Modern History
Written by Jerzy Kajetanski Sunday, 02 September 2007 17:00
On the first of September of 1939, the sky above Warsaw was unexpectedly filled with hostile military aircraft. Without declaring war, Germany crossed the border into Poland. Units of the German Air force, fighters and light bombers were prowling about Poland, nearing the capital.
I was returning by bus that day from Swider, a summer vacation spot. Going by Anin, I saw by the road a bombed out house and a dead white horse. That horse was the first casualty of the war that I was to see.
Written by Jagoda Urban-Klaehn Wednesday, 01 August 2007 17:00
This is the continuation of the memoirs of Franciszek Gwiozdzik, who served as all Silesians had to serve, in the Wehrmacht during World War II. Franek is on the way to get to Packau, Germany, from France. Since nobody knew where Packau is, he decided to get there indirectly and stop by his family home in Katowice, Silesia.
Read more: Trip from the French Front Home, Part II - From the Memoirs of Franek Gwiozdzik
Written by Richard P. Poremski Sunday, 29 July 2007 17:00
The National Katyn Memorial in Baltimore, Maryland
Read the article about Katyn Remembrance in Baltimore, MD - updated with Events in 2006 and 2007 and The Katyn Massacre
Below is the text which will be placed on the Katyn memorial panel. See the Katyn monument on the photographs Photo I, Photo II and Photo III. Read about Katyn Massacre. .
Written by Richard P. Poremski Sunday, 29 July 2007 17:00
The National Katyn Memorial in Baltimore, Maryland
Below is the text which will be placed in the center and on the right side of the Katyn memorial panel. See the description of the left part of the panel. Read about Katyn massacre, see the Katyn monument: Photo I, Photo II and Photo III.
Read more: Katyn Memorial: Sobieski, Wladyslaw II, Kosciuszko & Pulaski
Written by Martin S. Nowak Wednesday, 04 July 2007 17:00
The first gasoline powered automobile was built by Karl Benz of Germany in 1885, and the American Henry Ford introduced mass production of the motor car to the world. What about Poland's involvement in the auto industry? In the early years of the automobile, Poland was still occupied by the three partitioning powers. Poles were oppressed and generally relegated to being farmers or laborers. Still, those of means, like those from old noble families actually became involved in business and could indulge their interest in the horseless carriage. Count Karol Raczyński was an investor in Belgium's automobile industry and one of the first owners of a car in Poland in 1897. In 1896 the first car had appeared for sale in Warsaw, a Karl Benz model, in the shop of StanisŁaw Grodzki. The following June he drove a Peugeot model from Warsaw to Paris.
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