History

The Little Insurrectionist Monument in Warsaw's Old Town is not only a symbol of remembrance for the youngest participants of the Warsaw Uprising, but also the extraordinary story of the sculpture itself, its creator, and the scouts who led to its creation.

Poland was doomed to confrontation with the Third Reich and the Soviet Union – a consequence of the policies of the great powers and the balance of power in Europe. It could only slightly hasten or delay this moment. However, in no way could it avoid tragedy.

On June 22, 1792, King Stanisław August Poniatowski established a new decoration – the Virtuti Militari Order. The order could only be awarded for military merits during the war, or no later than five years after one ends.

The Iron Curtain that separated the Western and Eastern worlds after World War II was the "adopted daughter" of the Stalin-Hitler agreement of August 1939.

On September 29, 1610, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth troops under the command of Hetman Stanisław Żółkiewski entered Moscow. By October 9, a Polish-Lithuanian garrison occupied the Kremlin. How did this happen, and why wasn't Russia ultimately conquered?

The statement of Jan Ciechanowski, Ambassador of Poland, dated July 5, 1945, on his resignation as a result of the withdrawal of recognition of the Constitutional Government of Poland by the United States.

Rather, it is an obligation arising from identity, beliefs and readiness to act – regardless of where one lives.

On July 1, 1569, the historic act of the Union of Lublin was signed, a document sanctioning a real union between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Ignacy Jan Paderewski was an outstanding pianist and composer, a passionate patriot and statesman, a philanthropist and social activist. His involvement in the Polish cause was absolutely selfless. He has permanently inscribed himself among the people who made the greatest contribution to Poland's regaining of independence.

206 years ago Stanisław Moniuszko was born, composer, conductor, music teacher; creator of the Polish national opera, author of, among others, "The Haunted Manor" and "Halka" and 268 songs.

In the former Polish village of Puźniki in the Ternopil region of Ukraine, exhumation work began on April 24 of the victims of UPA crimes. The first exhumations of Poles murdered by Ukrainian nationalists since 2017 are the result of many years of work by the Freedom and Democracy Foundation (WiD) based in Warsaw.