Institute of National Remembrance

A trailer to the IPN's "War of the Worlds" exhibition

We encourage you to watch a trailer to the IPN's "War of the Worlds" exhibition.

Press conference on the IPN's activities connected with the centenary of the Battle of Warsaw, 11 August 2020

The Battle of Warsaw is considered the eighteenth decisive battle of the world, as the Poles succeeded in preventing the Bolshevik march to the West. We are presenting information on the IPN's activities connected with the centenary of the event across Poland at today's press conference at 12.00., at the Janusz Kurtyka Educational Center in Warsaw.

The IPN pays tribute to the victims of the NKVD "Polish Operation" in 1937–1938 – Warsaw, 11 August 2020

“In a few days we are celebrating our greatest military triumph of the 20th century, the defeat of the Bolshevik army. Its value seems even greater in the context of today's anniversary. Were it not for the victory over the Bolsheviks, the 'Polish Operation' would have been dated 1920,” said the President of the Institute of National Remembrance, Jarosław Szarek, Ph.D. during the ceremony at the Warsaw Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East.

The unveiling of the plaque dedicated to the Volunteer Army of 1920 - Warsaw, 12 August 2020

We invite you to the ceremonial unveiling of the plaque commemorating the participation of members of the Technicians Association in Warsaw in the ranks of the Volunteer Army of 1920 with the participation of Jarosław Szarek, Ph.D., the President of the Institute of National Remembrance - Wednesday, 12 August 2020, at 12.00, in front of the Warsaw House of Technology at 3/5 Czackiego Street.

Srebrni on the Route to the Battle of Warsaw - the IPN's animation on the Battle of Warsaw

We encourage you to watch an animated film on the basis of the IPN's "Srebrni on the Routes to Independence" comic books series.

The opening of the “This is where “Solidarity” was born” exhibition – Mielec, 1 July 2020

The first of a series of events organized at 53 locations across Poland will be opened by the President of the Institute of National Remembrance, Jarosław Szarek Ph.D. on 1 July 2020 at 12:00 in Mielec. Piotr Duda, the current Chairman of “Solidarity” will also take part in the event.

I was born in Poland

We’re going back to our roots, returning to the idea: the IPN’s spot presents the community, the Poles who said "NO" to communism in the 1980s, ordinary people who opposed the communist system. We did it because we were together. It was born in Poland in 1980.

”The Image of Treblinka in the Eyes of Samuel Willenberg” exhibition – Gdańsk, 15 July – 13 August 2020

We would like to invite everyone to ”The Image of Treblinka in the Eyes of Samuel Willenberg” exhibition organized by the IPN, and currently being presented at the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk.

Polish Righteous

The Holocaust in occupied Poland