8o years ago our neighbors decided to change the course of Polish history. Nazis invaded us from the West and Soviets from the East. Once again, as it did through the centuries, our country had to defend its identity, culture, heritage and its territory. The brutality of the invading forces was unspeakable and the extermination …
The movie “The Enigma Secret”, which came out in 1979, presented Polish version of the events, and never achieved the publicity, as its British counterpart “The Imitation Game”, which appeared in 2014. Not unlike the Polish soldiers’ contribution to the final results of WW2. Having sustained the most casualties (after Russia) and having the fourth …
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In a deep corner of the old drawer, he found browned shoebox with two rubber bands holding the top down. On its side, the box had a yellowed sticker with ‘BLACK AND WHITE’ written with a broad, dark pencil. The rubber bands seemed aged, partially cracked, but still holding this old box together. He looked …
The Warsaw uprising was just brutally crushed by ruthless German troops. During the afternoon rush hour, Staszek, a young Pole, is being picked up by Germans in the round up to be taken away. He doesn’t know if he goes to work on German farm or is being sent to Auschwitz. The former meant a …
