych czasów.

Najsłynniejszy polski negocjator policyjny, który pracował przy blisko 50 porwaniach dla okupu, zdradza kulisy pracy w polskiej policji. Ratowanie samobójców, uprowadzenia, zagrożenia terrorystyczne, pogoń za bandytami, wykrywanie zabójstw, a z drugiej strony korupcja, współpraca ze światem przestępczym, degeneracja moralna, alkoholizm, eskapady do agencji towarzyskich. Wszystko w klimacie „odnowionej, demokratycznej III Rzeczypospolitej”, która wciąż przypomina PRL. Historie, które szary obywatel zna tylko z filmów takich jak "Drogówka" czy "Psy" teraz okazują się rzeczywistością.

“Karol Wojtyła, Pope John Paul II, was a man whose life was the expression of a richly textured and multidimensional soul. The many layers of that soul took on their first, mature form in Kraków.” – George Weigel In this beautifully illustrated spiritual travelogue, New York Times...

Fleeing East from Nazi terror, over a million Polish Jews traversed the Soviet Union, many finding refuge in Muslim lands. Their story - the extraordinary saga of two thirds of Polish Jewish survivors - has never been fully told. Author Mikhal Dekel's father, Hannan Teitel, and her aunt Regina were two of these refugees. After they fled the town in eastern Poland where their family had been successful brewers for centuries, they endured extreme suffering in the Soviet forced labor camps known as "special settlements".