Tuesday, 7 December 2021 marks the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the moment that thrust United States into World War II. On the occasion of the anniversary, President of the IPN Karol Nawrocki, Ph.D., has ordered a commemorative wreath to be laid at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial Hawai'i. A special feature about Polish-American brotherhood in arms authored by Karol Nawrocki has appeared in various language versions.
During his stay in Washington, the President of the Institute of National Remembrance, Karol Nawrocki, Ph.D. met with representatives of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and laid a wreath at the Victims of Communism Memorial statue. The President of the IPN was accompanied by the Polish Ambassador to the US, Marek Magierowski.
The Cross of Freedom and Solidarity is a sign of gratitude for those who, through their struggle against the communist system in the years 1956—1989, contributed to Poland regaining freedom after half a century of dependence on the Soviet Union.
A group of Moldovan journalists met with specialists from the Institute of National Remembrance on 29 November 2021 as part of a study tour coordinated by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The meeting was held at the IPN’s “History Point” Educational Center in Warsaw.
The exhibition prepared by the Institute of National Remembrance was opened in Borja, a province of Zaragoza on 27 November 2021.
The President of the Institute of National Remembrance, Karol Nawrocki, Ph.D., has unveiled a plaque commemorating Chaim Yisroel Eiss, a member of the so called “Ładoś Group” which organized and produced illegal Latin American passports during World War II. These documents significantly increased the chances of their Jewish holders survival in the territories, occupied by the German Reich.
On 8 November 2021, the President of the IPN, Karol Nawrocki, Ph.D., together with the Deputy President Karol Polejowski, Ph.D., visited Lviv. The first point of the visit was laying flowers at the Cemetery of the Defenders of Lwów.
The conference has been organised by the IPN’s Historical Research Office, jointly with the Historical and Literary Society in Paris. It will be held in the Polish Library in Paris on 16–17 November.
The Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance, as well as the daughter and granddaughter of Henryk Śmigacz, would appreciate if anyone could identify the protagonists shown in this photograph.
The Deputy President of the IPN, Karol Polejowski, Ph.D. D.Sc. met with representatives of the DPAA (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency) — a US Department of Defense government agency whose mission is to search for missing soldiers from the lists of prisoners of war (POW) or those missing in action (MIA).
The Shrine of Remembrance, in partnership with the Institute of National Remembrance presents a digital event honouring the enduring legacy of the Australian and Polish Rats of Tobruk.
13 December marks the anniversary of introduction of Martial Law in Poland. An authoritarian government, led by General Wojciech Jaruzelski and the Military Council of National Salvation (WRON), introduced severe political oppression in an attempt to crush political opposition in 1981.
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.
On 27 September, the Day of the Polish Underground State, we reccommend a short outline of the organization of Poland's WWII resistance.
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