Historia

On December 3, at noon, the "bugle call" was played at the house of lieutenant Edmund Szymczak, almost a hundred-year-old veteran of the Battle of Monte Cassino. In this way, a symbolic reference was made to the historic moment, which was the playing of the bugle call on the ruins of the Monte Cassino monastery after taking it from the German hands.more

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Madrid successfully intervened in the editorial office of the Spanish daily "La Vanguardia" after the newspaper published on Monday a text on the extermination of the Gypsy population during World War II. One of the captions under the photographs attached to the article incorrectly suggested the cooperation of Poles in this practice.more

German divers searching the Baltic Sea fished out the Enigma encryption machine used by the German army during World War II, they believe the machine was thrown overboard from a sunken submarine, Reuters reported on Wednesdaymore

The Polish embassy in Moscow has issued a statement condemning attempts "to falsify the NKVD's responsibility for the Katyn Massacre" at a conference on Polish-Russian relations held near Moscow in November.more

The ambassadors of Great Britain, Germany, France and Denmark in Poland expressed their wishes to the Poles on the occasion of Independence Day. They emphasize friendship between nations and cooperation between countries.more

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall have joined figures from government and the armed forces for an Armistice Day service, as the UK fell silent to remember the war dead. A special service was held at Westminster Abbey to mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior.more

In a very limited form - due to the coronavirus epidemic - yesterday remembrance Sunday was held in Great Britain, during which tribute is paid to British soldiers who died during both world wars and subsequent conflicts.more

Yesterday, on the eve of the All Saints celebration, representatives of the Polish Embassy in London visited the graves of distinguished Poles who were buried in cemeteries in the British capital.more

Most factions in the Bundestag are calling on the government to create a memorial site for Polish victims of German crimes in the German capital, Rzeczpospolita reports on Thursday.more

The Polish Post commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain and the Army of General Władysław Anders with the stamp "Anders' Army - Trail of Hope". This is the third publication dedicated to soldiers of General Anders.more

A giant aluminium globe-shaped bar, complete with five brass barstools, will be offered for sale by a Maryland auctioneer – as the bar from “Hitler’s yacht”.more

Facebook has explicitly banned Holocaust denial for the first time. The social network said its new policy prohibits "any content that denies or distorts the Holocaust".more

Facebook has donated a million pounds to support the museum in Bletchley Park, which was the headquarters of British cryptologists during World War II. Due to the coronavirus epidemic, the museum lost most of its income.more

The National Auschwitz-Birkenau Institute was established in the city of Logrono in northern Spain. He will support the activities undertaken by the Memorial Diplomacy of the Auschwitz Museum in this countrymore

Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven, German ambassador in Warsaw, emphasized in an interview that "Poland and Poles experienced unimaginable suffering" and assured that the solution to the issue of art stolen by the Germans is "an important matter".more

The BBC station recalled yesterday the figure of August Agboola Browne - a Nigerian-Polish jazz musician, probably the only black participant in the defensive war in September 1939 and the Warsaw Uprising in 1944.more

Prime Minister Boris Johnson pays tribute to the Polish Air Force Memorial Committee’s new film in response of the film ‘The Polish Air Force in the Battle of Britain - An 80th Anniversary Tribute’.more

The world heard about the hundred-year-old war hero Tom Moorze in April this year. Thanks to his charity campaign, an online fundraiser managed to raise nearly £ 39 million for the NHS. For his feat, Moore was awarded the title of Knight Knight by Queen Elizabeth II in July, and a biopic will now be made about him.more

Poles were left shaken and stirred by news that a suspected British agent called James Bond was on Her Majesty’s secret service in the country in the 1960s, after the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) posted about him on social media.more

Romanian prosecutors reported the discovery of around 200 ancient books and incunabula with an estimated value of over 2.5 million euros, stolen in 2017 from a UK warehouse.more

Harvey Weinstein, a former US film producer who is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence for rape and sexual assault, was stripped of his 2004 Order of the British Empire by the Queen, it was announced.more

A wartime spy described as Winston Churchill's favourite has finally been remembered with a blue plaque. Christine Granville, who was born Krystyna Skarbek in Warsaw, joined British intelligence in 1939 and is said to have inspired Ian Fleming's spy character Vesper Lynd. more

Edward, Duke of Kent, cousin of the British Queen Elizabeth II, opened yesterday an exhibition prepared by the Polish Embassy in London devoted to Polish airmen fighting in the Battle of Great Britain and their achievements.more

British historian and well-known TV presenter Dan Snow described the role of Polish airmen in the Battle of Great Britain as "indispensable" in a new documentary produced on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the air campaign.more

Historic England, a special independent commission for monuments and historic buildings, has decided to award Grade II * to the Monument of Polish Aviators in Northolt, West London, which means the enhancement of the monument's status.more