Some 7,000 women served in the Polish Armed Forces in World War II. They fought in the French campaign serving in the 1st Grenadier Division, the 2nd Rifle Division, the 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade and the Independent Highland Brigade.
We encourage you to read some educational materials on the subject.
The Greater Poland Uprising in the years 1918–1919 was a Polish national uprising. It is one of the most important events in the history of Greater Poland. It also became an element of the patriotic tradition of the inhabitants of this region. The Greater Poland inhabitants participated in all the military efforts of the 19th century, making both human and material sacrifices.
The Home Army was the main resistance organization of the Polish Underground State during World War II. The Home Army was formed on 14 February 1942 from the earlier Union of Armed Struggle established after the German and Soviet invasions in September 1939
In January 2020, the Institute of National Remembrance initiated an exhibition and educational project on the basis of sculptures by Samuel Willenberg, depicting people and situations he remembered particularly vividly during his imprisonment at Treblinka. These unique sculptures, constituting the world heritage of the Holocaust, were brought by the IPN from Israel for the purposes of the project.
The latest article by Karol Nawrocki Ph.D., President of the Institute of National Remembrance, on the Warsaw Uprising. The text has been published on the wszystkoconajwazniejsze.pl portal - in Polish, English, Spanish, French and Ukrainian
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