Rations in Communist Poland: This Was the Monthly Food Ration for Each Citizen During the Early 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteWhat you are seeing laid out on the table is the monthly food ration per Polish citizen in […]
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Warsaw in Ruins: Rare Photos of the Destroyed Post-War Warsaw, 1945-1950
This post was originally published on this siteThe destruction of Warsaw at the end of World War Two stands as one of the most tragic […]
Before Smart Phones, Polish Attendees Hold Up Tape Players to Record Acts at the Punk Festival Jarocin in 1986
This post was originally published on this siteJarocin’s festival was based in terms of its organization and atmosphere on the famous American Woodstock Festival, thus […]
Amazing Color Photochrom Photos of Warsaw in the late 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThe occupation of Warsaw by the French Army in 1806 was followed a year later by Napoleon I’s […]
Rare photos from the Warsaw Uprising of 1944
This post was originally published on this siteThe Warsaw Uprising of 1944 was a heroic and tragic 63-day struggle to liberate World War 2 Warsaw […]
The World’s First Effective Bulletproof Vest, 1901
This post was originally published on this siteJan Szczepanik (June 13, 1872 – April 18, 1926) was a Polish inventor, with several hundred patents and […]
Rare and Amazing Photographs of Warsaw, Poland From the 1850s
This post was originally published on this siteWarsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. The city area measures 517 km2 (200 sq mi) […]
22 Amazing Photochrom Prints of Warsaw in the 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteWarsaw flourished throughout the 19th century under Mayor Sokrates Starynkiewicz (1875–92), who was appointed by Alexander III. Under […]
40 Amazing Portrait Photos of Polish Men in the Late 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteDuring the Spring of Nations (a series of revolutions which swept across Europe), Poles took up arms in […]
A Pregnant Ancient Egyptian Mummy From the 1st Century BC Uncovered in Poland
This post was originally published on this siteThe world’s first pregnant Egyptian mummy has been discovered in Warsaw by a team of Polish scientists using […]
A photographic album of Polish pilots who flew in the Battle of Britain, 1940-1943
This post was originally published on this siteBy the outbreak of the Second World War, Poland’s Military Aviation, quite commonly and incorrectly called the Polish […]
40 Fascinating Color Photos Capture Street Scenes of Poznań in the 1950s
This post was originally published on this sitePoznań is a city on the Warta River in west-central Poland, in the Greater Poland region. It is […]
Warsaw in the Mid-1950s Through Amazing Color Photos
This post was originally published on this siteAfter World War II, the “Bricks for Warsaw” campaign was initiated and large prefabricated housing projects were erected […]
In 2015, 4 Survivors Posed With Iconic Auschwitz Photo 70 Years After the Notorious Death Camp Was Liberated
This post was originally published on this siteIn 2015, child survivors of the holocaust who were photographed huddled together at notorious Auschwitz have been reunited […]
30 Incredible Vintage Photos of Warsaw Uprising Have Been Brought to Life After Colorized
This post was originally published on this siteThe intricate process of coloring black and white photographs has been carried out by Mikołaj Kaczmarek. The photographs […]
Shocking Photos of Germans Cutting Jews’ Beards in an Effort to Dehumanize and Psychologically Destabilize Their ‘Enemies’
This post was originally published on this siteMale Orthodox Jews considered their beards and sidekicks an important aspect of their religious identity. Shaving these off […]
Historic Photos of Jewish Removal to an Open-Air Ghetto in Poland in 1940
This post was originally published on this siteHistorian Julia Werner discovered this set of photos in the Jewish Museum in Rendsburg, Germany, and they constitute […]
Historic Picture Shows the Different Expressions of Six Polish Civilians Moments Before Death by Firing Squad, 1939
This post was originally published on this siteFacing the death –– This group of men show a wide range of emotions: the first from the […]
Dr. Zbigniew Religa monitors his patient’s vitals after a 23 hour long heart transplant surgery, 1987
This post was originally published on this siteAmidst a tangle of wires Dr. Zbigniew Religa anxiously watches a monitor to see how his patient responds […]
Secretly Photographing the Holocaust: Rare Photos Taken by a Jewish Photographer That Show Daily Life in the Lodz Ghetto
This post was originally published on this siteMendel Grossman was born in Staszów, Poland on 27 June 1913. After the occupation of Poland by the […]
50 Found Snaps That Capture Everyday Life of Poland in the Early 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteHere is a fascinating collection of found photos from foundin_a_attic of that captured everyday life of Poland in […]
Simona Kossak: The Extraordinary Life of a Zoo-psychologist
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1943 in Kraków, Simona Kossak was a Polish biologist, professor of forestry sciences, science populariser. Known primarily […]
The Dancer in Birkenau: Meet the Polish-Jewish Ballerina Who Shot Nazis on Her Way to the Gas Chamber
This post was originally published on this siteMore a certainty than a legend, a woman killed a Nazi guard at Birkenau while she was ordered […]
The Invasion of Poland in pictures, 1939
This post was originally published on this siteOn September 1, 1939, the world was shocked as Nazi troops invaded Poland. Tensions soared in Europe, and […]
Vintage Stereo Photographs Taken by Hitler’s Personal Photographer Depicting the German Invasion of Poland in 1939
This post was originally published on this siteThese vintage stereographs, excerpted from the album Die Soldaten des Führers im Felde (Adolf Hitler’s Soldiers in the […]